一切如初 EVERYTHING IS AS USUAL

成 場 運 動 最 深 刻 嘅 都 係 尖 東 橋 , 因 為 唔 單 止 自 己 用 咗 好 多 時 間 喺 呢 條 橋 上 面
做 哨 兵 、 去 防 守 、 加 固 唔 同 嘅 防 守 設 施 , 亦 都 係 其 中 一 次 我 抵 擋 得 住 警 察 嘅 推
進 , 甚 至 係 成 功 擊 退 佢 哋 。 個 一 次 好 記 得 有 隊 防 暴 警 察 由 尖 東 方 向 由 尖 東 橋 向
理 工 推 進 , 好 彩 之 前 已 做 好 準 備 , 準 備 左 一 大 堆 嘢 , 好 似 係 全 身 盾 、 保 護 裝 備
等 等 ; 我 哋 都 係 用 全 身 盾 去 築 起 「 盾 牆 」 去 抵 擋 橡 膠 同 催 淚 彈 , 我 哋 最 後 推 翻 佢
哋 嘅 防 暴 封 鎖 線 , 成 功 守 橋 。
另 一 樣 嘢 想 講 嘅 係 喺 尖 東 橋 度 都 見 到 好 多 嘢 , 自 己 喺 尖 東 橋 度 守 嗰 段 時 間 , 有
一 日 好 記 得 嘅 係 有 一 班 人 嚟 咗 幫 手 守 橋 ; 目 測 嗰 班 人 應 該 係 十 六 七 歲 , 一 班 未
成 年 嘅 小 朋 友 。 起 初 見 有 人 幫 手 好 開 心 , 因 為 終 於 有 人 嚟 接 更 , 嚟 幫 手 。
但 係 慢 慢 佢 哋 喺 度 玩 , 飲 埋 啤 酒 , 同 佢 哋 講 嘅 時 候 , 佢 哋 都 淨 係 講 一 句 , 飲 咗
啲 酒 個 樽 要 嚟 整 火 魔 呀 。 其 實 嗰 吓 都 幾 嬲 , 佢 哋 有 啲 輕 視 呢 個 位 置 , 或 者 係 而
家 所 做 嘅 嘢 。 但 係 嬲 就 只 係 一 陣 , 其 實 諗 深 一 層 覺 得 好 無 奈 , 原 本 呢 班 小 朋 友
嘅 暑 假 唔 應 該 係 同 我 咁 一 齊 去 過 , 唔 應 該 係 執 催 淚 彈 , 喺 度 捱 TG, 捱 橡 膠 子 彈
等 等 ; 係 應 該 開 開 心 心 去 拍 吓 拖 , 睇 吓 戲 , 唱 吓 K 咁 。
點 解 極 權 要 逼 到 呢 個 社 會 未 來 一 代 咁 慘 , 喺 度 受 苦 。
The most memorable part of the whole movement took place on the Tsim Sha Tsui
East overpass. It wasn’t just because I spent a lot of time there, guarding, defending
and reinforcing barricades, but because on one occasion I stopped the police from
advancing and even chased them off. I remember one time a team of riot police were
advancing on the Tsim Sha Tsui East overpass towards PolyU. Luckily, we were fully
prepared. We had full body shields, protective gear and more. We used our full body
shields to form a ‘shield wall’ to repel the rubber bullets and tear gas, and eventually
broke their ranks and defended the bridge.
I would also like to share the many things I witnessed on the Tsim Sha Tsui East
overpass. While I was standing guard there, a group of people came to help. They
seemed to be about 16, 17 years old, hardly adults. At first, we were happy to see
someone coming to help, because there was someone to share the work.
When they settled in, they were just fooling around, drinking beer, and when I spoke
to them, they just said they had to finish the beer to get bottles for fire magic (Molotov
cocktails). I was a bit angry at that point, thinking that they were not taking their
duties here seriously and were missing the whole point of our movement. But my
anger only lasted a while, because when I think about it, they shouldn’t be spending
their summer holidays with us like this. They shouldn’t be picking up spent tear
gas canisters, breathing tear gas, being shot at with rubber bullets. They should be
carefree, going on dates, going to the cinema, singing karaoke.
Why did this totalitarian regime impose this on the future generation of our society?
That they had to suffer like this?
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