閉幕影片 Closing Film 《黃幡翻飛處》 Home Where the Yellow Flag Flies

《黃幡翻飛處》 Home Where the Yellow Flag Flies

創作：好多重建區街坊、未知會唔會成為重建區街坊的街坊／香港　2005片長：60min
廣東話對白
放映時間：2005/11/20 1900
地點：油麻地榕樹頭公園
同場舉行自由文化音樂節（注意：地點可能有改動，詳情請參閱「閉幕事件」。 　

無論講到如何天花龍鳳，反全球一體化就是要找出本土的獨特，並落到本土的實踐上，因此，閉幕找來了這齣講述灣仔重建區街坊在這幾年裡，一點經歷，一點生活，一點成長的感覺……就在黃色大橫額翻飛的灣仔H15重建區。　

綜觀這幾年來的巿區重建經驗，收購、搬遷、清拆、重建，似乎已成為例行手法。　
對於巿區重建策略中提出的主要目標，包括保存區內居民的社區網絡；推動巿區的可持續發展；保存地方特色和保存具歷史、文化和建築學價值的樓宇、地點等重要部份，市建局均視若無睹。　

然而，灣仔的街坊卻規重建局想出了一個落實「以人為本」的巿區更新策略總有方法：他們四出張羅，尋求不同專業人士的意見；走訪各大專院校並瀏覽國內外例子，發現兼容「保存與更新」的發展經驗彼彼皆是。　

於是，街坊進行了居民大會、具體仔細的規劃工作坊、公眾諮詢大會、街頭展覽、小組會議和探訪家庭及商舖，了解區內街坊面對重建時的困難和他們對這個地區發展的期望，最後我們經過多番諮詢、討論和反覆修定，破天荒地實行由街坊向城 規會送上灣仔的城規計劃！　

雖然城規會不接受街坊的建議，但我們堅信：連自己的家也不能掌握的社會，又怎會是一個「民主」的社會呢？我們也相信：當大家都主動為自己的想法發聲，才會有一個真正的「公民社會」，為真正有本土意義的民主發展打好基石。
延伸活動

Home Where the Yellow Flag Flies

author: residents living in areas earmarked for re-development under the "Urban Renewal" projects,
Citizen who do not know whether they will be affected by the "renewal" projects
hong kong 2005 60min
cantonese
showtime: 2005/nov/20 1900
venue: yau ma tei community centre rest garden
(next to the tin hau temple, on public square street and shanghai street, yau ma tei, kowloon, hong kong)

The screening is part of the 3rd Freedom Music & Arts Fair
(Note: Venue of the event is to be confirmed, please refer to "Closing Event"for details)

No matter how is it being portrayed, the concern of the anti-globalisation movements is to acknowledge and to actualize the local struggles and their distinctive characters. Therefore, for the closing of the festival, we located and screen this documentary about the experiences, livings and growth of the residents of Wanchai in their years of struggle against the "urban renewal"project in Wanchai which challenged their livings......Right where the yellow banners fly......Their home within the H15 renewal plot.

Throughout the experiences of, buying off; eviction; demolition, re-development seems to have become the standard practice for "urban renewal" in the past years.

However, the Urban Renewal Authority have turn a blind eye on their proclaimed mission to, to revitalise through enhancing and strengthening the socio-economic and environmental fabric for the benefit of our urban communities; to preserve by maintaining and restoring buildings of historical and architectural value, and to sustain local characteristics.

On the other hand, the Wanchai residents believe that there must be a way to actualize the "People Centred" urban renewal strategy introduced by the Urban Renewal Authority. The looked to different directions for information and inspirations, consulting views and ideasfrom different professionals; visiting universities and institutes; looking for examples local and aboard, and they found that successful development experiences actualizing "preserve and renew"is everywhere to be found.

Therefore, they organized, neighborhood assemblies, town planning workshop with specific details; public consultations; open exhibitions on the street; cell group meetings and visiting families and shops in the area. With these, they come to understand the problems that the neighborhood is facing in this "urban renewal" and their hopes on the development of the district. Finally, after numerous consultations; discussions and modifications, they submitted their own unprecedented town planning proposal for the area to the Town Planning Board worked out by the neighborhood.

The Town Planning Board had not accepted their proposal on technical reasons while acknowledging the participation of the neighborhood. But we think: a society where one cannot even have a saying on their own home cannot be a truly " democratic" society. And we also believe: a true "civil society" could only be realized when every citizen are actively expressing their thoughts and enter into discussions. Thus, the foundation of democracy will then be concretely based with authentic local meanings.