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...city?s Victoria Harbour remains unswimmable, its public housing is still a shambles and its back alleys provide habitats for rats. Now SARS has inspired the government to look for ways to spruce up the city?s streets?and its image. Led by bow-tied Chief Secretary Donald Tsang and his ?Team Clean,? Hong Kong?s mandarins have settled on an approach that is down-right Singaporean. Last week, the government proposed raising fines for littering and spitting in public from $77 to nearly $200. Team Clean also formulated a point system designed to ?encourage? good hygiene among residents...
...furor over the proposed legislation goes a long way to dispel the myth that Hong Kong people are only worried about their pocket books. However, they have more than adequate reason to be worried about money matters as well. Back in 1997, Donald Tsang, the then financial secretary and now number two in the administration, assured Hong Kongers that the worst of the financial crisis would be over by the end of the year. And that Hong Kong was likely to fare better than other Asian countries caught in the financial whirlwind. Instead, the crisis got a lot worse...
...Tsang says this effort will materialize at PBHA’s next officers’ meeting...
...We’re not too sure what we’re going to do about this,” Tsang says. “We’ve only heard about this informally, but we’re going to be meeting in the next few weeks to discuss this...
...Tsang says PBHA officers will spend the next year recruiting for its existing programs and will not add any new ones in the meantime...