+ q& o# G0 K4 J+ M) 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。- l1 |" K' G$ L7 W) R( d* u
) Z, C+ C! m6 x # l6 |; J# y9 h5 CJuly 1, 1997: After 156 years of British rule, China resumes sovereignty over Hong Kong., o/ I+ ]/ F- W" @ ~
, H. B8 ^6 R* Y! x # s; a3 ]' ~: q+ V0 I; V! a' FFeb. 19, 2002: Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa, appointed by Beijing in 1997 to serve as Hong Kong's first post-colonial leader, is reelected. . d0 _+ O- O% C* D, X) n) Q) Y $ }1 o( \( G" J0 u e7 }4 t% A1 ?& o1 v4 |' r9 N+ e1 A$ t& q$ [7 Q March 10, 2005: After weeks of rumors, Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa abruptly resigns, citing his declining health. , d( D' V0 m6 S1 x
1 {' @9 ~5 p* s! k4 U9 N; x , f9 ]; F8 G$ K6 Q1 _The Expat Exodus ! ?0 X, A$ B0 x% o mOn 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. : l( S$ R$ I$ T9 z - c8 {; x7 }/ b
1 g# o$ a) {9 y R! v 0 T. D. Z# L6 F" V1 k8 [Emigration 9 Z! G7 a/ D' x9 F6 M% ~: \' oJittery about political crackdowns and economic slowdown, thousands of Hong Kong residents left town in the years before the handover. 2 h7 f7 D% K0 X: L; j, J, X
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{0 y* L, o, |3 ?% S 《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。 & j8 z# h ^4 e" @: ^/ s ' E! e" R! r& y- I
《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。 5 {+ H2 [7 _2 ]2 S ! B4 o) U- ~# L1 C% W& [作者: 日月光 时间: 2007-6-9 08:41
2 l8 ?% `1 ?" P( S5 j* k The People's Liberation Army 1 e& {7 T8 m7 R8 s" x% z- L' l: w
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. $ n9 {6 l) J4 i$ E. ^/ R
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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. : P+ X* F( T9 \5 d: e" k
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Milton 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. ( R- [; {0 T4 |( w$ B+ [) n8 w+ f! U# W8 J
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: ]$ R) e1 \2 K" H . M! g% Y/ l; n a) r, Z$ UHong Kong made itself fabulously wealthy by acting as the lone conduit between China and the world, funneling goods and investment in both directions. % r A! b6 ^4 v O" W1 d% j: y8 Y
/ T& c: t. E Q% |$ Z5 D; |" p) e" g- X* Q' {6 F 6 U3 I7 M2 P% Y" g( I* \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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