Herald van der Linde, head of Asia equity strategy at HSBC, said in an online meeting that the bank holds a positive view on the Hong Kong equity market, benefiting from continuous improvement in corporate earnings and sustained inflow of southbound funds.This year, HSBC prefers sectors and segments including AI-related hardware and game, due to their strong growth momentum, but is relatively less optimistic about pure e-commerce companies.Related NewsUBS Reiterates TENCENT as Top Pick & Key Call; AI Potential Expected to Unleash