History is strewn with countless utopian projects led by demagogue .which had  shone for a while but eventually sunken into oblivion or  imploded in flames . As the old adage goes' the road to perdition is paved with good intentions' I shuddered to contemplate where our current corps of opportunistic politicians, scheming snake oil salesmen , misguided one issue  eggheads and the rag tag armies of  clueless post 80s 90s dilettantes are leading Hong Kong into. But  looking at what has happened and what is still happening daily , it seems that the ginnie  is already out and the piped piper is calling his tune. No matter how reluctant ,Hong Kong is  marching  into the abyss of no return. 

In their petition letter to the court,the cousins of Mr Mak Chai Kwong wrote ,'... when we were young, brother chai kwong would construct toys from discarded material for us because we could not afford any..' From this, one can infer that Mak was probably not from a privileged family, Zhang has told the story of Paul Chan. From my recollection , Franklin Lam was raised by his widowed mother who was a primary school teacher. So all three are from rather humble background and with sheer efforts they rose to the top ; the sort of Horatio Algar stories that Hong Kongers love to trumpet about. Messers chan lam and mak are financially comfortable and they don't look like those greedy sorts. I genuinely believe that when they joined the administration of CY Leung they want to contribute something to the society through their expertise.

But look at the dire situation they got themselves into. They are hounded by lynching mobs who bay for their blood, wanting to serve their heads on a plate as sacrifice to their dark god of vengeance. Self righteous press harass their family members, searching for materials in the nooks and crannies of their lives to be used in smearing campaigns( this is especially despicable in the case of Paul Chan ) They first had their character assassinated and then crucified to be judged by public opinion instead of in the law court.

All these are done of course in the name of the 'core values ' of Hong Kong. Little do these narrow minded people comprehend what they are doing serves only to undermine the very core values they purport to protect. They are tearing up the fabric of Hong Kong society; a decent society if ever there is one which our parents have strived so hard againgst all odds to build over the last 50 years. It behooves us to cherish, protect and improve it instead of ripping it apart as a knee jerk reflex of blind fury.We will rue the day when it is so broken as to be beyond repair.

 George

I didn't know u work at FS Li before , I was there in 1983, did not meet paul chan there , is he older than us?

Do not know him , he is just in a sinking ship , with his backer, cy, Ronnie,Tung , Wu , Wen the so call liberal n western influence

Top dog, Don't worry , conspiracy theory say that those professor n student that want to occupy central do work for the central govt, they play the role to divide the supporter of democrat support by the west n a 反教材 to hk n when time comes, they will be used as an excuse for the police to show force n clamp down real hard

?94 ?98 買了兩幅地，2012才做局長.....這叫屯地！！其實鬥梁班子，是鬥梁，更是鬥共產党。故梁振英，不會被中央叫下台。中央看香港的政治矛盾定性為敵我矛盾；記住美國已重返亞洲。