HONG KONG BOOK SALES
January 1st, 2004
BY EDWARD PETERSThe year of 2003 started with a whimper in Hong Kong but ended with a bang as far as book sales were concerned. Battered by Gulf War II and nearly shut down by SARS, the city bounced back at year's end with customers lapping up everything from self-help to science fiction.A leap in the stock market in December gave consumer confidence a terrific boost, and Hong Kong retailers' cash tills were soon registering the effects."Sales were up anyway as we opened a new shop in Central, but in general there was a really upbeat atmosphere as people felt at ...
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