; b' n& P( o% E- i! T z公仔箱論壇 " d5 }1 j) X) f V. JTVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。八九六四前夕,時任港督 衞奕信決定成立中央政策組,先打電話給縱橫商界的經濟顧問顧汝德( Leo Goodstadt),說:「我要你來,我將自己隻『右手』俾你。」 衞奕信的「右手」是他私人秘書 Richard Hoare,還有多個大名——滙豐鄭海泉、太古張永霖、三十出頭的張震遠、左中右各路英雄。顧汝德就此出任中策組首席顧問至九七回歸。 4 t( F |; g/ Y 1 ]$ p' ~/ }8 ?. Y0 l廿三年後,中策組變質成僭建特首梁振英的粉絲俱樂部,揸旗的邵善波八十年代已是梁振英向左走政壇拍檔,上週他大呼「中策組由顧汝德年代已非政治中立」企圖甩身。5 s) H! Q1 m. O$ O1 D/ E3 {
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7 Z- O2 b2 H1 O/ F' \ @tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb顧汝德剛從祖家愛爾蘭回港出任香港大學訪問學者,接受本刊專訪反擊邵善波言論不公道:「我唔識邵善波,佢無可能知道我在中策組做過乜,唔好靠估。 ( F* h7 h" \3 R4 @( \( P公仔箱論壇公仔箱論壇/ B* X, n9 a$ g, H6 A5 x; `
「話我做港英打手?我無委任港督班粉絲入中策組、無搞過公務員、無做民意調查、又無做過公關。TVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。9 F, f! \0 _* z
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「話我係英國特務?都係九七後先有人講,我話你知——絕對、絕對唔係。」說到此,語氣溫文滿口貴族音的顧汝德,突然激動。 + o% {4 R$ C l. Q- ]0 Uwww2.tvboxnow.com . E" y2 o" U& K6 T8 k ]7 s" Z由外到內,顧汝德都跟邵善波南轅北轍。外號「魔僧」的顧汝德瘦削高䠷,政壇中人形容他老僧入定般的談吐背後深藏不露,不像邵善波口出狂言。七十三歲的顧汝德九七後經常愛爾蘭香港兩邊走,在老家都柏林大學執教,又曾效力電盈和金管局,目前在港大研究香港貧富懸殊。 0 L5 R, w$ P, \$ B8 o" W+ w4 J5 A , M% H, T3 M7 k4 t2 w9 f. e; X- X公仔箱論壇邵善波領導中策組只有五個月便將之變成「組織部」和「中宣部」,顧汝德也有留意:「邵善波都係服務佢個『客』,中策組變,係因為個『客』需求唔同咗。」顧汝德所指的「客」包括三人:行政長官、政務司長、財政司長。中策組當年成立,就是專為這三人直接提供解決問題方案,再下令公務員執行。 . U9 \$ y2 d9 t! T0 {tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 C0 g f" j' }# Y! a4 Y
顧汝德記得,他從前的三大客戶並無要求他翻天覆地改革體制,「我們從無打算整頓公務員、沒寫過批判政府部門的報告。除了一次,翟克誠(時任財政司)收到商界投訴政府預測的 GDP唔準確,叫我搵原因。」 ; K }/ P0 P6 c) W : u1 L/ G% o# h! ftvb now,tvbnow,bttvb但公務員還是對中策組有戒心,「他們以為我要拗手瓜,為咗唔想增加嫌隙,我從來唔會指令官員做嘢、平日亦唔會有直接溝通。」他最記得建議成立金管局時,公務員很大反彈,質疑為何要用比公務員更高的人工請金融專才,「連任志剛初時都唔信我支持佢。」不同崗位的公務員,對中策組這神秘組織都築起圍牆。但中策組不能與公務員割裂,否則收不到風,顧汝德想到一條好橋:「寫施政報告前,我請一班年輕 AO去部門問意見。」顧說,他和手下不親自出馬就為避嫌,鼓勵官員沒芥蒂講真話。 " R7 K) h L/ @TVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。$ y1 \: m5 p4 h1 h1 f
梁振英上場指令中策組全職顧問高靜芝,介入審批各部門人事任命,顧汝德拐個彎說:「講到尾,都係個『客』有咁要求。當年我唔會埋公務員身。0 ^% M+ a# @1 B& O/ O5 N q( u5 ]
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「而中策組成員,亦唔會係港督嘅粉絲。」 & g1 G$ R* s. J: R/ ]2 Q1 LTVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。TVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。8 i% D5 M9 O4 Y5 x) c 無港督粉絲 - R9 i) K2 r7 }6 Z# E) [TVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。" Y5 Y* d# X E- ~( n* O5 ?
顧汝德說, 衞奕信選他做中策組阿頭(職級屬當時 D8)因他人脈廣,開設的顧問公司客戶包括恒生利國偉等巨賈。加上他曾任《遠東經濟評論》副總編輯、《Euromoney》駐港特派員。* A+ L1 ~' h5 O+ q% L7 ~7 r6 j2 L
' a' c' t1 K0 u9 v8 Xtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb「 衞奕信對中策組人選有個要求:識得用實際方法解決問題。」顧汝德憶述,時任布政司霍德收到 衞奕信柯打,即找上兩大英資巨頭滙豐和太古的大班:「我要借調你手下最強的人來一、兩年。」就此,鄭海泉和張永霖每月繼續由滙豐和太古出糧(公帑負擔他們部分人工),身上卻多了一個屬 D3級別的中策組全職顧問銜頭。張永霖向本刊回憶,最難忘是六四後到新華社,與副社長喬宗淮商討營救在北京的李卓人。 7 M1 Y- A/ W- T( x # V/ t( p9 ]& q/ S- a- s" W公仔箱論壇中策組網羅的商界精英還包括:香港電話阮紀棠、恒生黃建群,還有今天政壇紅人張震遠。張震遠由阮紀棠邀請加入中策組時只有三十五歲,顧汝德記得:「張當時在麥肯錫顧問公司,做過新機場及地鐵等項目,很出色。」坊間有傳張之所以獲中策組羅致,與家族的國民黨背景有關,顧汝德輕輕一句:「這可不是我們考慮的。」張震遠如今變成梁粉,顧沒直接評價:「他很棒,你看他做市建局主席就知。」% q( B0 ?- `! ~% b. V9 j
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. ?9 } z: ~, p8 J' E% z$ U* D$ twww2.tvboxnow.comStephen Brown: Interfere No More L h* t7 V! Y5 owww2.tvboxnow.com2012年11月29日www2.tvboxnow.com9 M5 q, k9 r1 _8 d9 x0 G' ?
