HONG KONG: Standard & Poor’s on Friday slashed Hong Kong’s top-notch credit rating, a day after lowering China’s, warning of potential spillover risks the mainland’s ballooning debt pile.

S&P, which said the semi-autonomous city had “very strong institutional and political linkages” with China, slashed its rating to AA-plus from the highest AAA.

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