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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。4 c1 D0 a! `7 [4 _) H
2 G+ s- J+ H, C; Q3 g7 m8 ^- W 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。 3 K6 n4 R. w8 T) G, b% y / L2 X3 J9 N& x& h. v# L8 v( N0 N# z$ l' O July 1, 1997: After 156 years of British rule, China resumes sovereignty over Hong Kong. 1 @4 X9 m# O" {8 f 6 P+ J5 {" ^& v: M4 H6 p$ C( J % k1 @# ]3 L8 q0 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. $ R" F) {# C X k1 W" H6 e, z4 U8 d5 M
$ N8 l2 R* j! s 3 t2 c/ O) w1 G# j# W7 `: {7 x: ~; OMarch 10, 2005: After weeks of rumors, Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa abruptly resigns, citing his declining health. % n! k" [8 ~# I0 t( W* D, e8 w0 K : e8 k5 I1 y3 w5 B ?: E7 y( u& Z2 t6 T& a2 q3 ]( FThe Expat Exodus 8 C# O$ o" k4 d1 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. 4 H' X) b5 K' i9 P# C; x0 n p
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' A- u2 W a& w, {3 { $ Q" C2 C0 P- @# f4 O 《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。 + A- M/ D/ U' |- |+ @$ u3 N ' C, _- R& O4 H7 l$ w$ L; a O' ?
《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。 * r6 E- I7 E9 B . M! [9 s: v1 l9 w6 H% _9 H& E, @+ c+ g/ b 作者: 日月光 时间: 2007-6-9 08:41
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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. : L$ h; K4 g. Y" i s* t * c+ A. Q$ H H" u8 E( J ' M8 i4 m: K, h/ V 0 D$ ?& X5 @3 u0 E) J% W* K6 E" fMilton 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. $ `5 |5 H' O$ }. o2 M: ^% ^4 B 0 P n& h. k% @# W5 `- m2 j* S5 m6 d$ M5 C5 G& I % G2 K" z' n( i% c4 d5 K' DWith its black robes and horsehair wigs, Hong Kong's court system is an obvious inheritance from Britain. Little has changed since the handover.' z0 Q# G# z6 e3 G/ E
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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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