So we look now to our friends from Hong Kong who fuse together a sublime sense of history with a zest for the future to take us forward. In Mauritius, we have tended to look to Singapore for our benchmarks of performance.
It is expected to proceed at a moderate but steady pace, supported by solid domestic demand and the effective pass-through of our monetary policy measures to the real economy. Consumers are benefiting from still relatively low oil prices and improved employment prospects. Likewise, investment is edging up, supported by higher corporate profits and favourable financing conditions.