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2009 is the 20th anniversary of June 4 Tiananmen Massacre. If there were reincarnation, people who had been killed then would be twenty years old this year. Some of them would probably become university students, who are usually regarded as conscience of the society. However sadly this year, at least two university student unions in Hong Kong want to distant themselves away from the “burden” of upholding the political stand in “Vindication of June 4″. Yuen Yan wrote a citizen report in inmediahk.net about the City University of Hong Kong Students' Union Council's decision to bar the Student Press for distributing pamphlets in the upcoming June 4 Candle night Vigil because the action would imply a political stand in support of the “Vindication of June 4″. According to Yuen Yan's report, the Student Council has spent 5 to 6 hours in the budget meeting on the publication of “June 4 special issue”. Members opposed the distribution of pamphlet in the Candle night vigil; below is a summary of the members' opinions:
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2. ç·¨å§"å‡ºç‰ˆçš„åˆŠç‰©ç„¡æ¬Šåˆ°æ ¡å¤–æ´¾ç™¼ã€‚è©•è°å"¡ç¨±åƒèˆ‡å…å››ç‡å…‰é›†æœƒæ˜¯ç"±åŸŽå¤§å¸ç"Ÿæœƒå¹¹äº‹æœƒè² 責，編å§"會ä¸å¯ä»¥åƒèˆ‡ç•¶ä¸æ´»å‹•ï¼›
3. 把《å…四特刊》在ç‡å…‰æ™šæœƒä¸Šæ´¾ç™¼æœ‰å¯èƒ½ç…½å‹•åœ¨å ´åƒèˆ‡äººå£«ï¼Œå¼•èµ·æ··äº‚ï¼›
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5. 出版《å…四特刊》會影響城大è²è½ï¼›
6. å…å››ç‡å…‰æ™šæœƒæ˜¯ä¸€å€‹æœ‰æ"¿æ²»ç«‹å ´çš„èšæœƒï¼Œåœ¨å…å››ç‡å…‰é›†æœƒæ´¾ç™¼ç‰¹åˆŠç‰æ–¼æ"¯æŒå¹³åå…四。
1. The City University Student Union has nothing to do with the June 4 incident, the distribution of student pamphlet during the candle night vigil implies using city
university student union's money to sponsor non-student related activities;
2. The student press has not rights to distribute publication outside the school. The student union executive committee is in charge of June 4 Candle night vigil, while the student press has not role in it;
3. The distribution of “June 4 special issue” will invite people to join in the vigil, it is a seditious act and will create chaos;
4. One of the suggestion is to distribute the “Special Issue” in Mongkok pedestrian district instead of during the candle night vigil;
5. The publication of “June 4 special issue” would after the university's reputation;
6. June 4 Candle night is a political gathering and distributing the “special issue” during the candle night would be equal to the support of “vindication of June 4″.
After the discussion, a member proposed to cast an opinion vote and
9 out of the 10 attendees opposed the distribution of “June 4 special issue” and the student press was forced to withdraw this particular budget item in order to get their annual budget
passed. At the same time, the Hong Kong University Student Union will initiate a campus referendum vote on whether or not the Student Union should continue to uphold the stand of
“vindication of June 4″. Galileo pointed out in the comment section of Yuen Yan's report: 2. The student press has not rights to distribute publication outside the school. The student union executive committee is in charge of June 4 Candle night vigil, while the student press has not role in it;
3. The distribution of “June 4 special issue” will invite people to join in the vigil, it is a seditious act and will create chaos;
4. One of the suggestion is to distribute the “Special Issue” in Mongkok pedestrian district instead of during the candle night vigil;
5. The publication of “June 4 special issue” would after the university's reputation;
6. June 4 Candle night is a political gathering and distributing the “special issue” during the candle night would be equal to the support of “vindication of June 4″.
但有點è¦ç•™æ„係，åŒé¦™æ¸¯å¤§å¸æžå¹³åå…四公投一樣，內地ç"Ÿæ¯"例ç¾åœ¨å·²ç¶"å¤ é«˜ï¼Œæœªå¿…éŽåˆ°ã€‚
We also have to bear in mind about the HKU student union's referendum vote on Vindication of June 4. As the proportion of mainland students is getting higher and higher,
there is a chance that the referendum cannot be passed.
Within a few hours, the discussion has spread through inmediahk.net, twitter, plurk and facebook. Sidekick re-tweeted my message and
received more than a hundred responses in a few hours:RT oiwan: 慢慢地，平åå…å››ä¸å†æ˜¯å…±è˜äº†ã€‚。。香港真係æ怖：www.inmediahk.net/node/1002676
RT oiwan: slowly, vindication of June 4 will no longer be a consensus, it is really terrible: www.inmediahk.net/node/1002676
剛æ‰æœªè®€æ–‡ç« 。單看 oiwan é‚£å¥ï¼Œæˆ'å³å¿ƒé…¸å¾-æµèµ·æ·šä¾†â€¦
I haven't read the article yet, but reading what oiwan had said, my heart was so hurt that tears came out…
其實ç¾åœ¨æ‡‰è©²è¦åšçš„，ä¸åªæ˜¯å–®å–®çš„å¹³å，而是è¦æœ‰æ©Ÿæœƒæµå¤–人去跟雙方åštruth & reconciliation。ä¸éŽä¸€å®šè¦åœ¨æˆ'å€'這一代è¦å®Œæˆï¼Œå¦å‰‡æ·å²æœƒç¿'éžæˆæ˜¯ï¼Œæ°¸é 無法æ'¥äº‚åæ£ï¼Œå¦‚西ç牙佛æœ-å"¥æ»å¾Œ…
What we should do now is not only vindication, but find a third party to do truth & reconciliation. However, we have to get it done within this generation, or else the
truth of history will turn upside down and we can't correct it. Like what had happened in Spain after the death of General Franco…
其實æˆ'覺å¾-最æ怖 (å¤æ€ª) 的是, 內地當權者å°å…四是越來越開æ"¾çš„ (æˆ'覺å¾-), å而香港 (尤其是基層, 例如å'¢d å¸æ ¡oæ-¢çµ„ç¹") 就越o黎越ä¿å®ˆ… 真係發神ç¶"!
