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Developers thus recover their capital fast. So

long as confidence lasts this will be ploughed

back into further development.

If confidence fails

(ie because of (i) or (ii) above), a progressively

higher proportion of the cash flow will be diverted

out of Hong Kong with resultant effect on the value

of the Hong Kong dollar and business confidence

generally.

would rapidly gather momentum and be hard to stop.

If business confidence failed in Hong Kong, the

Government's revenue would drop and it would be

unable to maintain either the development of

infrastructure or the level of public services.

Once such a process has started it

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