Letters | Joshua Wong may hold the key to ending the protests and creating a bright future for Hong Kong

Joshua Wong, secretary-general of Demosisto and leader of the “umbrella movement”, arrives to testify before the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, in Washington on September 17. Photo: AFP

I came to Hong Kong in 1966 and lived and served through the 1966 and 1967 riots. I have never been so concerned for Hong Kong as I am now, not even during the 2014 “umbrella movement”.

Today’s problems are just so much larger, deeper and more complex. Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor’s reckless extradition bill exposed problems so big that they cannot be quickly or easily resolved: the enormous wealth gap in Hong Kong and our different lifestyles vis-à-vis China. The young, in particular, have their whole lives before them and see only obstacles they cannot surmount.
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