"Looking to the future, one can't help but share the Hong Kong people's current positive frame of mind. Today, after significant fluctuation, the economic numbers are all moving in the right direction. GDP is growing, unemployment is falling, and citizens are expressing confidence about Hong Kong's ability to be reborn - again - as a new, dynamic leader in southern China, in the region, and globally."

Speaking at his farewell luncheon organised by AmCham, 25 April