炎炎夏日，陰晴不定，但沒有阻擋市民上街的步伐，回歸十七周年，五十一萬人參加了大遊行，一舉打破○三年五十萬人上街的紀錄，充分顯示港人對現實的不滿以及求變的決心。

月暈而風，礎潤而雨。香港問題千頭萬緒，深層次矛盾日益惡化，港府管治混亂固然是導致民怨爆煲的原因之一，而政改爭拗白熱化更是引起社會躁動不安的主要原因，對此，港府有責任，中央也有責任。

事實上，正因為中央及港府敵友不分，恩怨不明，黑白顛倒，親小人，遠賢臣，做盡親痛仇快之事，才會落得眾叛親離的下場，也才會導致反對派勢力不斷壯大。最難堪的是，隨着政改爭拗愈演愈烈，佔領中環勢在必行，更多更大的亂象還在後頭。

風雨如晦，雞鳴不已。香港由小漁村發展為舉世矚目的國際大都會，前後經歷了一百五十多年；如今回歸不過十七年，香港已由經濟城市淪為政治城市，香港人由「經濟動物」變成「政治動物」，怎不令人慨嘆。

「五十年不變」的承諾才過了三分之一，香港已經面目全非，「一國兩制」荒腔走板，「港人治港」變質變味，香港走入死胡同，根本不知何去何從。

Looking back on the past 17 years is nbearable, and Hong Kong’s future is drenched in new worries

The scorching heat of summer and the threat of rainstorm did not deter Hong Kong people from taking to the streets on the 17th anniversary of the city’s return to China. The 510,000 citizens that joined the demonstration broke the record of 500,000 made in 2003, demonstrating Hong Kong people’s discontent and their determination for change.

With a multitude of loose ends to tie up, Hong Kong’s deep-rooted contradictions are deteriorating. The chaotic governance is of course one of the reasons leading to the outpour of grievances. The heating up of disputes over political reform is in fact the main agitator of commotion in the community. For this, both the Hong Kong government and the central authorities are responsible.

The central authorities and the Hong Kong government can neither tell friends from foes nor distinguish right from wrong. Repelling worthy people and attracting malevolent ones, antagonizing friends and appeasing enemies, they only find themselves end up utterly isolated with the oppositionists expanding. As the row over political reform intensifies, the Occupy Central movement is doomed to take place, with a greater chaos in its wake.

Although the situation looks grim, some people are still willing to speak out. It took Hong Kong over 150 years to develop from a small fishing village to an international metropolis that received worldwide attention. However, merely 17 years after the handover, Hong Kong is unfortunately reduced from an economic city to a political city, and Hong Kong people are turned from “economic animals” to “political animals”.

The promise of “no change for 50 years” has only gone through one-third of its term, Hong Kong has already changed beyond recognition. “One country, two systems” has gone out of tune; “Hong Kong people ruling Hong Kong” has spoiled and turned rancid. Trapped in a cul-de-sac, the city is lost as to what course to follow.

重要生字

cannot tell friends from foes 敵友不分

go out of tune 荒腔走板

spoil and turn rancid 變質變味

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