Hong Kong villagers go on bended knee to protest against government housing plan
About 60 villagers and activists from Wang Chau in Yuen Long call on chief executive-elect Carrie Lam to meet them and listen to their views
What would have normally been a 10-minute walk took more than an hour as three villagers leading the procession got down on their knees and raised their arms every three steps of the way in a plea to the city’s new leader, Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, to meet them and listen to their woes.
To the slow beat of a drum, the villagers, who included children and elderly people from three non-indigenous villages – Wing Ning Tsuen, Fung Chi Tsuen and Yeung Uk San Tsuen – marched silently to the lobby of Champion Tower. An employee from Lam’s office received their petition letter.
“I hope [the new administration]won’t be so cold-blooded,”said Chan Oi-kam, who is village head of Wing Ning Tsuen. “It is unfair and unjust. They have never even consulted us.”