In the days leading up to the takeover, one periodically reads of incoming chief executive Tung Chee-hwa admonishing Hong Kong people: Confucian culture must be strengthened, civic education is very valuable, family values must be reconstructed.
接近七月交接的香港，媒體不時可見特區首長董建華對港人的諄諄教誨：儒家文化要加強，公民教育很可貴，家庭觀念要重新建構。