HSR - Finally official words that Sgp n Msia officials r having official talks! All the hype n whatever really mean nothing except to satisfy bore nedia farce creators n watchers!
"Hong Kong independence activist attacks Beijing at press club talk
HONG KONG: Hong Kong independence activist Andy Chan attacked China as an empire trying to "annex" and "destroy" the city in a no-holds barred speech on Tuesday (Aug 14) at the city's press club which Beijing wanted cancelled.
Rival protesters gathered outside the venue and a small group of pro-independence activists clashed with police, saying they had been given no space for their rally, while dozens of pro-Beijing supporters chanted slogans including "gas the spies!"
"We are a nation that is quickly being annexed and destroyed by China," he said, in a lunch address entitled "Hong Kong Nationalism: A Politically Incorrect Guide to Hong Kong under Chinese Rule".
The Hong Kong office of China's foreign ministry, which had requested the club pull the talk, quickly hit back.
"If the Hong Kong Foreign Correspondents' Club wouldn't invite racists, anti-semites, terrorists and Nazis to give speeches, why would the HKFCC, in Chinese territory, openly invite a leader of 'Hong Kong independence' to give speeches on 'Hong Kong independence'?" it said in a statement.
The ministry accused the FCC of taking a stance by providing a platform for the independence movement and "touching the most sensitive nerves of 1.4 billion Chinese including the seven million Hong Kong comrades".
The Hong Kong government said that while it backed freedom of speech and the press, allowing Chan to speak contravened the city's mini-constitution and was "totally inappropriate and unacceptable".
Hong Kong enjoys freedom of speech and assembly unseen on the mainland under a handover agreement between Britain and China."
A very interesting event that coukd hv been, n should hv been BANNED. Really.
The fact that Chan actually got to speak at this HKFCC is one way of giving the "indpendentists" a rope to tighten round their own necks?
Not sure when Hkg was ever an independent "nation" as claimed by Chan. What is the substance to this claim?
Anyway, it is for the Hkg SAR n tne PRC people to decide if this independence for Hkg make sense.
The key learning is that when someone feels passionate n fervently convinced of one's cause, they can be totally irrational n comprehensible in their actions.
It is not abt the money. In fact, even if they hv money, they will b jailed if they don't hv good intel to FLEE their homes b4 the security forces come sweep them away!!
Maybe Sgp need more of such activists n politicians to galvanize the people to a new vision for Sgp? We sure can use the fervent passion to reimagine our next 53 yrs!!
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