My name is Gao Songjie, I am 40 years old and I am a native of Hong Kong. When I was young, my family was poor and I had no dreams. When I grew up, I only wanted to make money, and at the same time I was very greedy. I used to indulge in gambling, but ended up losing to my wife, and I had nothing.
may be God’s will. At the lowest point in my life, I suddenly heard a piece of music played by a saxophone. It was Leslie Cheung’s "Love for You". At that moment, I burst into tears and wanted to make a new look, so I decided to start an education career-teaching saxophone. Everything starts from scratch. Slowly, my career has achieved small results, and I am more mature than before, and I know how to be grateful.
Hong Kong broke out last year's "regulation turmoil". Many black-clothed thugs sprayed slogans on the streets in order to express their demands. My friends and I used the rest time to clean up and make the environment better again. What was particularly impressive was that on September 17th, when I was reading the news, I saw that the only national anti-Japanese memorial facility in Hong Kong, the "Wu Jiao Teng Martyrs Memorial Garden" was smeared, and many tombstones were sprayed with "returning" and " "Return to Zhonglieshi (martyr)" and other words.
Seeing those tombstones sprayed with twisted characters, I was really angry and sad. This is a great insult to the country and the anti-Japanese martyrs who defended Hong Kong. Several friends who often do cleaning together couldn't sit still after learning the news. Everyone decided to clean up overnight and restore the Martyrs Memorial Garden to its original state before the 88th anniversary of the September 18th Incident.
Soon, we each set off from home and arrived at the Martyrs Memorial Park at 9 o'clock in the evening. Turning on the flashlight and walking into the memorial garden, the situation was worse than expected. In addition to the tombstones being smeared indiscriminately, the wreaths placed in the memorial garden were kicked down, rubbish was also thrown on the ground, and the solemn and tidy cemetery was ruined in a mess.
Without further ado, we immediately started the cleaning operation! Unlike the previous cleaning, the marble tombstones in the memorial garden cannot be repainted. So we dipped the brush into the special stone washing water, squatted on the ground to brush it word by word, and it took more than 3 hours to clean the tombstones. It was past 12 o'clock, everyone was sweating, but very happy. The thugs wanted to do damage on the big day, but they didn't expect someone to clean up late at night. The September 18th commemoration finally went smoothly.
In fact, during that time, not only at the Martyrs’ Memorial Garden, but also in many places in Hong Kong, mobs were plastered with slogans of hatred and violence, and the beautiful cityscape was destroyed and turned into a smog. Seeing this, my friend and I launched a flash clean charity action and decided to do it all the way. I still remember that when we were doing cleaning in Mong Kok, an elderly man in his 90s made a special trip to visit us and said: "I am too old to help, but I am really grateful to you." This encouragement moved us.
Because of the clean slogan, in the past six months, I have been attacked, cursed, undermined, and even threatened with death. In fact, I can do nothing, say nothing, and I won’t get into trouble. But I have always believed that "justice exists only when someone does it." If we blindly compromise and give in, or even fear, it will only encourage violations of the law and cause more people to suffer.
Hong Kong is a place full of love. It is the home where we grew up. Demonstrators should no longer post signs around to promote hatred and destroy the city. I hope that through my tiny power, I can awaken the patriotism of more Hong Kong people. When more and more people are not afraid of threats and bravely stand up, the "evil forces" will not dare to be arrogant! Source of
Beijing Daily Client | Reporter Beijing Daily Client Special Hong Kong Reporting Group
Editor: Yang Meng
Process Editor Liu Weili
