Hong Kong bankruptcy petitions down 16.4 pct in Dec, up 15.7 pct y/y

HONG KONG, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Following are monthly
bankruptcy statistics provided by the government:

Pct Change Pct Change
No. of December M/M Y/Y Jan-Dec Y/Y
Bankruptcy petitions 692 -16.43 15.72 8,685 7.53

Bankruptcy orders 625 -10.20 flat 8,178 2.47

In November, the government revised its 2012 full-year
economic growth forecast to 1.2 percent from 1-2 percent, down
sharply from a 4.9 percent expansion in 2011..

(Reporting by Christina Lo; Editing by Kim Coghill)