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People are still very keen on buying China shares as it's the biggest growth story -- and Hong Kong is catching the coattails of China's growth.


Francis Lun

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JACK MA English is my second language, but in Hong Kong, they don't know that I'm from China. They think I'm...
BAI LING About 70 companies were listed on the Hong Kong Main Board and Growth Enterprise Market (GEM).
EDMOND CHAN Growth in Asia is strategically very important to us. From a strategic point of view Hong Kong is wh...
LES OWEN Cheung Kong was up HK$4.75 in London trade on Friday, so Hong Kong investors are catching up.
JAMES SO English is my second language, but in Hong Kong, they don't know that I'm from China. They t...
BAI LING There's still a lot of liquidity. The Hong Kong market is lagging behind its Asian peers, so all thi...
ERNIE HON Investors are starting to lock in profits on the highly speculative H-shares and switch into Hong Ko...
EDDIE WONG Hong Kong, with its dense population and fluid border with China, had one of the hardest outbreaks t...
DAVID HEYMANN Hong Kong is probably a fairly reasonable buying opportunity,
DOUGLAS JOHNSON If the rate expectations continue to come down, Hong Kong, as an interest rate sensitive market will...
EDDIE WONG We have demonstrated to Hong Kong and to the rest of China, if people are allowed to get the news, w...
EMILY LAU Take Tokyo: their prices are three times Shanghai. Look at Hong Kong: their prices in the market are...
MICHAEL THOMPSON The China growth story, which has been driving commodity prices, remains as strong as ever,
SHANE OLIVER We're still waiting to see the growth story from buying all these applications, and so far we haven'...
BRUCE RICHARDSON Asia is the biggest growth market for us, especially China, but also Japan.
HERBERT HAINER To China, and to the specific market of Hong Kong, we have more to learn.
BILL EARNEST We remain sobered by the ongoing transmission in Hong Kong, China and probably Singapore,
JULIE GERBERDING As millions discover the wonders of Hong Kong and China - one of the most rapidly growing travel des...
ROBERT IGER With greater employment taking place in China through Hong Kong, the net outlook for Hong Kong has d...
SOUMEN BASU Although Shanghai is on the sea, it long lacked the prosperity that Hong Kong enjoyed, so while Hong...
EVAN OSNOS The biggest story for us is our continued growth at 5 o'clock.
BILL EVANS I really feel that Hong Kong is my home, and Hong Kong is my identity as an actor.
DANIEL WU Although China is still a very small part of the global business for the moment, China is one of the...
KATHERINE TSANG The Hong Kong government has its rights to refuse people entry, but it can't target people based on ...
FRANK LU With all the development in Asia, and especially China, that's the biggest spot for growth.
BOBBY MILLER There's still a lot of liquidity; the Hong Kong market is lagging behind their Asian peers, so all t...
ERNIE HON China has agreed to more stringent screening and testing of fish sold to Hong Kong,
YORK CHOW There's not much happening, China shares are outperforming the market but there's less buying than o...
ANTONY MAK I think the biggest thing to scare Hong Kong was the devaluation in Taiwan,
JOHN BENDER For the balance of fiscal 2001, we are focusing on moderate top line sales growth with a very keen f...
LEONARD ROBERTS China firmly supports the WTO talks on the Doha Development Agenda, hoping the imminent Hong Kong me...
ZHANG XIANGCHEN Although Disneyland will benefit Hong Kong and southern China, Shangri-La won't be reaping the most ...
ANDES CHENG Oil is definitely a factor, ... People are concerned about its impact not just on growth here, but o...
ANN HURLEY In the past, people used to say Hong Kong was an entrepreneurs' playground and a shoppers paradise. ...
ZENG QINGHONG Companies are seeing some of their fastest growth in China, and it's profitable growth.
KRISTIN J. FORBES Hong Kong compatriots will surely display great love for the motherland and for Hong Kong and take i...
JIANG ZEMIN Facebook is blocked in mainland China, but is used heavily by the rest of the Chinese-speaking world...
REBECCA MACKINNON China Telecom reflects market sentiment, ... A lot of foreign brokerages have issued pessimistic out...
HERBERT LAU The Japanese economy seems to be stagnating versus rapid growth in China, but its growth is ready to...
HIDENAO NAKAGAWA The shares would be worth buying today if the company were to achieve its long-term targets of 7% re...
JIM BARRETT Quality Healthcare is a premier healthcare brand in Hong Kong and is the leading private healthcare ...
MALVINDER MOHAN SINGH The majority of Taiwan people cannot accept Taiwan becoming a second Hong Kong, nor can we accept Ta...
CHEN SHUI-BIAN Hong Kong is a magnet for the Asian art world. We used to concentrate on Tokyo, but the focus has mo...
GUY BENNETT I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES We're not overly concerned about the U.S.-related shares. There's enough earnings growth and valuati...
BRIAN INGHAM The majority of Taiwan people cannot accept Taiwan becoming a second Hong Kong, nor can we accept Ta...
CHEN SHUI-BIAN It's a more attractive move to (invest in) Hong Kong companies which have China exposure.
MOHAN SINGH [Because Rita could wipe out more refinery capacity while the United States is still catching its br...
ARTHUR HOGAN They're a Hong Kong company. Why do they have to comply with Chinese requests? This is the biggest q...
