Opinion | What Hong Kong can be taught from high-flying Shenzhen – Cyber Tech
October 7, 2024
Hong Kong is once more battling an issue of notion. I’m not referring to the badmouthing and damaging remark by individuals exterior the town. Because the Cantonese saying goes, “the mouth belongs to another person”. You don’t get to manage what comes out of different individuals’s mouths, nonetheless defaming and unfaithful the content material.
With the cancellation of the 2 drone reveals that have been presupposed to be a part of the over 400 occasions the federal government had deliberate to rejoice the seventy fifth anniversary of the Folks’s Republic of China, I’m afraid tongues are wagging once more. And it’s not simply the a whole bunch of 1000’s of individuals left disenchanted after hours of ready.
The organisers might have performed higher to speak the issue. They mentioned a “technical glitch” led to the cancellation. It wasn’t till later that we discovered the rationale was truly unsuitable atmospheric circumstances. Given the potential adversarial impression of ionospheric scintillation – together with the danger of interference with the GPS, the potential of the drones crashing and its implications for public security – we perceive it was a judgment name.
However the impression was made: a “glitch” implies an error. It was a public relations lesson. In the meantime, lawmakers are actually suggesting that contingency plans must be made for future reveals.
The harm didn’t cease there. Worse for Hong Kong, our neighbour Shenzhen managed to carry their drone reveals the identical day, albeit later than scheduled, and never only one present however successive ones in 5 districts. The drone operator mentioned the distinction got here right down to versatile timing – Shenzhen waited for circumstances to enhance whereas Hong Kong determined to cancel so its fireworks might begin on time.
The fireworks have been certainly spectacular, however perhaps not as “spectacular” as the truth that Shenzhen held a number of drone reveals and live-streamed them whereas Hong Kong couldn’t get its personal exhibit the bottom. Extra purpose for individuals to lament how far Hong Kong is falling behind Shenzhen.