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100字的宴会致辞英语 篇一：100字的宴会致辞英语 One trend we have tracked closely is London’s emergence as a global financial centre. Unlike London, Singa pore has not always been a financial centre. But after independence, we studied how London had carved out a role for itself as a centre for offshore US dollar business, servicing Europe. So Singa-pore started the Asian dollar market to service Asian countries around us, emulating London’s Eurodollar(转载于:www.cNBotHwin.cOm 博 威 范文网:100字的宴会致辞英语) market. That was how we became a financial centre. By the late 1990s, this strategy was reaching its limits. It was time to take another step forward. Again London was our model. We felt that Singapore could be the “Lon-rich” (London + Zurich) of the East. Hence we liberalised our regulations, opened up our markets and accepted more risks, in a controlled way. But we were less experienced and established than London, and had less margin to recover from a major setback. Therefore we did not go as far as London did in letting go, which in hindsight was just as well. I was then responsible for the Monetary Authority of Singa pore. So I often visited London, to understand your thinking, study how your system worked, and explore how we could cooperate in financial services. I would visit not just the Square Mile, but also Canary Wharf, which had become a vibrant new centre. So when Singa pore built the Marina Bay Financial Centre in our new downtown, we picked up many ideas from Canary Wharf, and thus fortunately avoided the early difficulties that Canary Wharf encountered. Today, London is not just a financial hub, but a global city for talent, innovation and culture. Each time I visit – most recently in 2009 – I feel the energy and verve of the city. Were Wordsworth to visit Westminster Bridge today, he would surely sense that all that mighty heart is not lying still, but pulsing powerfully*! London’s global standing is an enormous advantage both for itself and for the UK. But it also brings str