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By Yik Lam and Jessie Pang
HONG KONG, June 29 (Reuters) - As documentary filmmaker Kiwi Chow walked through a pedestrian tunnel in Hong Kong on a recent day, he spotted a team of cleaners scraping off glue left by illegal ads and scrubbing the walls clean with mops.
It reminded him of the day he became an activist during the pro-democracy protests that galvanised this Chinese-ruled city in 2019. Back then, he had gathered with his young son and some friends to cover another tunnel wall with Post-it notes scribbled with political messages and drawings.
Strangers joined in. I was very happy. It was the first time I was an organiser, he said.
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By Yik Lam and Jessie Pang
HONG KONG (Reuters) â As documentary filmmaker Kiwi Chow walked through a pedestrian tunnel in Hong Kong on a recent day, he spotted a team of cleaners scraping off glue left by illegal ads and scrubbing the walls clean with mops.
It reminded him of the day he became an activist during the pro-democracy protests that galvanised this Chinese-ruled city in 2019. Back then, he had gathered with his young son and some friends to cover another tunnel wall with Post-it notes scribbled with political messages and drawings.
Strangers joined in.
âI was very happy. It was the first time I was an organiser,â he said.
Hong Kong language and culture experts say they worry about the future of Cantonese and the impact Mandarin will have on the next generation's ability to speak and write in Hong Kong's own language.