‘Early morning, Mr. Hong woke up to the National Anthem playing on tv; the intense music stirred up an intense emotion…
Flashing on screen next are the images of the SAR’s new officials swearing into office; new faces ushering in a new era. And then there were dragons parading and lions dancing on the streets.
“It IS a new day.” He thought.
His son kept asking to be taken to see Yingying and Loklok, so Mr. Hong waved goodbye to the PLAs suspended mid-air, picked up his son, took his wife's hand and joined the long queue outside Ocean Park.
Even with the clear weather after the rain, being squeezed among other heated bodies got him all drenched in sweat. The reek of sweat and body odour brought him back to July 1, 2003: didn't 500 thousand Hong Kong people sweated just like this back then?
It brought him to his senses: the road to democracy is still far and long.
"To Victoria Park." He said to the taxi driver.
He walked the walk and shouted the demands. Then Mr. Hong looked up and saw that the fireworks above Victoria Harbour are as beautiful as ever. A fleeting splendour, and the lives of Hong Kong’s people return to normal. Might as well go home, grab a beer and catch the re-run of Munich against Sao Paulo.
Meanwhile, his wife insisted in crossing the border via the Western corridor to go shopping on tomorrow’s public holiday.
Yesterday, Mr. Hong walked through a tunnel of a kaleidoscopic brilliance, taking him to the next 10 years.
And then….’
Mingpao Daily
July 2, 2007
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【明報專訊】揭開十年新一頁，昨天你做過什麼？
香先生大清早在電視機傳來的國歌聲中起？，激昂的樂聲令他心頭泛起絲絲激動，畫面一轉紅旗下是特區新班子宣誓就職，新面孔新人事，還有街上的舞獅舞龍，「今天確是一個新開始」。
兒子嚷？要見大熊貓盈盈樂樂，香先生唯有跟天空中的解放軍揮手作罷，然後拖？妻兒在海洋公園門外排長龍，即使雨過天青還是焗出一身臭汗。身上的酸臭味瞬間將他帶返2003年7月1日，那一年，50萬香港人不是和他一樣汗流浹背麼？額上的汗水讓香先生醒覺，爭取普選的路還未走完﹕「的士司機，去維園。」
走過喊過，香先生抬頭髮現，維港上空的煙花如常璀璨，曇花一現之後，香港人生活如舊，還是早點回家在電視機前嘆杯啤酒，重溫拜仁慕尼黑如何在大球場上打贏巴西聖保羅。此時，妻子嚷？今日公眾假期要經西部通道北上消費……
昨天，香先生走進了萬花筒隧道，圍繞他身邊的繽紛光影，將他帶往另一個七色十年。
然後……
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