The Oldies March 銀髮一族遊行
今天在臉書上看到朋友 Bryan 發的一篇文章，覺得非常有意思。得到他的同意分享到其他平台，又順便翻譯到英文，讓更多人可以了解香港最近發生的事 。中文版用廣東話寫，為保持原著沒有修改過。不懂廣東話的朋友都應該看得懂，希望大家也能感受到Bryan 在場的感受，和一班銀髮族為香港付出的一切。原文和照片均屬Bryan 擁有。
On 17 July, an oldies march was organised by the older generation in Hong Kong. This was for them to show their support to the recent protests for democracy and freedom in Hong Kong. The following is a post from my friend Bryan’s Facebook page. I have translated it to English and shared with his permission. All original text and photo belong to Bryan.
Note : In my translation, I have used oldies to describe the group of people in the march. This is by no means meant to be derogatory or a disrespect to them.
If you want to find out more about the recent protest in Hong Kong, you can read my previous posts here and here.
English Translation of the Oldies March
Today I went over to the Central Government Offices (CGO) after work to check out the oldies march. As I arrived at the Queensway Plaza footbridge, I was surprised to see so many oldies chanting as they were marching. In the previous marches, we may have only noticed the younger generation come out, and neglected this group of elderly supporters. When I saw there were so many of them, I felt this special emotion.
Then I walked to the footbridge outside Citic Tower to take some photos of the march. The majority were oldies, they kept on coming and coming. I wouldn’t say they came by the truckload, but I couldn’t see the end of the march.
After a while I followed the crowd over to the CGO and went down the stairs. There were some volunteers at the bottom of the stairs giving out cookies to the oldies, but they didn’t take them. I thought, you really need to do better guys. When the pro communist oldies came out marching, they all received a few thousand HK$ and supermarket gift vouchers!
I walked over to the CGO main entrance. There was a group of youngsters standing in a line bowing and thanking the oldies for their support. The oldies responded by telling them to keep up the good work. At this moment, all I could feel was love.
I continued to walk, and saw a grandma chatting to and hugging a young girl. Grandma was telling the girl to take care of herself and don’t get injured. It seems like they don’t know one another, yet grandma cared so much for the girl and wanted to make sure she was safe.
I lingered around for a while. There was a choir outside CGO singing the Chinese version of “Do you hear the people sing”. It seems no one is immune to the power of this song, I felt something surging in my eyes.
I was immensely touched with what I saw today. Although they were oldies, they haven’t lost their marbles. Far from it. Everyone who came out to the march today have their head screwed on right. They didn’t stay at home to make dinner, or play with their grand kids or watch TV. Instead they came out on a hot summer evening to take part in the march. These people are the true parents of Hong Kong. Not Carrie Lam who claims she’s our mother.
I’m just a normal middle aged guy, and I want to salute and thank each and everyone of you oldies from the bottom of my heart for coming out to the march today.
As the Chief Executive of Hong Kong, her only contribution is to have made us all connected.
原文中文版
今日收工嘅時候走去政府總部嗰邊睇吓今日搞嘅銀髮一族遊行。行到去金鐘廊嗰條天橋嘅時候已經好震撼，因為我見到好多上咗年紀嘅人喺度一路行一路叫口號。以往嘅遊行可能忽略咗呢一班長者，以為只會係後生仔先至出嚟。當我見到佢哋咁多長者出嚟果下嘅感覺係好特別。
之後行咗去中信大廈對出天橋，開始影相同埋觀察。見到大部份都係上咗年紀嘅人，好多人不斷行不斷行。人數我唔敢講話超級多，但係一直都未見到龍尾。
過咗一陣，我跟大隊一齊行咗去政總方向，跟住再沿住樓梯行落去。喺樓梯嘅盡頭，見到有啲義工喺度派啲餅仔比啲老人家。個刻我心諗你哋實在太過分。其他廢老遊行有幾千蚊，又有華潤超市禮券。你淨係派餅仔，點對得住啲班遊行人士。不過班長者仲過分，因為佢哋好多都唔拎啲餅仔，蝕晒。
落樓梯之後，行去政總門口附近，有班後生仔企咗一排喺度不斷咁樣鞠躬，不斷咁樣講多謝大家嘅支持。同時間亦都有班長者同佢哋打招呼，叫佢哋加油啦。呢一刻感覺到嘅，係愛啊。
再行過少少，又見到一個阿婆同個後生女喺度傾計，個阿婆千叮萬囑叫佢哋要小心，唔好受傷。後尾兩個人仲攬埋一齊。我估計佢哋兩個本身係唔認識嘅，個阿婆係出於擔心同埋關心，唔想啲後生仔女再有任何傷害。
前前後後咁樣徘徊，政總門口企咗一啲人喺度唱改咗中文歌詞嘅 Do you hear the people sing。唔知點解對呢首歌真係冇抵抗力，雙眼開始忍唔住。
今日場面好感動。雖然佢哋年紀大，但係並唔係老懵懂。今日出得嚟行嘅個個都心水清。呢一班長者唔去煮飯，唔去湊孫，唔去睇電視，仲要喺咁悶熱嘅天氣出嚟行。呢班人先至係香港人嘅父母，唔係林鄭你夾硬話要做我哋嘅老母。
小弟呢個廢中，真係衷心咁樣敬佩同埋多謝今日每一位出嚟行嘅長輩。
林鄭作為今屆香港政府特首，唯一最大嘅功勞就真係 made us all connected。