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Alice Poon
| Anti-Anti-Speculation ActionTuesday, 24 August 2010 | Alice Poon (潘慧嫻)
It seems that the SAR government finally decided to choose
the lesser of two evils: taking decisive, albeit belated, anti-speculation
measures in the hope of stabilizing prices, rather than... Full Story |
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