Hong Kong's consumer price inflation softened further in April to the lowest level in close to three years, largely due to a fall in basic food prices and energy-related items, data released by the Census and Statistics Department showed on Thursday.
The consumer price index, or CPI, climbed 1.1 percent year-over-year in April, slower than the 2.0 percent rise in March.
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