new chief executive, john lee, he is our former security chief so there s been quite a controversial appointment because i think back to 2019, there was all these protest, very strong message coming out of the mainland about support for the hong kong police. at the same time, there were concerns for some people in hong kong that the hong kong police were basically in line with the government. his appointment is seen as something that is very pro government, potentially more pro government, potentially more pro government in the years to come. i mean pro beijing. his appointment comes alongside a cabinet with a number of people who have been sanctioned by the us. there are questions about what the government is can be like moving forward, whether hong kong is good to be even more tightly controlled by beijing under the one country, two systems principle. under the one country, two systems rincile. ., ~ under the one country, two systems rincile. . ~ i. under the one country, two syste
you said in china of course, the whole point of hong kong and the way it was set up after the handover back to chinese sovereignty was that you had your one country, two systems principle, and there was the freedom, at least notional freedom, for hong kong to develop a system different from mainland china s. but it sounds to me as though you have no interest in that. you vejust said in china that s the way you feel about where you sit, is it? well, hong kong is a part of china. there s no denying that and you talked about one country, two systems. i think there are a lot of things here in hong kong that are unique to other cities in china, that s for sure. for example, we used a common law system. we have an independent judiciary system, and we do not have to join the military. we recognise international treaties like iccpr and we practise a capitalist system. so we re definitely a one country, two system location. but i don t agree with you because hong kong
to chinese sovereignty was that you had your one country, two systems principle, and there was the freedom, at least notional freedom, for hong kong to develop a system different from mainland china s. but it sounds to me as though you have no interest in that. you vejust said in china that s the way you feel about where you sit, is it? well, hong kong is a part of china. there s no denying that and you talked about one country, two systems. i think there are a lot of things here in hong kong that are unique to other cities in china, that s for sure. for example, we used a common law system. we have an independent judiciary system and we do not have to join the military. we recognise international treaties like iccpr and we practise a capitalist system. so we re definitely a one country, two system location. but i don t agree with you because hong kong is definitely a part of china. so i mean, that s why i m referring to it as china.
the decision making process an election is one part of it, one big part of it. but if we re too consumed about election, we put too much focus and too much time into elections, like as displayed in american politics, where when people get elected, they think about re election. so, you know, trump is already almost declaring candidacy for the next election. so we have to wonder, you know, what time and focus are we putting into actually solving socioeconomic issues that our society is facing? right, but interestingly, you said in china of course, the whole point of hong kong and the way it was set up after the handover back to chinese sovereignty was that you had your one country, two systems principle, and there was the freedom, at least notional freedom, for hong kong to develop a system different from mainland china s. but it sounds to me as though you have no interest in that. you vejust said in china
but if we re too consumed about election, we put too much focus and too much time into elections, like as displayed in american politics, where when people get elected, they think about re election. so, you know, trump is already almost declaring candidacy for the next election. so we have to wonder, you know, what time and focus are we putting into actually solving socioeconomic issues that our society is facing? right, but interestingly, you said in china of course, the whole point of hong kong and the way it was set up after the handover back to chinese sovereignty was that you had your one country, two systems principle, and there was the freedom, at least notional freedom, for hong kong to develop a system different from mainland china s. but it sounds to me as though you have no interest in that. you vejust said in china that s the way you feel about where you sit, is it? well, hong kong is a part of china. there s no denying that