Hong Kong's retail sales value increased at the fastest pace in more than one-and-a-half years in August, preliminary data from the Census and Statistics Department showed on Thursday.
The value of retail sales climbed 3.8 percent year-on-year in July, faster than the 1.8 percent rise in July. Sales have been rising since May.
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