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2003-07-20 East Asia

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Posted by Frank G 2003-07-20 12:09:11 PM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "Only by maintaining social stability can Hong Kong maintain a good business environment, maintain the characteristics of a free port and its standing as an international financial, trade and transport centre," Mr Hu said.

"After earnest and wide-ranging consultations, the relevant legislation will certainly be understood, supported and endorsed by the Hong Kong compatriots."

Righteeeooo. Lessee, didn't HK do just fine - no make that GREAT - for about 100 years before you communist gutless turds played legal footsie to grab the Golden Goose? Didn't it do this without any of your "management"?

Keep it up, assholes. You'll kill the Goose and have to figure out how it worked and why it worked - the hard way. It sure didn't start laying golden eggs because it was oppressed by clueless relics of the 19th and 20th centuries' most flawed and spectacularly failed political and economic nightmare.

Posted by PD 2003-7-20 1:06:43 PM|| 2003-7-20 1:06:43 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 It's also an excellent "preview" for any Taiwanese anticipating reunion with the mainland. One nation, two systems...for a couple weeks at least

Posted by Frank G 2003-7-20 1:17:45 PM|| 2003-7-20 1:17:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 "Only by maintaining social stability can Hong Kong maintain a good business environment, maintain the characteristics of a free port and its standing as an international financial, trade and transport centre," Mr Hu said.

Mr. Hu has it only 20% right. The environment of freedom, creation of and respect for FAIR and EQUITABLE laws, resepect for individual creativity and reward for that creativity is what makes Hong Kong an economic powerhouse.

Mr. Hu misses the main reason for Hong Kong's success. Mr. Hu does not have a clue. When one is tied to an ideology with out peer review, one will get stuck in the mud.....maybe forever.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-7-20 2:05:09 PM|| 2003-7-20 2:05:09 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 First we have a raging SARS epidemic for six or seven months. This does wonders for China's textile industry, and now we are going to practice civil rights like they did in Hungary 1956. Why did we give these butchers MFN status? Enlighten me.

Posted by Douglas De Bono 2003-7-20 8:24:05 PM|| [http://www.DouglasDeBono.com] 2003-7-20 8:24:05 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Tick, tick, tick, every day closer to the Olympics. They want to put on their best face for *the world.* 2 Tianamen's inside of 15 or so years isn't good.

--"After earnest and wide-ranging consultations, the relevant legislation will certainly be understood, supported and endorsed by the Hong Kong compatriots." --

Of course once we enlighten the uneducated masses, our policies will, naturally, be supported. Except the masses are usually more educated than they think. 500K already "got it."

Posted by Anonymous 2003-7-20 10:00:57 PM|| 2003-7-20 10:00:57 PM|| Front Page Top

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