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
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HONG KONG
Under reconstruction
This article appeared in the Briefing section of the print edition under the headline "End of an experiment"
Briefing July 17th 2010
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