Exploring Broad-based Growth in Legal and Healthcare Services in Hong Kong

Thailand Business News - Oct 3, 2026

This note looks at the potential to grow Hong Kong’s high value-added service industries, focusing mainly on the legal and healthcare sectors, and considers policy options to help their development.

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