Five years after the1997 Handover, Hong Kong’s future is now crystal clear. It is right next to the Pearl River Delta (PRD), the world’s most dynamic manufacturing powerhouse. Together with Hong Kong’s worldclass lifestyle and business support services, the region offers a very compelling proposition to international small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Many of these enterprises—the Fortune 20,000 of the world—are going to “buy from the Pearl River Delta and live in Hong Kong”. An increasing number of the manufacturers from PRD will similarly set up sales office in Hong Kong. The metropolitan city will increasingly become the business and lifestyle hub of the Pearl River Delta.

Repositioning Hong Kong is the fastest way to create employment. It will put businessmen in our buildings, families in our flats, tourists in our taxis, customers in our cafes, passengers in our planes, shoppers in our stores, maids in our markets and bumps in our beds. Hotel beds, that is.