Hong Kong in High Social Order, Economic Confidence Indices Pick up,As indicated in a survey made in the period of 8th-12th October 2001 by Hong Kong Policy Research Institute Ltd. (HKPRI) the Indices of Economic Confidence of Hong Kong citizens have picked up, witnessing a rise of 10 points after the publication of the 2001 Policy Address by the Government of Hong Kong SAR.Most of the indices changed a lot after the Policy Address for the indices reflect the respondents' confidence in Hong Kong's economy. The indices for 'Improvement on Unemployment' rose to 33, an increase of 12.7 points, 'Stock Market' to 70 from the original 56.9 points and 'Property Market' from the former 40 points to 52 respectively. Besides, after the September 11 terrorist attacks in the US an international consultation company for investigating political and economic risks has lately made an appraisement on social security and turmoil risks of 14 Asian-Pacific regions. And the result indicates that Hong Kong's social turbulence risk is very low, ranking second on the safety list of the 14 regions. The institute has made investigations in business circles throughout the world from the beginning of this year. The comparison between the results before and after terrorist attack on the US shows the rise of social crisis is very significant in such regions that were appraised safe regions as Australia, the US, Japan, and Singapore before. Yet afterwards the security of Australia that ranked first and the US the 3rd before fell to the 3rd and the 10th respectively. By PD Online Staff Huang Ying |
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