The definitive image of the Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989 may be that of the man who stood defiantly in front of a column of tanks, but for Hong Kong people who took to the streets 10 years ago, their memories and their feelings today are as mixed as any selection of photographs from the time.
For pro-democracy activist Ko Po-ling, for instance, it was a certain Brenda who most poignantly captured the mood of the time.
On May 20, 1989, Ms Ko and tens of thousands of people ignored a No 8 signal to make their way to the New China News Agency office in Happy Valley. Braving the wrath of typhoon Brenda, they vented their anger against the Chinese Government, in particular then premier Li Peng, who branded demonstrators counter-revolutionary and imposed martial law on Beijing.
Like countless Hong Kongers, Ms Ko remembers that day well. She was taking it easy at home because Brenda had shuttered the textiles factory where she worked. But then the phone rang. Minutes later she was on the MTR heading for Causeway Bay, en route to join the hordes of demonstrators marching to the New China News Agency office.
'We had no umbrellas and no raincoats on, and it only took a few minutes for us to become soaking wet,' Ms Ko says. But the thought of keeping dry was farthest from her mind. What mattered was going out to fight for what she believed was right.
'Before 1989 I had never taken part in any community activity outside of my work; all I did was read the newspapers to keep up to date with what was going on in the world,' she says.
