National Education for Hong Kong: a small victory for the People?

Bob Choi

10 September 2012

After the show of power by the large number of protestors yesterday, CY Leung has announced that while the government will not cancel the initiative, it will remove the 3-year deadline for the implementation of national education in Hong Kong. No new deadline has been set and individual schools may proceed as they see fit. Since anything that has no deadline will usually drag on for ever, we probably don't need to worry about national education for some time.

This might seem a small victory, but it's a big step for true democracy for the Hong Kong people. This is the best lesson in "national education" for all of us: Express your opinions and demonstrate your belief in a peaceful and dignified manner...the government will have to listen whether they like it or not. I bet our brothers to the north are envious of what we have achieved today.

Now, our next target is universal suffrage... there's no true democracy without it! Regardless of what some people might say, we the people of Hong Kong are ready for true democracy.