The excessive emphasis on Hong Kong's unique functions in the areas of finance, trade, transshipment, and tourism vis-à-vis the larger Chinese economy has sacrificed Hong Kong's economic independence and greatly sapped its economic health, and it has left out in the cold the many Hong Kong residents who are unable to make a place for themselves within this model.
而過於強調香港在整個中國經濟體系中的特定功能──金融、貿易、轉運和旅遊等──的結果，犧牲了香港作為一個獨立經濟體的完整性，讓它的經濟體質格外脆弱，也讓無法嵌進這個功能模式的大部分港人進退失據，處境尷尬。