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Abode claim unfairly puts Hongkongers in a bad light

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Victoria Park in Causeway Bay is one of my favourite places to take a stroll. On Sundays, the whole park is full of Indonesian migrant workers.

In the evening, after they have returned home, the park is full of rubbish. Yet, through the years, no one has complained.

A similar situation occurs in Central, where the perimeters of all A-grade office buildings are taken up by Filipino workers.

Instead of driving them away, we cordon off a section of one thoroughfare for pedestrians, just to accommodate them. Again, no one complains.

Why does no one make a fuss? Has it to do with the principle of human rights? No, we just feel like doing it, perhaps out of old-fashioned Chinese hospitality. These people come to the city from afar to help us, and we are happy to provide a convenient spot for them to meet their friends and relatives on their day off.

This is the Chinese way of doing things. If some of these migrant workers have a good reason for wishing to stay, we are happy to accommodate - again, out of common decency, not because of human rights.

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