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| Two giant ducks that duck a significant anniversary |
Today is the fourth anniversary of the first massive anti-extradition march, where some 1 million people came out to protest. They dressed in white, mourning the end of Hong Kong if the extradition bill was passed, while walking in the humid heat from Victoria Park in Causeway Bay to Central.
But today there are no protests in the city, where the rules changed overnight with the national security law in place in 2020 and as a result no dissent is allowed.
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| When 1M people wore white to protest in 2019 |
The pair of ducks at 18 metres tall are bigger than the one that came 10 years ago at 16.5 metres.
Whooweeeee.
As if to rub it in further, in a press release, Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman gushed, "Double duck is double luck", in a nod to the Hong Kong government's bid to invite people to the city with its "Happy Hong Kong" campaign.
However are people really happy?
If they were, they wouldn't be leaving in droves, as evidenced by the increasing numbers of Hongkongers migrating elsewhere and the birthrate has dropped.
It's gotten so bad that five schools are facing closure because they don't have enough students or teachers.
In any event, as Hong Kong celebrates the arrival of the ducks, may we point out their bright yellow colour has significance for some people?
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