8 j5 C$ ?/ R# @) {- m6 n 最新出版的《时代》周刊，以25页的篇幅探讨回归十年香港的变化，并以“阳光灿烂中见阴霾（Sunshine with Clouds）”为点题。对于《财富》杂志当年惊世的《香港之死》报道，《时代》坦诚认错，承认姊妹杂志完全是“错误地”及“差劣地”作出推测。《时代》解释香港过去十年经历金融风暴、禽流感、SARS、市民为基本法廿三条上街示威等……当世人以为香港贵为福地的气数已尽，香港却一一熬过来。 ; `3 w) s$ ~/ f2 i . ^; ^& S; E; C5 }" A, f6 a
离回归十周年尚余三个星期，《时代》指出香港近期的股市屡创新高，物业格价亦稳步上扬，正值阳光灿烂时，不过晴空之中却有阴霾：香港前景仍受许多不明朗因素影响。 G. c# \. v6 ^0 y, M V
F1 }( i% {5 N* g5 _ 5 [3 Z) E# h% I! Q8 f July 1, 1997: After 156 years of British rule, China resumes sovereignty over Hong Kong.) N3 h' I+ w" ]6 g- _( {: U
8 x5 J7 w2 W: I 6 l5 a' F K5 M+ S/ A0 kFeb. 19, 2002: Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa, appointed by Beijing in 1997 to serve as Hong Kong's first post-colonial leader, is reelected. 2 b* N, f: e, X& r- W9 D3 o! w$ h : ^3 x+ T! O) d- Q% Q9 G 4 M9 X2 M* u- n( F9 Q . _* f) r3 _1 }4 ]; g5 o* {8 uMarch 10, 2005: After weeks of rumors, Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa abruptly resigns, citing his declining health. # K# P1 c$ t) A& S# H+ i8 {0 {% M9 Z5 Q r" V ( J; Q8 B% x; G: Q/ T& m The Expat Exodus # {2 r5 C/ p' o. w
On July 1, 1997, as Hong Kong waved goodbye to its colonial rulers on board the HMS Britannia, pessimists predicted the city's expatriate professionals would follow. 5 [( ]1 s9 ~/ h* L( u( ~# B
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Jittery about political crackdowns and economic slowdown, thousands of Hong Kong residents left town in the years before the handover. T7 q( a) [! x7 Q D # w N! s% P# \0 q4 v' l
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《时代》分析，香港人仍在身份认同及定位上感到迷失。港人对祖国又敬又怕，进而希望争取民主独立，这种心态却令政策陷于胶着状态。保守派与民主派的对立，造成政治麻痹：上至经济下至污染的议题，双方都不愿妥协。 5 _ l: |, ?% h, X# Y: ?8 K/ ?, ]& n 2 _) q* r* @; ~) g- m; n6 a9 N 《时代》称，港人在争取民主方面的想法过于“实际”。有权投票选行政长官的八百名选委，大部分来自商界，他们普遍认为普选特首会引入平民领导人、令香港变成福利社会；另一方面又怕惹怒中央，影响自身利益。 - } ]- Q- _9 h6 |' r 5 C: v! d9 B8 T# b' ` 作者: 日月光 时间: 2007-6-9 08:41
2 S( I/ e: x0 r/ r8 bThe People's Liberation Army % T% U, ?0 p6 N( i3 N% GA 1995 Fortune magazine article famously predicted the "Death of Hong Kong" following the handover, prophesying that PLA soldiers would be a visible, ominous presence on Hong Kong's streets. 9 M; c" ~% S" \. o
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' j1 I3 \# } i( R$ l9 y " a% G- F2 N" v4 xVictoria Park. Queen's Pier. Stanley. While many symbols of British rule vanished overnight after the handover — teams of workmen removed the royal seal from post offices, police stations and institutions like the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club — Hong Kong's colonial place names endure. $ L2 w8 e$ P7 K3 B) t0 H) z+ A1 T4 |% c; ~. ]$ m% z' z. c
: f- ?# l( N+ b" _$ e4 Z7 a : v: l$ s1 c0 q3 cMilton Friedman, the late Nobel Prize-winning economist, predicted that within two years of the handover China would introduce capital controls and replace the territory's currency. Wrong. 2 Q' s+ A+ Z% x$ ?! ` 8 I" o) [: n# Q( b2 t& I. p5 V. S2 l# p6 O* ^- X4 z . [' W' w2 [3 J9 M( ], q- i- z" E
With its black robes and horsehair wigs, Hong Kong's court system is an obvious inheritance from Britain. Little has changed since the handover.$ [+ K) C( Z1 a3 t$ q1 w" v
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Hong Kong made itself fabulously wealthy by acting as the lone conduit between China and the world, funneling goods and investment in both directions. 6 W% s/ u m9 D; r& o8 I: L, s. Y$ G2 k1 E1 J) j" j: z* {
/ \. i; x1 t: q8 \! G/ Q ' M* ^0 g1 v0 l: O# CContrary to dire predictions, Hong Kong hasn't yet lost its economic edge to cheaper cities on the mainland or to cleaner, more orderly Singapore.
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