The new normal of everyday life in Hong Kong

16/06/2023

The Great Leap Backward of District Councils: From Stakeholder to Patron-client Grassroots Governance

https://www.patreon.com/posts/great-leap-of-to-84604049
..the government plan is to suppress the stakeholder grassroots governance approach and reinforce the patron-client approach by taking over the “caring” function of the district councillors with the establishment of “care teams”.

10/01/2023

After the reinterpret of the NSL, the HK national security committee is given definitive power on cases related to national securities. The court is marginalized and judiciary compliant.

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22/12/2022

The most entertaining news these days is the saga of Google’s search result of “Hong Kong Anthem”. The comments and suggestions made by officials and pro-establishment politicians have drawn a lot of jokes, mockeries and laughter about the ridiculous totalitarian desire to control people’s thoughts and associations.

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05/12/2022

The Civic Party is about to self-dissolve. This is another "normal" decision as the city has no respect for professional elites.

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16/11/2022

Privileges are normalized...

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21/10/2022

It was like a nightmare that came true when I saw the above screen capture of the morning news of the 20th Chinese Communist Party Congress on Hong Kong's most popular TV channel on Facebook this Sunday.

Yet, I am no longer terrified by the nightmare. Like many friends, I just sneered at the North Korean-style backdrop.

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03/10/2022

Now the door is unlocked, and locals dashed out to take a deep breath in free lands... why should people pay a visit to a restricted zone like Hong Kong?

https://www.patreon.com/posts/opening-up-hong-72804882

19/09/2022

The late Queen’s crown quickly passed on to King Charles III, but in many British colonies including Hong Kong, her law was passed on to authoritative governments. https://www.patreon.com/posts/72168324

29/08/2022

After the uplifting of the news ban, the headlines were that among the 47 activists facing conspiracy to state subversion charges, 29 pleaded guilty. More in the comment thread
https://www.patreon.com/posts/on-pleading-71145165

09/08/2022

We are doomed to have PTSD...

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02/07/2022

We all have our own jumbo floating restaurants in our hearts. And we have been watching our beloved sink in front of us.

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20/06/2022

The shutdown of Factwire is not as dramatic as Apple Daily and Stand News because there was no police raid. Yet, it is more extensive and chilling as there was a data raid which extended the political pressure to the news outlet's subscribers. https://www.patreon.com/posts/disbandment-of-68000383

09/06/2022

On June 4, my family took a ritualistic walk near Victoria Park after dinner.

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19/05/2022

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01/05/2022

The insistence on zero-COVID, though rhetorical, is a curse of a haunted zero-trust society.

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14/04/2022

Whatever...

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04/04/2022

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14/03/2022

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22/02/2022

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14/02/2022

The question is then why do the ruling elites still make such a suggestion?

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05/02/2022

How people interpret into the prophecy is more revealing than the words on the fortune telling stick :)

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28/01/2022

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17/01/2022

"Which is the biggest party in Hong Kong?
It is the Birthday party!"

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31/12/2021

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29/12/2021

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15/12/2021

'...“government is the right disposition of things, arranged so as to lead to a convenient end". Obviously, the issue of invalid votes has now become the "things" that cannot be properly disposed of.'

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12/12/2021

https://www.patreon.com/posts/hong-kongs-to-of-59774081

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29/11/2021

Very soon, Hongkongers may become illiterate in mother tongue as a result of the city's language policy.

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19/11/2021

an assertion of savage power...

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11/11/2021

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