Hong Kong

Bluebelle,
I remember it well. We stopped classes at school when it finally rained.
My dad was responsible for organising the water supplies.
I remember going out to the ships with him to discuss the unloading of the water they were bringing in.
Unlike Ivanka, i wasn’t part of the discussion- just sat and drank pop! I’m a bit obsessed with saving water now.
The riots were pretty scary too. There was a bit of trouble at the PWD depot and dad got barricaded in.
Many HK Chinese left if they could. Lots went to Canada.

Bit like Uk at the present t a country divided
I hope it improves I have very fond memories of my life there even through the difficult bits

When I worked there I got two very different sides of the story. Some thought handing back control by the British the best thing that had happened in their lifetime, whilst others admired Chris Patten very much and were devastated by the handover. One person asked me, 'What do you think was the proudest day of my life?' I said, wedding day, birth of your first child... No she said. The day HK was handed back to China. A colleague said, she'd been very sad and was fearful of the new rule.

Some were the children of mixed Chinese/English marriages, so their bonds with both nations were strong. The agreement was for guaranteeing a 50-year extension of its capitalist economic system, trading and government. It seems the Chinese are now foreshortening that after 22 years.

Under the 'one country, two systems' rule, Hong Kong has enjoyed freedoms which are not seen on the mainland. The protesters are angry at the perceived interference from Beijing, and yesterday an official warned the UK to step back and not interfere. I am concerned about former colleagues and worry about contacting them for fear of putting them in a difficult situation.

It was always difficult for the Hongkong people.
They didn’t like being ruled by Britain, but feared rule by Communist China even more.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_1967_leftist_riots

I too lived in HK and loved the place
There was often poor feelings between HK and China, when we were there for some months we were under strict evening curfews, with China cutting off the water supply to punish HK we used to get 4 hours of water every fourth day and had to be in by I think it was 5 or 6 at night There were parcel bombs going off in streets it was certainly a difficult few months I can’t remember how long it lasted
Such a shame I hope it dissipates

It is very worrying indeed.

So so sad.
I grew up in HK.
This was always going to happen.