"I am not reconciled to hearing "Hong Kong is dead" or "Hong Kong has become a third-tier city" all day long. I am even more reconciled that some of our young people are no longer proud of Hong Kong. Faced with such a prospect, I am not reconciled!" ——Speaking of this, if it were those young people who were determined to "recover Hong Kong" two years ago, I believe that many Hong Kong people would rush to reprint it, feeling that someone would speak out; however, you should know that it came from the "Hong Kong drift" political group The election declaration issued by Hong Kong’s new direction to the Legislative Council’s New Territories North Direct Election Representative Zhang Xinyu a few days ago may have many people immediately suppress the sympathy in their hearts, and then act as if it is irrelevant and careless.
However, Zhang Xinyu will continue to "go to the horse" regardless of whether everyone feels it or not.
Just like the "831 Prince Edward Station Incident" that year, as the MTR on-site commander, he constantly worked hard to clarify the fact that there was no dead person that night. During this period, he was also suspected, brought to the bottom, was tried in public, and was even persuaded to "clarify the facts and not It's not the responsibility of the little people." Fortunately, some people finally changed their minds.
Today, two years later, Zhang Xinyu is also persuaded that "participating in politics and creating the future is not the responsibility of a small person." However, he does not believe in evil. He believes that there will always be people willing to believe in the sincerity of their small group of people in the hope that "Hong Kong will become better."
Zhang Xinyu represented the new political group "Hong Kong New Direction" to participate in direct elections in the New Territories North Region of the Legislative Council. He was not reconciled to the accusation that Hong Kong was "reduced into a third-tier city." He believed that the little people also have the responsibility to make Hong Kong better.
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Thank Hong Kong for giving too much
emotion to Hong Kong people for hurting each other
"I was born in Shanghai, grew up in Shenzhen, and studied, worked, got married, and raised children in Hong Kong. No matter where I go, I feel that I am a Hong Kong citizen. I am proud of this identity. There are 10,000 reasons to hope that Hong Kong will change. Better." Zhang Xinyu accepted an exclusive interview with "Hong Kong 01" a few days ago, and repeatedly emphasized that the city of Hong Kong has given him too much-engineering knowledge, professional identity, international glory, stable work, happy family, value belief-he did not There are reasons not to stand up and do something right for this family, especially when many people are already discouraged and go far away. The more he feels heartache, the more he wants to implore everyone not to give up.
What is the "right thing"?
How can Hong Kong "become better"?
Zhang Xinyu replied in turn: "No matter what the camp, I believe everyone agrees that Hong Kong is in a bad state. One of the most profound problems is that everyone lives in the same city, and there are many intersections and mutual needs in daily life, but However, there are quite a few people who don’t consider another group of people to be Hong Kong people. Especially two years ago, society was torn the most, and everyone didn’t even treat each other as human beings. This is really sad."
Zhang Xinyu's sad mood is both simple and complex.
At that time, the "yellow silk" and "blue silk" shouted and screamed at every turn, and people like Zhang Xinyu who could not be simply defined by color had no choice but to be caught in the middle, sometimes even involved in the whirlpool for no reason. "There are no people on either side."
On the one hand, he is very moved by people's active participation in promoting change based on their feelings for this land, "because if everyone becomes indifferent and no longer cares about society and the future, then this city is really over." But on the other hand On the other hand, he is also very distressed by the radical path and destructive methods that some people have chosen. He will continue to reflect on many issues that are not in line with the current political mainstream views, such as "Everyone feels that we should break an imaginary enemy. Is it a wrong judgment?" Another example is "Whether the democratic solution that everyone is asking for is not too democratic or even self-contradictory, and cannot stand the test"-all this, he feels a pity, "Most people have clearly good motives. But in the end, I beat myself in disguise."
What makes Zhang Xinyu sad the most is that after months of tossing, "In fact, everyone loses, society has not moved forward, and Hong Kong has not changed for the better," because those "democracy fighters" are thinking about the "Revolution of the Times". "Not only did it not appear, it caused many politicians led by populism to fall into the French Open, and it also destroyed the already thorny mutual trust between Hong Kong and Hong Kong. However, despite the huge price that Hong Kong paid, it entangles the lifeblood of society. However, the deep-seated contradiction between the two countries has become more and more prominent, because the economic structure transformation and the development of emerging industries have long been stagnant, and the allocation mechanism used to adjust the unfairness of resources has long failed. In the words that everyone is more familiar with, it is the "cake of social development "It's not good enough and the division is not good. As a result, people in the most urgent need can't get the most appropriate help, and the majority of people don't live well. It can even be said to be camp and labor and hardship. Survive.
