In his latest article on Apple Daily, Mr T L Tsim quoted one of Oscar Wilde's maxims, "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars".
The image is romantic. Particularly at the time of Wilde, pace was slower, sky was darker, and the stars were more shiny.
Today, in Hong Kong, however, we have to search for stars. The contamination of light is so serious. Sky scrapers that are full of bright spots, laser light that fills the Victoria harbour, and homes that are occupied with late sleepers. Hong Kong is a city never sleeps. The night here is so luminous that makes stars dull.
And the gutter here is overcrowded. With more and more mainlanders move in, buying either milk powder, i Pad or luxury apartment, the gutter is not only packed, but also filthy, stinky and noisy. Under such circumstance, not many people would still dare to look up the sky, in case we would smell others breathe.
And stars. Where are the stars? We are used to treating everything that glitters as nothing but gold.
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