Lord David Alton 來港監察區議會選舉！𥄫實唔好出古惑！

https://www.facebook.com/LordAltonofLiverpool/posts/1479612405519069

ARRIVING IN HONG KONG TO MONITOR ELECTIONS

After contesting seven parliamentary elections and several local government elections, you could say that a passion for democracy and elections is in my blood. So when I was invited by pro-democracy groups in Hong Kong to monitor their elections I could hardly say no.

And I was also keen to offer encouragement to Joshua Wong, disqualified from standing in the elections. Joshua has spoken in our Parliament at a meeting I chaired. He has just been banned from traveling again to the U.K. - where he was due to receive the Westminster Award for Human Rights, Human Life and Human Dignify. So I decided to bring the award to him.

But my interest runs deeper than elections - important though they are. I serve as Vice Chair of the Westminster Friends of Hong Kong, am a Patron Hong Kong Watch and am a member of the House of Lords Select Committee on International Relations and Defence. I recently initiated a 3 hour Parliamentary debate on Hong Kong. During that debate I set out my serious concerns about the emasculation of two systems one country - and Hong Kong’s basic freedoms.

英國上議院議員邀請我去倫敦，打算頒個西敏寺獎比我，不過喺律政司同法庭反對之下，我就無得離開香港。

結果，主辦單位直接安排該位上議院議員飛過來香港，監察星期日既區議會選舉既同時，就會順便親手頒獎比我。

The world is watching.

ARRIVING IN HONG KONG TO MONITOR ELECTIONS

After contesting seven parliamentary elections and several local government elections, you could say that a passion for democracy and elections is in my blood. So when I was invited by pro-democracy groups in Hong Kong to monitor their elections I could hardly say no.

And I was also keen to offer encouragement to Joshua Wong, disqualified from standing in the elections. Joshua has spoken in our Parliament at a meeting I chaired. He has just been banned from traveling again to the U.K. - where he was due to receive the Westminster Award for Human Rights, Human Life and Human Dignify. So I decided to bring the award to him.

But my interest runs deeper than elections - important though they are. I serve as Vice Chair of the Westminster Friends of Hong Kong, am a Patron Hong Kong Watch and am a member of the House of Lords Select Committee on International Relations and Defence. I recently initiated a 3 hour Parliamentary debate on Hong Kong. During that debate I set out my serious concerns about the emasculation of two systems one country - and Hong Kong’s basic freedoms.

Agree with the comment here and also what Jeremy Lin discussed. Even for my kid who wrestles at the state level, many of his opponents think of him as being "deceptively" tough. The "deceptive" part apparently happens to AA athletes a lot, as in many areas of life. I still recall giving lectures for my prof during my masters studies and many white students thought that my lectures were deceptively good. Yeah, that word...

Coincides w/ thoughts I've been having recently that there are very few resources/speakers in evangelical circles from an Asian American Christian perspective on the topic of healthy masculinity. It's not that we're not able to talk with authority on the subject. We just tend not to be asked. I don't believe most would consciously think about it along these lines but there are probably underlying issues attached to the general emasculation of Asian males in Western culture.

I know from my own experience I've been invited to speak to men but it's almost always been from groups that are composed primarily of Asian Americans. (One notable exception was an African American brother having me speak at his church's men's breakfast a long time ago in Philly. That was a significant, formative moment for me for which I'm always grateful.) I believe Asian American men can bring a fresh voice and perspective to these issues, especially when the traditional pursuit of "biblical manhood" has often gone down some really wacky trails in the evangelical world.