Last week, a family tragedy has happened in Tin Yiu Estate in Tin Shui Wai, a marginalized district labeled as the place of sadness in Hong Kong. A woman tied up her two children with ropes and jump to their death. One more case of suicide occurred in Tin Shui Wai. Future district councilors in Tin Shui Wai will face great challenges to solve the conflict in the community. I have interviewed one of the candidates in Constituency of Tin Yiu (Tin Shui Wai), Mr. Sin Sheung-chi, Sam.
Mr. Sin is a former football player of the famous football team in Hong Kong, Happy Valley Athletic Association. He has been the member of League of Social Democrats for about one year. He first served the district of Tuen Wan for several years. He was encouraged by friends in League of Social Democrats to participate in DC election in Tin Yiu constituency where he has started serving this district since one year ago.
Mr. Sin pointed out that social welfare is insufficient in Tin Shiu Wai. He urged the government to deliver more resources for the district, including building a hospital, more recreation places for teenagers.
It is Mr. Sin’s first time to run for a DC election. He thought his weakness which compared with his competitor, Mr, Leung Che Keung is that he has not yet established a very strong foundation in the district while his competitor has been the district councilor for a long time in Tin Yiu. He believed the only way to succeed in DC election is to serve the community with passion and courage.
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1 Rebecca // Oct 24, 2007 at 7:48 pm
Good effort by dubbing the translation over his Cantonese interview. With translations, it’s important to be sure that the sound quality of your translation is at least as good as the interview. It sounds like your translation was recorded at lower quality than the interview.
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