ALBERT HO It came straight from Hong Kong because that's where the biggest population of these beetles are. Yo...
JENNIFER CONNORS I would love mainland Chinese to read my book. There is a Chinese translation which I worked on myse...
JUNG CHANG For the combined Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan markets, we now have an estimated device marke...
JORMA OLLILA Last year prices made buying other people's infrastructure, in our view, expensive. As we go into 20...
DOUGLAS FLINT Growth seems to be picking up. We are somewhat more optimistic on European shares.
DIRK THIELS Despite uncertainties on interest rates and oil prices during 2005, about 70 companies would be list...
EDMOND CHAN The Chinese market in terms of valuation isn't cheap. It would be best to shift out of H shares into...
EDDIE WONG The growth of China, and more recently India, will make it possible for other countries to grow as w...
CLYDE PRESTOWITZ Asia, in general, is the growth market. But China is a test case to maintain the growth ... and pers...
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KILROY J. OLDSTER We all know that China is industrializing at a growth rate of 8 to 10 percent per year. China is on ...
JOHN OLVER All of us in Fiji, the Government and the people, are very proud for what you have achieved in reach...
LAISENIA QARASE E-commerce is still at an early stage in China, so the growth potential is really huge.
DICK WEI Thanks to a free flow of capital, an established regulatory framework and legal system, and an adher...
FRANK LYN Outside its two major markets, Kingfisher reported very strong growth in Poland (against weak compar...
STEVE DAVIES Although the current growth environment is not impressive, positive growth is still positive growth....
ANTHONY CHAN It's part of a pattern at the Post where they're gradually been getting rid of all the people who wr...
JASPER BECKER In China, in the past, we had a very rapid growth rate.
LIU JUN As might be expected by its tremendous diversity and dramatic growth, China presents a remarkable mi...
DR. JOSEPH SMITH We're still in sluggish trade. Confidence is not good in Hong Kong; investors are still worried abou...
LINUS YIP We also need stability and prosperity. And stability and prosperity is very very basic in Hong Kong.
MA LIK It can't go on forever, and I think a lot of the euphoria of what will happen to business in Hong Ko...
DAVID ROCHE This is a very exciting time for us. And the pickup on the [growth] curve is still ahead of us.
HUGO STEPHENSON This is a very exciting time for us. And the pickup on the (growth) curve is still ahead of us.
HUGO STEPHENSON Before a prominent Western presence in China, surly waiters and surly salesclerks were pretty much w...
GEORGE KOO The test result showed positive, but we're still waiting for confirmation from Hong Kong.
HARIADI WIBISONO There is a tendency to substitute problem-solving economic measures with public relations fluff, suc...
HENRY LIU We depend on correspondents in China or Hong Kong to report on this case, but the Chinese press has ...
JOSEPH LEUNG People often refer to Dubai as the Hong Kong of the Gulf, but it's really more like Vegas.
TUCKER CARLSON Hong Kong has created one of the most successful societies on Earth.
PRINCE CHARLES We're talking about a local ordinance, so we can only enforce that with people residing within Hong ...
ALAN LEONG Increasingly, the real estate developers can't get bank loans for their project financing in Chi...
JAMES CHANOS While the Port of Hong Kong is screening everything, we are screening next to nothing.
CHARLES SCHUMER The shares are underpinned by the dividend. With a yield of around 8 per cent you don't need to rely...
BRIAN INGHAM But I still think China has a lot of problems that will hinder the growth and development of the chi...
CRAIG ADDISON Underlying demand is very strong. We continue to be optimistic about China. As you look around the w...
CHIP GOODYEAR The ratings upgrade is justified because things in Hong Kong are really improving.
HENRY TSOI The spurt in world oil prices is totally unjustified as the oil producing nations are exploiting hig...
ALAN JOHNSON Hong Kong has been outperforming other markets, but buying has mainly been of banking and property s...
ALEX WONG Hong Kong has been outperforming other markets, but buying has mainly been of banking and property s...
ALEX WONG My films are never about what Hong Kong is like, or anything approaching a realistic portrait, but w...
WONG KAR-WAI The fun-filled Disneyland will be a perpetual carnival for the people of Hong Kong.
ZENG QINGHONG A company should limit its growth based on its ability to attract enough of the right people.
JAMES C. COLLINS You never know when it [the market] is going to move. But when they have made a lot of money staying...
HENRY HO Japan's recovery is becoming much more entrenched. In Europe there is growing hope growth will pick ...
WANDA TSENG Some investors are betting that Hong Kong won't follow the U.S. rate hikes in May and are moving ahe...
FREDERICK TSANG The agreement of the State Council to expand RMB business in Hong Kong helps strengthen Hong Kong's ...
HENRY TANG The biggest part of the profit cycle now lies behind us. The sort of profit growth we have seen over...
DIRK THIELS Neither Hong Kong nor Singapore are key markets for the company.
ANTOINE COLONNA There's a general consensus from this conference that China and its growth is not a threat but a tre...
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FRANCIS BACON Riches are a good hand maiden, but a poor mistress.
FRANCIS BACON The fortune which nobody sees makes a person happy and unenvied.
FRANCIS BACON The best armor is to keep out of gunshot.
FRANCIS BACON Certainly virtue is like precious odors, most fragrant when they are incensed, or crushed: for prosp...
FRANCIS BACON Nothing is pleasant that is not spiced with variety.
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