9 W3 O2 w$ I; N! z; W% K 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。 + N9 L7 {" @( A# z; U* j; q ; g# ]# c5 z7 d8 C
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。 9 ~& }0 I, C) G: N ; Z6 X) A' u- k' O : |0 G e+ q/ z: I2 a; pJuly 1, 1997: After 156 years of British rule, China resumes sovereignty over Hong Kong. , g! j; w+ V0 N1 u # O$ _6 n. e' w* J* B3 [0 G/ A! _/ z9 z; j0 } Feb. 19, 2002: Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa, appointed by Beijing in 1997 to serve as Hong Kong's first post-colonial leader, is reelected. 7 z1 s$ f) ]/ [5 ]# i8 G* \8 a: X! K$ y7 A
7 P% E* u4 S" Z( A + G) J5 U0 C$ L Y8 R# Y, cMarch 10, 2005: After weeks of rumors, Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa abruptly resigns, citing his declining health. 0 D( ]; [' r; x9 U
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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. / l2 x! w9 B- ?$ d" a1 }4 c# M
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% s4 s+ [) {4 T! s M 《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。& }9 r! ~4 D3 }
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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。( R5 `/ h# i& ~
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% V T. E- i! C, m: y . F0 s1 _, B" |$ V6 a! b1 I# zVictoria 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. ) y6 B, w6 e/ a0 u2 F% ]$ L3 x 0 b' j1 X' G4 a8 A! y+ e- v( _8 h 9 T" G1 ~ D! W- g6 U ) | ~" K. y! t V% LMilton 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. & }- m2 ^3 Z4 s# T6 H- Z G7 e( B' E
1 F/ T" w. |- k# A g. `& s( C3 R: o, k( q: K# f 4 N- g7 W8 ^% `- ?With its black robes and horsehair wigs, Hong Kong's court system is an obvious inheritance from Britain. Little has changed since the handover. # {6 Y. S i3 n1 v- M; j( G" b, b( C : E4 J) X8 u2 y% C( k, g, M 0 X: U9 `/ k: N8 j5 BHong Kong made itself fabulously wealthy by acting as the lone conduit between China and the world, funneling goods and investment in both directions. $ B% O E% S! ?. r # d A& x3 A& T+ S' W; J% s2 e; J# Y" m) r: p * [3 e4 x' F7 U; M/ {4 c6 F8 ^( J/ m4 @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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