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Letters

September 13 marks the date of the Mid-Autumn Festival and September 14 is a public holiday.
Before any group hijacks this festival for specific demonstrations or purposes, may I, as a law-abiding, peace-loving individual, ask that the sanctity of this festival be remembered and honoured for its tradition, which is to celebrate the completeness and unity of families?
May we therefore ask for this festival that there are no white shirts, no black shirts, no demonstrations of any kind, no police in combat gear, no politicians and no media personnel shoving camera lenses and microphones at us?
Let us instead bring harmony to our families and have a peaceful day.
The tourists may enjoy it too.
Mark Mahoney, Clear Water Bay
There’s a market for environmentally friendly mooncakes
I am writing in response to the article, “Hong Kong environment group takes aim at mooncakes as Mid-Autumn Festival nears” (August 15).
As we get ready to celebrate the festival, have we ever thought about how many mooncakes are wasted each year? The article quotes a local group which estimates that 2.9 million mooncakes will end up in landfills this year, up from 2.2 million in 2018. Every day, 3,662 tonnes of food waste sent to local landfills, equal to the weight of 250 double-decker buses.




Moreover, more restaurants and companies have joined the mooncake market, selling or gifting mooncakes to build their brands. Overall production figures have risen, causing food waste.
To have an environmentally friendly Mid-Autumn Festival, we should seriously consider the need for and quantity of the mooncakes we gift. Customers should think carefully while purchasing gifts and avoid over-gifting.
Mooncake importer says stock will be destroyed after mainland backlash
Furthermore, packaging can also be very wasteful. If the public is willing to choose environmentally friendly packaged mooncakes, manufacturers would definitely pay more attention to this market. We would then have more mooncakes in environmentally friendly or simple packaging for us to choose from. Excessive packaging seems to be the responsibility of the producers, but in fact consumers and producers can both play a role here.
We should be environmentally conscious in our daily lives all year round, not just during festivals.
Rainie Wu Man-yi, Kwai Chung



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Members of the community attend a memorial service at the Education University in Tai Po in July for two students from the school who lost their lives. A recent report on youth who sought help on problems amid the continuing protests in Hong Kong found that as many as half of them displayed signs of depression. Photo: Edmond So

Reverend Chu Yiu-ming attends a memorial service at the Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK), Tai Po, for two students from the school who committed suicide in protest against the extradition bill. Four people linked to the campaign against the extradition bill died in the past month. 06JUL19 SCMP / Edmond So

With any luck, Hong Kong’s ninja protesters will hang up their masks and the summer of discontent will pass

A demonstrator stands on top of a traffic light during a protest on August 25. Most people do not willingly spend their precious weekends at political rallies. They are stirred to take political action when life becomes so bad they feel they have no choice. Photo: Reuters

Letters | Protesters, let Hong Kong enjoy the Mid-Autumn Festival in peace without hijacking it for politics