Hong Kong faces hard choices on spending to fix its budget deficit

Hong Kong faces hard choices on spending to fix its budget deficit

[South China Morning Post] - 01/12/2025

To get the city’s finances in order, officials must ask what could be cut to pursue attractive new proposals.



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