FADE IN:
INT. HOTEL - DAY
PETER is having screen time when his grip of his phone comes loose. He checks it.
PETER (V.O.)
Oh my phone's ring
holder is broken.
Peter tries to fix it without success.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)
I've to buy a new one.
INT. PHONE SHOP - DAY
Phone ring holders on sale. Peter checks it out.
PETER (V.O.)
Choices're pretty limited.
Peter then sees one with the tourism logo: I Heart (device) HK.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)
As a Hongkonger, I've
never bought any items bearing the I-Love-HK logo. It goes without
saying.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)
Now, it seems that I
can't take Hongkongers'
loving Hong Kong for
granted.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)
Some protesters carried
British and US flags.
And other protesters
seemed comfortable
with that.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)
Do they want to reunite
with United Kingdom?
Many of them weren't
born when Hong Kong
was a British colony and
didn't know what life
and colonial democracy
were like.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)
Or do they want to unite
with the United States?
Do they know the US-style
of riot control?
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd) Anyway, these're one-
sided love affairs. British
dumped Hongkongers
decades ago. Trump
expressed his interest
on Greenland rather
than on Hong Kong.
Peter pays for the I-Love-HK phone ring holder.
INT. RESTAURANT - DAY
Food on the table, Peter sticks the phone ring holder onto his iPhone.
PETER (V.O.)
Judging from their
ambiguous slogans,
the protesters want
a sudden and fundamental
change of political power
and political organization
in Hong Kong.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)
Supposing they got what
they want, they can't all be
presidents of Hong Kong.
Would they be happy just
to enslave themselves to
vote somebody in office
once in a while?
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)
Would they use the same
revolutionary means to vote
themselves in office?
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)
Assuming they made it and
became successive Hong
Kong presidents, would the
prevailing conditions enable
them to deliver the common
good?
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)
What's primal isn't the
political institutions but the
governance to deliver the
common good.
Pondering.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)
Like it or not, Hong Kong
has been part of modern
China. China attaches
the greatest importance
in sovereignty and territorial
integrity than economy.
That's understandable
given old China's history.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)
As the average life cycle
of countries is about 200
years, for Hong Kong to
to gain independence,
the next opportunity might
be around 2149. The
probability of the protesters
getting what they want is
much harder than to make
their American dream
come true.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)
Demanding something
like spoiled kids would
go nowhere. Why don't
we continue to struggle
for the common good
and make the most of
the situations?
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)
Protesters show their
hate of Hong Kong.
Those who love Hong
Kong can't keep their
love in their hearts anymore.
Let me begin with my
declaration of love - I
love Hong Kong!
Peter looks proud.
FADE OUT. The End