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Wrong country name incident reflects political distrust

2021-09-16T09:09:19.347Z


A few days ago, the Chief Executive's press conference incorrectly printed the country's name as "The People's Republic of China." It was a mistake in nature. Although the wrong wording was the country's name that should not be wrong, it added a little more complexity to the incident. But more important


A few days ago, the Chief Executive's press conference incorrectly printed the country's name as "The People's Republic of China." It was a mistake in nature. Although the wrong wording was the country's name that should not be wrong, it added a little more complexity to the incident.

But more importantly, the discussion caused by the incident reflects another level of problem-political distrust.


Legislative Council Member He Junyao said a few days ago that the scene board went through numerous processes but no errors were found. The incident was very outrageous.

The Bauhinia Party with a mainland background also criticized the incident as a "common sense error," which deserves collective reflection from the civil service team. It also reflects that Hong Kong's national conditions are insufficiently educated and some civil servants lack knowledge of the country.

The wrong word is the name of the country, and the "People's Republic of China" should be the part that the staff should handle strictly.

In addition, since the anti-amendment legislation, Hong Kong society has been accused of "centrifuging morality" many times, with a mentality of resistance to the country, and even separatist thinking. Therefore, it is expected that the typo is enlarged.

Typo

In fact, the typo itself is not good for discussion, and individual incidents are probably just the mistakes of the hand and the people, and should not be put on the line.

However, the interpretation of the phenomenon and meaning caused by each event can only be understood in the context of its time and space.

The misprinting of country names has been magnified by some people, and it has been raised to the problem of insufficient national cognition or awareness, which itself reflects the current social context and political atmosphere.

Even if the typo incident is not enough to reflect the level of individual people’s national awareness, the establishment is dissatisfied with it, and government officials are embarrassed by it, because the current political atmosphere is full of distrust.

The mainland believes that Hong Kong society is full of confrontational psychology, and Hong Kong society is also conscious that some people are resisting the country. This matter is understood in this context, and its political implications are much greater.

The Bauhinia Party suggests that the government add the full name of "People's Republic of China" to the ID card in the future. The meaning is not whether to add seven characters or not, but to try to strengthen the national consciousness of Hong Kong society through some specific arrangements, or at least it is Strengthen the objective perception of Hong Kong people with national consciousness.

We hope that the government can be held accountable and openly admit where the mistakes are. The focus is not on the punishment of individual personnel, but to show the government's importance.

But in the final analysis, external measures or arrangements are only means rather than ends in themselves. The most important thing is to let Hong Kong strengthen national awareness and rebuild political mutual trust with the Mainland.

With mutual trust, big things can often be made small; without mutual trust, small things can easily be made big.

The Hong Kong government, which even has wrong country names, needs to work hard to communicate with the citizens [01 Weekly Editorial] Reopen positive interactions to rebuild mutual trust between the central and Hong Kong

Source: hk1

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