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2020年6月,中共政府繞過香港立法機
關,實施了嚴厲的《國家安全法》,香港內
部發生巨大變化。中國政府利用國安法噤
聲、制裁和監禁反對中國共產黨的人士,甚
至包括記者,《財星》於1995年的悲觀預言 越來越多的外國人逃離香港,為了避免激怒北京,企業的動作相對低
調,但在香港的大型國際銀行和資產管理公司中,有將近半數正將部分
似乎逐漸應驗。 員工或職缺遷出。(圖/達志影像)
然而,對香港金融中心的支持者來說,
最後一根稻草並非國安法,而是最近比照內 公司中,有將近半數正將至少部分員工或職
地實行的「清零」防疫政策,中國政府希望 缺遷出香港。
藉由政治力量將目前的疫情消除殆盡,可惜 香港美國商會(American Chamber of
事與願違。香港跟進了內地的政策,禁止非 Commerce in Hong Kong)1月的調查顯示,
香港居民入境,並強制返國的香港居民在入 60%的會員認為過去一年香港的法治正在惡化,
境後,必須在防疫旅館隔離很長一段時間。 但只有5%的會員明確表示計畫將總部遷出香
如今,越來越多外國人逃離了這座城 港。也許是這個問題在政治上太過敏感,大約
市,為了避免激怒北京,企業的動作相對低 一半的會員表示「還不確定」要怎麼做。
調,但是也一樣掀起出走潮。亞洲證券業暨 亞洲證券業暨金融市場協會和香港美
金融市場協會(A S I F M A)去年一項調查發 國商會的調查,都是在香港爆發最嚴重疫情
現,所有在香港的大型國際銀行和資產管理 之前進行的。疫情期間,香港比照了中國內
Crucially, Beijing did not tinker with the legal As ominous as the law was, the final straw
infrastructure established by the British that made for boosters of the city as an international financial
Hong Kong an attractive place to do business. center came more recently – with Hong Kong’s strict
There was also a relatively free media environment adherence to the mainland’s “zero-Covid” policy, a
compared to the mainland, which matters for the fruitless, politically-driven bid to eliminate one of the
financial sector. most infectious respiratory diseases on earth. Like the
Hong Kong changed dramatically with the mainland, Hong Kong has barred non-residents and
central government’s imposition of a draconian forced residents who travel internationally to undergo
national security law in June 2020 that bypassed lengthy hotel quarantines upon their return.
the city’s legislature. The law, which has been The exodus of foreign professionals from
used to silence, sanction and jail opponents of the the city is now real. Firms are leaving too, though
Chinese Communist Party, including journalists, many are moving stealthily to avoid provoking
signaled the beginning of the end that Fortune Beijing. A poll last year by the Asia Securities
predicted back in 1995. Industry & Financial Markets Association (ASIFMA)
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