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1. News - Hong Kong - ON SECOND THOUGHT

   How the budget surplus is like fiscal bait

   Posted Feb 22nd 2013, 12:00am by Elizabeth Wong

   ... News Hong Kong budget surplus Elizabeth Wong What to do with the expected government surplus? Seemingly fringe ideas, if properly executed, can solve several problems that vex us deeply ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1155666/how-budget-surplus-fiscal-bait
2. News - Hong Kong - ECONOMY

   Financial secretary John Tsang misjudges budget surplus again

   Posted Feb 01st 2013, 12:00am by Amy Nip

   ... News Hong Kong John Tsang Chun-Wah budget surplus Economy Amy Nip amy.nip@scmp.com Financial results show an excess of HK$40b in coffers, which is far off the $3.4b deficit estimate The government has yet again underestimated its budget surplus, according to financial results for the nine months to December 31. In his budget in February last year, Financial Secretary John Tsang ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1140583/financial-secretary-john-tsang-misjudges-budget-surplus-again
3. Beijing keeps faith with proactive fiscal policy

   Posted Jul 28th 2010, 12:00am by Cary Huang

   ... of fiscal revenue in the first half. The Ministry of Finance will maintain its currently 'active fiscal policy' and make 'stability the main theme of macroeconomic adjustments', ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/720744/beijing-keeps-faith-proactive-fiscal-policy
4. Business - Comment - JAKE'S VIEW

   Time to put an end to the squandering

   Posted Feb 05th 2013, 12:00am by Jake Van Der Kamp

   ... an embarrassment. There is good reason why they should be. As the second chart shows, our fiscal savings, taking unencumbered government deposits with the Exchange Fund plus the accumulated surpluses ...

   http://www.scmp.com/business/article/1143364/time-put-end-squandering
5. First-half fiscal revenue rises 33.3pc as tax income surges

   Posted Aug 08th 2008, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... Ulrich said the fiscal surplus could shrink in the second half of the year as a result of slowing corporate earnings and increased fiscal expenditure. The State-owned Assets Supervision ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/648287/first-half-fiscal-revenue-rises-333pc-tax-income-surges
6. News - Hong Kong - FINANCE

   Calls for government to limit size of fiscal reserve

   Posted Feb 19th 2013, 12:00am by Tony Cheung

   ... that surpluses can be better used. The administration on January 31 announced that its fiscal reserve had reached HK$709.1 billion by the end of last year - up from HK$669 billion in the previous ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1153362/calls-government-limit-size-fiscal-reserve
7. Surplus fund misspent adds to wealth embarrassment

   Posted Jan 08th 2008, 12:00am by Jake Van Der Kamp

   ... attention, to make announcements of embarrassing news. And, sure enough, December 27 and 28 did service. On the first of these two days, the government announced an accruals-based fiscal surplus of HK$124.9 billion for the last fiscal year and, on the second, it announced a cash accounts fiscal surplus of HK$32.4 billion for November alone. These are embarrassing news items because ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/622045/surplus-fund-misspent-adds-wealth-embarrassment
8. Comment - Insight & Opinion

   Can Japan direct downward march of yen without triggering a currency war?

   Posted Feb 02nd 2013, 12:00am by Andrew Sheng

   ... Firstly, the global imbalance is already ameliorating, with the Japanese current account surplus declining sharply due to rising oil import costs. Second, every reserve currency central bank (the ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1141252/can-japan-direct-downward-march-yen-without-triggering
9. Business - Comment - MONITOR

   How to make two problems worse with just one policy

   Posted Feb 25th 2013, 12:00am by Tom Holland

   ... Business Comment Insight & Opinion Property Price Hong Kong budget surplus John Tsang Chun-Wah Hong Kong Budget 2013 Tom Holland Higher taxes for homebuyers will merely make property ...

   http://www.scmp.com/business/article/1157755/how-make-two-problems-worse-just-one-policy
10. Politics and economics to collide in today's budget

    Posted Feb 23rd 2011, 12:00am by Tom Holland

    ... Deficit Fiscal Policy Public Finance with Tom Holland ...

    http://beta.scmp.com/article/738974/politics-and-economics-collide-todays-budget

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