Usagi is expected to maintain a distance of more than 500km from the city and then turn towards Japan’s Ryukyu Islands.

Hong Kong's economy expanded by 1.8% in the third quarter from a year earlier, the government said on Friday, adding that it should continue to grow for the remainder of the year, although at a forecast 2024 rate of 2.

Hong Kong revised growth expectations to the lowest end of its previous forecast, showing mounting pressures from weaknesses in exports and consumption.

Hong Kong’s economic growth forecast for 2024 has been downgraded to 2.5 per cent after a weaker-than-expected third quarter expansion of 1.8 per cent year on year. The latest official data released on Friday showed the full-year forecast was at the lowest point of the government’s previous range of between 2.