Hong Kong2008 / 54min
Director：CHAN Wai-yee
“Without fire burning inside your heart, you won’t take such a job,? said YIN Zhao-jian, who suddenly said so while busy preparing for his election campaign.
Year 2003 is a rather turbulent period for Hong Kong – the economy was in recession, the government constantly implemented futile policies, SARS outbreak and, on July 1st, 500,000 people went on strike opposing the adoption of Article 23 of the Basic Law and demanding the resignation of their Chief Executive TUNG Chee-hwa. It was against this political atmosphere that YIN Zhao-jian gave up his social worker job, a 10-year long and steady career, and joined the political circle and participated in the district councilor election, which he had no idea about.
After being elected as a district councilor, he participated in the year 2004 Legislative Council Election. He was aware that he was not so well-known, and therefore, there was only a slim chance of him winning the election. He knew that Hong Kong people were generally not so enthusiastic about elections and he understood that the social trend could not be changed with the effort from only one councilor. Although all this made him feel frustrated, he still had the fire burning inside his heart and he felt that someone had to stand up and overlook the transitional period for democracy in Hong Kong.
However, he failed in the election and he was still a district councilor. The new Legislative Council Election for 2008 is just around the corner. Will he give another try? Is the fire within his heart still burning? Will the reality four years later again crush the dream 4 years ago?
