China News Service, Hong Kong, January 30 (Reporter Shi Bingjun) Hong Kong's first patient with new coronary pneumonia arrived in Hong Kong by high-speed rail on January 22 last year. The Hong Kong section of the high-speed rail was suspended on January 30 last year.
Except for the airport, the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge and the Shenzhen Bay Port, all ports are still closed.
In this year, Hong Kong citizens experienced 4 waves of the epidemic, and the number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia exceeded 10,000.
Whenever everyone thinks that the epidemic will be calmed down and life will return to normal, different groups of infections appear again and again, making the city stand up again and again.
The Hong Kong drifters living in Hong Kong have adapted, tempered, and grown up during the epidemic, and they have become dependent on this city, in harmony with each other.
Lulu: From "House Girl" to "Athlete"
Lulu is from Shenzhen. He came to Hong Kong to go to school because he wanted to be close to home.
After coming to Hong Kong for 5 years, under normal circumstances, she will go back to the mainland in about two to three weeks. “There is no special reason, just want to feel the familiar atmosphere, even if you don’t go out at home, it’s a habit.”
She said: "Although the epidemic is serious and I have been self-isolating, but I don't seem to be that home anymore. A person who has never exercised started to take the initiative to find friends to go climbing the mountain." Between waves of epidemics, I turned out to be positive. Encourage friends around me to go out for fun, take a boat to outlying islands that I haven't been to in a few years, climb Lion Rock, Dadong Mountain, etc., and explore one every two weeks on average.
"Starting to enjoy the activities of a'real Hongkonger', this is the biggest change after a long time of isolation," Lulu said.
Little Bear: "Friends in Hong Kong don't leave, keep going"
"From Wuhan to Hong Kong last year, it seems that I was in the most severely affected area in China." Xiao Xiong said mockingly. He went back to his hometown in Wuhan last Spring Festival to celebrate the New Year, but he did not expect to stay at home for more than two months.
"It's ridiculous that I didn't bring the computer home, so I was dumbfounded when I was'closing the city'. Fortunately, my colleagues in the company gave enough understanding to prevent unemployment."
"When I returned to Hong Kong, I thought I would be able to pass customs soon, but the epidemic seems to have been on the right time. Every time the customs is about to be cleared, a new wave of epidemics will begin. When I first returned to Hong Kong, I always asked my family about their situation. She began to worry about me.” She said that compared with the time when Wuhan was “closed”, Hong Kong has always been busy and crowded. Except for everyone wearing masks, the life of office workers is normal.
She said that except when the third wave of the epidemic was extremely severe, she always had to work in the office after returning to Hong Kong.
"When the epidemic subsides a little bit, I can also invite friends to eat out and go shopping, but now the epidemic has not stopped. I hope these friends who are still in Hong Kong will not leave and stick to it," said Xiao Xiong.
Cason: "Try new sports, go to the beach on the weekend to catch up with waves and unlock new skills." Photo courtesy of the interviewee
Cason: "The biggest wish is to find the job you want"
Cason, who just graduated in 2020, has travelled between the mainland and Hong Kong three times during the epidemic.
"At this time I returned to Hong Kong to find a job, because graduates have higher starting salaries, and their industry is more mature in Hong Kong."?
He said that the job search has been going on for two months, and the biggest wish for the New Year is to find a job that he wants, so that his dozens of days of isolation will not be wasted.
Cason is trying a new sport, "Go to the beach on the weekend to catch up with waves and unlock new skills."
Elle: "Stayed in Hong Kong uninterrupted in the past year, and gradually'rooted and sprouted' here." Photo courtesy of the interviewee
Elle: "Stay in Hong Kong uninterrupted for a year, and gradually'roots and sprouts' here"
"I can also find a good job in the Mainland, but I still want to wait." This year is Elle's third year of working and living in Hong Kong after graduating from graduate school. She joked: "It may be to satisfy her own little'Hong Kong city' Beauty’s dream, even if I occasionally work overtime now, the work is still going well, it is a pity to give up."
"Because of the epidemic, the previous weekend trip to Shenzhen, Taiwan, China, and Japan will not be possible in 2020. Seeing that friends in the mainland have already started to travel and even take off their masks, all activities have gradually become normal. Envy." She said that after changing her phone, she didn't download a travel app for the first time.
"Stayed in Hong Kong uninterrupted throughout the year, and gradually'rooted and sprouted' here, and felt the sense of'living' in Hong Kong." Elle said that this is the first time I can't go home for the New Year, miss my parents, friends and hometown food , "Prepare to spend the Spring Festival with friends who are still staying behind. Buy some ingredients and learn how to make dumplings together. I feel like I've grown up suddenly."