Gradually, though, the safeguards have been eroded, even as China appeared to recognise that it could not destroy Hong Kong's relative freedom without killing the goose of international commerce that lays its golden egg.
The report also said, though, that proper safeguards could help to mitigate the risk.
Strong regulatory bodies can close down government projects if they suspect budgets have been padded (though such safeguards can be bypassed in supposedly urgent situations, such as building stadiums for the 2014 World Cup).
However, a desire to avoid human wildlife conflicts often results in trail restrictions; though meant to safeguard visitor safety, these restrictions can curtail park visitors' opportunities to see wildlife against their wishes and limit a park's economic benefits for the local community.
Some writers, though, believe that legal safeguards would be enough to protect incompetent donors from abuse (Munson 2002).
Though Americans safeguarded religious freedom in law, fanaticism and prejudice live on in practice, Jefferson wrote, and "more remains to be done".
By the time she did, though, Ms. Haddad said Safeguard had done tens of thousands of dollars' worth of damage to her property.
More urgently, though, it has to safeguard the country's territory, its people and its political independence against the increasing perils of external threats, international adventurism and internal strife.
Whatever the twisted motive, prosecutors are right to investigate the causes and recommend safeguards, though it may well be that no safeguard will work perfectly.
Not just any safeguards, though: they must be "inspired by the rules of the World Trade Organisation"—ie, temporary, and the Argentine companies thus protected must restructure.In this section The end of the Alliance?
