# m8 c |) U7 [, S. c+ t 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。2 d* |9 f ?3 R1 g0 N% I( z
8 V; K/ q! r3 a4 r3 e* G9 V% g! X1 [ 9 l4 X3 {# N' f" e0 ?, R; [7 JJuly 1, 1997: After 156 years of British rule, China resumes sovereignty over Hong Kong. 7 q: t) {# ^8 Y, E/ }: A : j9 l& p3 G4 w " V5 g& m! {, g; nFeb. 19, 2002: Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa, appointed by Beijing in 1997 to serve as Hong Kong's first post-colonial leader, is reelected. + Z# |% b, r* ^" _% x4 E * v6 I+ V) y6 K% O* X0 Y0 v' J4 M4 P+ R1 O4 X) e: V: e5 c 3 H& q) w |' SMarch 10, 2005: After weeks of rumors, Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa abruptly resigns, citing his declining health. . U- H( r9 p$ g) C) ~
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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. 6 y( e; @) `* t, n5 F0 m, v 2 L5 k1 M( w( F9 E* k: z! G4 K0 _
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Jittery about political crackdowns and economic slowdown, thousands of Hong Kong residents left town in the years before the handover. - K2 e& }; e5 v) f3 C 6 j+ D& B3 e6 n% ?9 ^
; Z2 D4 j$ _) F. N1 `$ \ 《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 n3 s! m$ b0 f6 P/ ~ P m6 L
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《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。 I/ D' o2 O- H: r: B: U; q! n
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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. 9 x4 P y3 A% [1 x& H. G
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Victoria 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. 6 A( r1 ~# o4 M% x! W- {+ n
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# V! M( Z& ~. N! W _3 P / ^4 m1 E! r( [/ C5 \0 xMilton 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. ( |3 S. e! Z4 ]7 t ! G; i5 ?, Q: Z2 h3 Z2 j + y9 o& s' U+ q" Y# `3 w3 J4 Z3 m7 X8 P
With its black robes and horsehair wigs, Hong Kong's court system is an obvious inheritance from Britain. Little has changed since the handover.( A+ m& A! g$ w6 G6 J6 Q
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D- o' |, c; N, |* u% J1 u# @5 n( v 9 ^, q/ n, r9 \" GContrary 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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