{"id":96043,"date":"2016-07-29T08:18:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-29T00:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.symedialab.org.hk\/talk\/?p=96043"},"modified":"2016-07-29T08:18:00","modified_gmt":"2016-07-29T00:18:00","slug":"john-tsangs-clarification-of-china-economy-comment-intriguing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/john-tsangs-clarification-of-china-economy-comment-intriguing\/","title":{"rendered":"John Tsang’s clarification of China economy comment intriguing"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Political pundits should be forgiven for having over-read a statement made by Financial Secretary John Tsang Chun-wah yesterday, which is aimed to deny a report that quoted him as saying China\u2019s economy faced the \u201cworst time in 20 years.\u201d Amid speculation about his candidacy in next year\u2019s chief executive race, his move to set the record straight about the mainland economy could not be more intriguing.<\/p>\n

Yesterday\u2019s \u201cno-story\u201d story about Tsang could be traced back to his response to a question at a symposium hosted by the\u00a0South<\/em>\u00a0China Morning Post<\/em>\u00a0in June. Asked about his views on the 2016 Hong Kong economy, Tsang said: \u201cAs Li Ka-shing mentioned yesterday, this is probably the worst time in 20 years for Hong Kong. I tend to agree with him, and I\u2019ve been saying that for some time.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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By Chris Yeung Political pundits should be forgiven for having over-read a statement made by Financial Secretary John Tsang Chun-wah yesterday, which is aimed to deny a report that quoted him as saying China\u2019s economy faced the \u201cworst time in 20 years.\u201d Amid speculation about his candidacy in next year\u2019s chief executive race, his move…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1631,"featured_media":96044,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17613,8,6855],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/cy0729.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paaypJ-oZ5","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":107134,"url":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/leungs-salvo-tsang-back-fires\/","url_meta":{"origin":96043,"position":0},"title":"Leung’s salvo against Tsang back-fires","author":"Chris Yeung","date":"December 7, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 By Chris Yeung The race for the Hong Kong\u2019s top job is getting nasty and ugly with the city\u2019s top three officials locked in a clash over the legal status of four pan-democrat lawmakers whose oaths taken in October are the subject of a judicial review launched by the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Chris Yeung"","block_context":{"text":"Chris Yeung","link":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/category\/column\/chris-yeung\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/cy1207.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":114467,"url":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/fighters-tsang-lam-trade-hits-winner\/","url_meta":{"origin":96043,"position":1},"title":"Fighters Tsang, Lam trade hit,s the winner is …","author":"Chris Yeung","date":"March 13, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Perhaps inspired by the 21 straight wins of Hong Kong\u2019s \u201cmagic kid\u201d Rex Tso Sing-yu in the early hours of Sunday, John Tsang Chun-wah was an uncharacteristic fighter at the first all-three chief executive election forum in the afternoon","rel":"","context":"In "Chris Yeung"","block_context":{"text":"Chris Yeung","link":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/category\/column\/chris-yeung\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/cy1031.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":100207,"url":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/tsang-happy-lose-bet-ce-race\/","url_meta":{"origin":96043,"position":2},"title":"Tsang happy to lose bet on CE race","author":"Chris Yeung","date":"September 13, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 By Chris Yeung \u2013 Contrary to the pan-democrats\u2019 pledge, outgoing Legislative Council President Tsang Yok-sing said he will put his money on a prediction that there will be a pan-democrat contesting the next chief executive election. 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