In 2019, an anti-amendment turmoil broke out. The "yellow silk" and "blue silk" shouted and screamed at every turn, and people like Zhang Xinyu who could not be simply defined by color had no choice but to be caught in the middle, sometimes even for no reason. Get involved in the whirlpool and become "not people on either side."
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Unfair distribution is a shame to
fend for itself and it is ridiculous
"How can such a prosperous international city allow the unbearable conditions caused by these injustices to continue? This is really a shame! And we are not really without resources, land, and talents, but for so many years, our society and It’s really a shame that our government allowed these problems to continue!” As the father of three children, 33-year-old Zhang Xinyu said that there are currently at least 50,000 children living in sub-districts where toilets and kitchens are in the same space. He still couldn’t let go, because he was convinced that the goal of this generation is for the better life of the next generation, and the poor living environment and the unsettled state will inevitably affect the physical and mental health of the children in the subdivided room. “You can’t always say it’s them. You want to have your own living space, so you choose to live in it, right? This argument is neither reasonable nor responsible. It's self-deception!"
Zhang Xinyu did not specifically criticize anyone by name, but anyone with a discerning eye knows that he responded to Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet’s earlier statement that "the issue of the housing rights is a matter of personal choice. What unit each person lives in is a personal choice. Some young people will do it for more privacy. The absurd statement of choosing a sub-divided house.
He confessed that he is indeed a young man with "choices" in certain populations-his parents are both middle school math teachers, so he has no worries about food and clothing since he was a child; after graduating from the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Hong Kong, he immediately I was hired as a trainee engineer by the MTR Corporation that had been an intern. The salary and benefits were good. I was indeed able to choose independent housing in order to enjoy more private space. However, those annual rents were already prohibitively expensive, a Sham Shui Po of more than 200 square feet. The unit also spends at least half of his salary every month. After taking into account other daily expenses, he is also a "moonlight clan."
"Think about it, I have a stable job in a large company, and my life is a bit better, but what about other people? How can you use individual and few examples to rationalize the very distorted and inhumane sub-housing phenomenon? "It is different from many government officials and political party elites who will talk about their own experience of living in a sub-house in order to build an image of "empathy" for the grassroots groups, and then they are used to rationalizing the existence of poverty and injustice on the grounds of "liberal capitalism." Zhang Xinyu admits that he is not a group of miserable people, but he is not accustomed to the weak and miserable, but thinks that they cannot be allowed to fend for themselves.
This kind of empathy may be due to his being a Pisces with strong empathy ability, and secondly because he faces a very real society in his daily work.
"The rich and the noble people do not take the subway. We are facing ordinary people. Everyone is running for two meals and facing life problems of this and that kind." Zhang Xinyu is currently the station affairs manager of the MTR Corporation, responsible for the Kwun Tong Line and Tsuen Wan. There are many opportunities to chat with passengers on the train service and station operation of the line. "Every time we talk for more than an hour, it was originally a trivial matter of complaining to the station, but once we chat, I will share my views on society. I understand what everyone cares about, and what makes everyone a certain point of view and standpoint.” In addition, his experience in directly leading a team of more than 1,400 front-line personnel has also reinforced his concern for others, “If 400 of them meet When it comes to difficulties, we can never let them face it. Instead, we will find ways to help them so that we can maintain the normal operation of the team and provide services to millions of Hong Kong people."
As the father of three children, 33-year-old Zhang Xinyu is still unable to let go of the fact that at least 50,000 children currently live in sub-districts where toilets and kitchens are in the same space, because he is convinced that the goal of this generation is for the next generation. The poor living environment and the unsettled state will inevitably affect the physical and mental health of children in the subdivided houses.
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Democracy and people's livelihood are not contradictory,
neither blue nor yellow, focus on governance
"However, this most basic principle seems to be not considered by the SAR government, and there are many specious claims in society, and the nature of many problems is not even clear." Zhang Xinyu has the "occupational disease" of a "civil engineer". "I am accustomed to looking at different issues from the perspective of "discovering problems and solving problems", but the more we understand Hong Kong’s social problems, the more we become confused by many discussions.
