Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Hong Kong-meter tidal

by:薛涌

"Asia Week"Tam Mei days/in the global food shortages and skyrocketing price of rice may be under the shadow, is highly dependent on imports of rice in Hong Kong influx of panic buying, supermarket shelves were a rice So the air, "flustered"led to "rice shortage."(chinesenewsnet.com)




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March 31, Chinese Premier Wen-Po in Laos (Laos ) To attend the Greater Mekong Subregion Economic Cooperation leaders meeting. As usual, Wen--per-trip, the total number of Hong Kong Accompanied by an interview with reporters, as approachable from time to time outside the Prime Minister's visit to the gap answer to the question of Hong Kong reporters. The Hong Kong Journalists often asked him to Hong Kong some recent views, this day is no exception - the reporter asked the Prime Minister to Hong Kong to the recent panic buying of rice in view of the situation.(chinesenewsnet.com)




Hong Kong is a tiny place, the vast majority of food and non-staple food on the entrance, a substantial part from the mainland of China. Over a period of time, because of inflation, the Hong Kong Journalists have been asked more than once over-temperature-Po of Hong Kong materials supply. Each time, the temperature-Po will be made to ensure that Hong Kong people. This time, the reporter asked, is the supply of rice. It turned out that in the past few days, 'Hong Kong rose shipment of rice to the public potential to eat expensive meters';' loss to the Thai rice, the government restricted the export, rice prices rose Potential ';' worry about paying high metres, the supermarket rice shipment So-be empty '

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