“Regardless of which measures are used, Hong Kong sits at or near the top in just about every critical assessment category, year after year. Given that none of these ratings consider geography, the city’s location is the icing on the cake. 

“The combination of competitiveness, economic freedom and the status as the service provider to the ‘world’s workshop’ – China’s Pearl River Delta – underlines the unique position Hong Kong holds in the business world.” 

As reported in South China Morning Post, 11 August 2003