A growing wealth gap. A chinese editor put the question to her. A growing wealth gap. A chinese editor put the question to Herli Wa Nt To Editor put the question to herli want to give our Younger Generation hoped for the future of hong kong. In terms of the economy the hope lies in diversifying the economy so it is not just lies in diversifying the economy so it is notjust Financial Services and tourism, i want more attention on technology and creating quality jobs for people, for young people. Certainly i i know that housing is important. I want to give young people the sense of hope. And, yet, this generation, some of whom in 2014 spent nearly three months on the street protesting for democracy, they may look at you and say that you have been there for the best pa rt you have been there for the best part of 40 years. It had the housing job, the developmentjob and now you are saying you are going to sort this out . The root of the problem is the politics because hong kong is a stitch
shepard: just after 10 a.m. here thursday. the nikkei which is the broadest index here in japan, sim to the s&p 500 in the united states dropped after the open. i was down more than 4% to below 9,000, which is a psychological barrier here. here s the bigger thing. if you want to buy yen for one dollar you can get 80, 82, if it gets below 80 the products scrap these are exporting gets a lot more expensive. today it dropped again. the bank of japan inserted 63 billion u.s. dollars into it. that means 400 billion u.s. dollars inserted into the markets since monday. whether that is sustainable or not is another matter. as you walk around tokyo, a city of 14 million normally jam-packed with people the
shepard: just after 10 a.m. here thursday. the nikkei which is the broadest index here in japan, sim to the s&p 500 in the united states dropped after the open. i was down more than 4% to below 9,000, which is a psychological barrier here. here s the bigger thing. if you want to buy yen for one dollar you can get 80, 82, if it gets below 80 the products scrap these are exporting gets a lot more expensive. today it dropped again. the bank of japan inserted 63 billion u.s. dollars into it. that means 400 billion u.s. dollars inserted into the markets since monday. whether that is sustainable or not is another matter. as you walk around tokyo, a city of 14 million normally jam-packed with people the