What Hong Kong people can do if they feel Beijing is tightening its grip on freedoms

I am writing in response to the articles, “British report warns Beijing is increasing pressure on Hong Kong’s basic rights and freedoms” (April 18) and “In China’s embrace, Hong Kong people face a stark choice: money or freedoms” (April 18).

Earlier this year, a Washington-based human rights NGO said the freedom score of Hong Kong had hit a seven-year low, citing Beijing’s “ever greater influence” on the special administrative region.

I live in Hong Kong and, although our government always says there is still a lot of freedom that the central government in Beijing has given us, many Hongkongers feel the limits imposed on the freedom of speech have become a serious concern.

For example, the recent disqualification of some elected members of the Legislative Council stirred sharp divisions in society.