"Tung knows that any sign of instability in Hong Kong will make China more apt to intervene, " says Cheung.

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"China is very, very serious about becoming e-commerce-oriented in a few years, " says Cindy Cheung, general manager for IBM's Greater China e-business solutions group.

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That is why he decided not to vie for the chief executive's job last year despite support from trusted Beijing advisers, says columnist Cheung Lap.

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"The industry doesn't think they're going to make money on these diseases, and they're right, " Cheung says.

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