毛孟靜 vs Kowloon West

It was my first time participating in an election yesterday. Unfornately, a little bit 出師不利, the person I voted for lost out.

Is voting 無聊? Do ignorance of people end up electing people that make the government even worse than if it was left laissez-faire?

I dissagree.

Each candidate has a voice. While I agree that sometimes elections can become somewhat like pop concerts – where popularity preceeds substance of the candidate, governments (or anyone in general) need people to regulate it. And regulation is always good – noone makes the right decisions every time. How often have you thought up a solotion to a problem and believe it is the best solution out there, only to have someone come up and say “hey… have you ever thought about doing it this way?” and you think it makes the most sense in the world? Or even if you don’t think it makes the most sense, you might find out that you are the only person who thinks your idea is so brilliant. People are always biased, and that is why we need a legco with different voices. Only this way can we have improvement, even if it frustrates you so when things don’t go your way.

Do I vote by celebritism? Can I say I am truly not affected by 明星效應? No, I agree I do somewhat, but I also like to think that I vote for a certain candidate because I agree with some of his/her directions and thoughts. Of course a little charisma helps too, not only to attract me, but charismatic people in general get things done. 余若薇 I really think has this charisma. 毛孟靜 would have been a very nice voice to have too, but of course there are other voices in the society too and I think that we did the best that we could to reflect the voices in our district.

I would like to dedicate more time to understand more about politics. Politics and finance are areas where I am interested in expanding my knowledge in, but sometimes a little bit 身不由己 by all the other distractions. The younger generation in Hong Kong are in general shallow, with no desire to become more involved in issues like the government and the people around you. It becomes even harder when you are from the middle class, where it seems that none of the issues that are targeted in the elections are really for you, nor do you really need any “help”.  But I really do believe that as a responsible abiding citizen of any country, one should exercise their sacred vote.