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Hong Kong's GDP up 3% in 2018; growth of just 1.3% in Q4

Reuters Down from 3.8% in 2017. Q4 figure subsequently revised down to 1.2% (see Reuters ). Quarter by quarter figures: Q1   4.6 Q2   3.5 Q3   2.9 Q4   1.2 [As of 2 May 2019]

Government unveils national anthem law

Bloomberg

Two pro-democracy lawmakers to face charges over protests at LegCo

Hong Kong Free Press South China Morning Post

Eddie Chu barred from standing in village election

Hong Kong Free Press

Pro-establishment candidate wins West Kowloon by-election

RTHK Rebecca Chan: 106,457 votes Lee Cheuk-yan: 93,047 Frederick Fung: 12,509 Why the pan-democrats lost: Hong Kong Free Press

More than 1.37 million people living below the poverty line

South China Morning Post Hong Kong Poverty Situation Report 2017

Trial of nine Occupy figures opens

Four years since the Occupy protests, the trial of nine of the movement's organisers starts. Hong Kong Free Press South China Morning Post Hong Kong Free Press (Kong Tsung-gan commentary) Who's being tried for what (South China Morning Post)