It’s all over town. This Sunday, LegCo’s by-election will take place, or the de facto referendum (as the LSD- Civic Party alliance loves to call it). Whether you can vote or not, it is actually something to keep an eye on, as it might be the most hilarious election we have ever experienced in Hong Kong. It started with the row over the ambiguous status of the by-election, and then the nonsensical condemnation by the Beijing ass-kissers, which of course has made our beloved Bowtie very uncomfy. Whether he will vote this Sunday will definitely be headline material for the Monday papers.
In order to familiarize you gweilos with the people roaming the streets of HK Island with loudspeakers this Sunday, here is little introduction of the five candidates of the LegCo HK island Constituency by-election: (more…)
The quarrels between our pan-dems and pro-establishment camp have always been amusing. The latest row between the two is about Commercial Radio Hong Kong selling out to the ass-kissers, at least according to our democracy fans. DAB apparently paid about $500,000 as “sponsorship” to co-host a late Saturday night programme on CRHK, targeting our doped-up teens so that they can be brainwashed into proper commies. The pan-dems and their online bandwagon are of course complaining, since this is what they do best. They argue that CRHK has breached the Broadcasting Authority’s Radio Code of Practice, as it clearly states: “No advertisement of a political nature shall be broad casted except with prior approval of the BA.”
DAB retaliated by pointing out that Democratic Party vice-chairwoman Emily Lau Wai-hing had also paid CRHK $38,400 for spots to encourage people to take part in the upcoming march for universal suffrage. The pan-dems on the other hand argued that Emily Lau’s announcements are apolitical, while DAB’s sponsorship to co-host the programme is definitely political propaganda. Solid argumentation: a march for universal suffrage has indeed nothing to do with politics.
As always, we turn to Apple Daily for an unbiased, no-nonsense perspective. Turns out the whole thing has nothing to do with the BA Code of Practice barring political propaganda: it’s about the difference between $500,000 and $38,400. With Beijing and tycoon backing, DAB could buy all the airtime available if they wanted. And that makes our pan-dems a little jealous. Aww.
Henry has a guest post on The Dark Side and is one of the founders of the Libertines Pub.
Despite our Basic Law that protects freedom of expression, Facebook appears to practice self-censorship over political content in our city. Over the past few days groups that oppose the pro-establishment party (DAB) as well as the League of Social Democrats (LSD) have been closed, some of them with + 100.000 members. So it’s not just the anti-establishment parties that have been targeted. Already blocked in China, Zuckerberg & Co. might have figured it’s best to shy away from any political issues in Hong Kong as well, since it’s pretty obvious Beijing dictates affairs here too. Shame on you.
HK people love drama so much that we rush home to stare attentively every evening for shows as retarded as this one. So if you like this stuff as much as your peers, I now ask you for a favour. When there’s a by-election for the seats of the five resigning pan-democrats in a few weeks time -and if you have the chance to vote- vote them back in no matter what!
Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun earlier urged us to vote for the pan-dems even if we hate Wong Yuk-man’s guts (LSD), just to make sure our voices heard by the government and Big Bro in Beijing. Now usually a man of faith should not be trusted and I understand you may want to take this opportunity to get rid of the annoying pan-dems for wasting a lot of taxpayer money. BUT DON’T DO IT! Listen to the Cardinal for once. Why? Because these pan-dems are as essential as the asskissing pro-establishment camp in the making of this grand drama called the LegCo.
These democrats threw bananas in the LegCo chamber. They filibustered in the Finance Committee of LegCo for the Express Rail funding and are incapable of having a civilized argument. When the five wanted to deliver their resignation speeches two days ago, they had irritated the ass kissers so much that the pro-Beijing boys needed to walk out and adjourn the meeting. Even Wong Kwok-hing from the pro-establishment Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions copied the LSD way of doing things: he shouted his way out calling the pan-dems shameful (at 1:05 of this clip). Together with the sad pro-establishment camp, the pan-dems are there to make this thing called LegCo a joke, and hence funny. We all know this institution can’t do shit, as even the most ridiculous proposal from Bowtie will be passed anyway due to the carefully designed LegCo voting system. Following the happenings there is now a must watch drama at work (webcasted here by RTHK weekly!).
Face it people. The one country, two systems policy still means Beijing dictates our affairs. Recent examples here and here. So let’s enjoy the ride and at least be entertained occasionally! Vote the pan-dems back on stage. It’s only a matter of CHOICE.
Henry has a weekly guest post on The Dark Side. He is one of the founders of the Libertines Pub.
As speak, an official envoy sent by “His Holiness” the Dalai Lama is in Beijing to resume talks with the Chinese government. Academics are saying that our Buddhist friends will offer concessions, as they have realized by now that nobody really gives a crap about their cause partially because they are a bunch of raging hypocrites, especially since China is nowadays able to tell the rest of the world to bend over. Granted, the Dalai Lama has stated that all he wants for Tibet is a “meaningful” autonomy, instead of independence. Let’s hope he learned from November 2008 when the Chinese spat on a document offered by a previous envoy, containing a proposal for greater autonomy in Tibet and four other provinces. Of course TDS is all for world peace in Tibet and neighboring regions, if only to shut up the Tibet activists of this world. Avoiding a nuclear holocaust would be a bonus.
Welcome to the first guest post by The Libertines Pub at the Dark Side. We were so flattered when these people found us and told us that they wanted us here. I’ve been dreaming about this kind of love for years, finally, we’re getting near to have our share!
Love is all around in Hong Kong. It’s not difficult to tell by the recent happenings that our lawmakers just love to screw Hong Kong people so much. We have DAB, the pro-establishment party that regularly bribes treats our elders and housewives to free snake banquets and cheap tours to the mainland to solicit for their support. Their Starry Lee, the future MILF Sarah Palin of Hong Kong, loves our citizens so much that she took three $%^&# months to find out that we’re poisoning ourselves by putting our fries directly on the fast food tray paper. At the pan-democrat side, we heard about the romantic love story between the Honourable Kam Nai-wai and his former assistant. The pro-democracy camp has always demanded open investigation when shit hit the fan, but this time they decided to hold an internal investigation instead. I tried not to think that the democrats are hypocritical, but that this romantic story just involved something like this, which is too hot for a public hearing.
Not only do the Legco members love us, we love them and their myths ideals back like fanatics. I trust most of us love democracy. But in Hong Kong, if you love democracy, it necessarily means loving the pro-democracy camp. It also means hating their rivals’ guts. If you don’t love the “democracy” the pan-democrats endorse, sorry, there’s no other choice. If you ever say “hi” to or simply share a table with anyone from the DAB, you’re sold-out.
And speaking of sell-outs, Danny Summer, the so called Hong Kong father of rock, was found to be one last week by the pan-democrat supporters. A few louts stormed his stage when he played for DAB’s national day celebration concert. They took his mic and ranted about their hatred for the Beijing government. Now initially I found the incident kind of cool, as stuff like this represents the true rock n’ roll spirit from back in the days. How I wish Danny Summer just smashed his guitar against the heads of those kids to give the concert a real red color. But then the incident kickstarted a struggle session against Summer in the local blogsphere…
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For more colourful images of the National Day celebrations, check here, here and here.
