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  • Essay / The cityscape of Hong Kong before the cultural handover...

    Since Hong Kong was removed from the list of colonies at the United Nations General Assembly in 1972 and the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong was about to be discussed, Hong Kong People have developed divided opinions on this major concern. While some left-wing parties rejoiced over Hong Kong's return to the motherland, most Hong Kongers felt helpless in the face of the uncertain future. People were so afraid that they avoided talking about it, as if the subject only existed when they discussed it. In the 1970s, except for some authors and academics, few people were willing to express their thoughts on the subject. People only addressed the issue in the 1990s, when the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong was officially discussed. Then, pop songs about the future of Hong Kong became a new trend. In this article, I chose 《北角汽車渡海碼頭》, a poem by Jaa Si (也斯) and 〈皇后大道東〉, a pop song by Lo Tai-yu to illustrate the perplexity of Hong Kong people before the handover. The texts are collected for analysis because their depictions of the Hong Kong cityscape and citizens dealing with the same topic at different times are not entirely the same, although both include helplessness and bewilderment .《北角汽車渡海碼頭》, a poem written by Jaa Si in 1974, it depicts the poet's emotions while on the platform. Jaa Si was a famous author, but what sets him apart from other writers is his preference for Hong Kong. Jaa Si loved to confront his hometown and explore the relationship between the urban landscape and urban life, pioneering the development of Hong Kong urban poetry. In one of his books, Jaa Si wrote that the city, the background of a literary work, largely contributed to its production (1985). Jaa Si used the line technique...... middle of paper..... .log /po st/28563841-%E7%9A%87%E5%90%8E%E5%A4%A7%E9 %81%93%E6%9D%B1)。華語網 (2013年3月17日) (http://www.thn21.com/base /yuyan /10480.html)。謝思珩 (2012年4月19日) )代曲的意義 (http://cantonpopblog.blog spot.hk/2012/04/blog-post_4940.html)。AppendixI. 北角汽車渡海碼頭的煩躁化為黑雲情感省電力我們歌唱的白日將一一熄去親近海的肌膚油污上有彩虹高樓投影在上面巍峨晃盪不定沿碎玻璃的痕跡走一段冷陽的路來到這裡路牌指向鏽色的空油罐只有煙和焦膠的氣味看不見熊熊的火逼窄的天橋的庇蔭下來自各方的車子在這裡待渡II. 中皇后大道東上為何無皇宮皇后大道中人民如潮湧有個貴族朋友在硬幣背後青春不變名字叫做皇后每次買賣隨我到處去奔走面上沒有表情卻匯聚成就知己一聲拜拜遠去這都市要靠偉大同志搞搞新意思照買照賣樓花處善又友善因此批准馬匹一週跑兩Postcards搞搞新意思冷暖氣候同樣影響這都市但是換季可能靠特異人士空即是色 色即是色即是色即是空….的士但是路線可能要問問何事