Michael B. Wong is an assistant professor of management and strategy with a joint appointment in economics at the University of Hong Kong. He is a director of Citizen Action Design and a fellow of the Centre for Contemporary China and the World.
Generous income limits and rent subsidies mean well-off households are occupying public housing, forcing the poor to rent from the cutthroat private market. This needs to change.
Siobhan Haughey and Edgar Cheung Ka-long have shown us that even in the brave new era of the national security law, we can find ways to reclaim and rebuild the community we love.
At the fundamental level, the protests are disagreements over values. If the city is to reach closure, people on both sides of the divide must have the sophistication to listen to the other side and spot opportunities for give and take.