Briefing | Hong Kong's economy

End of an experiment

The introduction of a minimum wage marks the further erosion of Hong Kong’s free-market ways

Under reconstruction
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This article appeared in the Briefing section of the print edition under the headline “End of an experiment”

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July 17th 2010
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