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Letters

The leaderless revolution in Hong Kong is now turning directionless, as they try to find support from schoolchildren to further their cause.
It is a sin to drag schoolchildren into politics that has peaked with violence, confrontations and mayhem, and with no amicable solution yet offered by the administration. Already, some students have been hurt.
To take part in such intense political action at this tender age, one has to undergo a five-step grilling. First from parents and seniors, secondly from siblings and peers, thirdly from teachers and vocational guides, fourthly from school principals and administrators, and the fifth from government officials.
If the adults do not allow children to take part in politics, it does not mean suppressing the freedom of speech but nurturing children’s natural growth, which is the most important.




Just imagine the psychological turbulence these children have to go through, which can have catastrophic affects on their health, innocence and future happiness.
The leaderless movement is also beginning to go off-track now. Those whom protesters are targeting simply get on with their cosy lives whereas a cross-section of Hong Kong people are facing the loss of jobs and income.
D. Kamlesh, Tsim Sha Tsui


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Hong Kong protests have lost direction: leave the children out of it

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Desmond Lau (left) records a video outside CGO in Admiralty.  20SEP19 Photo:SCMP/Felix Wong

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Anti-government protesters hold up their hands to symbolise the “five demands”, as they switch on their mobile phone flashlights and sing “Glory to Hong Kong”, outside an MTR mall in Wong Tai Sin on September 10. Photo: Sam Tsang

A protester uses a fire to light up a molotov cocktail before throwing it towards police stationed outside the government headquarters in Hong Kong on September 15, 2019. - Hong Kong riot police fired tear gas and water cannon at hardcore pro-democracy protesters hurling rocks and petrol bombs on September 15, tipping the violence-plagued city back into chaos after a brief lull in clashes. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP)

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Letters | Hong Kong protests have lost direction: leave the children out of it