The lighting of candles by the US and EU consulates to commemorate the events of Beijing 1989 and the subsequent strong rebuke by the Hong Kong office of China’s foreign ministry raise some curious questions. In a very general sense, consulates are guests of a host country, and guests would not offend the host, but could choose to leave quietly if they did not like the party. The US and EU consulates don’t seem to be aware of this etiquette, and arrogantly assume that they have a right to be in Hong Kong. With the US having placed sanctions on top Hong Kong government officials, one wonders why the US consulate is still operating in Hong Kong. Is the US consulate willing/able to communicate with those top Hong Kong officials? Another curious point is why only the middle officials were singled out for sanctions, while the very top leaders, Xi Jinping and his top colleagues, escaped the sanctions. I would like to call on the two consulates to clarify their positions. I would also like to hear their views on the violence and wanton destruction that took place in the second half of 2019. To pre-empt any possible blame on the police, I would like to categorically state that during this period I never saw the police vandalise MTR stations, traffic lights, China-related establishments, etc. P.K. Lee, Tung Chung