Hong Kong March retail sales fall 9.8 pct yr/yr

May 5 (Reuters) - March retail sales data

(percent change from a year earlier):



2016 2015

Mar Feb Jan Dec Nov Oct Sep

Value -9.8 -20.6 -6.6 -8.5 -7.8 -3.0 -6.3

Volume -8.8 -19.5 -5.2 -6.1 -6.0 1.2 -3.0



CONTEXT:

-- In the three months through March, the volume of sales

was down by 9.1 percent, seasonally adjusted, from the preceding

three months.



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