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最新出版的《时代》周刊，以25页的篇幅探讨回归十年香港的变化，并以“阳光灿烂中见阴霾（Sunshine with Clouds）”为点题。对于《财富》杂志当年惊世的《香港之死》报道，《时代》坦诚认错，承认姊妹杂志完全是“错误地”及“差劣地”作出推测。《时代》解释香港过去十年经历金融风暴、禽流感、SARS、市民为基本法廿三条上街示威等……当世人以为香港贵为福地的气数已尽，香港却一一熬过来。 7 V* z9 H$ f( G/ b: E5 F# Z 4 \6 X0 e- e F, h' h; t8 b 离回归十周年尚余三个星期，《时代》指出香港近期的股市屡创新高，物业格价亦稳步上扬，正值阳光灿烂时，不过晴空之中却有阴霾：香港前景仍受许多不明朗因素影响。 / h9 |0 p/ u$ \( Q- J & R+ ~# l$ R6 M. q4 Z1 B / ^1 E8 N) ]2 [6 o, q wJuly 1, 1997: After 156 years of British rule, China resumes sovereignty over Hong Kong.6 v' g4 T0 W% ^7 Q
, A& S' \2 H: P1 r1 l( \. D/ H0 Z& G% n N& s" v3 w( Z+ T8 y8 Y9 D \ Feb. 19, 2002: Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa, appointed by Beijing in 1997 to serve as Hong Kong's first post-colonial leader, is reelected.* t# R/ \8 d7 P9 c, v# r1 D
2 P% I1 h7 N& d3 ~; D1 F4 O6 X! I1 l \5 @* ?& n. nMarch 10, 2005: After weeks of rumors, Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa abruptly resigns, citing his declining health. 5 J1 c! J* G2 ^" R$ _4 l- W1 R2 K - l2 F+ p$ `, ~) K/ B2 k The Expat Exodus $ h9 u6 c6 |; |, Y* {
On July 1, 1997, as Hong Kong waved goodbye to its colonial rulers on board the HMS Britannia, pessimists predicted the city's expatriate professionals would follow. $ {: a$ K1 \* h8 r0 O7 D# ?/ M" I5 c
1 R+ b9 o: {* d3 x+ n. t ( j; Z* { c" R1 m- D2 H, L2 o: _2 J. r2 c) U Emigration 5 X9 n( v9 j+ ]5 Z. I/ K! i$ i4 XJittery about political crackdowns and economic slowdown, thousands of Hong Kong residents left town in the years before the handover. 5 x) Z1 f5 B1 C. I i- T$ R f* v, X5 [ - k2 T" K+ B1 n- w/ l3 |% g0 r ! u0 u. M. c; X3 Y$ m
《时代》分析，香港人仍在身份认同及定位上感到迷失。港人对祖国又敬又怕，进而希望争取民主独立，这种心态却令政策陷于胶着状态。保守派与民主派的对立，造成政治麻痹：上至经济下至污染的议题，双方都不愿妥协。9 K& `; Z& C% ]6 G: c
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《时代》称，港人在争取民主方面的想法过于“实际”。有权投票选行政长官的八百名选委，大部分来自商界，他们普遍认为普选特首会引入平民领导人、令香港变成福利社会；另一方面又怕惹怒中央，影响自身利益。 ; b2 `4 M2 }7 } j3 ?( o ) ? a* i: a7 @6 S5 B作者: 日月光 时间: 2007-6-9 08:41
( M: q9 K9 A% b5 w The People's Liberation Army 2 e, I9 X& F6 } c& S9 v" P ]1 GA 1995 Fortune magazine article famously predicted the "Death of Hong Kong" following the handover, prophesying that PLA soldiers would be a visible, ominous presence on Hong Kong's streets. 0 n C7 J7 ~' ?# x8 |' A: a ) o; ?! F' }' M. N- p) J+ X, o5 q9 W$ l9 ~; m7 I( N2 w( [% L9 p + e$ t9 [8 J' f7 X
Victoria Park. Queen's Pier. Stanley. While many symbols of British rule vanished overnight after the handover — teams of workmen removed the royal seal from post offices, police stations and institutions like the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club — Hong Kong's colonial place names endure. 9 O* b! E& I1 ?/ {0 c
( W0 W9 Z% l1 V' e P2 e y0 A- k6 e4 W, G6 u1 Y * g; f& m( A7 H* \0 c- i7 s& v2 `Milton Friedman, the late Nobel Prize-winning economist, predicted that within two years of the handover China would introduce capital controls and replace the territory's currency. Wrong. / ^/ U1 A1 [1 W$ L + A3 I" C9 L( C; w* K / R9 A Z* c. e0 C( W# u/ d% P/ P+ C. ~; c. Y+ N# Q. B
With its black robes and horsehair wigs, Hong Kong's court system is an obvious inheritance from Britain. Little has changed since the handover. ) T3 e( W/ M J1 L" z9 s T; i7 f ' z: _! B2 v. s7 ~' k$ `, H4 \Hong Kong made itself fabulously wealthy by acting as the lone conduit between China and the world, funneling goods and investment in both directions. 8 A) `( @3 ], N' b m8 b: d
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Contrary to dire predictions, Hong Kong hasn't yet lost its economic edge to cheaper cities on the mainland or to cleaner, more orderly Singapore.
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