【明報專訊】HONG KONG'S ECONOMIC RECOVERY has not been as robust as expected. Society is so infused with pessimism that some netizens' description of the city as the "ruins of a financial centre" is enough to trigger widespread reverberations. Yesterday (6 December), Moody's, a rating agency, lowered the outlook on Hong Kong's rating to "negative". Foreseeably, this is likely to arouse a new wave of discussions.