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关键词:Hong Kong
概念:
THE EXPRESSION "THERE IS A SUCKER BORN EVERY MINUTE" DOESN"T DESCRIBE HONG KONG PEOPLE ACCURATELY. IT SHOULD BE "THERE"S A HONG KONG SUCKER BORN EVERY SECOND". I CAN NO LONGER BUY TOILET PAPER, RICE, BLEACH, TISSUES, AND PAPER TOWELS. THEY HAVE ALL FLOWN OFF THE SHELVES. SUCKERS HAVE BOUGHT FAR MORE THAN THEY CAN USE BECAUSE THEY ARE GULLIBLE PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE RICE AND OTHER THINGS WILL SOON BE UNAVAILABLE. I AM ASHAMED OF THEIR SELFISHNESS AND STUPIDITY. HONG KONG HAS BECOME A SOCIETY OF UNCIVILIZED PEOPLE. THE GOVERNMENT IS MOSTLY TO BLAME. PEOPLE HAVE LOST TRUST IN THE GOVERNMENT.
又中又英——HONG KONG PEOPLE HAVE GONE BERSERK
IN A BID TO CURB THE VIRUS’S SPREAD, HONG KONG HAS CLOSED SCHOOLS UNTIL AT LEAST MID-MARCH, AND UNIVERSITIES HAVE MOVED CLASSES ONLINE. BUT REMOTE LEARNING IS PROVING CHALLENGING IN HONG KONG’S CRAMPED ENVIRONMENT, WHERE MULTIPLE GENERATIONS OFTEN SHARE SMALL APARTMENTS. IN ORDINARY TIMES, PEOPLE ESCAPE IN THE DAY INTO A CITY TEAMING WITH CAFES, RESTAURANTS AND EXPANSIVE OFFICES. BUT SINCE THE OUTBREAK OF THE EPIDEMIC IN JANUARY, CHILDREN AND PARENTS HAVE BEEN COOPED UP TOGETHER FOR WEEKS AS COMPANIES ALSO IMPLEMENTED WORK-AT-HOME POLICIES, AND MANY HONG KONGERS HAVE MINIMIZED GOING OUT ALTOGETHER.
THE FLIGHTS WERE SCHEDULED TO DEPART TOKYO ON WEDNESDAY AND ARRIVE IN HONG KONG THE NEXT DAY, THOUGH LAM SAID IT WAS UNCERTAIN AS TO WHETHER ALL HONG KONG PASSENGERS WILL MAKE THE FLIGHT.
CHEMISTRY BETWEEN CARRIE LAM AND HIGHER-RANKING BEIJING OFFICIAL OVERSEEING HONG KONG WILL BE A NEW TEST FOR ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS
FINANCE CHIEF PAUL CHAN SAYS THE IMPACT OF THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK ON HONG KONG’S ECONOMY WILL PROBABLY BE BIGGER THAN THAT DURING THE SARS OUTBREAK OF 2003. PHOTO: ROBERT NG
INDEED, THOSE DIFFICULT MONTHS PROVED AN EXACTING TEST OF STRENGTH AND CHARACTER FOR THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG, AND THEY PASSED WITH FLYING COLOURS. THE CONTAGION, WHICH STARTED IN NEIGHBOURING GUANGDONG PROVINCE, EVENTUALLY BURNED OUT, AND HONG KONG, ONLY MADE STRONGER BY THE ORDEAL, WENT BACK TO BEING A GREAT WORLD CITY.
THE ABOVE SUSTAINABLE AND YET ECONOMIC URBAN MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES ARE SO COMMON SENSE THAT IT IS UNIMAGINABLE THAT THEY ARE NOT WIDELY ADOPTED ALL AROUND HONG KONG ALREADY. IN CONTRAST, WHAT WE GET ARE THE EXPENSIVE, TAWDRY, UNSIGHTLY PILES OF WASTE COSTING MILLIONS OF OUR MONEY. WE SURMISE THAT THE FLAWED DESIGN OF THE URBAN MANAGEMENT BUREAUCRACY MAY BE THE MAIN CAUSE FOR HONG KONG WHITE ELEPHANT PHENOMENON, THIS IS EXPLORED BELOW.
TIM HAMLETT CAME TO HONG KONG IN 1980 TO WORK FOR THE HONG KONG STANDARD AND HAS CONTRIBUTED TO, OR WORKED FOR, MOST OF HONG KONG"S ENGLISH-LANGUAGE MEDIA OUTLETS, NOTABLY AS THE EDITOR OF THE STANDARD"S AWARD-WINNING INVESTIGATIVE TEAM, AS A COLUMNIST IN THE SCMP AND AS A PRESENTER OF RTHK"S MEDIAWATCH. IN 1988 HE BECAME A FULL-TIME JOURNALISM TEACHER. SINCE OFFICIALLY RETIRING NINE YEARS AGO, HE HAS CONCENTRATED ON MUSIC, DANCE, BLOGGING AND A VERY TIME-CONSUMING DOG.
STEPPING AWAY FROM ITS 6.8% TEASER RATE, ZA OFFERS MORE MODERATE PRICING ON ITS WEBSITE FOR POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS, RANGING FROM 1.4% ON ONE-MONTH HONG KONG DOLLAR DEPOSITS TO 2.00% FOR 12 MONTHS. STANDARD CHARTERED PLC, HSBC AND BOC HONG KONG HOLDINGS LTD. ALL PAY 1.9% TO 2.16% OVER THREE MONTHS.

 

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