This issue has turned out to be very divisive. I would say that it is because our chief executive, no doubt at the direction of Beijing, wants to divide the community. For many years, even after the handover, the Hong Kong community was a very harmonious one. I remember that people belonged to different parties, yes, like here, but they were very polite even if they didn't agree with you politically.
But this particular movement has resulted in the community being totally polarized, because whenever the pro-democracy people hold a demonstration, Beijing will make sure that there is a counter-demonstration. It's documented in many press reports that these people are paid to protest against our protestors, and then there's a scuffle. It's very divisive.
Public opinion polls show that although a lot of people were inconvenienced, including me.... When you go to work, it's a major inconvenience, because they were Occupy Central. That's where my chambers are, and Causeway Bay, and Mongkok. These are busy districts, right? A lot of people were inconvenienced, but surprisingly, very few people were really angered about these things.
As for the relationship between China and Hong Kong, in one word, it could be immediately improved if Mr. Xi Jinping were not only to give Hong Kong people the vote, but to give the Hong Kong people the right to stand for elections. It would be completely harmonized again.