Hong Kong’s economy grew by 3.2 per cent in 2023 after the city lifted stringent Covid-19 restrictions, but the “difficult external environment” continued to limit the pace of growth, the city’s finance chief has said. Economic activity in Hong Kong showed an immediate improvement after anti-epidemic measures were axed early last year, Financial Secretary Paul Chan said on Wednesday when he presented the annual budget for the next fiscal year in the legislature. The income of the general public grew last year, Chan said, while private consumption expenditure increased by 7.3 per cent with the …