There is a time for everything, says Li Ka-shing aide on Hong Kong government’s fate
There is a time for everything, says Solina Chau, a close aide to Hong Kong’s richest man, on the dilemma about when the embattled Carrie Lam administration should step down.
The current tumultuous situation in Hong Kong was making many residents wonder if the government should throw in the towel, but Chau, when asked the question by Apple Daily on Wednesday, replied that she was a Christian and believed “there is a time for everything.”
“There is no need to rush for this person or that person to step down. The challenges in the world right now are huge, such as the economy or inequality. There is a time for changes coming,” Chau, co-founder of Horizons Ventures, said at a technology event.
“What the direction of the economy should be, how we can create a better future for young people — these are areas which we need to think about more deeply.”
Her boss Li Ka-shing had through public statements last year urged the government not to take a tough stance against young people, and called on the young to consider the big picture. But his moderate stance was still criticized by some quarters of society.
In 2017, Li also cited an ancient Chinese mystic story to urge the then newly appointed chief executive to mend political divisions in the city.
Responding to queries on Wednesday, Chau quoted Li as saying that it was easy to be armchair politicians and criticize people. “Can we do better? We can always do better.”
She hoped for Hong Kong people to face the future with calmness. “Anger is not a motivation. Mr. Li, or our colleagues including myself, came from a very difficult environment,” she said.
“It is not helpful if we only feel anger; often we feel marginalized, we feel sad. You have to work for your future regardless where you are, in Hong Kong or in opportunities at other places. You have to bring your heart along. To be better than others is to be better than yourself.”
On police brutality, Chau said everybody made mistakes in any society. She would not disregard contributions of the police in terms of maintaining security and prosperity.
“If some people, in isolated cases, did not do well, don’t attack the whole police force. Just like the tendency to see all protesters as violent if an individual protest was violent, this is not good. We have to think rationally,” she said.
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