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Hong Kong shares ease, await China markets reopen

HONG KONG, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Hong Kong shares were set toopen slightly lower on Monday, dragged lower by Chineselarge-caps ahead of mainland markets resuming trading after aweek-long holiday.

The Hang Seng index and the China Enteprises index

of top locally listed mainland firms were both set todip 0.2 percent at the open.

(Reporting by Vikram Subhedar; Editing by Richard Pullin)

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