Opinion | A commoner’s thoughts on the qualities needed by Hong Kong’s next leader
Beijing has laid down four criteria – but Elizabeth Wong says we need to put a few more questions to the person who will affect all our lives
Frankly, I’m not gripped by the gravitational pull of the coming chief executive election.
Without universal suffrage, the best we commoners can do is to watch on the sidelines; much like watching reflections of flowers in the mirror or the moon in the water, as the Chinese saying goes.
Surreal, really! But our chief executive is anything but surreal.
This individual will affect our way of life: the way we “live, move and have our being”.
In service to this city and freelancing as a part-time politician, I am thinking of ways I might help with electing a person who will defend our way of life and core values.
