Lik lost his credibility long time ago, but since he has super thick skin, he keeps posting his self-hated biased articles to waste others' time and LYK's resources.
The freedom of speech in HK is nothing more than the trust and behave of the 7M HKers if they believe HK is "their" home...
Diversify is easy, consolidate is tough... From our experience, Hkers are smart, but it's way away of being wise... The general public are usually weak, they are easily tempted... What's the core value of Hker's is up to jurisdiction...
Lives are tough, we all know... But how to make lives meaningful, who can tell...
What I can tell, the current HK current government performance is real bad as they are way biased too close to the CCP... CCP is good only when strong "monitoring" is reinforced. If they are good, things work out; if they are bad, if you think you can still be good, good luck...
I've been keeping an eye on this one, and it is good to see the movement gaining traction.
The NYPD was definitely doing the wrong thing when they exercised excessive force in dealing with the protesters. But the difference between the NYPD and the HK Gung On, and the difference between USA and HKSAR are, because of the much greater press freedom and significantly higher integrity among the media, reports on such abuses were widely reported. Regardless of whether it is a PR thing, authorities has backed down from their tough actions a bit, the protests have continued, and the movement is gaining traction.
In piece of crap HK, the media are too gutless and corrupted to accurately report on the anti-government movements, and the Gung On continue to exercise excessive measures in cracking down on protests.
Unlike you, Zoids, I am not blind. And unlike you, I do not like Grandfather's ass nor America's.
But by far, what do you think should be the good approach for the future HK government... If Mr. Tong is elected, no hope, he's nothing more than a voice repeater from the Central CCP, nothing more you can expect, what you can see is the fading of HK spirit... If Mr. Leung is elected, somehow, may exist some hope...
HK needs some strong leader other than doggies that can only follow orders but without wisdoms...
Until the day when HK can get a generally nominated and elected government (including the CEO, obviously), there is no hope to HK's future. Had Tong Tong or CY been nominated by the general public to run in a generally elected CEO race, there would still be some traces of hope because there would obviously be other candidates (including some from the democratic camp). These democratic candidates would likely have a much higher chance of winning, but even if they were to lose, it would be ok because the results would be a choice made by the general HK public. If the choice turns out to be a complete failure (say, Tong Ton still wins over the democratic candidate somehow), then at least voters should smarten up a bit in the next election.
Lo Pak, please shed your age old belief of finding that ever elusive strong leader to bring us prosperity. We do not live in the Tang Dynasty anymore. What we need is a transparent, accountable, and fair system because that would accurately reflect the public's voice and concerns. 我地要追求嘅係一個完善嘅體制,而唔係乜野名君。