Ads grow at Hong Kong's 3 free dailies

Frederick Yeung of the South China Morning Post says three free dailies in Hong Kong have each seen steady growth in the past year. Metro's share is up 13% to $672 in 2005. In the past month, am730 is up 17%, reaching $36 million, Metro grew 1.9% to $63 million and Headline Daily saw its ad dollars grow 12.8% to $33 million.