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Jeffie Lam
@jeffielam
correspondent @SCMPNews covering Hong Kong politics | views my own | write to: jeffie.lam at https://t.co/EzINsxIzBW
Nov 20, 2019 • 7 tweets • 6 min read
i‘ve started to record the graffiti left behind by protesters since they stormed the legislature on July 1. it gives you a glimpse of what they‘re thinking. here are some i took from #PolyU today:
“Why would uni be turned into battlefield?”
“Young people have died, but you live.” “give me back my ‘sau zuk’ (which means ‘hands and feet’- the term protesters call each other)”
“it’s a sin to be numb and indifference”
“give me liberty or give me death”
“I have nth to lose. I have no stake in the society” (mocking carrie lam’s earlier remarks)
Oct 23, 2019 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
1) this month, a high school pupil was shot in chest by police & another was arrested for slashing a cop's neck from behind with a boxcutter. i talked to 3 pupils to find out what pushed them to the frontlines of #hongkongprotests:

scmp.com/news/hong-kong… 2) i was a bit shocked when i met sophia in person (we chatted on telegram earlier). i'm only 155cm tall, and she is shorter than me and has a soft toy pig keychain on her backpack. she then told me she is on the very frontline responsible for extinguishing tear gas.
Jul 28, 2019 • 4 tweets • 5 min read
#HongKongProtests - I’ve toured around #yuenlong this morning to check the aftermath of the protest. What strikes me the most is the graffiti of “Liberate #Hongkong, revolution of our times” is everywhere: It was the election slogan of pro-independence activist Edward Leung in the Legco by-election in 2016. He was barred from running in the subsequent polls & later jailed for 6 years for his role in the Mongkok unrest. The slogan has been fully revived 3 years later:
Jul 1, 2019 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
My observations: hongkongers, or at least friends of my age, are more tolerant and understandable regarding the protesters’ actions to storm the legco tonight. They don’t agree with it, they may find it unwise, but they respect their choice /1 .. as protesters already exhausted every means - peaceful march, sit-ins - over the past weeks but heard nothing from the govt. Carrie Lam only made her first public appearance in 2 weeks today at the handover anni reception & turned down request for a dialogue with pandems /2