SHANGHAI, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Hong Kong stocks jumped on Thursday and China shares edged up, after pro-China newspaper Wen Wei Po reported that Hong Kong government is considering easing its COVID-19 curbs further.

The upbeat move on the markets comes after some investors booked profits in the previous session following China's most sweeping changes to its resolute anti-COVID regime since the pandemic began three years ago.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index soared 2.8% by the end of the morning session, while the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index climbed 3.2%.

China's blue-chip CSI 300 Index edged up 0.2%, and the Shanghai Composite Index added 0.1%.

Other Asian equities too rose, despite growing fears of an economic slowdown and worries over the pace of the Federal Reserve's interest rate hikes.

The relaxation of China's COVID rules, which includes allowing infected people with mild symptoms to quarantine at home and dropping testing for people travelling domestically, is the clearest sign yet Beijing is pivoting away from its zero-COVID policy to let people live with the disease.

Tech giants listed in Hong Kong surged 5.5% to boost the Hang Seng benchmark, with index heavyweights Alibaba and Meituan jumping 6% each.

Macau casino operators also led the rally, surging 9.1%, sending their quarterly gain to more than 40%.

In mainland China, real-estate developers added 3% to lead the gains, while consumer staples and tourism-related companies lost roughly 0.5% both on profit-taking trades.

"For the next 12 months, we think that there will be opportunities in consumer-related areas, such as sportswear, restaurants, travel-related names, but we are very careful in picking single stocks, especially after the recent dramatic stock price movements," said Jian Shi Cortesi, Investment Director at GAM Investments.

She added the market could still be volatile given the uncertainty during the reopening process.

"If there are pullbacks, it could be opportunities to add exposure to these reopening names." (Reporting by Shanghai Newsroom; editing by Uttaresh.V)