we are now 16 yrs into that so-called 50yrs of "non-change", and guess what? everything changed so dramatically in HK, nobody seems to know what to do with it anymore.
I won't live to see that full 50yrs of passing, but I will definitely be able to witness the change ongoing during this period of time, just like witnessing that tiananmen square massacre on June 4th in 1989 on the public/global news media.