Hong Kong May retail sales fall for 15th straight month

June 30 (Reuters) - May retail sales data

(percent change from a year earlier):

2016 2015

May Apr Mar Feb Jan Dec Nov

Value -8.4 -7.5 -9.8 -20.6 -6.6 -8.5 -7.8

Volume -9.0 -7.7^ -8.8 -19.5 -5.2 -6.1 -6.0



^ Revised

CONTEXT:

-- In the three months through May, the volume of sales rose

by 0.3 percent, seasonally adjusted, from the preceding three

months.



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