protests are evolving from a local issue to one with global economic impact embattled hong kong chief curry lama has tried to soothe market fears i as a chief. executive will be responsible to rebuild hong kong's economy to engage as spike lee as possible to listen as attentively as possible so my people scream and says and try to help hong kong to move on lagos. i the words have done little to ease jitters around asia asian stocks have tumbled amid darr warnings from china about terrorism and threats of intervention fears of a drawn out sino us trade war and worries of capital flight from hong kong have added to woes investors believe hong kong's future will be decided by beijing and those worries have been taking a toll on singapore's economy as well the city state has cut its annual growth forecast as their trade spat hammers exports singapore is an export up and highly sensitive to external shocks it's expected to grow between 0 and one percent this year that's a sharp decline from the previous estimate of between one and a half and 2 and a half percent many asian countries have slashed thei