What I find most terrible and strange is that when the ruling elites in
Mainland is getting more open with June 4 (my feeling), in Hong Kong, in particular in the grassroots level, such as school organizations, they are becoming more and more conservative, it is really
crazy!
最怕是，å¸ç"Ÿé‡è¦–個人利益，並èªåŒåœ‹å®¶ï¼Œæœ€çµ‚令到他å€'有æ„ç„¡æ„的忽視ã€ç„¡è¦–ã€ç"šè‡³æ›²è§£é€™ç‰ã€Œé»'æ·å²ã€
What is most fearful is that students only care about their personal interest and recognize with the state, eventually, they will ignore or even twist the “black
history”.
å«ä½¢åœ°å°ä½ä¸å霖講多一次ï¼
Ask them to repeat their points in front of Ding Zilin!
有ç"Ÿä¹‹å¹´ï¼Œæˆ'å€'會看到å-Žï¼Ÿé€™ä¸æ˜¯å–®å–®çš„å¹³å，而係è¦æŸ¥æ ¹ç©¶æŸ¢åŽ»äº†çµã€‚
Will we see this in our life span? This is not only vindication, but a throughout investigation.
å…四是包袱還是傳承æˆ'å€'自己還è¦è³ªç–'？人權å'Œè‡ªç"±å'Œå¹³ç‰é€™äº›åŽŸå‰‡åˆæ˜¯ä¸æ˜¯åŒ…袱？
June 4 as a burden or legacy? Do we really need to debate on this? Should we consider human rights and freedom as burden then?
所以，ä¸å…±å·²ç¶"離全æ°'æ´-è…¦åˆä¸€æ¥äº†â€¦â€¦
The CCP is one step forward to brainwashing the entire population…
æˆ'å°å'¢ç¨®äº‹æƒ…感覺好無力, 就好似一d è€äººå®¶,ç"šæˆ–自己æ-¢çˆ¶æ¯, 佢地å°å…å››ç"±å§‹è‡³çµ‚都係冇感覺, 但æˆ'一直èªç‚º, 社會起碼還有智è˜æ-¢äºº, 佢地æ£å°‹æ±‚一d 物質以外更é‡è¦æ-¢é‡Ž, 自ç"±, 人權ç‰ç‰…但當年æ»æ-¢ä¿‚大å¸ç"Ÿ, ç¾åœ¨è©±å""é-œä½¢åœ°äº‹æ-¢éƒ½ä¿‚大å¸ç"Ÿ…到底發ç"Ÿå·¦å'©äº‹
I feel so powerless toward these kind of issues, as if I am an oldie. Even my parent don't share the feeling towards June 4. However, I believe that people with knowledge
in this society are seeking values like freedom and human rights rather than material interests… back then, university students died for that, now university students say that it is not their
concern, what happens to our society?
如果å…å››è·é›¢å¤ªé ，2003年的沙士å'Œä¸ƒä¸€å¤§éŠè¡Œç†æ‡‰æ˜¯é€™ä¸€ä»£æœ€” 埋身”çš„æ"¿æ²»ç¶"æ·äº†ï¼Œç„¶è€Œï¼Œåœ¨æ"¿çš„的大力éŽæ¿¾ä¸‹ï¼Œè·é›¢ä¸å¤ 七年的沙士竟也變æˆæŸäº›äººå£ä¸çš„” 有人煽動”，還有人敢在說是”外國勢力
If June 4 is too far away, the SARS epidemic attack and the July 1 rally in 2003 should be the closest experience to this generation, however, because of the political
pressure and filter, the chaos of SARS less than 7 years ago has turned into a “sedition” of “foreign power”.
所以大家å¯ä»¥åšå¥½å¿ƒç†æº–備，å…四將來會æˆç‚ºä¸€å€‹å®Œå…¨æ°'é–"的活動，很缺錢，很å°'å ±å°Žï¼Œä½†æˆ'å€'一定會為這件事拼æ»çš„åšã€‚
We have to be prepared that in the future, June 4 would become a purely civic event, without financial support, and without much media attention. But we will get it
done.
當, “å¹³åå…å››” åªä¿‚30+ oæ-¢äººåš, å'當d 人æ»é¬¼æ™', åˆæˆ–在社會å„階層都ä¸åœ¨å…¶ä½æ™‚, åˆé»žç®-å'¢?
If “vindication of June 4″ is only taken up by 30+ generation, when they are dead
or they are excluded from significant social position, what then?
教育? 香港大概已ç¶"ä¸èƒ½èµ·æ"¿æ²»æ•™è‚²çš„地方å§, ç"šè‡³ç¨ç«‹æ€è€ƒçš„教育都åšä¸ä¾†…. 但æˆ'地ç¾åœ¨æ-¢è¨Žè«–, 最å°'就係æˆ'地åšåˆ°çš„事, æˆ'地的的確確更深刻å'記ä½å•Š
Education? Hong Kong has totally failed in political education, we can't even educate people to think independently… this kind of discussion is the least that we can
do, we have to remember this.
Below is a BBC live report on June 4 incident for refreshing our memory:
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