Zoher Abdoolcarim, TIME editor and lifelong Hong Konger, reflects on the one-month old movement in his piece titled Fighting for the Hong Kong Dream: China’s rulers and their Hong Kong proxies should listen, if only out of self-interest. Democracy is no panacea, but it makes those in power more accountable to the citizenry. To the argument that China would not allow more freedom in Hong Kong because it would create a precedent for the Chinese mainland and threaten the ruling Communist Party, the right response is that it’s about time Beijing understands the aspirations of some of its people. Civic consciousness in Hong Kong has been raised to the point that it cannot be bottled. If the territory — which is guaranteed significant autonomy until 2047 through a Sino-British agreement — is so dangerous, why do so many mainlanders wish to come here to study, work and live? Zoher Abdoolcarim 時代雜誌編輯是土生土長香港人，他撰文反思長達一個月的遮打運動，標題為「為香港夢奮鬥」： 「即使中國的領導人和他們在香港的代理人只為其個人利益，也當聽著：雖然民主不是靈丹妙藥，但它能令權貴對人民負責任。有傳中國不允許香港有更多自由，因為怕在中國開創先河會威脅共產政權。然而，正確的回應卻是：北京是時候了解人民的願望，香港的公民覺醒已不可收服。香港在《中英聯合聲明》保證下享有至二零四七年的高度自治權－ 假如這片土地真的這麼危險，為何那麼多大陸人希望在這裏讀書、工作和生活？」 time/3530552/occupy-central-hong-kong-dream-democracy-protests/ #OccupyHK #UMHK #GlobalforHK #HKProtest
Posted on: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 15:30:00 +0000
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