Believe What You Believe

A recent survey indicates Hong Kong people believe that the local economic outlook is good. It ranks second in the Asia region. The above statements are what I heard on the radio last week. Seems the future is getting rosy. When I read the same topic in the recent issue of the the Economist, the story is a bit different. The Hong Kong indicator is 0.9 (the world average is 1.0). Wow! A fact can be twisted so easily to distort the real.