HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's economy might have grown by an estimated 7 percent last year and outshone many others in the region, but for insurance agent Ngai Wai-wang, that is immaterial.
Ever since the Asian economic crisis of 1997, his earnings have fallen sharply and he can only afford to eat out with his wife and two sons once a week. Exotic vacations are now just a memory in their photograph albums.
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