1. Max, Electronic business
Yes. Because the CE needs to make important decisions for Hong Kong so it’d make a difference if people can choose for themselves.

2. Daniel, Sound engineer
Yes. The government cannot just represent the interest of big business. There should be voices from the working class as well.

3. Bernaid, IT manager
Yes. As more than 60% of the population in Hong Kong are not business owner, these common people can show their interest by voting.

4. Billy, Designer
Yes. Competition leads to improvement.

5. Alex, Designer
Yes. I think it’s better than people can choose and there is competition between candidates.

The Find: Paper Mahjong
Original asking price: $38
Final price: $25
Where Found: Granville Circuit

Your best travel buddy: a pack of paper Mahjong. For just a mere $25, you can kill boredom while waiting to board your plane, during a long flight or in a motel room in middle of nowhere with nothing to do. And when that irate neighbour yells about the mahjong noise after 11pm, whip out this handy, light paper set and play to the small hours. True, mahjong is almost not mahjong without the sound of clashing tiles and no longer can you show off what a gun you are by knowing each tile by feel rather than sight, but, hey, at least your neighbour will sleep soundly while you have your fun. And no, we’re not encouraging you to gamble for money. Unless you go to one of the official ‘mahjong schools’ all over the city, where, it seems, the law is not the law.

Originally a traditional market town, Tai Po was developed into a ‘new town’ in the early ‘80s to accommodate Hong Kong’s booming population and serve as a satellite city, to ease pressure on the city centre and create residential, industrial, commercial and social facilities. What this translates to is large series of housing estates with sky scraping buildings crammed full with as many flats as possible on every floor to maximise space with minimal play space for kids of any ages. Although, the area is surprisingly green with well manicured plants and trees, certain things seem completely superfluous - in the middle of the estate’s courtyard was a water feature, not quite deep enough to be a pond, but too shallow to be more than an oversized puddle; it isn’t particularly nice looking, or seem to serve any obvious purpose. If you walk beyond the reach of the estate to the nearby wet market housed in a slick, glassy building (only in HK would you find a meat and veg wet market housed in a nice office-looking building) or down the side streets to find local businesses including independently owned clothing stores, tradesmen and a bicycle shop that seemed to specialise in children’s bicycles, you just might find everything you need to live in Tai Po.