
Published online:
29 May 2014
Published in print:
01 September 2013
Online ISBN:
9789888268436
Print ISBN:
9789888208210
Contents
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Self-inflicted Punishment Self-inflicted Punishment
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Struck by Amnesia Struck by Amnesia
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A Crisis of Confidence A Crisis of Confidence
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Workers’ Pain, Business Gains Workers’ Pain, Business Gains
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Property Protection Property Protection
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Mainland Shocks Mainland Shocks
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End of the Guangdong Boom End of the Guangdong Boom
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Mainland Plans, Hong Kong’s Priorities Mainland Plans, Hong Kong’s Priorities
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Light-touch Taxation Light-touch Taxation
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One Law for the Rich One Law for the Rich
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Tougher Laws for the Poor Tougher Laws for the Poor
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Conclusions: A Painful Legacy Conclusions: A Painful Legacy
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Notes Notes
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Chapter
1 Crisis Economics: Private Profits, Public Pain
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Pages
29–56
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Published:September 2013
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Goodstadt, Leo F., 'Crisis Economics: Private Profits, Public Pain', Poverty in the Midst of Affluence: How Hong Kong Mismanaged Its Prosperity (Hong Kong , 2013; online edn, Hong Kong Scholarship Online, 29 May 2014), https://doi.org/10.5790/hongkong/9789888208210.003.0002, accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
Abstract
Hong Kong’s economic problems since 2000 are the official excuse for cuts in social spending. But the problems themselves are the outcome of deliberate choices made by Chief Executives and Financial Secretaries. These decisions were not forced on the SAR government by business leaders, even though their main aim was to promote business interests regardless of the adverse consequences for ordinary families and for the needy and disabled individuals. These policies were a legacy from the colonial era and reflect a deeply-rooted culture shared by the business and professional classes as well as the civil service.
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