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It is now 27 years since the Tiananmen Square crackdown on June 4th 1989. Since then tens of thousands of people have gathered each year in Victoria Park to commemorate the dead and to demand that the Chinese Communist Party reverse the official verdict on what democracy advocates regard as a massacre. People who were around at the time retain emotional memories of 1989. For some members of the younger generation, many of whom were born after the event, it’s almost ancient history, and they are far more concerned with local issues than calls for democracy on the mainland, and they, claim, that the annual June 4 Virgil has been stuck in time for almost three decades. With us in the studio are Audrey Eu, Chairwoman of the Civic Party and Gloria Chiu, President of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Student Union.
Last month, we reported on concerns that the 150-year old Man Mo Temple could be under threat if plans were approved to build a 21-storey hostel for young people right next to it. Well, on May 13th the Town Planning Board approved the plan, but the collapse of part of another historical structure just a few hundred yards away along Hollywood Road has now exacerbated those concerns.
It’s not just old buildings that threatened, because as elsewhere, Hong Kong’s population is getting older by the day. So the question is: are we prepared to deal with the problems of an ageing population? In just the past year, the number of elderly people living below the poverty line has increased by more than 8,000. But money isn’t their only problem. They also face formidable problems getting around, or finding opportunities to participate in the community.
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