Harry's View

Hello My Dear Great Ones,

Thirteen straight weekends of protests in Hong Kong.  Yeah I admit I am a little concerned.  No one has died yet, but as the protests goes on it seems that it is only a matter of time.  Harry is a political cartoonist here in HK and he has quite accurately reflected what is going on through his work:

Carrie Lam the leader (CEO) of Hong Kong has lost all credibility with most Hong Kong people. She is seen as stooge of Beijing, out of touch with the people, and her attempts to pass an extradition bill without thinking how it would affect "her" people confirmed that.  The panda shield represents China, and the pop gun basically represents her clout over Hong Kong.

 Carrie Lam has kept a low profile through the crises which has made people more angry.

Yeah who would want to be Carrie Lam's PR chief at this time.

 Tear gas, water cannons, anger, airport chaos has of course affected Hong Kong's tourist industry.  It is a major contributor to the economy.

 Two million protestors wore black during one rally.

 When you get off and on Hong Kong 's subway (MTR) there is always an announcement to mind the gap.  The gap between the platform and the train.  Since HK police used tear gas in a few MTR stations you now have to mind the gas too.

 A lot of airplane passengers were not happy when the airport was filled with protestors.

 This cartoon came in the light of Trump wanting to buy Greenland.  He would buy HK and that would solve all our problems.  Ha ha.  NOOOOOOOOO!

You know you are in the big leagues when Trump shows some interest in you.  Trump thinks his trade war with China has kept the mainlanders from invading Hong Kong and shutting down the protests for good.  Hmmm.......maybeeeee.

The answer to our problems.  Dialogue with reasonable people to settle the issues.  Leave the black pigeons (radicals) on both sides out of it.  There is a solution.  Just TALK... 

Pray for Hong Kong......

Love adios and ping on!

Dirk