“In the last three years, more than 300,000 people have left Hong Kong. They have different reasons to leave Hong Kong. But I can tell you that many people in my social circle, a lot of academics, if they want to preserve their free will, they have to leave Hong Kong. Because in Hong Kong, free will is becoming a dangerous thing. Free will is something that government tries to combat.”
—Chung Kim-wah, June 2023 talk for Institute for Security and Development Policy
