These are lines from the pop song "Queen's Road East" written and recorded by Lo Ta-yu in 1991. Though the words are six years old, they vividly presage the changes in historic symbols taking place in Hong Kong today on the eve of its return to Chinese rule.
這是羅大佑在一九九一年所做的流行歌曲﹘﹘「皇后大道東」，六年前的歌詞，卻生動地預言了今日香港回歸前歷史圖像的變動。