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2016/04/07 08:41:15 網誌分類: 生活

07 Apr

         Mao Zedong, the first chairman of China’s Communist Party, said many things which became famous quotations. A quotation is a group of words said by someone that others repeat. Quotations by well-known people become famous if they are repeated often by others. A book of Mao Zedong’s quotations was first published in 1964. It was nicknamed the “Little Red Book” because of its small size and red colour. One of his famous quotations was “Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun”. It means political power comes from weapons and the use of force.

        　　Although the world has changed since he said this, political power still grows out of the barrel of a gun. The US, China, and Russia have the most political power because they have the most weapons. But political power also comes from having the right to vote. The world saw that recently when Myanmar was allowed to vote in a democratic election. This put political power in the hands of Myanmar citizens. They used it to give an election victory to Aung San Suu Kyi’s political party. We recently saw Hong Kong’s young people put political power into their own hands by registering to vote. They used their votes in the Legislative Council by-election to give political power to 24-year-old Edward Leung Tin-kei of Hong Kong Indigenous. He came third out of seven candidates with 66,000 votes.

        　　Hong Kong’s minority groups often complain of discrimination by the general public, government, and some political parties. A minority group is a small group of people who are different from the general public. Hong Kong’s gays and lesbians and South Asians are minority groups. Recently, the Liberal Party’s Dominic Lee Tsz-king used crime figures in a misleading and racist way in political posters to make people think asylum-seekers are rapists and murderers. This has hurt Hong Kong’s South Asian minority group because most people wrongly think all asylum-seekers are South Asians. Registration for September’s Legco election will end on May 2. Minority groups can fight discrimination and people like Lee Tsz-king by registering to vote. This will put political power into their hands.

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        　　毛澤東，中國共產黨的第一位主席，說了許多成為知名語錄（quotations）的話。 Quotation 就是被他人引用的語錄。名人的語錄（quotations）若被常他人引用，便會變得知名。毛澤東的第一本語錄（quotations）先於一九六四年出版。它有別稱為「紅皮書」，因為它袖珍和紅色。他語錄（quotations）中有一句知名的話是：「槍桿子裡面出政權」（Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun），意思就是政權是出於武器和武力。

        　　即使他說這話以來，世界已大變，政權還是出自槍桿子裏（political power still grows out of the barrel of a gun）。美國、中國和俄羅斯都擁有最大的政權，因為他們有最多的武器。但政權也來自於投票的權利。這就在緬甸最近得以舉行民主選舉中可見一斑。這就是將政權放於緬甸人民的手裏。他們就讓昂山素姬政黨在選舉中大勝。我們最近見到香港的年輕人透過選民登記，將政權奪回自己的手中。他們在立法會補選中用選票將政權給了本土民主前線、二十四歲的梁天琦，他在七位候選人中，以六萬六千票排第三。

        　　香港的少數群體（minority groups）不時投訴被社會大眾、政府和某些政黨歧視。Minority group 是少數群體，香港的同性戀者和南亞裔都屬於少數群體（minority groups）。最近，自由黨的李梓敬在政治橫額中以誤導和種族主義的方式，用罪案數字令人以為政治難民是強姦犯和殺人犯。這實在傷害了香港的南亞少數群體（minority group），因為大部份人錯誤以為所有的政治難民都是南亞人。九月立法會選舉的選民登記將於五月二日截止，少數群體（minority groups）可以透過登記投票，打擊歧視和像李梓敬這樣的人。這就能將政權奪回自己的手中。Michael Chugani褚簡寧

        中譯：七刻

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