虽难以在全球经济的阵痛中独善其身,但香港经济基本面仍然稳健,从长期来看,增势不会改变今年第二季度香港经济增长4.2%,上半年增长5.8%,消费物价通胀在二季度平均上升5.7%。这些数字来自于8月15日香港特区政府发布的《2008年半年经济报告》以及2008年第二季度的本地生产总值初步统计。从数据中可见,在今年二季度香港消费、投资支出和商品出口的增幅明显下降,经济增长放缓,通货膨胀攀升。这表明,香港经济从2003年第三季度开始,在经历长时间的快速增长后增 Hong Kong's economic fundamentals are still sound. In the long run, growth will not change. Hong Kong's economy grew by 4.2% in the second quarter of this year and by 5.8% in the first half. Consumer inflation in the second quarter An average increase of 5.7%. These figures come from the preliminary statistics of the “Half-Year Economic Report 2008” released by the Hong Kong SAR Government on August 15 and the GDP in the second quarter of 2008. As can be seen from the data, in the second quarter of this year, the growth rate of spending, investment expenditure and export of goods in Hong Kong has obviously dropped. The economic growth has slowed and inflation has risen. This shows that Hong Kong's economy has enjoyed a long period of rapid growth since the third quarter of 2003