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Hong Kong Stories
The poem reads: "The beacon fire has gone higher and higher; Words from household are worth their weight in gold." Many Hong Kong stories today are difficult to share freely, becoming heavy manuscripts, it seems, are now also priceless treasures. Can the ancient verse, "On war-torn land streams flow and mountains stand" capture the collective emotions of today's Hong Kong people?
Bonham Tree Aid bears witness to history and engraving the evidence of the times. Each page is a narrative chronicling the identity of Hong Kong.
(Some articles are HongKongese available only)
Carrying Forward the Hong Kong Memory
A Chef’s Journey from the Streets to the Dining Table “For you, it may be the past; for many, it is a present that never ends.” Late at...
示威現場出手保護同路人被重判 面對放學後跌宕起伏未言棄 中年手足根叔自述放學後經歷
(only HongKongese version is Available) 2019抗爭運動凝聚能量之大，不僅僅在於告別以往「和理非」範式，black bloc着裝、參與直接行動示威之間，有不同年齡手足。今期細葉榕手足故事，將由根叔（為保護身份化名）第一人稱出發，講述參...
From Iron Bars to Distant Shores (Part 2) : A Mother’s Struggle and Journey
// From tearful prison visits to lying alone in a hospital bed — she bore it all to hold herself and her broken family together. With...
From Prison Wall to the Distant Ocean (Part 1) : A Mother's fight and exile
//After her child was sentenced, she lost her sense of purpose and could not cry anymore. While having a long-needed getaway abroad, she...
The vision of music lights up the Bonham Tree pathway
Music is more than a stream of sounds in the days spent in exile on foreign lands. It is a dialogue between your emotions, a vibration in...
Hunted by the Regime’s Financial Persecution
Protester: “Only by leaving can I find happiness” Many comrades have been arrested and sentenced because of their involvement in the...
Support Comrades Despite Escalating Suppression
KK, an Individual Providing Support for the Incarcerated: "I have to help. There's no time to be afraid." Is there a reconciliation in...
【Lost and Uncertain – The Compulsory Course for Protesters After Class】
*Image is a fictional representation, not the actual appearance of the interviewee. “Loss” is a subject many protesters must learn. In...
3. “Spoke out and got caught four times inside the Great Firewall — I don’t think I’m courageous.”
Previously: Liu Feilong, a man from Guangdong, spoke for Hong Kong alone in the Netherlands. Even though no Hongkongers joining, he still...
2. I didn’t want to go to Hong Kong, so I wouldn’t disturb Hongkongers’ daily lives.
Previously on... Fei Long Liu, a Cantonese man, has been organising protests and rallies for Hong Kong in the Netherlands. Although he...
1. I have 5 ‘Liberate Hong Kong’ flags, 3 ‘Hong Kong Independence’ flags, 2 ‘British colonial Hong Kong’ flags but no courageous flag bearers from the HongKonger community.
‘Fei Long Liu’ (Romanised) is not a HongKonger. He has never been to Hong Kong barred from flight transits. However, he staged a solitary...
“After the Arrest, I Moved Further Forward.”
“Since arrested already, no matter one charge or two, that’s jail anyway.” Over ten thousand people were arrested during the 2019...
Be Your Own Sun — Don’t Wait for ‘Stars’ to Save You
In recent years, as more Hongkongers have settled in the UK, the Liberate Hong Kong” flag and other slogans from the 2019 movement have...
“I’ve started it, and I have to do it well”
In the recent wave of emigration from Hong Kong, many families left with children and even elderly relatives. Yet among the most deeply affected by the anti-extradition movement were young students who fled abroad because of the risks they faced, or because they already had criminal records. One such person is Ah Sing, a member of Bonham Tree. Though his future in the UK remains uncertain, his work with the organisation has marked the beginning of a new chapter. Through his r
「我們要淬鍊出香港民族。」
(only HongKongese version is Available) 經歷2019年抗爭運動後，一國正式取代兩制，觸發移民潮，不止一代人相繼離開香港。同時，海外港人陸續形成大小羣體應運而生，連帶相當部分公民團體、社區組織者遷移到英國等地，期望早日重建香港人社區網絡...
「要寫的信繼續會寫。」
在先前訪問中，阿曦談到在統籌筆友過程中兼顧手足家屬需要。然而，作為比照顧者更大責任的組織者，要照顧照顧者已是常態，阿曦與其他組織者的工作與辛酸，礙於不同原因未能一一對外訴説。 相比社運衝鋒陷陣階段，疫情爆發後社運氣氛轉趨冷淡，在大眾陷入情緒低潮期間，阿曦卻要投放更多時間心血...
「只要有心，距離唔一定有咁大影響」
經歷過去幾年大變後，樓價、股市升跌、McGriddles風魔全城等議題，佔據輿論焦點。香港社會表面回歸正常，背後卻是社會運動與被捕手足所獲關注隨之大減。每每有關於社運討論，留言定當出現「手足已被遺棄」大潑冷水。 儘管繼續撐住手足的呼籲不絕於耳，但撫心自問，大家又是否真的忘記...
「喺裏面無咩做，咪讀書囉～」
(only HongKongese version is Available) 「最初一定唔夠食，後來做嘢就可以買吓零食。」細葉榕受助人阿細（化名）因為2019年參與抗爭被捕，當時尚未成年，因而被判入了俗稱3C的少年監獄。少年監獄的日子吃不飽、穿不暖、受到懲教人員言語和身體...
Ricker Choi：「2019年之後，我先覺得自己係香港人」
(only HongKongese version is Available) 「我會話來自香港，但唔會話自己係香港人。」細葉榕義工、藝術家Ricker Choi在香港出生，隨家人移民加拿大多倫多時，只有13歲，和很多當地香港學生一樣，聽廣東歌、看港產片、吃港式點心，喜歡香...
二、「架車經過，我企喺度兩個鐘郁唔到。」
(only HongKongese version is Available) 上集提要：細葉榕義工阿榕（化名）因為雨傘革命的抗爭而入獄，在少年監獄經歷長期吃不飽、穿不暖，失去尊嚴的日子，好不容易捱到限期可以離開，卻發現事件還遠沒有完結。...
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