Q Are young Hongkongers becoming more superstitious?
It's indicative of some people's increasing narrow-mindedness that when faced with a situation of negative relationships between peers or co-workers, many prefer to follow superstition, wasting money to curse and hex those they have problems with, rather than tackling the issue head-on to resolve the problem rationally and realistically. Instead of trying to seek a practical solution to the problem, they seek to compound the issue further and pour greater negativity into the situation.
Isn't it about time that Hong Kong people decreased their belief in superstition and old-wives' tales and woke up to reality? Hopefully we may no longer need to read about victims robbed of their valuables and money in superstitious street scams, or naive women duped into having sex with fung shui wizards to ward off bad luck.
If people took bigger steps to solve personal issues actively, instead of seeking ways to escape them, perhaps one day we may live in a Hong Kong where people don't consider suicide a solution to problems?
David Tang, Causeway Bay
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