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The last few weeks have seen the continued stagnation of the Leung Administration,as policy initiatives stumble and as the Administration seems unable to manage a united front. 9 Z H& ]9 K4 C& @2 vtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb a/ V+ f3 ?) t A% e9 Q
Some of the events that have undermined the Administration have been self inflicted,while others, such as appointing an investment banker to Exco whose qualification seemed to be that he owned 27 properties must be seen by the public as being downright stupid.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb b. L: n2 r# w; r, a1 ~3 n
But,despite these ups and downs, the real problem is the fact that we are still not clear about what C.Y. Leung and his team stand for, which became an even bigger issue when he decided to push back the Policy Address to early 2013.www2.tvboxnow.com6 N! P" q8 V' D$ e' j
% {6 L" M3 Z8 D* Y/ Q# Lwww2.tvboxnow.comLooking at moves such as those to support the less well off, it is not clear if this is a portent of more social expenditure going forward, or if there is going to be some universal integration of benefits so that those people who are not able to gain access to public housing, for example, are not substantially dis-advantaged.www2.tvboxnow.com2 c3 l, s! N, s6 ?, `/ i- r
1 ^ t5 Y Y7 k! D' btvb now,tvbnow,bttvbSimilarly,we have seen an Administration that has been harping on about Mainland integration while, at the same time, having to heed the cries of the local populace and starts putting in administrative measures to halt the one-way torrent of people coming across the border.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。. }. Z* m) u# D6 U5 P" U
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And where does this Administration stand on economic policy? We have no clue either here, from what I can see. The portents here are not good, however. " Q5 m' v: Y* XThe clumsy intervention into the property market by penalizing those who are not Hong Kong abode holders is not a smart move. ! I8 l) K* E! sTVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。 7 x) E3 a6 P" i& W2 Ywww2.tvboxnow.comFirst off, it does not, as a Government spokesman stated at the time, give a preference to those that are committed to Hong Kong. It merely gives a benefit to those that have the right of abode here.www2.tvboxnow.com* I& L: O! d3 e8 `8 C( D
" Y" J5 R1 n% W+ S: uwww2.tvboxnow.comFor instance, my two grown up children benefit from their residency status for all sorts of things, including avoiding the latest stamp duty measures, though they only irregularly return from overseas where they are students.4 }" t S3 q ~
$ G& E8 M4 S$ ntvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThey qualify for HOS and PRH public housing units because, as students, they still have no income; they can come back for free health care and later in life retire here and get the public to pick up the bill. And, of course,non-resident holders of the right of abode can sit across the border and use our educational and other services every day- for free. H, a& T! W. W+ Y( S* {3 F' U& J公仔箱論壇; [: q) V. H) \! A' P0 Q
This nonsensical stamp duty discrimination highlights just how wrong the Government is when it adjudges the right of abode to be the basis for receiving free public sector goods and services, irrespective of the ordinary residency of the people claiming the benefit. ( t+ H9 a9 R4 ftvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* Y9 G% W' S1 G$ J& j+ c0 w5 u
Secondly,and more importantly, what the random stamp duty initiative undoubtedly does do is send a message to all around the world that policy in Hong Kong in relation to assets, their price levels and investment overall will in future be subject to ad hoc Government measures, as and when they see fit. Will they put a capital gains tax on stock transactions if the Hang Seng Index soars?1 m# N/ h0 |7 g4 g
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And then, finally, when it comes to the punitive taxation of property transactions,reducing liquidity in the major domestic asset market, and one that is used for funding all sorts of economic activities and which is a key component of household balance-sheets, is simply not smart. 0 ?; |4 u; u* P% M3 t8 W% i' vtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb - |1 y% p' @+ e; owww2.tvboxnow.comWe needed the meat put on the bones of the Chief Executive’ s Election Manifesto,but we are now months on from the election and the skeleton is still the only thing you can find in the shop window.www2.tvboxnow.com' g4 o+ ?0 @- @: S C4 Q% ^
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You do not have to be an evangelical Republican to believe that excessive government interference is not the way to go, but the early signs are that we will get more frequent and increasingly dis-jointed policy initiatives that simply compound the perceived problems that they seek to address.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。7 A) i2 H( H# N7 O
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In reality, C.Y. Leung just needs to do one or two simple things as a start: give the people of Hong Kong a break and start to solve a few issues with clear structural reforms,and stand back. How about for a start giving public housing away to its occupants and making sure that only those who have been ordinarily resident for seven years can get on the public sector gravy train.+ O5 e* U5 q" Q" f) R; Y' F$ ~3 p$ m
$ S; f! k) } g; ?3 z; ltvb now,tvbnow,bttvb ; }% X/ F x' cTVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。Stephen Brown is a director of the Civic Exchange, a Hong Kong-based think tank