do you want to talk about politics?

well, i forgot to mention i made this blog coz i want to meet people who like to talk about politics. (no, i dun like self-absorbed style endless talking about one-self, i want to hear feedback and stir up discussion) so, if u're interested, just leave a message as comment (u can say something totally unrelated to my post) hopufully we can have some interesting discussion. it doesn't have to be local hong kong issue. international news, G8 summit, africa....anything will do the true spirit of democracy is citizens getting together giving opinions on current policies, how their state should be run, and, most importantly, how they want to live their lives. however, in modern representative (so-called) democracy, citizen's chance of giving opinions and direct input on government policies is so scarce. Yet Hong Kong citizens are deprived of this. ordinary citizens have no voice in deciding their own future.
Hong Kong cannot go on like this any longer. there need to be change. who have the power to change Hong Kong? not Beijing central government, but ordinary people like you and I.
so, let's talk about politics.

*pic-Long Hair is my hero: though we may have different viewpoint, i admire him as a persistant, daring, no-nonsense political activist

1st July March--the third year 七一遊行

another year, another march. This year most of the controversy is about the declined number of marcher--from 500 000 of last year to less than 50 000 this year.
Does that mean Hong Kong people has give up their fight for democracy? no. But it does show Hong Kong people is facing a steep hill to climb.
In the chess game of PRC Government vs HK people, HK people won (unexpectedly) the previous two round with two massive 1st July march. However PRC Government is not a lame duck--they do not tolerate losing. They utilise their political power and replace Tung Chee-wah in a surprise move. Put Mr. Tung on the post is probably the greatest mistake PRC has committed so far, and they certainly learn from it. Dull face Mr. Tung is not even a politician. He has no idea how to run a city as complex as Hong Kong--no wonder he was so unpopular.
Hong Kong sufferred under Tung Chee-wah as he is stupid. But the next in line is even more dangerous--Donald 'bow tie' Tsang, the slick civil servant who spend decades serving the colonial government.

to be continued