Why can't Singaporean be more like Hong Kong?

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Why can't Singaporean be more like H.K people?

Even though Hong Kong is part of PRC, they have the courage to stand up against the Corrupt China. The Hong Kong people promoted ad calling mainlanders "Locusts" (which they are). Why can't we Singaporeans do the same thing? Are we Singaporeans just going to keep being vassals or tribute state of China? Are we going to keep inviting these Chinese mainlanders to screw us all?

http://www.tremeritus.com/2012/02/0...hinese-as-locusts-swarming-hk/#comment-556969

Great comment from Singaporeans themselves ( I wish there more people like that in Singapore).

" HONG KONGERS deserve the world’s respect for being able to stand its own ground despite being officially a part of greater PRC.Unlike Singapore whose gahMEN pay TRIBUTE to PRC even though SG is a RIGHTFUL SOVEREIGN on its own. "

" If you look around South east Asia, only Singapore welcome “them” mainlander! Give them all the benefits, such as free study, PR status, can buy HDB, obtain good job after study "

 

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HK students even dare to protest the future China leader's visit. If Singapore students cannot even do that, that tells you something about the future of Singapore.

HKU chief says sorry to students over Li incident
Natalie Wong
Wednesday, August 24, 2011


The vice chancellor of the University of Hong Kong, Tsui Lap-chee, has for the first time apologized to students who claimed they were manhandled during the visit of Vice Premier Li Keqiang to the campus last week.
It was Tsui's fourth statement in less than a week, though the previous three offered no apology, and comes amid calls for him to step down after three HKU students claimed they were pulled to the ground by police.

One was dragged away and locked up for an hour.

Both the vice chancellor and students ran full-page advertisements in Chinese- language newspapers yesterday to express their views over what happened.

His statement was entitled: "Our promises: Teachers and students are the masters of the campus; the University of Hong Kong is always a bastion of free speech."

Tsui said Li was invited to attend the ceremony and this was not done to please any prominent politician.

He said the mistreatment of students was due to the university's lack of experience in organizing public events.

"I express my deep regret to students and alumni for the unhappy incident. As the university's vice chancellor, I apologize for not being able to prevent the incident from happening."

Tsui stressed the police had to respect the university's autonomy when carrying out their duties inside campus grounds.

In a petition that was signed by about 1,500 students and alumni, the events of last Thursday were described as "the darkest day in the university's history."

They accused Tsui and the HKU management of turning the university into a place that banned minority voices.

One of the signatories, Samuel Li Shing-hong, who was locked up, demanded that Commissioner of Police Andy Tsang Wai-hung accept responsibility and step down.

Earlier, Chief Executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen insisted that the security arrangements were appropriate.

Responding to criticism from journalists that they were hampered in properly reporting the vice premier's three-day visit, Tsang admitted that members of the media may not have had the opportunity to cover some of the activities.

The police had to strike a balance between safety and the limited area available for certain events.

He said Chief Secretary Henry Tang Ying-yen will liaise with the Hong Kong News Executives' Association a week today to see what improvements may be made for future events.

 

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http://www.straitstimes.com/print/BreakingNews/Asia/Story/STIStory_762959.html

Hong Kong won't become a Tibet or Xinjiang, say analysts

Rising tension with mainlanders is over culture and values

By Ho Ai Li

BEIJING - Relations between Hong Kongers and mainland Chinese are at their worst in nearly 15 years, but scholars do not see China's special administrative region (SAR) becoming a political hot spot.
Hong Kong will not go the way of restive Tibet or Xinjiang, they say, even though a small minority in the city has questioned whether it will be better off independent.
Tempers flared and tensions rose after a spate of incidents in recent weeks, from an online video of a Hong Kong subway spat that went viral, to a Peking University lecturer's disparaging insults and an inflammatory newspaper advertisement portraying mainlanders as locusts.
The verbal clashes and name-calling are over culture and values, and livelihood issues, rather than deeper fissures like race or religion, say the scholars.

 

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It seems to boil down, in the end, to Money, livability and sense of "crowdedness" on a small island city - same issues in Singapore?