** Shares of China's entertainment and advertising services
provider Huanxi Media Group Ltd 1003.HK surge as much as 27.9%
to HK$2.20, their highest since July 2018
** Stock last up 17.4%, on course for the best day since
January 2020 and to snap two straight sessions of decline; among
the 30 biggest percentage gainers on the Hong Kong bourse
** Co says it has seen rapid growth in the number of
fee-paying subscribers for its film and television contents
platform "huanxi.com" during the Spring Festival, with over
eight million fee-paying subscribers while the mobile
application app has been downloaded for 33 mln times (https://bit.ly/3px57HJ)
** The Hong Kong Hang Seng sub-index tracking information
technology firms .HSCIIT falls 3%, and the Hang Seng Tech
Index .HSTECH drops 3.3%
** The Hang Seng China enterprises index .HSCE slips 1.5%,
and the benchmark index .HSI slides 1.6%
(Reuters Messaging: donny.kwok.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)