10th Anniversary of Hong Kong handover

It wasn't quite independence, it was a handover, from British rule to Chinese rule. But my impression was that a lot of Hong Kongers liked British rule, some of them so reluctant to be under China's political administration as to migrate to other countries. But after the economic downturn, things have looked up in the city, and I sense that for Hong Kongers, as long as there's a means of living, and nobody much bothers your way of life, then they couldn't much care for who was in charge, nor whether they've got a vote or not. Fireworks and theme songs turned out to be what they are - performances, just for show.

This is the view I got from TST East, too far away to hear them play Andy Lau's “中國人” Sorry for the poor quality! But at least I went, whereas most HK'ers don't bother, saying "it's too crowded...what's so great about it anyway?" People made a big deal that they made the shape of some fireworks into the characters for Chinese people "中國人" ...which you can see from 3:17-3:27. But I get the biggest kick from the non-stop steady "WAA!" throughout the whole video.


My friends' and my rendition of the 10th anniversary song, which they play over and over again in the MTR stations, "香港此總有你" - translated "Hong Kong has you in the end." The Karaoke video shows various scenes like horse-racing and the HK-stock exchange, while I sang the corny Mandarin one-line response "because you are here!"