Written by: Chris Yeung
HKU Council chairman Arthur Li Kwok-cheung dismissed it as “nonsense.” Basic Law Committee vice-chairman Elsie Leung Oi-sie said the idea of Hong Kong independence “is not possible” to come true. Leung Chun-ying, Hong Kong’s Chief Executive, said the fact is Hong Kong is part of China and that will not change after 2047.
The city’s three over-60s political heavyweights came out yesterday to quash the advocacy of Hong Kong independence in an article carried in the latest issue of the University of Hong Kong student magazine Undergrad.
The controversial idea was floated in an article entitled “Our 2047” in an Undergrad edition headed “Declaration of Hong Kong Youth.”
Full article at: http://www.vohk.hk/2016/03/16/voice-of-the-40s-50s-by-2047/
