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The recent political ad published by opposition politicians here and in Taiwan is actually worth a closer look, not because it makes sense, which is unheard of among its kind, but because it challenges rational thinking with boundless absurdity.儲存 The ad begins by targeting mainland tourists coming to Hong Kong under the Individual Visit Scheme (IVS), calling them “uncivilized” and accusing Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying of letting them “ruin” Hong Kong’s image. That is so typical of unwarranted generalizations. Everybody knows the tremendous contribution mainland visitors bring to Hong Kong’s economy in business revenue and jobs, and only a very small number of them don’t observe our code of conduct.Personally I hate such uneducated behavior, too, but they are certainly not the only ones with this problem. How about the US sailors who get drunk and cause a disgusting scene during their break here? Are we supposed to believe it’s OK for foreigners to be loud and obnoxious in public but our mainland compatriots are not allowed? The ad goes on to blame mainland visitors for many other problems of ours without proof. It is not regional bias any more. It is unadulterated social discrimination and worse than any “uncivilized” act by a mile.Then the ad takes aim at the SAR government新蒲崗迷你倉and accuses it of “grabbing land blindly”. Just a year or so ago the same bunch of politicians and their followers were screaming their heads off against “developer hegemony” and demanding more land for residential housing development. Now they sound like they believe our housing shortage will be solved once the government bars mainland immigrants from coming in, despite the fact that the great majority of new immigrants come to reunite with their families. They also seem to have forgotten it is their fellow opposition politicians who forced open Hong Kong’s immigration door for mainland children born here of non-local parents with two very controversial court cases in the name of human rights. Are they suggesting 230,000 applications for public housing and more than 100,000 people living in tight sub-divided flats do not exist, or have they stopped hating “developer hegemony” and are now supporting them?The author is vice-chairman of China Hong Kong Federation of YouthCulture. This is an excerpted translation of his commentary published inTa Kung Pao on Sept 11.The opinions expressed on this page do not necessarily reflect those of China Daily. Readers’ comments are welcome. Please send your e-mail toopinion@chinadailyhk.com. China Daily reserves the right to edit all letters.mini storage