National economic council director gene sperling told mr. loper it was impossible to hit revenue targets without raising tax rates .

国家经济委员会（nationeconomiccouncil）负责人斯珀林（genesperling）告诉洛珀，不增加税率就不可能实现收入目标。

Before then , the government kept arguing that " hong kong was a harmonious society , that any perceptions of discrimination were just misunderstandings , " says kelley loper , law professor at hong kong university .

香港大学（hongkonguniversity）法律教授罗恺丽说，在此之前，政府一直坚称香港是一个和谐社会，任何对香港存在歧视的解读都不过是误解。