A number of these came from Hong Kong, and they indicated that, even under the storm clouds of the 1997 question, the people of Hong Kong have already taken concrete steps to demonstrate their continued desire for democracy, rather than communist tyranny.
僑胞身在海外，心繫祖國，回來參加十月慶典，感受祖國旺盛的生機與活力，總使他們感到欣慰與驕傲；而他們自己，也正是這活力的來源之一。