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Written by: Ouyang Cui Shi
2019-11-20 07:00
Last updated date: 2019-11-20 07:00The anti-reforms storm lasted for more than five months. In addition to street protests, the district board election held on the 24th of this month became another front. According to the survey conducted by the Communication and Public Opinion Center of the Chinese University of Hong Kong between May and October this year, those who claimed to be middlemen and non-politically oriented all went to a more distinct political spectrum. The self-proclaimed local or pan-democratic citizens increased significantly, claiming to be established. The number of people who have been sent has decreased, reflecting that more people are no longer neutral and more people are dissatisfied with the system. This dissatisfaction and anger were burned into the district elections. The establishments were chased by the people and hoped to reverse the growing monopoly of the district boards. Under such a political atmosphere, how do the younger generation of the founding faction and the party members of the middle-class political party behave themselves? How will they rethink their position?
The function of the District Councils is to do a good job in consultation on local issues and to provide district work services for residents. In the past districts, candidates, especially those who formed the system, mostly focused on "people's livelihood cards", emphasizing how to serve neighborhoods or districts. Track record. However, as the most frontline of daily contact with residents, the District Councils not only play the role of a large political party in the Legislative Council elections. The 117 votes in the Chief Executive Election Committee also come from the district board constituency. It seems difficult in the public's mind. Politics are completely separated, especially in the current era of anti-reforms, and conflicts between different political figures have occurred. When candidates draw votes, they are often questioned and even blamed for their different positions. The formed faction has also adjusted its district selection strategy in response to the storm of the anti-reforms. The "anti-violence" is the mainstay and the "political card" is the main one.
Under the atmosphere of resistance, on the whole, the number of establishments in the current district board elections has been significantly reduced compared with the past. Lin Lin also said that it is necessary to open the station depending on the situation. (photo by Gao Zhongming)
There are many concerns in the affected areas under the atmosphere of resistance
Lin Lin, a candidate for the Democratic Alliance for Betterment of the People's Republic of China who was elected to the Western Constituency of Tsuen Wan, was interviewed by her husband. She said that her husband had been helping her to settle down with her a few days ago. Just a few days ago, some people came to the street to threaten the volunteers who were about six or seventy years old. At the time, Lin Lin, who was sending a leaflet next to him, asked the other party not to be so loud and fierce. The other party left after a round and then came back to take pictures. And said: "I am looking for someone to fight you now!"
"Wait for him for half an hour, but no one is coming, that's it." Lin Lin has been a member of the Tsuen Wan West District since 2011 and is seeking re-election this year. She said that in the past, during the election, there was very little reprimand. The first time it was pointed out that it was after the umbrella movement, but as the social resistance movement became more and more serious, the situation became more and more serious, and the residents became more excited. Screaming at her across the street. "There are a lot of malicious attacks on the Internet, and there are more face-to-face attacks. In the past, no one used to swear at me."
The formed political parties that were degraded as "Loyalists" became the target of public criticism in the anti-reforms, and they have a lot to do with their many statements on the amendments. After the millions of people took to the streets on June 9th, most of the members of the formed political parties still expressed their support for the government to continue the second reading in the Legislative Council. Many demonstrators believed that it was the support of the "Loyalist Party". The Government is self-deprecating "the number of votes" and ignores the public opinion. Later, the government announced the suspension of the amendments. The political parties of the various organizations expressed their understanding and support. Only a few members were cut off, and the establishmentists seemed to "blind up" the government's decision.
The members of the formed system have repeatedly expressed their unremarkable anti-reforms in the past, and some of them have caused dissatisfaction among many citizens. (Photo picture / photo by Li Zezhen)
Lin Lin is on the streets, both as a member of the DAB and because of her personal remarks. In this year's district, candidates for the establishment of the system are also full of concerns about accepting media interviews or attending public occasions, and even setting up street stations to contact neighborhoods. The reporter tried to contact the Youth Democratic Alliance, the Federation of Trade Unions, the New Democratic Party and the round table. The Federation of Trade Unions said that candidates will not be interviewed in response to the current social situation. The Youth Democratic Alliance has indicated that no suitable candidate can be interviewed; Several candidates from the party had promised to interview, but after the "three strikes" campaign was launched on Monday (November 11), the demonstrations were warmed up and the visit was cancelled on the grounds of personal safety.
