html Today, 325 years ago, was the day when Hong Kong returned to the motherland!
"A hundred years ago, I watched you leave.
A hundred years later, I look forward to you coming back to me.
The vicissitudes of life cannot erase my longing for you.
I call you again and again, my 1997..."
In the Golden Bauhinia Square in summer, the Monument for Hong Kong's Return to the Motherland stands majestically. The inscription above describes the sleepless night of "going home" 25 years ago:
"Thousands of guests from home and abroad attended the ceremony, national and regional flags were held high, and there were thunderous cheers. The People's Liberation Army entered Hong Kong, and the mountains and seas were glorious. It was an epoch-making event. What a feat! "
After a hundred years of vicissitudes, the Oriental Pearl Tower returned to
. From July 1, 1997 to July 1, 2022, a quarter of a century has passed. In the 25 years since Hong Kong's return to the motherland, Hong Kong and the mainland have helped each other and gone hand in hand. Countless people have devoted everything they have to the return of Hong Kong, the development of Hong Kong, and the common prosperity of Hong Kong and the motherland.
"Working hard and working hard"
This is the evaluation of Mr. Lu Ping, the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Leung Chun-ying, who has made important contributions to Hong Kong's smooth transition and smooth return.
Mr. Lu Ping is an important official who personally experienced the Sino-British negotiations on Hong Kong and the drafting of the Hong Kong Basic Law. He negotiated with the British side in a reasonable and reasonable manner, tried to protect Hong Kong's financial reserves, and removed the British obstacles to Hong Kong's return to ; he fully participated in the drafting and publicity of the Basic Law, allowing Hong Kong people and even the international community to understand "One Country, Two Systems" We have confidence in the effective implementation of the "" system. He has been fully involved in Hong Kong's pre-transition work and has made important contributions to Hong Kong's smooth transition.
On the night of June 30, 1997, Mr. Lu Ping was at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center . He stayed up all night and witnessed the five-star red flag rising in Hong Kong.
"I really shed tears, I was very excited. I have been working in Hong Kong and Macao for more than ten years, and I have been looking forward to this day every day..." Mr. Wang recalled later.
In July of the same year when Hong Kong returned to China, he resigned as director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office and began to fade out of politics.
In the minds of many Hong Kong politicians who have worked with Mr. Lu Ping, he cares about Hong Kong and has spent up to half of his life involved in Hong Kong's return affairs. He is willing to listen to the opinions of Hong Kong people and has made indelible contributions to Hong Kong's return.
On May 3, 2015, Mr. Lu Ping passed away in Beijing at the age of 88.
"Nightingale" in the hearts of Hong Kong people
"I want to be discharged from the hospital quickly and return to the ward to help."
This is what Xie Wanwen once said.
On May 22, 2003, the Hong Kong SAR government held a funeral with the highest standards for Tse Wan-wen, who died in the line of duty while selflessly saving lives and bravely fighting the epidemic, and praised her as "the daughter of Hong Kong." Tung Chee-hwa, the chief executive of Hong Kong at the time, said: "Dr. Tse Yun-wen showed a high degree of professionalism and courage when helping others. I believe that all Hong Kong citizens will never forget her selfless dedication."
In March 2003, SARS broke out in Hong Kong. People are panicked. At that time, Hong Kong's Tuen Mun Hospital admitted three SARS patients. However, due to the shortage of thoracic and lung specialists in the hospital, Tse Wan-wen voluntarily transferred from the internal medicine ward to work in the SARS ward. The situation was critical at that time, and she even personally intubated the throat of a patient suffering from SARS.
She knew that the process of contact with SARS patients entailed great risks, but she still insisted on intubating their throats many times, but she also contracted the deadly virus.
At four o'clock in the morning on May 13, 2003, Xie Wanwen died due to ineffective rescue efforts.
In the blink of an eye, she has been gone for nearly twenty years. I don’t know if people still remember this “Nightingale” who belongs to Hong Kong.
"My family is in trouble, how can I not help?"
"Have the children and teachers been rescued?"
This was the first and last sentence of his life when he saw the rescuers after he was crushed under heavy rubble.
"I still remember that day when the earth was shaking. It was you who sacrificed your life to make us stand upright on the edge of death. It was you who pulled us out of the hands of death and gave us a chance to be reborn."
This is after the Yushu earthquake. Rinqing Tsomo wrote these tearful words to express his gratitude to the Hong Kong volunteer Wong Furong who sacrificed his life to rescue them.
Huang Furong was born in 1964 from Hong Kong. He was originally a container truck driver. In 2002, he began to do charity work in mainland China. After the Wenchuan earthquake, he rushed to Wenchuan to participate in the post-earthquake rescue despite his family's objections.
was lucky, and it seemed that he was not favored by his kindness. In 2010, while participating in the Yushu earthquake rescue, he had already escaped danger. After learning that a teacher and two students were trapped in the collapsed rubble, he rushed into the orphanage again desperately. Unexpectedly, another aftershock caused the shaky house to collapse. This time, he failed to run out in time.
Huang Furong is a great volunteer. His story not only touches us, but also tells the deep love between Hong Kong compatriots and the people on the mainland who are closely related by blood and flesh and blood.
No. 2886 Asteroid " Tian Jia Bingxing "
"Be a man with conscience and have a clear conscience. If you can do this, it is the highest standard of happiness. I am just a small grain of dust in the world"
—— Tian Jiabing
In 1919, Tian Jiabing was born in a scholarly family in Dapu, Guangdong. In his early years, he did business in Vietnam , and later moved to Hong Kong to start a business. After ten years of ups and downs, the plastic factories and chemical companies founded by Tin Ka Ping in Hong Kong have become well-known leading companies, and he himself has become a veritable "leather king" in Hong Kong.
With both fame and fortune, for anyone, the rest of his life will be extremely smooth. This was indeed the case for Tian Jiabing at the beginning, but he could not let go of the pain of not continuing to study when he was young. After many twists and turns in life, he What I love deeply in my heart is the land where I was raised.
Since the 1980s, Tian Jiabing has started his own charity road, which he has been on for the rest of his life.
It is not uncommon for billionaires to donate teaching buildings, but Tian Jiabing is different from other billionaires. According to the existing data, only from the 1990s to 2009, Tian Jiabing On the road of charity, more than a thousand projects have been held and assisted.
Especially after the financial crisis , in order to fulfill his promise to donate 20 schools in mainland China, Tian Jiabing sold the house where the Tian family had lived for nearly 40 years. When faced with the dissuasion of everyone, including his children, he said: "This house will be kept for our family to live in, but if we sell this house, we can donate it to twenty schools, which is no more valuable than one house." Is it meaningful? "
According to statistics, Tian Jiabing donated a total of 323 schools in his life.
On the morning of July 10, 2018, Mr. Tian Jiabing passed away at the age of 99.
Today, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland, Hong Kong stands at a new historical starting point.
With respect for our ancestors, we will remember those touching spirits and create a better tomorrow that belongs to us.
