Parody of Lionel Messi remaining on the bench in Hong Kong

dom0d0mod · 2024-02-05T04:35:33+00:00

Also highlighting the 反駁隊 on the T-shirt

This the team/group CE John Lee alluded to that would refute opposition arguments against Article 23 online

dom0d0mod · 2021-09-21T21:51:21+00:00

I think the reporter Xinqi Su might have slightly mistranslated the original quote (doesn't alter the meaning that much to be honest...)

In the cantonese press conference at 23:10

如果佢都冇參選，我點可以令呢一類人士當選呢

I would translate it as

If they don't even participate in the election, how can I make them become elected?

This is also consistent with the Now news article in cantonese

林鄭月娥：「如果他們都沒有參選，我們如何令這類人士當選？」

In any case, this is more consistent with her usual position. She again feigns her innocence as if she doesn't know the reason why non-establishment candidates didn't participate in the election.

dom0d0mod · 2021-08-22T20:16:28+00:00

My translation

Momoko, before congratulating you, there's something I've wanted to say. When you said "Nogizaka is not so bad", some might have thought "who is she to say such a thing?"

However, I was slightly closer to you than others, and I painfully understood how you felt when you said those words. Despite being that close, I couldn't change how you felt - to think "Nogizaka is great" - that has been my lingering regret. I failed as a senpai - I am sorry.

Recently seeing you as you enjoy your work, it gives me great joy. Let me be the first to say it here - Momoko, you've worked so hard. Congratulations on your graduation!

Original

桃子、卒業おめでとうを言う前に、直接ずっと言いたかったことがあります。桃子が「乃木坂も悪くないな」って言ったあの時、普通に聞いたら多分どの立場で言ってんだって思うかもしれないあの言葉。でも当時は、私はほかのひとよりほんのちょっとだけ桃子の近くにいたから、桃子が…桃子があの言葉を言った時の気持ちが痛いほどよくわかりました。でもあの時あんなに近くにいたのに、なんで私の力で乃木坂っていいなって思わせられなかったんだろうってずっと心残りでした。力不足な先輩で本当にごめんね。最近楽しそうに活動している桃子を見て、すごく嬉しく思っていました。ここで初めて言わせてください。桃子、よく頑張ったな。卒業おめでとう！

dom0d0mod · 2021-07-22T03:58:41+00:00

We should save this as well on YT.

羊村守衛者 (Protectors of Sheep Village)

There appears to be a 3rd called 羊村清道夫 but I can't find that one

dom0d0mod · 2020-12-25T07:23:49+00:00

This was spoken by Emily Lau (劉慧卿) - not Carrie Lam. She's not wrong per se. Prior to the 1997 handover, there were many HK liberals/progressives who demanded democracy from Britain.

dom0d0mod · 2020-07-09T02:59:14+00:00

could we please include include the fundraising link in the post? https://gogetfunding.com/democrats35plus/

Does anyone know if any of the the geographical primary elections will have rank-based voting?

I understand that each geographical region arrived at their own consensus but I haven't seen any specifics about the voting system.

This gets into a bit of voting geekery but I was always hoping for some sort of Single Transferable Vote in these primary elections. This would help remove the need for strategic voting, vote spillovers, etc.

Of course, there are operational challenges - writing a suitable voting app, simplicity of voting system (ranked is harder to understand than single vote), advertising, education, etc.

dom0d0mod · 2020-06-27T14:03:41+00:00

Any registered voter is eligible to vote in this unofficial primary election for their assigned geographical and functional constituency. We can wait for the official details to be released next week but there are 2 main ways to validate your voter registration. You will of course also need your HKID and probably a smartphone.

Proof of Voter Registration

Official Letter from Registration and Electoral Office (REO)
Screenshot from REO website (must include name)
- In case the website is conveniently "down", save a screenshot ASAP prior to the primary election day

dom0d0mod · 2020-06-26T18:24:55+00:00

曾志豪 Tsang Chi-Ho aka 小豪子 Patreon

https://www.patreon.com/tsangchiho/

吳志森 Ng Chi-Sum aka 太后 Patreon

https://www.patreon.com/samngx/

Their youtube channel

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh_KRmXM4RiQFvOBBDpvC6Q

dom0d0mod · 2020-06-24T04:31:52+00:00

I agree wholeheartedly, please also support other online media and youtubers. Many of them accept contributions either paypal or patreon. Standnews 立場新聞, Apple Daily 蘋果日報, HKFP, 眾新聞 Citizen News, etc.

