HONG KONG: The Hong Kong dollar’s decades-old peg to the US greenback could be at risk, analysts warned Wednesday, as local stocks took another pummeling in an Asia-wide rout.

Shares on the Hang Seng Index plunged 3.77 percent to near four-year lows in the morning session on fears over the health of the Chinese economy and weak oil prices, with mainland-linked chips taking a hammering.

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