My TakeHong Kong barristers’ train of thought is simply bizarre
Argument against proposed joint border checkpoint at express rail terminus is on the wrong track and those travelling between the city and the mainland will not be impressed
We all know the Bar Association is against the proposed joint border checkpoint at the express rail terminus.
This happened after a group of yellow-ribbon barristers forced an early election and took over its leadership. But its latest argument against the plan is downright bizarre.
Officials have argued the proposed legal arrangement would apply only to travellers entering a designated floor controlled by mainland officers and therefore not to the whole city.
If you get nowhere near the area, how could mainland laws possibly apply to you? It does, according to the association. “The bill applies to all persons in Hong Kong as every person is a potential passenger of the high-speed rail,” it said in a statement.
Say what?! To disprove this statement, all you need is one Hong Kong person to declare he or she will never travel on the express rail or set foot on the mainland.
I am sure we have plenty of such people, say, all those self-styled localists who hate and despise anything to do with the mainland.