{"id":5661,"date":"2017-11-28T16:57:10","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T08:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mediazone.com.hk\/hkmvc\/?p=5661"},"modified":"2017-12-05T15:50:05","modified_gmt":"2017-12-05T07:50:05","slug":"bracing-for-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mediazone.com.hk\/hkmvc\/2017\/11\/28\/bracing-for-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Bracing for Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Respected guests, Award Winners, Members of the Press and Friends of Hong Kong world-wide.<\/h2>\n

We are gathered here tonight to celebrate humble accomplishment resulting in applause-worthy success. More importantly we are here to cherish and nurture the characteristic Hong Kong Chinese spirit of enterprise that is poised to face another new era of great challenge.<\/p>\n

Though tonight is a time for laughter, cries of merriment and joy, I would be failing you if I did not remind you that great challenge await us all in the year 2018. I remind you, not to alarm you but to so we may prepare.<\/p>\n

While international unrest may bring its share of discomfort, we must be equally wary of internal storms that impact our way of life, the lives of our children and by extension, the world.<\/p>\n

Our studies of vital sectors that uphold the Hong Kong economy reveal that costs of commodities may rise as much as 12 percent, residential real estate is expected to plateau as industrial may rise by 15-18 %. Precious metals are expected to rise marginally and crypto-currencies are expected to lead investors to new heights. Internet-based apps will lose steam to the growing power of search engines. Gaming apps however will soar to unprecedented heights, reaping rich rewards for their inventors.<\/p>\n\n

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