Laissez-Faire

Free economy looks less open from a cage home

15 Feb 2012

Hong Kong remains the world's freest economy, according to the 2012 Index of Economic Freedom. However, it is worth considering exactly what this title means for the people.

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Market capitalism reloaded

17 Sep 2011

Anatole Kaletsky is a man whose views carry the heft of one of the great Western thinkers of our day. An economist and journalist, with an impressive CV that includes stints at The Economist and...

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23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism

26 Sep 2010

23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism
by Ha-joon Chang
Allen Lane, HK$255

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Vox Pop

16 Aug 2008

High oil and food prices have fuelled global inflation. Chief Executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen said that Hong Kong would not be immune to this global crisis, but promised to relieve people's...

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Connected

15 Jun 2008

Connected

by Daniel Altman

Pan, HK$128

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Pollution fight blasted as superficial

9 Jun 2006

Officials take a laissez faire approach to cleaning up the air, experts conclude

A passive approach to tackling air pollution was blamed yesterday for the city's poor air quality,...

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Opinion

Worrying economic parallels between China and India

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Howard Winn

Elsie Leung caught up in Rusal's byzantine politics

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Build on strengths

Perception is reality, and now is the time to start changing it.

The rest of the world is emerging from recession with growth in consumer confidence and investment.

I...

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Gambling integral part of Hong Kong life

I do not understand this strange antipathy towards football gambling.

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Inappropriate

I refer to the report headlined, 'Media warned on Taiwan reports' (South China Morning Post, April 13).

It was totally unacceptable for Wang Fengchao to direct the press about what...

12:51PM

No news is good news: business

The business community reacted favourably to the address, saying the lack of economic initiatives was a positive development.

Economists and brokers said it was a case of what was...

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Killing the goose of golden eggs

Long before the handover, my parents told me the mainland policy towards Hong Kong was not to tamper with 'the goose that lays the golden eggs'. Part of the success of Hong Kong in becoming a...

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SAR clawing back business lost to region, says Tam

Acting Secretary for Trade and Industry Tam Wing-pong yesterday said there was anecdotal evidence local traders were winning back some of the business lost earlier to regional competitors because...

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