"The so-called policy of positive non-interventionism before the handover was actually a policy of no commitment and no planning, " says Tsang Shu-ki, economics professor at Hong Kong Baptist University.

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Major institutes of higher education, such as the University of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Baptist University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, either have already begun or soon plan to launch bachelor-degree courses on traditional Chinese medicine.

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According to polls by the Hong Kong Transition Project at the Baptist University, 86% of Hong Kong's people saw him engage in televised debates with Mr Leong and 69% heard him make this promise.

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