By Chris Yeung –
History is in the making in Myanmar on Wednesday as Htin Kyaw, a close friend and confidant of Aung San Suu Kyi, is sworn in to become the first head of state since 1960s without military background. It marks a milestone in the decades-long crusade of Suu Kyi, a Nobel peace prize laureate, for democracy.
Though barred from becoming president by a constitution tailor-made for the military to hold on to power, Suu Kyi has taken four cabinet positions including that of foreign minister. She has vowed to steer the government after the landslide election victory of the National League of Democracy she led in November.
The hard-earned success of the 70-year-old democracy fighter has impressed and inspired aspirants and supporters of democracy and political pundits in different parts of the world.
One of them is Shih Wing-ching, founder of the Centaline Property Agent and a free Chinese-language daily AM730 in Hong Kong. In his regular newspaper published on Wednesday, Shih said Hong Kong people have a lot to learn from Suu Kyi in fighting for social, political reform in the city.
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