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.