Hong Kong – The Singing City of Complaints

Hong Kongers do like a moan. From the serious, annual marches in support of full democracy for Hong Kong, to the less weighty complaints of readers annoyed at naked pictures of Canto-pop celebrities in the local press, Hong Kongers aren’t afraid to pick up a placard, make a beeline for the Legco building and shout their views about.

Now, in the finest tradition of the city’s protests, a group of locals has set up the Hong Kong complaints choir. Inspired by the original moaning choir, the Birmingham Complaints Choir, the group is putting the city’s many complaints into song, penning lyrical grumbles to pollution, taxes and other, more topical complaints, such as unemployment. The choir has already given its inaugural concert, joining Hong Kong’s July 1st Democracy marchers to demand full democracy for the city.

You can catch the choir in action, and other city choirs, over on Youtube, or look out for them at the next Hong Kong demonstration.