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Rich Get Richer in Hong Kong

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Philip Bowring
Feb 27, 2008
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It describes itself as a budget of “Leaving Wealth to the People.” But a closer examination of Hong Kong’s 2008-09 budget, presented February 27 shows it to be more concerned with “Giving more Wealth to the Wealthy.”

Although the volume of words devoted to proposals to help the old, poor and under-privileged suggests that the government is truly concerne…

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