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"Strength and determination to maintain Hong Kong's prosperity and stability"

What a load of cobblers.

CH Tung is a laughing stock - no one is under any further illusion over his complete lack of grasp in any area of the running of Hong Kong.

Beijing is playing a riskily heavy-handed game with this PLA charade and the reaction may come sooner and less subtly than the gerontocrats imagine.

"National pride", indeed - and don't forget the glorious crackdown on porn sites.