Jan. 5 (Bloomberg) -- McDonald’s Restaurants (Hong Kong) Ltd. raised the average prices by 2.3 percent this month, citing “surging inflation pressure” from rents, utilities and ingredients costs, according to an e-mailed reply to Bloomberg News.

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