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Hong Kong businesses should seek first- mover advantage in mainland China , a former city leader has said , adding that while the global financial hub cannot dictate when its border with the rest of the country can reopen, it should focus on boosting its Covid-19 vaccination rate and containing caseloads. Former chief executive Leung Chun-ying, now a vice-chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, the nation’s top advisory body, highlighted that since close contact between Hong Kong and the mainland had been suspended for nearly three years amid the pandemic, “much has happened on the other side of...