Chapter 19 Isn't "Love Showing" a joke?

Hong Kong's social system, even after the return to the motherland in 1997, remains capitalistic for 50 years. What is "capitalism"?Isn't that "commodity society"?All relationships are based on "exchange"? The concept of "market economy" is so big that it can cover the entire sky here.These are the most basic in Hong Kong.I almost congratulated myself, thinking that I was exclusive to a new platform in this subject.But after thinking about it again, I am not practical. If I tell everyone I meet, I find that Hong Kong is a beautiful "economic animal". Absolutely "If you don't see a rabbit, don't scatter an eagle".Are Hong Kong people like this?If Hong Kong people only have the color of "seeking only profit", then the people here are not human beings, they have no political awareness, no spiritual world, no love, let alone know what dedication is.

I'm not from Hong Kong, and I don't want to say good things for Hong Kong in an exaggerated way, but it's not that Hong Kong people don't have "love" and don't know how to "dedicate".In fact, if any world organization organizes a "Love Contest" on a global scale, I think Hong Kong's ranking will definitely be very high.Not to mention far away, let’s just say that in the past 20 to 30 years, whether it is the drought in Africa, the tsunami in Southeast Asia, the earthquakes and fires in the mainland, the 1998 flood relief, the rescue of AIDS orphans, and the "Hope Project" all over Kyushu, etc., they have all contributed There has been a great helping hand.

At the beginning of January 2006, I saw another piece of news in Hong Kong, and something jumped in my heart, and I felt that I had caught a piece of good news. God bless me, this time the report was successful, the news did not fail, and the program was broadcast later. It also caused a lot of repercussions - "Hong Kong people do another good deed for public welfare: 'Walk for a Million' walks on the street to raise funds." On January 8, 2006, the "Hong Kong Community Chest" held an annual walking fundraising event as usual. The name of this event was "Hong Kong Island, Kowloon Walk for a Million". Many citizens put on uniform sportswear and went out of the house to collectively "seek alms".If this kind of collective "begging" is only the first time or occasionally, I will not be moved, but when I know that such an organized and large-scale charitable act has been persisted by Hong Kong people for 36 years, it will continue in the future If you go on, you can't be completely indifferent.

The "Hong Kong Community Chest" is a charitable organization established in 1968. The annual donations are used to fund 142 social welfare organizations, and then through more than 2,260 service outlets to provide services for the elderly, disabled, children, youth, and problems in Hong Kong. Daily services are provided to families, ex-mentally ill persons, ex-prisoners, and critically ill patients. Each year, the number of beneficiaries reaches 1 million, accounting for 1/7 of the total population of Hong Kong. In the 2002 "Hong Kong Community Chest" walking fundraising ceremony, Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa and his wife Dong Zhao Hongping presided over the opening ceremony; The opening ceremony was held.The whole collective "begging" is called "Love Sunshine" by Hong Kong people. The starting point is the Hong Kong Stadium in the east of Hong Kong Island, and the end point goes directly to Kowloon. People have to walk the entire 10-kilometer journey in the cold wind, which takes about 3 hours. .

"Love is shining"? I remember that the first time I saw this noun, which embodies great compassion and great compassion in play, was in the self-introduction of Hong Kong Manulife Life Insurance (International) Co., Ltd. In 2006, the "Hong Kong Island and Kowloon Million Tour", only this company in Hong Kong, the employees and family members who went to the streets enthusiastically reached thousands of people.In order to cheer up the fundraisers, the company set up a food station on the way in Wanchai, and the managers of the management turned into "goodwill ambassadors" and stood on the side of the road, distributing steaming food to the men, women and children who participated in the fundraising walk food……

I don’t know Hong Kong. Mainlanders, like me in the past, always think that Hong Kong people know how to work hard and earn money for years. Who has the leisure time to devote love to the world around them?However, when I arrived in Hong Kong, I realized that in order to "encourage the community to actively participate and donate, and jointly build a caring society", the "Community Chest of Hong Kong" not only organizes large-scale fundraising activities like "Walk for Millions" every year, but also continues to carry out Other charitable donations also average more than 50 times a year.

Hong Kong people don't like "slapping a swollen face to make a fat man", they will never do that kind of thing. But they have love, and they know that "love" must have strength. Chairman Mao Zedong, the founding leader of New China, once said: "It is not difficult for a person to do a good deed, what is rare is to do good deeds for a lifetime..." Hong Kong citizens have "shown their love" time and time again for decades. This kind of "fat man" It's not enough to pay for it once or twice.In Hong Kong, people know that there is a volunteer team of "Doctors without Borders". Whenever and wherever a natural disaster or plague breaks out, no matter how far the road is or how difficult the local post-disaster conditions are, they will immediately Send someone out.For the old and poor in the mainland, when Hong Kong people heard that many elderly people went blind because they had no money for a simple cataract extraction operation, they immediately donated generously and continued to invest in the local "sight recovery project" throughout the year.A "China Health Express" completely sponsored by private individuals departs from Hong Kong and travels thousands of miles all the way to Tibet. However, until today, many people in the mainland have never been to Tibet, and most of those who have been there only care about it. Walk into the Potala Palace by yourself, and then come out to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the snow-covered plateau.

On the one hand, he is very concerned about his own interests; on the other hand, he is very generous when it is time to make a move. In Hong Kong society, many things are tied to tofu with a horse’s tail—it’s impossible to mention it.