The 1st day off taken for the Olympic events was for helping in the community celebration activities on the torch relay day. Although helpers might not be able to see the torch at all, but it is as good just being able to participate and help making the celebration successful :)It was a bit discouraging to see the rain and I worried that the public will loss the passion to support the event. But this worry was soon proven unnecessary when the groups flied in with great excitment, wearing the "中國加油" stickers under their raincoats, and filled over 10,000 seats at the Shatin Racecourse. We reluctantly turned away quite a few comers. I was really sorry for a few who had flags in their hands and stickers on them.
Later when I found out from the news that over 100,000 people were on the street in the rain from early morning to show support, wearing red tops, waving China or HKSAR flags, and even directly confronted several protest groups, HK people's patriotic spirit has never been felt so strong.
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