Hong Kong is a city on the verge of a new social paradigm
The rise of technology makes it easier for us to connect, but could also deepen social divides
Call me citizen Cassandra, if you will. Methinks this civil society is on the cusp of a revolutionary social change.
This revelation came in a blinding flash when we celebrated the 25th anniversary of the promulgation of the Basic Law, which coincided with the first anniversary of the Occupy movement.
Lo and behold, at a Basic Law conference, director Zhang Xiaoming of Beijing's liaison office in Hong Kong bestowed upon the city's chief executive a "transcendent" status. If we had to coin a word for the chief executive's unexpected elevation, we could do worse than calling him "transcendent". We could call him "transcendental", as in transcendental levitation.
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However, we take comfort from the Basic Law which provides for equality before the law, whether one is transcendent or not.
While much is ballyhooed about the Basic Law, the Occupy movement has its own critics.
Some describe the movement as "a pack of dragons without a head".
Others believe the Occupy movement is multiplying in myriad different ways with a multitude of young leaders emerging from nowhere and yet everywhere.
Young flag-bearers of democracy are parachuting into various districts to contest next month's district council polls. In the full glare of publicity, other young people emerge as leaders to right any perceived wrong over controversies of one kind or another.
