We are extremely distressed for the negative impacts of the violent protests on the Hong Kong’s economy and its citizens’ livelihood. The large-scale strike and riot have almost paralyzed the urban transportation and the airport. During the strike day, more than 200 flights were cancelled in Hong Kong International Airport. Several mass transit railway lines were out of service. Moreover, Hong Kong’s catering and retail sector were bracing for a double-digit percentile decline in June. The Consumer Confident Index also dropped to a 5-year low. 11 countries have issued Hong Kong travel warning. Recently some protestors even called for a bank run. The image of Hong Kong was already severely damaged. Stability is the requisition of a sound business environment in Hong Kong as an international finance hub and tourism city. The massive “damage bill” brought by the chaos will eventually be paid by all Hong Kong citizens. It is to the benefit of no one, if the current unrest continues.
We are extremely indignant about the Hong Kong reactionaries colluding with foreign masterminds. All they are doing is stirring up the trouble, plunging Hong Kong into chaos. With the funding and support from foreign organizations, the Civil Human Rights Front and other separatists deluded the Hong Kong youth with false promises of “democracy and freedom” and pushed them to the front. They lured the extremists with money and other benefits, and incite them to violence. These reactionaries connived at the violence, destroyed public facilities, blocked traffic arteries, assaulted the police and the legislative, smeared the “One Country Two systems”, and fanned the flames that consumed Hong Kong. They disregarded the facts, confused right and wrong, prettified the violent crimes as struggles for human rights and freedoms, misrepresented polices’ legal actions as violent repression, and they instigated the confrontation between Hong Kong citizens and central and S.A.R. government. They are fighting not for democracy and freedom, not for justice and fairness. They fight to breakdown the S.A.R. government, to grasp power over the city, and to contain China’s development. Furthermore, with those “familiar faces” in the crowd, foreign flags waving on the street, and high-level consular official meeting with separatists… we have more and more evidences to confirm the disgraceful involvement of certain foreign forces in Hong Kong.