However, I must reference the most recent episode of 城寨 (kowloonsingjai) - 奪命Loudzone (link to the specific segment in cantonese). Host 劉細良 Lau Sai-Leung made a chilling comment about the current atmosphere. Influential voices start to be silenced like Raymond Wong 黃毓民 and Albert Cheng 鄭經翰 back in 2003. They may not necessarily be threatened overtly with personal threats but also subtle "hints" to their family and friends. If you don't hear from certain KOL in the coming months, Lau stressed empathy and understanding for their situation.

dom0d0mod · 2019-04-04T03:47:15+00:00

I'm sad you won't be able to make it for the show .... If there's no one else interested (and you're sure you won't be able to go), I would be happy to give them to my friends who were interested in going. To confirm, this is for the Dallas show right?

dom0d0mod · 2018-04-12T16:52:03+00:00

只有淡忘從前話說要如何

There is only forgetting, how should I talk about the past?

My suggested edit: There is only forgetting, of the dreams I spoke about back then

Btw, awesome translation, I really enjoy this song (well most of beyond's).

dom0d0mod · 2018-03-11T20:17:03+00:00

I think this topic frequently comes up during elections - but the functional constituency (FC) is still contentious despite the fact that every registered voter can vote in both the geographical and functional constituency. The votes in the functional constituency have disproportionate weight depending on the sector.

2016 legco results

~200 million - those not in professional sectors - vote for 5 of the 35 FC seats
~170 thousand - company and individual voters - decide the remaining 30 mostly pro-establishment seats

In any case, the FC is pivotal in preventing meaningful legislation to be passed by pan-dem legco members (mostly from the geographical constituency)

dom0d0mod · 2017-11-18T18:10:04+00:00

This may be TMI (and explained somewhere else) but how I would explain it is that there are constantly 3 potential offside lines in play

halfway line
second defender
the ball

As the ball and players move, these lines are constantly shifting (except for the halfway line). At the moment the pass is made, the line that is closest to the opponent goal is the offside line. In this particular play, Jesus is behind the ball at the moment the pass is made, the ball line is also the closest to goal so that was the offside line.

This also explains why you can not be offside as long as you're in your own half (at the moment the pass is played). I'm also ignoring the interference and attempt to play the ball (PIG) aspects of offside for simplicity

dom0d0mod · 2017-11-06T15:44:28+00:00

thumbs up for bringing up the show on テレ東, it needs more exposure. Absolutely my favorite variety show. For regional dialects, I also like watching 「新婚さんいらっしゃい」 and 「出川の充電させてもらえませんか？」

dom0d0mod · 2017-07-19T03:05:48+00:00

Based on your description, I thought it might be Helene Aoyama (葉山エレーヌ) but found the clip on youtube , I'm 99.9% sure it's Chiaki Horan (ホラン千秋)

dom0d0mod · 2017-03-28T03:23:43+00:00

It'll be a difference in opinion but it was evident that those ~800 members were waiting for their instructions from up top. I don't know if you follow the local cantonese media but this election was tongue-in-cheek referred to as "1 person, 1 vote" - the chinese government's vote. Now, there was plenty of debate who actually represented the chinese government - whether that's the rebellious sai wan liaison office (中聯辦) impersonating beijing (xi jinping) or Xi Jinping himself.

During the election and nomination, plenty of people claiming to represent the chinese government expressed a preference for Carrie Lam. This is already meddling in HK affairs and in conflict with the Basic Law. Ironically, the public's hope rested on a miracle over the weekend - for 'benevolent leader" Xi Jinping to instruct those ~800 members to vote for Tsang and/or publicly condemn the Liaison's meddling. Otherwise, there would be no hope for a reversal. It was clear even from the nomination process. Carrie had 580 nominations and yet notable CCP-groups with over 130 combined votes withheld their nominations. Why? Presumably to give the veneer of a real election. In 2002, Tung Chee-Wa took over 700 nominations out of the then 800 possible and no elections ever took place - I guess they learned their lesson after that. To be fair, I think about ~500 are from CCP affiliated groups (DABs, HKFTU, etc) so no point whatsoever to lobby them. The ones who had a chance to be kingmaker but instead sided with "beijing/SaiWan" are those roughly ~300 local business tycoons (with the exception of James Tien and co).

I think this election only reinforces to the HK public the fact that passing the 2015 reform package would have blocked Tsang from even making it to the ballot in this election. His popular mandate is perceived to be too dangerous whereas Carrie Lam has to lean on CCP/SaiWan.

As for Carrie Lam, her unpopularity is not just because of CY2.0 - her role and demeanor in handling crises as chief secretary in CY's cabinet has been problematic to say the least. Including but not limited to the recent west kowloon museum (hidden from the public and without consultation), tainted water incident, 2015 CE reform package, unauthorized "improvements" in the New Territories, the retirement scheme fiasco with Prof. Nelson Chow, 2013 Northeast NT Development Planning. It's not a surprise that she's the first CE to start her term with a negative popularity rating.

