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| Author: | Kraar, L. |
| Title: | The real threat to China's Hong Kong |
| Journal: | Fortune
1997 : MAY, VOL. 135:10, p. 62-68 |
| Index terms: | HONG KONG CHINA POLITICAL RISKS COSTS EDUCATION |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | To focus on the damage that could arise from China's political control over the world's freest economy is to overlook a more certain threat. Hong Kong's competitive edge was already being dulled. The biggest problem is that the place has become painfully expensive. The work force lacks the skills and creativity to run a world-class service center, a reflection of the shortcomings of the territory's education system. The expanded opportunity that union brings to serve as a gateway to China's market could also be seen as a problem, because preoccupation with the mainland may well erode the open, internationalist mentality long been Hong Kong's comparative advantage in Asia. |
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