For example, society has not tried to solve all kinds of people’s livelihood dilemmas, but it simply believes that "democratic elections" is a panacea, and even forms a kind of opposing thinking that other systems are necessarily bad and evil, and that the pursuit of economic development is just cheap. The stinky ones would even advocate sacrificing "people's livelihood" for "democracy" and neglecting "policy" for "election". "But there is no system in the world that can guarantee that problems can be solved."
However, many Hong Kong people are trapped in ideological obscurity, unable to jump out of dualistic thinking, unable to truly respond to the problem, and the cognitive dilemma is fully revealed.
Of course, this does not mean that Hong Kong people should not pursue "democratic elections." In fact, Zhang Xinyu, like many others, has been concerned about Hong Kong politics since the occupation in 2014, and is also yearning for greater and higher-quality democratic participation. Unfortunately, the political reform plan that year was rejected by the pan-democrats when most of the establishment members did not vote. "I began to think about why such an important thing would turn into a farce in the end? Why is it so? Influential members of the Legislative Council are actually of such a quality? Why do people passively resist the "Bag first" instead of actively and bravely "One step first"?" Until the anti-amendment legislation broke out in 2019, his Many questions have been answered more clearly.
"It's really time to change!" At that time, with sadness about the tearing of society and worries about the bleak prospects, Zhang Xinyu joined different social groups. At first it was just "warming around the stove", but after chatting, I found that there are still many His fellow travellers who were "not blue or yellow" like him slowly gathered them together and founded the "Hong Kong New Direction" with Liu Chang and Wang Yu who are also "Hong Kong drifters".
Liu Chang (left), Zhang Xinyu (middle), Wang Yu (right) and other three "Hong Kong Drifters" have established a new political group "Hong Kong New Direction" in October 2019, focusing on people-oriented and practical policy initiatives.
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Lao Xing Zun highly praises the sincere and fresh
nomination of the heavyweight election committee
Different from other political groups that focus too much on the illusory and elusive political issues, this "three-nos" political group with no funds, no resources, and no background focuses on pragmatic policy initiatives-first with "three dimensions and one basic" as the policy initiative. Value support means understanding "one country, two systems" from the three dimensions of "Hong Kong is our Hong Kong, China's Hong Kong, and the world's Hong Kong", and the basic principle of "people-oriented" is used to balance the interests of all sectors and sectors; Professional background members presided over 6 research groups covering political reforms, land and housing, education and youth development, social welfare, industrial economy, medical and environmental equality, etc., to re-clarify what problems happened in Hong Kong and how to solve them; then through social networking The media advocates externally-effective government, perfect democratic participation, get rid of the monopoly of consortia, rebuild identity, implement "true accountability", and "share the responsibility" of the public.
"If we want Hong Kong to become better, we need some factors, such as the appearance of some people and the occurrence of some things, to make Hong Kong better. But if we are just watching and not creating these reasons, Hong Kong It’s not going to get better on its own. Since we want Hong Kong to become better, why not try to be the reason?” Zhang Xinyu revealed that since the establishment of Hong Kong’s New Direction in October 2019, it has silently visited many political seniors who are respected by different spectra. , Including retired senior officials and party veterans, those veterans described the organization as "sincere and fresh" and encouraged them to work hard to become the cause of change.
This is more or less the reason why Zhang Xinyu was able to obtain a number of "super heavyweight" election committees nominated for direct elections in the New Territories North Region of the Legislative Council without being well-known or politically experienced, including a lecture by the Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong Professor Yuan Guoyong, former CEO of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Li Xiaojia, MTR CEO Jin Zepei, and Cheung Kong executive director Zhao Guoxiong, etc., make him expected to face the DAB Liu Guoxun and the rural affiliation group Shen Haojie.
The traditional establishment may not be very optimistic about Zhang Xinyu’s election, but many election committees who nominated him are very enthusiastic to raise some points. Bring brain turmoil, thereby continuously deepening the discourse of ideas.
The "anti-amendment turmoil" has caused Hong Kong to pay a huge price, and the deep-seated contradictions that entangle the lifeblood of society have become more and more prominent, because the economic structure transformation and the development of emerging industries have long been stagnant, and the allocation mechanism used to adjust the unfairness of resources has long failed. People who are most in need cannot get the most appropriate help, and the life of the vast majority of people is not very good. It can even be said that it is camping and servicing and struggling to survive.
