Other critics, including those from the city’s pro-democracy political camp, said any “good old days” notion is largely misguided, as corruption and malpractice were once widespread before a major clean-up in the 1970s.
“During colonial times, there was no freedom and our rights were denied but in the late 1980s, the government won people’s trust and it was seen as clean,” said Avery Ng (吳文遠), vice-chairman of maverick lawmaker “Long Hair” Leung Kwok-hung’s (梁國雄) League of Social Democrats party.
The party has called for full democracy in Hong Kong to replace the current system.
“I understand the current sentiment but this is very sad for Hong Kong that people would rather look back at colonial times,” Ng added.
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