For more than two decades, citizens and residents in the former British colony of Hong Kong have enjoyed a wide range of freedoms and legal protections unthinkable in any other part of the People’s Republic of China. These protections, guaranteed by the territory’s tradition of judicial independence, are the bedrock of the city’s extraordinary success as a regional entrep?t. It is precisely because of these legal safeguards that many international companies, including most global media organisations, have chosen to base their regional headquarters in Hong Kong.
二十多年來(lái)，前英國(guó)殖民地香港的市民和居民享有在中華人民共和國(guó)其他任何地方都不可想象的廣泛自由和法律保護(hù)。這些保護(hù)措施得到香港司法獨(dú)立傳統(tǒng)的保障，是香港作為地區(qū)轉(zhuǎn)口港取得非凡成功的基石。正是由于這些法律保護(hù)，許多跨國(guó)公司——包括多數(shù)全球媒體機(jī)構(gòu)——選擇把地區(qū)總部設(shè)在香港。