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Real estate developers are not citizens, enemies of
all classes have a consensus on seeking change
"These election committees are very credible, and they can even be said to be highly competitive representatives in Hong Kong. I have also felt the trust they are willing to pass on during the exchanges." For Zhang Xinyu, each nominee is of special significance. "Li Xiaojia's mainland background is indeed similar to ours, but more importantly, he represents that talents from all over the world choose to develop in Hong Kong and contribute to Hong Kong. This is what Hong Kong should be and beloved." And Yuan Guoyong His medical achievements, scientific spirit, and anti-epidemic contributions are even more important. Jin Zepei is an industry leader in engineering professional services for public transportation.
Zhao Guoxiong’s nomination is also impressive. Everyone can’t help but wonder how Zhang Xinyu, an unknown person, can obtain the support of Hong Kong’s richest man Li Ka-shing’s "heavy minister". What’s more intriguing is that the new direction of Hong Kong issued a land policy proposal earlier, urging the government to re-emphasize it. Taking the lead in land development includes spending 300 billion yuan on the acquisition of 2,600 hectares of abandoned agricultural land in the New Territories to build 1 million publicly-owned residential units, and the complete division of public and private housing markets to curb speculation that is out of residential use.
This is even more puzzling. Why did a small organization requesting the release of real estate developers’ land hoarding instead seek the nomination of a representative of the real estate developer, and the other party was willing to accept it?
"One of the things we want to change is that in the face of various issues, we should not treat a certain stakeholder as an enemy, because everyone is a member. Or we should say the other way around, when our policy propositions are so clear, and The other party is still willing to support it, which just reflects that different classes and groups in Hong Kong are seeking change, knowing that they can no longer be separated as before and only think about the interests of their own sectors, but hope to solve the problem together so that Hong Kong people can live in a larger size. Live a little better.” Zhang Xinyu explained that for their proposal, society should not only focus on the “links” of land resumption, but should also see the “benefits” after land resumption. “It can open up a knot that has not been opened for decades. It can be said to activate the land market and create a win-win situation for the government, businessmen and the people."
Zhang Xinyu obtained a number of "super heavyweight" election committees nominated for direct elections in the New Territories North Region of the Legislative Council without being well-known or experienced in politics. Among them are Yuan Guoyong, Chair Professor of the Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, and the former Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Chief Executive Li Xiaojia, Chief Executive Officer of MTR Corporation Jin Zepei, Executive Director Zhao Guoxiong of Cheung Kong Industrial, etc., made him expected to face the DAB Liu Guoxun and the rural affiliation Shen Haojie.
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Experience the suffering of Hong Kong and
advocate the government to regain its leadership
Last Thursday (November 4), after reaching the nomination threshold, Zhang Xinyu held a press conference for the first time to officially announce his candidacy.
Most of the candidates started out with a bunch of "political correctness" principles, but he did the opposite. After a rare introduction, he directly referred to "ordinary citizens", "young fathers" and "professionals." His triple identities, sharing his personal experience of Hong Kong's suffering one by one——
"I have found that there is a chronic housing shortage in Hong Kong... I have found that the transportation infrastructure planning is not in place, and long-distance rework is physically and mentally exhausted... I feel that it is not easy to raise children in Hong Kong... I feel that seeing a doctor and taking care of the elderly in Hong Kong It's not easy... I see that Hong Kong has a single industry and young people cannot see the future... I see that the government lacks responsibility and has goals but no results... The Hong Kong I love is a city of diversity and care ...I love Hong Kong, with its unique Cantonese culture and precious collective memories...I want the next generation to have better opportunities and a better life."
Although the tone is somewhat jerky, he has received positive comments of "sincerity and no routine".
"Hong Kong is currently in an embarrassing situation, and many people feel confused. Faced with these worries, I can feel it first, but I am not reconciled. I am not reconciled to Hong Kong. It has become a third-tier city" and even more reconciled that some of our young people are no longer proud of Hong Kong. Faced with such a prospect, I am not reconciled!" After Zhang Xinyu proposed the nine major platforms, the conversation turned to share personal feelings and said The voice of many Hong Kong people.
The reason why he still has expectations for the "political vase" in the eyes of many people is because he firmly believes that the Legislative Council should be a platform for rational discussion of specific policies, and hopes that voters will not be able to play the pragmatic function of parliamentary deliberation because the past members have not been able to do a good job. It completely denies its role: "It can mobilize public opinion, obtain information that is not available to the public, and directly confront officials in charge... But none of these functions have been exhausted. So quickly I question whether the council is not. What's the use?"
Zhang Xinyu still has expectations for the "political vase" in the eyes of many people because he is convinced that the Legislative Council should be a platform for rational discussion of specific policies. He hopes that voters will not justify the failure of the past members to give full play to the parliamentary's pragmatic and political functions. Completely deny its role.
