Letters | Be brave enough to respect China and welcome Hong Kong’s electoral reform
- How many pan-democrats have experience of working and living in the mainland?
- They criticise officials for not understanding the needs of Hongkongers, but appear to be just as out of touch themselves
Federer vs Nadal, Sampras vs Agassi. These tennis greats were opponents for years. If one is mentally strong, an opponent will only motivate one to improve and progress further. It does not mean only one of the two can survive. The same principle applies everywhere, even in politics.
In the last few years, we have witnessed the incompetence and inefficient handling of the legislature in particular. From antics while being sworn in to filibustering, the pan-democrats displayed no professionalism and made almost no progress towards improving people’s livelihoods in Hong Kong.
Instead, they were always blaming the central government and finding ways to discredit their own country. I wonder how many of them have actually studied and learned lessons from the development and growth across the border over the last 40 years. How many of them have experience of working and living in the mainland? How many of them have used cross-border public transport?
They criticise Hong Kong government officials for not understanding the true needs of the people. But it would appear that many of them do not truly understand what Hongkongers really need either.
By hastily signalling their reluctance to join the electoral race, are they not simply saying they do not love or respect their own country?
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Hong Kong is a world-class city, and a city within China. Electoral reform should be welcomed with open arms, in that it clarifies the parameters of “one country, two systems” for the city to strive and survive. Opposition for the sake of opposing is meaningless.
Lusan Hung, Wan Chai
