There are so many thought and feelings from the people here in Hong Kong. I was treated to the words of a long time resident. One who has liver her whole life here and continues to hope for a free democratic society. These are her words…
“I was born and brought up in Hong Kong and have witnessed many major events that have decided our future. When the British were the Governor we had no awareness of the political issues, life seemed to be happy and people were satisfied. But things changed dramatically as soon as China took over Hong Kong in 1997. Mr. Tung became our Chief Executive and has been the worst since I can remember. Things continued to get worse even after SARS when Mr. Tung demonstrated his incapability to lead Hong Kong after a series of big events. As Hong Kong citizens, we felt so helpless but still wanted to control our own destiny.
Then the voice for freedom to elect our ideal Chief Executive began to emerge. People started to look at the "Basic Law" to find out what election rights we have. It's been clearly written down the schedule for universal suffrage (2007) but the Chinese Authority postponed it without any reasonable groundings. We are all resented by this. Our current Chief Executive, Mr. Donald Tsang was not chosen by the people. In fact, he was nominated by the China Government to be our Chief Executive. We have no choice. We need basic human rights - the freedom election. Countries like Taiwan, Indonesia, and Thailand all have their freedom of election, why a place like Hong Kong which is so well-developed, so civilized has been deprived its basic right? The road for democracy has always been uneasy. But we will fight for it - until the day we win.”
For more information please visit two websites one by the Democratic party in Hong Kong that gives some brief ideas why the People if Hong Kong fight for universal suffrage as it has been written in the "Basic Law" which was drafted and agreed by both the British and Chinese Government. The other site reflects genuine opinions of the majorities in Hong Kong.
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