In response to mainland Chinese netizens recently ridiculed Hong Kong to become the "International Financial Center site", Ma Shiheng, former director of the Hong Kong Treasury Bureau, criticized the relevant statement when the interview was "nonsense."
The Hong Kong Economic Daily reported on Monday (December 18).He said that he had publicly said that Hong Kong's financial industry could not be lost since six years ago.
He lost to Shenzhen and South Korea in the fields of technology, logistics, and film and television as an example to warn Hong Kong that he could not lose his heart in the financial industry.
Ma Shiheng served as the director of the Palace in 2002, served as the director of the Business and Economic Development Bureau in 2007, and resigned in 2008 for health reasons.He served as the chairman of the Fugu Group of Hong Kong Insurance Enterprise in July last year.
For the mainland netizens ridiculed Hong Kong to become the "International Financial Center site", Ma Shiheng criticized this statement to be nonsense. At the same time, people called on Hong Kong people to be in danger, self -improvement, and no need to panic.
He pointed out that Hong Kong has a very challenging in the short period like the back of the abdomen. "There is Britain and the United States play us in front.Tong, of course, the effect is not as good as (2003) freely to make Hong Kong business 'to do nothing' (too busy to open friends). "
Talking about the political and social drama of Hong Kong in recent years, Ma Shiheng admits that funds have evacuated Hong Kong, but it means that these funds are not because of political factors, but because the market is not good.He said: "Now a nest of bees in the United States, because money always flows to the market that considers money to make money."
Previously, Yu Weiwen, president of the Hong Kong Financial Administration, said on a commercial radio program on Sunday (December 17), (Just smile for this), and emphasized that the data shows that Hong Kong is the largest international financial center in the Asian banking system. Even if the stock market is affected by cyclicals, the stock transaction volume is still six to seven times higher than that of neighboring areas.
Hong Kong has always been known as the status of international financial centers, but from August and September this year, all kinds of ridicule Hong Kong has appeared on social platforms such as Weibo and Xiaohongshu on the mainland.The saying of the site.According to the interpretation of netizens, Hong Kong's first public -selling (IPO) fund -raising reduction, the vacancy rate of office buildings increased greatly this year, and the evacuation of European and American funds from Hong Kong.