Comparisons have been made to 1998 when the then financial secretary and now chief executive of Hong Kong , Donald Tsang , spent $ 15bn to protect the peg and drive away speculators betting on a devaluation .
外界将目前的情况与1998年进行了比较,当时的财政司司长、现任香港特首曾荫权(DonaldTsang)投入150亿美元以维护钉住汇率机制,并驱离押注于港元贬值的投机者。