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Policy failure, shared responsibility,
full-time political commitment
In fact, people have lost confidence in the Legislative Council, not only because it was once a venue for political disputes, but also because it is believed to be based on the limitations of the legislature itself under the "executive leadership."
Although the Basic Law empowers members of the Legislative Council to formulate laws, approve public expenditures, and monitor government operations, all policy drafts involving public expenditures, political systems, or government operations can only be proposed by the government or must first be approved in writing by the Chief Executive; The government draft can be passed with the support of more than half of the members and the members, but the motions, bills, and amendments proposed by the members must go through the "election committee election group" and "functional and direct election group" "group counting" ", and each received more than half of the support before it could pass.
When most traditional pan-people are unable or unwilling to stand in elections, the outside world is generally skeptical about the level of political discussion of "patriots ruling Hong Kong", and it is expected that they cannot be right or wrong-of course, this kind of judgment is paradoxical. The point is that as long as there is a pan-people, the quality of discussion can be improved, but they have forgotten how they acted instead.
"I don't want to be a member who only knows how to comment, express opinions, and cut the ribbon. This would be too demeaning the responsibilities of legislators. If I can engage in this profession, I should become the reason why a good policy can be successfully implemented. Simply put, a policy. There should be my efforts in the success of a policy, and the failure of a policy must also have my responsibility. This kind of self-binding idea sounds a bit stupid, but as a politician, how can you pull yourself out of it? "
Not only is Zhang Xinyu optimistic about the prospects of the parliament, he is even ready to "be full-time in politics." "Because many people trust me based on my professional background, and hope that I can bring my expertise into the parliament and use it in the parliament. As far as the policy is concerned, they are not going to vote for the "best engineer", so I need to invest in the whole process even more. If I can deal with it with a part-time mentality, it may fail the expectations of the voters. On the other hand, it involves political ethics considerations. I am currently working in Hong Kong. The railway company is a public service company that is subject to social supervision. If I work as a member of the MTR while working in the MTR, it may cause a conflict of interest. I should make a clear cut."
The "831 Prince Station Incident" once reported on the Internet that someone was beaten to death by the police inside the station - perhaps it was a corner that many people did not want to touch, but it was the beginning of Zhang Xinyu's belief in the "little people's power."
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Clarify the rumors at Prince Edward Station
believe in the power of small people
Zhang Xinyu's optimism and confidence came to a large extent from the experience after the "831 Prince Station Incident"-it may be a corner that many people do not want to touch, but it is the beginning of Zhang Xinyu's belief in "the power of little people."
Many reports call him the "Prince Edward Station Master" at the time of the crime, but his own position is "Tsim Sha Tsui Station Station Manager", but he just got on a train that cleared passengers at Prince Edward Station after get off work that night, and the situation was chaotic. And because of his higher rank, he temporarily became the MTR's "site commander". Later, it was reported on the Internet that someone was beaten to death by the police in the station. He was also suspected, prosecuted, put on trial, and even part of the population because of his background in the Mainland. The "accomplices in the bloody crime" in China were accused of "assisting the police in concealing the truth."
"At that time, many people advised me that I should keep a low profile, because it is not the responsibility of a small person like me to let the people of Hong Kong understand the truth." However, as the rumors were overwhelming, he became more and more worried about people's inability to extricate themselves. "I just thought, I knew exactly what happened, why didn't I explain it clearly to everyone, why should I assume that others would not believe me after I told it?" So he started to clarify as much as he could--every Every time a demonstrator appeared at the station, he would have a theory with representatives who were willing to talk; as long as someone went to his social media account to "see the truth", he was also happy to explain the truth one by one, "After replying to more than 200 private messages , What is surprising is that most people finally chose to believe my statement. Some even cried, saying that they finally knew that there were no dead people at Prince Edward Station."
This had too much impact on Zhang Xinyu.
"It turns out that a small person is also useful, and even if the tear is very serious in 2019, there will still be people who are willing to believe in a small person, or a person who has been labeled a lot of negative labels." He was full of emotion, because until today, it seems to be a face. For the same scene, "Some people say not to engage in politics, because it is not the responsibility of a small person to imagine the future, but I just don’t believe in evil. Why should I assume that when I come out, people will not believe me and are not willing to give me a chance? I believe I have the ability. Bringing will make Hong Kong better, and I also believe that there will always be people who are willing to believe in a small person like me."
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