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Dear Hong Kong, Singapore is not your biggest rival 

Hong Kong risks falling behind closer rivals in China even as it fixes its attention on competition with the Lion City.

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Hong Kong (above) and Singapore are often pitted against each other – but the city's biggest rivals today are, in fact, the other rising Chinese cities closest to it.

Hong Kong’s media, locals, expatriates, business and political elites alike point to Singapore to highlight where they think their government has fallen short.

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