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Letters | To change Hong Kong’s DNA, first recognise that it exists

  • Mere rhetoric and repressive actions will not help the central government achieve its purpose
  • Any changes to the city’s DNA must be voluntary

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The Chinese and Hong Kong flags fly outside the government headquarters in Admiralty. Photo: Bloomberg
Let’s look at the facts. Hong Kong showed during last year’s district council elections that belief in “one country, two systems” was declining, when pro-democracy candidates won a landslide victory.
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The central government’s representatives in Hong Kong at the time totally misread public sentiment, resulting in a shake-up.

Do not forget that our own government totally failed to represent us and let Beijing take the lead. We now have three mainland agencies operating in Hong Kong.

In less than a year, we have got the national security law and an overhaul of the electoral system; we had the national anthem law earlier and and pretty soon we can expect an overhaul of our educational system. 

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‘We do not want unpatriotic people in our political system,’ says Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam

‘We do not want unpatriotic people in our political system,’ says Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam

Hong Kong’s DNA is being totally denied, most of all because our so-called representatives in the National People’s Congress and other Beijing bodies are not representing us. 

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