9 b: y4 c2 M# A7 M$ h( c& x 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。" u* U' }" [4 R
" F! M4 A' @8 U" f. `; f 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。/ F& z: c, S& ~# [3 W3 o
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+ W9 d5 G% B. ~; u5 Z5 ^4 e / A7 G* F7 ? E+ PFeb. 19, 2002: Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa, appointed by Beijing in 1997 to serve as Hong Kong's first post-colonial leader, is reelected. : U9 |' T3 Y2 Q6 Y/ K2 H : O! S @$ ~" e3 u' F6 K! s/ t8 S ' N4 ~; g2 ?9 D2 w G- ~: E8 h : ]2 m$ v: ?7 E# S) i6 X0 ~- b) i+ FMarch 10, 2005: After weeks of rumors, Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa abruptly resigns, citing his declining health. 6 e; A2 n7 x8 N+ l5 O5 z& u( U, [: w$ D/ _* _6 J* B: N , d4 y. ?7 `8 g) N The Expat Exodus ; H9 Y ]. T& M( ^8 z( q
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. ( M/ N4 M: ~9 H: k' V* a
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Jittery about political crackdowns and economic slowdown, thousands of Hong Kong residents left town in the years before the handover. 6 {& N! Z% L5 g # F) y9 }) y$ T/ h+ \
$ G, M' b4 ^ F 《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。 - E W$ {$ a H+ N: |7 \ ; @* x4 H* N7 c
《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。 ; s) O9 C! C& X5 K5 S - N. G( s3 F! z6 @: F作者: 日月光 时间: 2007-6-9 08:41
5 y; E0 U8 u4 D( Y% R' B# LThe People's Liberation Army _8 Z7 m: I) h( J' @4 s
A 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. $ K/ r/ o$ [9 H. Y- I
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; B! P: E+ g+ L ' J2 j. C$ W- }8 K5 ]$ S( V" IVictoria 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. 9 r: p: j1 r$ _- ]- n$ p) N 4 p! U2 j: m n- T! D" h U2 K7 ~% O: R9 P % n H5 @( I& w3 i+ J" DMilton 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. ) x- g9 M, E( G$ K/ E& Q . t$ Y, Y( A$ Y q7 F' G& \/ B3 A% k Z- N$ I4 a7 P; D1 o $ }+ m) `' m) t8 FWith its black robes and horsehair wigs, Hong Kong's court system is an obvious inheritance from Britain. Little has changed since the handover. / j( g2 T" Z2 D- J 5 u( Q* i& T4 x' M% }0 u- b0 v& M4 R/ \8 {9 L; `0 P
Hong Kong made itself fabulously wealthy by acting as the lone conduit between China and the world, funneling goods and investment in both directions. 3 a( x* u$ D0 X/ c
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Contrary 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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