FADE IN.
INT. SITTING ROOM - DAY
Checking his phone, PETER looks surprised.
PETER (V.O.)
Oh, there's a comment on
my answer.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)
What was the question?
We see on the screen in blue:
Did people of Hong Kong support the handover in 1997?
We see on the screen in black:
I was in Taipei the day of the handover and flew a plane to Hong Kong the next day...One year I managed to spend 56 nights there, I walked, walked and walked and had many friends. I miss it.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)
He felt good with his 56
nights in a year in Hong
Kong and he misses it.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)
How many nights can
we live in Hong Kong
in a year and do we
fear missing out anything?
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)
He landed at the Kai Tak
Airport on July 1, 1997...
Peter uses his phone to take a photo of the view outside .
PETER (V.O) (Cont'd)
Let me send him a photo
of the Kai Tak Cruise
Terminal to compare then
and now.
After tapping the screen a few times, he types:
I only joined Quora in late July 2019, playing my role to help the international community understand what is actually happening in Hong Kong.
Peter taps: Submit.
Having shared some food with KAJI, his pet dog, Peter notices a new notification on his phone screen:
Kai Tak was famous for the IGS approach and the "checkerboard"...The handover wasn't as bad as many had feared, but I fear for one of my favourite cities. Out of hundreds of times in Hong Kong I can't remember a bad time.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)
Fear for Hong Kong? Can't
remember a bad time?
That's a great endorsement!
Peter taps on a profile icon.
PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd)
Oh I see. I'm chatting with
a retired B737/747 captain.
He spoke high of Hong
Kong.
INT. STUDY - DAY
Peter is watching BBC world news.
PETER (V.O.)
No Hong Kong riot news
today?
Seeing new phone notifications, he reads them:
What took Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam almost 3 months to announce formal withdrawal of the extradition bill?
Will protests stop in Hong Kong when the bill is withdrawn?
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)
What's happening?
Peter hears a BBC breaking news presentation.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)
There'll a formal announcement
regarding the formal withdrawal
of the Bill? I'm not surprised on
that.
Shaking his head sideways.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)
What I'm surprised is that
after months of reporting,
the bill is still framed as:
allowing Hong Kong citizens
to be extradited to China
for trial!
We hear BBC business live.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)
The Hong Kong stock
market has surged? No
fear for Hong Kong!
Later, we see from TV a PRESENTER talking to an INTERVIEWEE.
INTERVIEWEE
We will continue to protest...
Seeing another new phone notification, Peter reads it.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)
You want to help me in
realizing my vision to
establish an IP- backed
capital market in Hong
Kong? Good! No fear
for Hong Kong!
Peter smiles.
FADE OUT.
THE END