An ambitious plan to urbanise Hong Kong's border with mainland China is set to transform about a third of Hong Kong's territory, despite opposition from locals and environmentalists.
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00:00There are few places to go to.
00:02Because of my experience I don't know any other places.
00:06My wife and I still don't have a place to go to.
00:09We have to go to a place where we can find work.
00:12We have to go to places where we can find work.
00:15I can't imagine the way back.
00:17I will have to find a job.
00:19I have to work.
00:21If I want to go back to work, I will have to work.
00:24I have to work.
00:26I have to find a job.
00:28You don't have it anymore.
00:30This is a place of freedom.
00:51I can't bear to leave.
00:53If I didn't want to work here,
00:55I would have left a long time ago.
00:57I've waited until now.
01:28This is unprecedented.
01:30In the past 30 years,
01:33there hasn't been such a large-scale
01:36wetland destruction development in Hong Kong.
01:58To put it nicely,
02:01it's a little sacrifice, but it's a big deal.
02:04To put it badly,
02:06we are constantly being cut off.
02:09Cut off piece by piece.
02:13There's nothing to demand.
02:15Of course, I hope that
02:17the village won't be demolished.
02:20This is the most primitive way of thinking,
02:23and the most primitive reality.
02:25It's too late.
02:27I've told the villagers
02:29not to give themselves unrealistic hopes.
02:33Because we can't go against the government.
02:39If we go against the government,
02:41it's like hiding from the party.
02:43We'll die.