• Hong Kong Dream: Return to Britain by Peter Barefoot

Hong Kong Dream: Return to Britain
by Peter Barefoot - Sunday, March 23, 2014

2014 March 20, China Hong Kong, Chris Patten, the last Governor of Hong Kong
and current Chancellor of Oxford University attended an event co-hosted by
Oxford University and the Hong Kong Maritime Museum.
While entering the venue, Patten and a dozen or so Hong Kong
citizens were surrounded by Hong Kong People First members.


These people were holding British national flags and the colonial flag of
Hong Kong, as well as playing the British national anthem on their
mobile phones, expressing their desire that Hong Kong return to
under Britain’s rule.


Patten only shook hands with them, did not respond to their questions,
and left under the escort of security guards and the police.
When asked by a reporter whether someone who opposes
[the Chinese] central government could be elected Chief
Executive, Patten expressed refusal to play the role of
a football/soccer commentator, commenting on all the
affairs of Hong Kong, stressing that his views on Basic Law,
“One Country, Two Systems“, Hong Kong Self-Rule, and Liberal
Democracy hadn’t changed, and will never change.