The Strike-Boycott of 1925-1926

九十四年前的省港大罷工給現時的香港有什麼的啟示？撇除當年中國因素，香港有很多社會問題接近一百年都未解決。第一，工時長。縱使您是人生勝利組，三十出頭已經結婚生子，許多人都不能夠親自教育子女，要靠四大長老或傭工。第二，居住問題。新加坡地小但成功，港人望塵莫及，我們的政府只懂提出東大嶼，討好商家、傾斜功能組別，明明有大批棕地，不好好研究交通配套。第三，投票權與政治參與。港人想普選，中央打破承諾不允許。議員選了出來，宣誓表現不「莊重」或認為你有「港獨」思想，又會被取消資格。

Although it was sparked by events in China, the strike derived part of its local force from genuine economic concerns and from the popular feeling against privileged status of foreigners. This was apparent from the demands of the strike commission (委員會), which apart from standard issues --- such as an eight-hour workday, the abolition (廢除) of contract and child labor, freedom of speech and press, the right to organize, and reductions in rent --- also had a strong local component: that labor unions be allowed to vote for a Chinese member on the Legislative Council and that Chinese be treated as the equal of Europeans and be able to live on the Peak.

Carroll, J.M. (2007). A Concise History of Hong Kong. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.