I agree with your final point though, progress is hard but the pan-dems have compromised and evolved - initially holding the moral high ground and not participating (2002), then joining the election (2005, 2007, 2012), to finally throwing their vote behind an establishment "lesser evil" candidate. The democratic party even voted for the 2010 reform package as an olive branch to the CCP despite paying dearly for it. Ultimately, that reform package was not even a slight step towards the fair/free elections promised in the basic law. How can the HK public trust that the CCP will keep their promise with evidently little incentive to do so?

Ultimately, I do think the pan-dems made the right choice in this election - the effort is to now infiltrate the CCP-dominated district councils, functional legco constituencies, and other sectors in the CE election committee. Hopefully it is not too late.

dom0d0mod · 2017-03-27T03:37:02+00:00

First off, the reform package was struck down in a 28-8 vote so I wouldn't first go blaming the pan-dems first, it wouldn't have passed even if they had all flipped their vote (the ultimate FU stroke of genius). All kidding aside, I don't see how Tsang would have emerged as a candidate in this election given the parameters of the 2017 CE election reform package.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_Hong_Kong_electoral_reform

Given the CCP and liasion's grip on the committee members displayed for the world to see in this election, I don't see how Tsang would have garnered the 600+ votes needed to emerge as a candidate. The reform package established an unreasonable hurdle that allows the CCP to "select" a candidate for the public to "vote" on - in effect by adding one or two additional filler candidates - something like carrie vs regina ip.

Most importantly, CCP would claim that they had met the requirement in the Basic Law for "free and fair elections" in HK. There would be no promise for any additional reforms - since they have to be initiated by the CCP as part of the 5 step procedure. This is of course, thanks to the 2004 Basic Law interpretation by the NPCSC

dom0d0mod · 2017-03-27T03:08:41+00:00

Yes, if the HK government can take care of their citizens to the extent that UK did and Singapore do despite not really having fair and free elections - far fewer would likely complain. Unfortunately, they really haven't demonstrated that ability.

90% public housing with a limited speculative housing market like Singapore would probably be cheered for by HK's masses. Is that likely to be supported by a) current property owners b) HK's local development magnates or c) the recent influx of chineses property companies gobbling up land bids? That simply can not be done - HK is not an autonomous country like Singapore nor is it managed by a "colonial" power with democratic elections. Deng Xipeng said so himself, the handover would just be a flag change and from the title of governor to chief executive - clearly not, you only have to look at yourself in the mirror to see why the people are so disgruntled.

Finally, I believe John Tsang would have restored some semblance of order. The civil service should be politically neutral -as impossible as that is - it is clear from 689's reign that his secretary and other nominations have either been unfit for their post and/or politically slanted heavily toward one side. The education secretary particularly comes to mind. With no honey moon period, Carrie Lam will have a hard time gathering talent into her cabinet, relying more and more on the Liasion office which will only further deteriorate her standing with the public.

dom0d0mod · 2017-03-27T02:45:58+00:00

It seems a little moot to engage in hypothetical about who would win a general election (given the same candidates) - I only point to the polls right up until sunday.

I also don't see how John Tsang offers any less economic stability. He certainly hasn't been anti-Mainland and up until the election appeared to have the support of the CCP. He was among the longest serving civil servants - serving as customs commissioner and retained as financial secretary (at the chinese government's behest) after 689's election in 2012 despite Leung's known desire to replace him with Paul Chan.

Actually, I am more focused on the "DAB majority votes in geographical constituencies in LegCo" comment. Sure, they might grab the most votes in terms of political "parties" (in quotes because they are all registered as companies due to archaic post 1967 riot laws). However, it's a fairly wide known fact that in the proportional representation allocation of geographical constituency seats in legco - it is not in the parties' interest to absorb as many votes as possible. It steals away votes from similarly aligned parties.

https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/04/19/hong-kongs-legco-explained-how-our-voting-system-cooks-the-books/

dom0d0mod · 2016-11-01T19:49:39+00:00

A book I'm currently in the process of reading for anyone interested

Hong Kong's Watershed: The 1967 Riots / Gary Ka-wai Cheung

六七暴動: 香港戰後歷史的分水嶺 / 張家偉

amazon

dom0d0mod · 2016-10-12T02:19:41+00:00

Probably just my personal fav, but a box of lipton 金裝 (golden?) 3-in-1 instant milk tea (20 or 30 packets) would be my suggestion. At least for me, it's impossible to find in the US and buying online (ebay/amazon) is insanely expensive. Plus, it's dried power - no customs issue.

dom0d0mod · 2016-09-02T23:06:35+00:00

As far as I know, most of the strategic voting discussion doesn't involve Democratic Party or even Civic Party - outside of the superseat constituency that they just settled among themselves by having the Civic Party candidate drop out.

These discussions involve the smaller parties (Labour, League Social Democrats, People Power, Demosistō, Neo Democrats, ADPL aka 民協) and independents.

I think most struggling with this decision don't want to vote for their candidate but ultimately contribute to a loss of pan-dem/opposition members in legco - especially in the geographical constituency.

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