The outcome was much slower than the 3.6% year-on-year growth forecast
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Hong Kong's economy grew 1.5% in the second quarter from a year earlier, advance government data showed on Monday, expanding for a second straight quarter helped by a revival in economic activity, private consumption and inbound tourism.
The outcome was much slower than the 3.6% year-on-year growth forecast by economists in a Reuters poll and a revised 2.9% expansion in the first quarter. (Reporting by Twinnie Siu and Donny Kwok; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)
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