#Interview #YellowEconomyCircle
“Ivan The Kozak”
Some Hongkongers propose yellow economy circle — they only visit pro-protesters boutiques or restaurants. This is not only a return for all the censorship and white terror from pro-Beijjng camp, but also pro-protesters have no interest in supporting anti-protestors, and would like subsidize “yellow” shops which are affected by COVID-19.
An unique Ukrainian restaurant located at Central is introduced in a youtube program which promotes “yellow” stores. The cuisine seems to be very delicious, but the interview with the owner Olena, an Ukrainian with Hong Kong citizenship, and her daughter, Victoria, is also impressive.
Olena established “Ivan The Kozak” in 2001. She has been living in Hong Kong for almost 25 years, and unlike many foreigners in Hong Kong, she sees Hong Kong as her home. Victoria was raised in Hong Kong and sees herself as a Hongkonger. She has been helping to spread out the situation of Hong Kong to Ukraine.
Revolution of dignity
Olena regarded Ukraine revolution in 2013 as “Revolution of dignity”, because protestors predicted the ex-president(Yanukovych) was going to betray their country by shifting policy from Pro-European to Pro-Russian abruptly.
The peaceful protest changed to war when the Ukraine Special Force had brutally beaten the peaceful protesters on Maidan. This caused the rapid and dramatic expansion of civil resistance - thousands of citizens were angry and took to the street to protect their next generation. They hoped their children could be a part of Europe Union but not Soviet Union(SU), as they had lived under SU and understood how bad life could be under such authoritarian.
Revolution of Dignity VS Revolution of time
Olena found a lot of similarities between “Revolution of Dignity” and “Revolution of time”. She was told the bad situation on 31 August 2019 while she was in Ukraine for family visit. She decided to return to Hong Kong as soon as possible and got to witness the terrible scene on 1 October just a few steps away. Olena couldn’t hold her emotion while recalling the memories of that day. She thought police did not treat protesters as human beings, and did non-sense like firing teargas to street while nobody was there.
She pointed out that children will be suffered if parents remain silence. If one day Victoria takes to the street, Olena will go out with her and protect her with her body. She also emphasized that the government should listen and talk to the people, instead of suppressing their rights and freedom.
Source: Yellow Open Rice
https://youtu.be/huEI1U5g9H8
#Olena #Ukraine
“Ivan The Kozak”
Some Hongkongers propose yellow economy circle — they only visit pro-protesters boutiques or restaurants. This is not only a return for all the censorship and white terror from pro-Beijjng camp, but also pro-protesters have no interest in supporting anti-protestors, and would like subsidize “yellow” shops which are affected by COVID-19.
An unique Ukrainian restaurant located at Central is introduced in a youtube program which promotes “yellow” stores. The cuisine seems to be very delicious, but the interview with the owner Olena, an Ukrainian with Hong Kong citizenship, and her daughter, Victoria, is also impressive.
Olena established “Ivan The Kozak” in 2001. She has been living in Hong Kong for almost 25 years, and unlike many foreigners in Hong Kong, she sees Hong Kong as her home. Victoria was raised in Hong Kong and sees herself as a Hongkonger. She has been helping to spread out the situation of Hong Kong to Ukraine.
Revolution of dignity
Olena regarded Ukraine revolution in 2013 as “Revolution of dignity”, because protestors predicted the ex-president(Yanukovych) was going to betray their country by shifting policy from Pro-European to Pro-Russian abruptly.
The peaceful protest changed to war when the Ukraine Special Force had brutally beaten the peaceful protesters on Maidan. This caused the rapid and dramatic expansion of civil resistance - thousands of citizens were angry and took to the street to protect their next generation. They hoped their children could be a part of Europe Union but not Soviet Union(SU), as they had lived under SU and understood how bad life could be under such authoritarian.
Revolution of Dignity VS Revolution of time
Olena found a lot of similarities between “Revolution of Dignity” and “Revolution of time”. She was told the bad situation on 31 August 2019 while she was in Ukraine for family visit. She decided to return to Hong Kong as soon as possible and got to witness the terrible scene on 1 October just a few steps away. Olena couldn’t hold her emotion while recalling the memories of that day. She thought police did not treat protesters as human beings, and did non-sense like firing teargas to street while nobody was there.
She pointed out that children will be suffered if parents remain silence. If one day Victoria takes to the street, Olena will go out with her and protect her with her body. She also emphasized that the government should listen and talk to the people, instead of suppressing their rights and freedom.
Source: Yellow Open Rice
https://youtu.be/huEI1U5g9H8
#Olena #Ukraine