I was born and bred in Hong Kong and, like most people living all over the world, I have great affection for my home, its people and culture.
I do not see it as wrong to defend our culture, history and heritage and, as Hong Kong was governed as a British colony, that would inevitably include those built and nurtured under colonial rule.
I do not suffer from "psychological imbalance" and do not feel "powerless when faced with the mainland's economic growth" ("Speakers deride HK 'nativism'", May 30).
Quite the contrary, I am proud of China's economic growth. I take great offence at these comments. The memories of my growing up in Hong Kong, which was a life under British rule, were not fantasies.
Should those members and speakers of the Hong Kong Development Forum wish to ponder the reasons behind the rising concerns of having Hong Kong's autonomy eroded, perhaps they would like to turn the pages in the same edition of the South China Morning Post and read the story ("The silent suffering of mothers"); or pick up any other edition of the paper and read about how hundreds were killed in storms or earthquakes on the mainland due to shoddy building standards, about people who were jailed without trial and the antics of corrupt provincial officials.
Perhaps if they have bothered to read some of these articles, they will have an understanding of our fear of maybe one day being "powerless" to enjoy life as we knew it; or as we know it now.