{"id":3018,"date":"2011-12-21T14:32:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-21T06:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/?p=3018"},"modified":"2022-11-18T15:46:55","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T07:46:55","slug":"varsity-december-2011-editors-note-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/index.php\/2011\/12\/varsity-december-2011-editors-note-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Varsity December 2011 \u2013 Editor\u2019s Note"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Bygones are not bygones<\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Be it universal suffrage or the minimum wage, Hong Kongers hotly debate the big issues every day. We show our\u00a0interest in various issues and stories by watching the news on television or reading newspapers and magazines.<\/p>\n<p>But our attention span does not usually last for long and our interest in the issue of the day will wane. It may be\u00a0considered a luxury for an issue or a person to grasp the media\u2019s attention for more than three days.<\/p>\n<p>Issues and characters that once formed part of Hong Kong\u2019s pre-1997 landscape and mediascape have faded from our consciousness. Take the Kuomintang (KMT) presence in Hong Kong, the Gurkha soldiers and refugees and asylum\u00a0seekers \u2013 they have been all but forgotten.<\/p>\n<p>In December\u2019s issue,\u00a0<em>Varsity<\/em> delves into the stories of these forgotten groups.<\/p>\n<p>The Kuomintang, or Nationalist party used to have many active supporters in Hong Kong. Their influence\u00a0extended to cultural spheres such as the cinema and to organizations such as schools and labour unions. By the time of the handover, and even more so after 1997, \u00a0KMT followers and activities are hardly seen. We talked to some KMT\u00a0supporters to see if they still have the Nationalist fervour.<\/p>\n<p>Gurkhas were stationed in Hong Kong right up to the final days of the British colony. \u00a0 After 1997, some of the\u00a0soldiers chose to live in Hong Kong, though many others chose to leave. However, their children have returned to make their lives here. \u00a0We look at some of the problems they encounter when they make Hong Kong their home.<\/p>\n<p>We also look at how refugees and asylum seekers struggle to survive under the government\u2019s refugee policy. The issue of refugees was a prominent one when boatloads of asylum seekers from Vietnam arrived in Hong Kong starting from the 1970s. With the \u2018settlement\u2019 of the Vietnamese boat people issue, refugees \u00a0in Hong Kong have faded from the public eye.<\/p>\n<p>In the People section, we profile the painter and actor Chan Min-leung and activist Vivian Leung Tai Yuet-kam. Chan is perhaps better recognized as a TV villain but he shows\u00a0<em>Varsity<\/em> what a dedicated artist he is. \u00a0Leung is an unlikely activist, a homemakers who always is not afraid to stand up for what she believes in and puts her words into action.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2448\" href=\"http:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/index.php\/2011\/12\/varsity-december-2011-%e2%80%93-editor%e2%80%99s-note\/sign-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2448 alignright\" title=\"SIGN\" src=\"http:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/SIGN-300x51.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"36\" srcset=\"https:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/SIGN-300x51.jpg 300w, https:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/SIGN.jpg 741w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Victor Chan<br \/>\nManagin Editor<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 800;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bygones are not bygones Be it universal suffrage or the minimum wage, Hong Kongers hotly debate the big issues every day. 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