2021年5月11日
A Hong Konger
EJ Insight
An open invitation to HKSAR administration
Nearly 1.5 million people in Hong Kong, or about 21 percent were living below the poverty line according to official data.
"Hong Kong is a city rife with inequalities. Rampant resource inegalitarianism, abhorrently exborbitant housing prices, and – above all – an administration and ruling class that is deeply out of touch with the ordinary people." We don’t need this op-ed to affirm such nuggets of wisdom – all we need is to turn towards the administration, and its heavy-handed rhetorical emphasis on combating inequality over the recent weeks.
Yet talk is always easier than action – by miles. I don’t doubt that some in the administration possess the conviction and integrity to take on the entrenched problems afflicting Hong Kong today. I also do not question – at least with the benefit of doubt granted to them – the goodwill harboured by many in the Establishment, in addressing the vested interests and embedded kleptocracy that runs amok in the city today. Indeed, I applaud the words and determination of the Central Liaison Office, whose Director Luo Huining is both more attuned to the sentiments of people on the ground, and willing to engage in conversation and dialogue, than our current Chief Executive, Carrie Lam. ...
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