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  "id": 15367525,
  "title": "Hong Kong ‘optimistic’ on economic growth despite global slowdown, Paul Chan says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/hong-kong-optimistic-on-economic-growth-despite-global-slowdown-paul",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-18T06:20:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3371288/hong-kong-optimistic-economic-growth-despite-global-slowdown-paul-chan-says"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Hong Kong is more “optimistic” about its economic growth this year than the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is about the global outlook, the finance chief has said, pointing to the city’s unique position to capitalise on international capital flows and the artificial intelligence (AI) boom. Writing on his blog on Sunday after attending the IMF and World Bank Group’s annual meetings in Bangkok,…",
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post - Hong Kong",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/why-is-hong-kong-hosting-the-apec-finance-ministers-meeting-there-is",
        "published": "2026-10-18T01:00:06.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "RTHK News",
        "title": "Hong Kong can help boost other economies: FS",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/hong-kong-can-help-boost-other-economies-fs",
        "published": "2026-10-18T07:35:24.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}