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Hong Kong launches first five-year plan amid economic debate

Hong Kong is implementing its first five-year plan, a move that has sparked debate about its economic future. While some critics, like Stephen Roach, warn against "Chinese-style central planning" and "autocracy," others see it as a necessary step for strategic coherence. This plan is viewed by some as a long-overdue framework to optimize Hong Kong's role as a conduit between China and the global economy, drawing parallels to historical planning approaches in both China and the former British colonial administration. AI

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Hong Kong launches first five-year plan amid economic debate

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · David Dodwell ·

    Death knell? Hong Kong’s five-year plan is a starting gun

    I’m a little perplexed and bemused by the brouhaha surrounding Hong Kong’s decision to draft its first five-year plan, as if the sky is falling in around the city’s famed laissez-faire economy. Predictably, Yale University’s Stephen Roach (he of “Hong Kong is over” fame) warned i…