It was said by Sir John Bremridge, Swire Taipan in the seventies who became the first non civil servant Financial Secretary of Hong Kong from 1981 to 1986. He introduced the USD peg at HKD 7.80 in 1983. He also stopped the proposed building of the new airport due to the economic climate of the time.
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