1975–1984:thedecadeleadinguptothesigningoftheSinoBritishJointDeclarationwitnessedtheriseofChinafromanisolatedcountrytoaseriouseconomicplayerontheworldstageandthedeclineoftheBritishempire.TornbetweenthetwowasHongKong,astableandprosperousBritishcolonywithanalmostwhollyChinesepopulation,acityworldrenownedformoney-makingwithlittleinterestinpolitics.
WhatwouldbeHongKong’sfateafter1997?Attimesastuteanduncannilyprescient,atothertimeswildlyimaginative,LamHang-chi’sdailyeditorialsintheHongKongEconomicJournalanalysedandconjecturedHongKong’soptionsatthetime.HisopinionsparkeddebatesandfrequentlyprovidedafocalpointforthediscussiononHongKong’sfuture;Hisviewsonhousing,assimilatingimmigrants,thecollusionofpoliticsandbusiness,issuesthatareforemostinHongKongtoday,stillinform.Forthefirsttime,theyaremadeavailableinEnglish.
ECONOMIC KONG JOURNAL FUTURE LAM HONG
