Michael Chugani in his column has painted a gloomy economic outlook for Hong Kong and his vivid description reminded me of the film Les Miserables and Mencius. When greed reigns, it suffocates...
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4 Mar 2013
This middle-class debate - an offshoot of the government budget unveiled last week - is a good one. Is Financial Secretary John Tsang Chun-wah a member of our middle class? Truth be told, there is...
3 Mar 2013
A higher tax on the owners of Singapore's most expensive homes - the top 1 per cent - resonates here because it is aimed at closing a widening income gap, a problem we share. But it has prompted...
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3 Mar 2013
Tsang cannot be faulted for trying hard to plough back no less than HK$33 billion of the anticipated fiscal surplus of over HK$64 billion to those identified by the government as being most in...
1 Mar 2013
John Tsang Chun-wah risks turning himself into an object of ridicule for his remarks over the middle class. With a monthly pay of HK$368,220 and numerous properties here and overseas, the finance...
That conservative outlook was revealed in the latest survey, conducted by the Hong Kong Advertising Association and market-measurement firm Nielsen between December last year and early this month...
Delivering a budget with new thinking has proved to be a challenge for John Tsang Chun-wah. While the veteran finance chief managed to provide some short-term relief for the needy without losing...
Vietnam and India may replace Japan and Germany in the rankings of Hong Kong's top five trading partners by 2030 if the city's exports to the two countries continue to grow at their current pace...
Surely, the costs of this invasion of visitors cannot be ignored, as it has resulted in a shortage of daily necessities. But the benefits cannot be underestimated either. Indeed, the recent gain...
In its globalisation index, E&Y polled 730 senior business executives worldwide last year to gauge the degree of globalisation relative to the gross domestic product of the economy. Hong Kong...
Tomorrow Financial Secretary John Tsang Chun-wah will stand up to deliver his sixth budget speech. The finance ministers of most developed economies would be green with envy at the strength of...
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