A free market at the doorstep of the largest market in the world, Hong Kong enjoys the very best geographic and socio-economic situation in the world.
Unfortunately, Hong Kongers failed to take advantage of their city’s prime situation. Or, to be more precise, they simply are unaware of the ridiculously high potential of their own city.
Hong Kong is known all over the world primarily as Asia’s main financial hub. And, walking down the streets of Central, it is obvious that finance takes a central place -no pun intended- in Hong Kong’s economy. Bank of China Tower, Bank of China Building, HSBC Main Building, International Finance Centre One and Two, Bank of America Tower,… The list of buildings named after major banks goes on and on. One may think that a city that takes finance so seriously would be home to a state of the art banking system. Well, you’d be surprised.
Gweilo Rant