今晨轉貼了海外來函對香港「亂局」的關注。有關問題在港耳熟能詳，我自問並無獨特的見解，本欲寫在電郵裡，不另上博。
但轉念一想，太多友人在1960年代離港，未及體驗香港其後的經濟起飛、福利改革、樓價狂潮、中英鬥爭、直選訴求、六四義憤、恐共移民、金融危機、沙士恐怖、倒董怒潮、反曾陰霾，無法想像港人今天對政府的仇恨。若能用三言兩語歸納出港人今天的心態，對海外來說聊勝於無。故不辭其陋，將回覆友人的電郵張貼在下，以供參考：
i can understand your 'shock'. hk changes too quickly. sometimes not even we in hk can cope.
"universal suffrage" is basically
one person, one vote, just like people in north america choose their
government..... this is NOT the situation in hk now.
the law promises us one person one vote
starting 2017 for choosing the next chief executive, ie mayor.
but the opposition in general has more
votes than those favoring the establishment.
so there is a strong worry that an
'anti-China' chief exec. will be elected.
to avoid this situation, there is a
tendency to introduce screening for candidates BEFORE people cast their votes
so as to kick out those whom china cannot accept.
but people suspect that screening
will be used to leave out all opposition figures so as to guarantee only
establishment candidates can win.
in order to make sure that the promised one
person one vote is a true OPEN election with no hidden process to leave out
politically undesirable candidates, some call for the so-called
'Occupy Central'
this call seems to be gathering steam as the
fight btn the two sides escalates.
yes, not an insignificant number of people
in their 50s and 60s may join the ‘march’ next year. but may not be that surprising.
the first major fight for open election in
hk appeared in 1988, the so-called 八八直選。
25 yrs later, election here is still far
from open. i have no vote for the chief executive. nor my immediate family
members.
those who fought for open election in 1988
are now in their late 40s - early 60s. these are the 50s and 60s who march for suffrage.
if an unbalanced screening process is
introduced, some of my age (now close to 70) may not be able to vote in a free election
in their life time.
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