【明報專訊】CLP POWER AND HONG KONG ELECTRIC are set to raise tariffs by 20% and 45% respectively year-on-year next year. While the government is denying that it intends to downplay the tariff increases, it is resorting to a lot of high-sounding talk, threatening that a refusal to let the two companies raise tariffs might "make the power supply unstable" and "cause the power companies to withdraw from the market" as if it is scaring the public on behalf of the two power companies.