Hong Kong's exports grew by more than a 10th for a third straight month in October as the city's ports handled more Chinese mainland-made computers and electronics en route to markets such as Europe and Japan.

　　Overseas sales rose 11.6 percent to HK$213.5 billion (US$27.5 billion) from a year earlier, after climbing 17 percent in September and 12.7 percent in August, the government said. The government last Friday raised its 2005 economic growth forecast to 7 percent, citing stronger-than-expected exports. Global demand for the China-made electronics, clothing and toys shipped through Hong Kong has so far weathered higher oil prices and rising US interest rates.