There is a gap in the news market.
There is a generation in Hong Kong, generally known as "post-80s", that seems either apathetic / confused / not bothered / ignorant / (or all of the above) to current affairs of Hong Kong. Last week, 90,000 people took to the streets of Hong Kong to protest against the much-debated national education curriculum, yet many around me had no idea what any of that was about.
This isn't the only time when my peers seemed unconcerned or ignorant of newsworthy events of the city that we live in / grew up in / grew to love or hate or both. They're much more interested in scrolling Facebook, checking out pictures of food that their (mostly Asian) friends have taken, complaining about how A&F models in the city are making temperatures score, and discussing which YouTube artist-aka-video-poster does a better cover of Maroon 5 songs. The lack of quality newspapers (apart from sub-par free newspapers or those run by leftist editorial staff) or free English news websites focusing on HK news really doesn't help either.
Who's going to fill this gap?
Don't look at me. I'm only here to rant, possibly start a series posting HK-related news or over-simplified political analysis, and rant some more.
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