Hong Kong, China - Peoples Republic of
GOD OF WEALTH OFFERS GREETINGS TO SALES STAFF AHEAD OF YEAR OF MONKEY IN HONG KONG.
A man dressed as the God of Wealth offers greetings to sales staff inside a department store in Hong Kong January 19, 2004 ahead of the Lunar New Year. A tourism-fuelled economic rebound helped push Hong Kong's unemployment rate to 7.3 percent, its lowest level in nearly year in the three months to December, but the city's jobless rate still ranks among the highest in Asia. BY