And more important than that,ladies and gentlemen,other countries in Asia with the financial turmoil have to scale back all their programmes in investment,in expenditure. But what we have done in Hong Kong,we have increased expenditure,we have cut taxes.

• 更重要的是，受到金融风暴困扰的其他亚洲国家需要收缩投资和开支上各项计划，但香港所做的是增加开支、减低征税。