世纪之交的香港经济正出现强劲的增长。今年第三季度的香港生产总值较去年同期实际增长达4.5％,明显较第二季度大幅反弹3.8％。香港全年生产总值增长预测可达1.8％。进入第三季度以来,盈富基金的推出、兴建迪斯尼乐园协议的达成,中美关于中国“入世”协议的签订,又使大市平添新的活力。香港股市出现了自1997年东亚金融危机引发的股灾以来的最强劲上升。恒生指数的升幅超过一点五成,超逾15,840,已反弹至金融风暴前的水平。随着市民对香港前途的 Hong Kong’s economy is showing strong growth at the turn of the century. In the third quarter of this year, Hong Kong’s gross domestic product grew by 4.5% in real terms as compared with the same period of last year, clearly a 3.8% rebound from the second quarter. Hong Kong’s GDP growth forecast for the full year will reach 1.8%. Since the third quarter, the launch of the Prosperity Fund, the agreement to build the Disneyland, and the signing of the agreement on China’s accession into the WTO have added another vitality to the market. Hong Kong’s stock market recorded its strongest rise since the stock market crash triggered by the 1997 East Asian financial crisis. The Hang Seng Index rose more than 10.5% to over 15,840 and has rebounded to its pre-financial crisis levels. With the public’s future for Hong Kong