The end of laissez-faire?


HONG KONG has prided itself the freest economy in the world, but last week chief executive C.Y. Leung (pic) pronounced that the “positive non-intervention” policy is outdated.

Is this the end of the laissez-faire philosophy that has served Hong Kong successfully for the last half-century?

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