‘Do what's right, don't be greedy,' Lunar New Year prophecy tells Hongkongers
Published: 11:25am, 30 Jan 2025
Hong Kong is going to be fine as long as everyone does the right thing and is not greedy, a rural chief has said after drawing a fortune stick at an annual Lunar New Year ritual.
Heung Yee Kuk chairman Kenneth Lau Ip-keung drew the stick on the second day of the Year of the Snake on Thursday and gave his interpretation of the fortune.
He also called on authorities to spend within their means given the higher-than-expected deficit of the current financial year and urged them not to raise taxes.
The No 24 'neutral' stick read: 'Do not do anything wrong during your life or cause trouble because of your greed, you will not waste your efforts if you have a noble person helping you.'
Interpreting the fortune, Lau said: 'This fortune means that everyone should do good things and everyone should do what is right.
'As long as you are not greedy, it will be OK. Things that are done should also be practical.' Rural chief Kenneth Lau has urged Hongkongers to do what is right and not to be greedy. Photo: Dickson Lee
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