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Written by: Zhou Lixi
2021-01-13 07:00
Last update date: 2021-01-13 07:00
"In my eyes, the Democratic Party must reform." said Liang Yiting, the vice chairman of the Democratic Party who was just elected last month.
He joined the Democratic Party in 2016 and was elected as the vice chairman of the Party Central Committee for two years since 2018. He has been promoted to the core of the leadership in just four years.
She proposed two directions for reforms: to do a good job in online publicity, and to promote the new image of the Democratic Party that has become younger.
However, in terms of political discourse, she believes that there is no need to push the new You, on the contrary, the thought of the party's veteran Situ Hua is worth continuing to pass on, "always inseparable from it."
As one of the pan-people’s big parties that knows "doing a district" best, Liang Yiting also agrees with community work and believes that it is the foundation of gathering public opinion. Even if the political aspect is faced with difficulties, she must continue to do work that can help the public and let the public know about them. The kindness behind the work is convinced that this is the strength behind their work.
As for the district council's efforts to promote work, facing a lot of resistance, Liang Yiting tried to start small things, hoping to eventually gather sand into a tower.
Liang Yiting believes that the Democratic Party’s online propaganda work has always been a weakness, and that in the future, it must at least successfully convey the message to the people. Another big plan is to make the Democratic Party’s younger image more accessible.
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The Democratic Party has always been well-known in the community for "shaking the stone", but Liang Yiting believes that in order to grasp public opinion, apart from being on the street, online space is also very important. Frankly speaking, this has always been the weakness of the Democratic Party.
She gave an example. Earlier, the citizens' discussion platform of the 18 districts publicly criticized the traditional pan-democratic party for refusing to communicate. She reiterated that no one really asked to communicate with the Democratic Party, but even if the party tried to clarify, the message was difficult to absorb.
Liang believes that the top priority is to do a good job online, at least to successfully convey the message to the public.
Another big plan is to make the Democratic Party's younger image more inclusive, "it is necessary to make it accessible to the public and connect with young people."
But speaking of methods, Liang Yiting said frankly that she was facing difficulties and believed that it would be difficult to persuade everyone in the Democratic Party’s "aircraft carrier" to try innovative methods. Therefore, she hopes to rely on the "Democratic Youth" to deal with it.
She mentioned that she hopes to organize more work that connects the secondary and university levels, including holding debate competitions and increasing the fun of internship programs. The goal is to make "democratic youth" a path that young people can choose for the first time in politics, and even become political talents. Cradle.
Liang Yiting believes that in addition to major political events, daily and small livelihood work is also politics. I hope that democratic youth can provide a way for young people to try politics.
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Although the name of the Democratic Party may not please the younger generation, Liang Yiting believes that "in fact, it is not young people who do not like the Democratic Party."
For example, she pointed out that about 80% of young people who have participated in the internship of the Democratic Party will stay for part-time positions. I believe that once everyone feels the "reasonable and practical" of the Democratic Party, people will naturally appreciate it.
"Politics can be very fancy (fancy) slogans, very "big times" things, your boss can suddenly be in prison; but at the same time, it can also be very tedious (monotonous and uninteresting), very small Such as the parents-in-law asking every day, "Are there any masks?"
When do you send it?
』This is all politics.
What everyone cares about every day is that the people are politics.
I hope to provide a way for people to try.
Liang Yiting said that many district councillors of the Democratic Party have just graduated not long ago and took office after the anti-revision incident the year before. I believe they are capable of attracting young people both online and in their appeal.
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The reason why the Democratic Party is often criticized by the new generation, apart from negotiating political reforms with the Liaison Office of the Central Committee ten years ago, is that they advocated the "return of democracy."
However, Liang Yiting explained that the argument actually accorded with people's thinking at the time, and it was precisely at that time that people had similar ideas that made this argument come into being.
So will the Democratic Party have new discussions?
Liang Yiting said frankly, "Will the entire party platform suddenly change? It is absolutely impossible. But what we have to think about now is that things that we thought would happen happen earlier, and we have to think about how to deal with it. That's it."
Liang Yiting mentioned that every time he talks with other democrats, he can't help mentioning the late Democratic Party veteran Situ Hua "Uncle Hua."
She pointed out that some of Uncle Hua’s ideas still exist in the Democratic Party’s discourse. For example, he once mentioned “do not retreat, but regress”. It was not understood by other predecessors of the Democratic Party. Everyone moved forward and strived for democracy. On the contrary, today, Uncle Hua believes that the CCP may not give Hong Kong the idea of democracy easily, and everyone can feel it firsthand.
She believes that the wording of "do not retreat, but regress" may have changed, but the core idea of the Democratic Party is this matter. It will continue to stay in Hong Kong and try its best to resist the force of "regression."
Liang Yiting pointed out that preserving strength has become a consensus among the various democrats, and it must be done through community practice.
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Liang Yiting pointed out that preserving strength has become a consensus among the various democrats and must be practiced by doing community work.
She mentioned that what she feels most about working in the region is that many people, even if they promote and design beautifully, the key to obtaining public support in the end is still to deal with the daily life that the public cares about most. Community planning, guaranteeing life and work. "The more people you can help, the more people will know that good deeds are behind your work. This is the strength we rely on."
Just one year after he took office in the district council, the democratic district councillors all expressed that they were restricted by the government's non-cooperation and it was difficult to promote work.
For example, Leung Yi-ting pointed out that the Kwun Tong District Council had planned to subsidize private buildings for spray disinfection, but when funding was about to be approved, the Home Affairs Department suddenly refused to approve funding on the grounds that the government had introduced anti-epidemic measures.
Recently, the traffic congestion in Kwun Tong has attracted much attention. Liang Yiting also wrote an analysis in "Hong Kong 01" and made suggestions.
She pointed out that when the work of district councils cannot start from the big things, they can also start with the small things.
For example, she pointed out that one of her suggestions was to widen the road in the roundabout, so she went to the department with regional authority to deal with it and considered removing the flower trough.
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What should I do?
Liang Yiting believes that the work that should be done will not be impossible. She will find a way to solve the problem in a limited space.
Recently, traffic congestion in Kwun Tong has become a topic of concern to many young people. A Youtuber created a second time to change the lyrics and refer to the MV. Liang also wrote an article in "Hong Kong 01" to analyze the causes of the problem in detail, deconstruct the ills of the government plan, and propose himself Suggestions.
She pointed out that in the past year, she has done a lot of work in the district councils on traffic congestion and redevelopment in the district. She has found that the problem of bus entrances and exits can be improved, and the traffic congestion problem on Kwun Tong Road is expected to be solved.
Leung mentioned that although the work of district councils is quite limited, for example, issues that will be questioned are related to territory-wide and blocked discussion, there are also many regional work. When it is not possible to start with big things, you can start with small things first.
For example, she pointed out that one of her suggestions was to widen the road in the roundabout. Then she went to the department with regional authority to deal with it, and considered removing the planter; if the redevelopment plan was rejected, she started with a street lamp, believing that "the accumulation of less Under "Successful", the public will always see it.
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