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South China Morning Post on 2024-03-02 09:32

Hong Kong has ‘absolutely no problem’ with repaying rising debt under plan to issue more bonds to fund public projects, Paul Chan says

Finance chief shared in Wednesday’s budget address plans to issue HK$120 billion in silver, green and infrastructure bonds for financial year 2024-25.

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