Tell me (advertisement)

Tell me is the title of an advertisement calling for universal suffrage in Hong Kong. It ran once as a full page ad on the front page of most Hong Kong newspapers on 28 October 2005, and inspired many other people and groups in Hong Kong to run advertisements supporting democracy,[1] in response to the government's reform proposal which ruled out universal suffrage in 2007 and 2008 elections.

Tell me, will I see the day of universal suffrage? A 78-year-old Hongkonger who waited from 1984 to 2005

(Original: 告訴我，我會看見普選的一天嗎？ 一位從1984年等到2005年，現年78歲的香港人[2])

It was written in white text on a dark background. It also included a picture of an hourglass.[3] About HK$200,000 ($25,600) was spent in placing the ads. In 2007, two more ads were placed costing about HK$100,000. The old man quoted in the ad worked in the property industry and is now retired. Legislator James To assisted him in designing and placing the advertisements.[4]

See also

• 2005 Hong Kong electoral reform
• December 2005 protest for democracy in Hong Kong

References

1. 幻滅了的政改方案 (in Chinese). Politics and Public Administration Association sss hkusu, The University of Hong Kong. 2006. Archived from the original on 6 February 2007. Retrieved 22 September 2007.
2. 78歲的香港人為什麼一定就是老先生？ (in Chinese). inmediahk.org. 25 November 2005. Retrieved 22 September 2007. ^[dead link‍]
3. 香港民主運動轉由議會外主導. Asia Times (in Chinese). 14 November 2005. Retrieved 22 September 2007.
4. 聚焦香港﹕香港政改討論的對抗升溫--姬勵思 (in Chinese). Radio Free Asia. 16 November 2005. Retrieved 22 September 2007.^[permanent dead link‍]