The public's dissatisfaction with the establishments has been continually brewed for various political and social events before the outbreak of the anti-reforms. Whenever the government proposes controversial motions, the legislators of the formed factions are often as supportive as the governing allies. Earlier, the NLD legislator, Shi Liqian, said that he never supported the revision of the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance. However, because the government’s "soldiers" must listen to the general’s orders. It is these practices that have caused many citizens to be dissatisfied with the establishment of the system and the existing institutional structure.
When Shi Liqian was interviewed earlier, he bluntly said that he never supported the revision of the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance. However, because the government's "soldiers" must listen to the general's orders, their "soldier theory" highlights the behavior of the founding faction. (data picture)
In the face of the fingerprints, Lin Lin said that many establishments would choose "noisy" and ignore the other party, but she sometimes could not help but refute and make the other party more angry. "I think if you win me, I expect that I will have a feedback. Otherwise, it will be very strange. I will respond with two sentences when I have time."
Many candidates for the establishment of the system have deployed the district board elections before June, frequently handling regional affairs and operating Facebook pages. Even so, the exposure of the founding factions in each district is relatively small compared to previous years. Lin Lin will now look at the trend of the demonstration and then decide whether to set up a street stop. She said that the Tsuen Wan District is relatively safe for the time being. Other districts such as Sha Tin and Tin Shui Wai have been surrounded by one or two hundred members. This is quite dangerous. "Since I know that there is such a situation, is it necessary to have a positive impact? Or should I avoid it? Because it will always affect the community, I will try to avoid it. I have done two sessions (District Councillor), in the district, I want to know me. Who will know that if you don't want to know, you won't know who I am. I have other local offices broken, there are many online drawings, and the whole column is full of me."
Lin Lin will now look at the trend of the demonstrations and then decide whether to set up a street station. However, on the day of the interview, there are also neighbors who want to express their opinions one after another, and establish a certain community network in the district. (photo by Gao Zhongming)
I have not thought about resigning the party and still prefer to believe in the system.
When talking about the establishment of the party as a negative label, Lin Lin believes that it has always been the case. "Hong Kong's political ecology is relatively naive. We are still in the development stage. It may have entered a period similar to Taiwan's fight in Parliament at that time. It is not a mature period. I see people's understanding of the whole thing is not too deep, sometimes Chatting with others, after peeling off and discussing them, will find that the other party is just a slogan-style approach, not explaining the whole thing very thoroughly, or logically contradictory."
"Hong Kong people often think that because you are this party, it will be how. But the Australian Labor Party, there are also radicals and moderates in the party, will debate every year. It is a relatively mature political system that will accept the same party. There are different opinions on certain things inside. Hong Kong is "You are the DAB, you are a singer." After a visit, I said a few words in English. Someone said on Facebook: "哗! DAB Speak English!" Then tagged his friends, they understand this way, quite general." She believes that whether it is the Democratic Party, other political parties, the ideas and ways of doing things for the older generation and the younger generation It will be different, and the DAB will do the same. For example, before building a water house in Tsuen Wan District, although the DAB supported the construction of transitional housing, she still objected to the District Council because the project bypassed the due consultation process and did not solve the problem.
