While living in HK, I saw so many occurrences where people just would not get out of the way of ambulances and fire trucks. Cars and pedestrians. There may not be a requirement to move, but in some cases it was sheer inconsiderate selfishness (200+ people crossing a road on red walk signal, ambo waiting about 1.5 minutes)

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There was a stipulation when the Brits handed HK back to the Chinese that it remain highly autonomous for 50yrs. Does Beijing picking state approved candidates for HK not somewhat undermine this agreement?

Not that I am suggesting that the protests by the HKers is about an agreement made with Britain, just that I wonder if this is going to damage China-UK relations.

Uh, that is NOT what's happening. Under British rule, the governors of HK were British appointed and there was NO democracy. China is NOT taking away the right for people to choose their elected official because HK people never had that option.

The issue that's pissing off everyone is the electoral reform for the 2017 elections. 2017 is the first time in HK history where the chief executive will be elected by universal suffrage, but now they are saying electoral candidates need to be pre-approved by an nomination committee, which many fear will be heavily pro Beijing biased.

Sadly HK is a totally different deal altogether. When Britain returned it to China, people there were used to a certain way of life and they were given a pretty unique status as being semi-separate to China but still part of it. They're currently trying to take away the right for people in HK to choose their elected official (or perhaps refine the choice to China-favourables).

The people there are very sensitive to getting trampled on. They're so different and separate in many ways to mainland China... i don't see how the Chinese can force their mainland rule onto HK without a complete uprising on their hands. Imagine taking the vote away in a western country.

Yeah, not going to happen. Most mainland Chinese, even those who are studying in HK, have very different political outlook:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/hongkong/11131802/Analysis-Hong-Kongs-democracy-protests-pose-little-threat-to-China.html

Also, the scale of this protests is not unique, even for HK standards. Annual protests routinely drawing hundreds of thousands of people.

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There do exist Wireless Emergency Alert systems, but I'm not sure what is implemented by carriers in HK. Either way, any such broadcast would go to everyone in a cell, not limited to just those inside a theater. And using it as shown in this advertisement would be quite illegal (in any country).

Now, they could have had a "sign up for free blowjob alerts" in the lobby of the theater that enough people signed up to, and then the software simply bulk-messages those users in the theater.

If nobody in HK theaters turns their phones off, remind me to never see a movie while there.

I 2nd the bullshit call of everyone else.

Ironically, HK is quite a safe city, and firearms are fairly rare. People assume the contrary due to HK crime films being one of its main exports, but in fact they refer to a by-gone era (60s - 80s, when triads were active and cops corrupt).

Hong Kong might be the most free-market / right-wing / libertarian economy in the world, but its administration invested quite a lot in its police, and as a result not only are they quite respected by the locals (very few cases of abuse or corruption, and the majority of these reported by... police officers), but it's also become one of the safest large cities in the world*.
But please -- don't tell that guy roaming the comments with his rants on 'statists ruining everything', he would not understand.


*That does not involve an overreaching police state, like Singapore.

Just watched To's 'Running on Karma, great flick man-Thanks for the suggestions, found my new favorite HK-Action Director for the month!

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