Hong Kong Ten Years After —— Days in the Lives of Hong Kong Inhabitants

• 作者: Zhang Juan
• 来源期刊: 今日中国：英文版
• 学科: 政治法律
• 关键词: 香港 生活习惯 社会生活 生活方式
• 年，卷（期）: 2007,（7）
• 页码范围: 8-21
• 页数: 14页
• 分类号: D669.3

摘要

The parting phrase, 'Manzou,' means walk slowly, in the sense of mind how you go. It is frequently heard on China's mainland, where locals indeed proceed in leisurely fashion on foot. But it is plainly inappropriate in Hong Kong. The region's rapid rhythm of life, emphasized by the marching air emitted at each intersection as pedestrians surge across, demands haste of its inhabitants. Oddly enough, the 'number eleven bus' is a main mode of transport in this contemporary cosmopolis. The majority of MTR passengers, adults and children alike, are shod in smart sports shoes suitable for maintaining a brisk gait. It is believed possible to distinguish a native of Hong Kong from a visitor by their walking pace. As we observed Hong Kong's fleet-footed inhabitants making their way purposefully along the city's crowded thoroughfares, we wondered about their thoughts since the return of Hong Kong to the motherland, and about the impact it had made on their lives.