Lin Lin believes that the political ecology of Hong Kong is still immature. Many people's perceptions of individual political parties are more general and not comprehensive. (photo by Gao Zhongming)
"In this (anti-revision) campaign, I feel that it is good to strengthen the relationship between the candidates of the younger generation, because the impact on us is too great, especially the DAB office was Playing the most vigorously, I was set on fire in the North District last night." Lin Lin stressed that she will not quit the party because of these incidents. "I would like to have any coping strategies, and I will open more groups to discuss being escaping." How to deal with Lao Qu and (big head) when they are posted on the street. This time other parties may have a tendency to quit the party. There are such situations, but the connection between party members is important." She believes that the movement has developed to In today's situation, the government should reflect on its way of doing things. "The government is delaying things. You may want the government to make a decision three months ago, but she will only do it three months later. The time is wrong and I don't know what to do. Is the entire government mechanism going to work like that?" "
The campaign allowed her to see problems in government consultation and decision-making, but she still preferred to believe in the system and did not agree to fight for appeals by means of street protests. "A lot of things have changed since Hong Kong's return. The speed of pursuing knowledge has become faster. It has become unacceptable after reading for a few hours. The demands on people are high and the urgency is high. The entire system, the government system, In particular, there must be a change in policy. I hope that the Government can examine the consultation system and the ways of communicating with different political parties as a whole. At present, everyone will speak, not just the "Atou" in the eyes of the Government, but after the accident, the Government is always the first. I was looking for a student representative to pour for a while. After being rejected, I still stayed in the thinking of "just looking for a head". In fact, it is going to change."
Lin Zheng met with representatives from the academic circles, but under this movement without a big platform, the academic circles failed to represent all the protesters. (Photo picture / Yu Junliang photo)
Is it enough to investigate the lack of government alone?
When it comes to consulting public opinion, the establishment of large-scale resources and regional networks, have you done a good job in consulting in the anti-reforms? Has it reached public opinion through the District Councils and the Legislative Council? In this movement, the founding factions almost all supported the government's decision. They also accused the demonstrators of violence and demanded that the government stop the violence, but never condemned the police's excessive behavior and avoided the establishment of the most popular support. The independent investigation committee requested that many netizens think that they have not seen the overall situation. Under this circumstance, is it sufficient to review the government's mistakes and the consultation process?
Lin Lin believes that the anti-reforms storm has developed to this point, everyone has a responsibility, including unlimited forgiveness of violence, no bottom line tolerance, that is a very serious problem. "In the beginning, the whole campaign was to withdraw the amendments. Now it has been withdrawn. The violence has gone to a lawless and endless situation. If we have to pursue accountability, we will have more responsibility for comparing the people. At first they advocated the demonstrators to come out. At present, I dare not condemn violence, because I am afraid of what? I am afraid that there will be no votes. They would rather mess up Hong Kong and not want to have votes. In this way, who's the bigger devil (who is the bigger demon)? The accusation did not condemn the violence of the police. She responded that she would condemn the police if there was violence. "But if someone is self-directed and self-directed, telling fake news like the prince standing dead, and we are going to be accomplices, then Hong Kong will really collapse."
The DAB responded to Lin Zheng’s decision to withdraw the amendment. (Photo picture / photo by Lu Yuming)
Regarding the DAB's concept of the party and the recent response to the anti-reforms, Lin Lin said that she supports the general direction, including that the most important thing at the moment is to stop the violence. "In order to get into the system, basically I want to be relatively stable. I will discuss it in a balanced way at a certain level. I never think that extreme methods can win anything. I don't think there is anything that can't be negotiated. I hate political manipulation. Why can't I agree with the opposition's way of doing things? (Because) I saw that they were politically manipulated a lot, but they still did very poorly. Hong Kong is mature in business, but politically naive."
During the visit, Lin Lin told the reporter a lot of regional issues in Tsuen Wan and also talked about the idea of the DAB. After joining the DAB for more than eight years, she believes that the DAB has done more practical things and done very fine. "I learned a lot of knowledge about community affairs in my predecessors, how to do it in depth when dealing with complaints. (The DAB's structure) is complete and there are things that you don't understand. You can ask someone to answer. Like joining a big company. Fine companies will be more flexible. Large companies have a structure to understand. It is much more convenient for big parties to communicate with the government. There are many people who can tell you about the previous practice."
In addition to the respondents, the relevant candidates for the Tsuen Wan West Constituency also have Yi Chengcong (Democratic Party). 
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Excerpted from the 189th issue of "Hong Kong 01" Weekly (November 18, 2019) "How to be a self-disciplined middle school in the anti-reformation raging area."
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