If you ask, Hong Kongers will tell you that the discrepancy isn't worth making a big deal over. The bauhinia trash bins have been in service for several years already, and bids are being taken from collectors for the old mailboxes. In comparison to those visiting guests who come with handover mania, what do the Hong Kongers themselves, who live every day amid this atmosphere of excitement and distress, feel?
問一聲，香港人會告訴你，不要大驚小怪，紫荊花垃圾桶已經服務了好幾年，而舊式郵筒也已公開招標給人收藏，剩下的，七月一日有的將被拆除，無法拆除的也會著上大紅新裝，把皇冠覆蓋起來，讓「人民」來服務了！