LORAINE CHAN, who works at a hotel in Hong Kong, is always enthusiastic when she introduces scenic spots and restaurants in Hong Kong to foreign guests at her hotel, hoping their journeys will be pleasant and memorable.

“I feel proud every time guests praise Hong Kong or say they want to visit again,” said the 25-year-old Hong Konger.

To Chan, Hong Kong is an East-meets-West city that embraces different cultures. “Here you will see a fusion of traditions and modernity. I think Hong Kong is a vibrant and dynamic place,” she said.

In March, a team of medical staff from the mainland arrived at the hotel. They came to support Hong Kong’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the team was put under closed-loop management, Chan was responsible for their meals. Witnessing their hard work, she felt the bond between compatriots from Hong Kong and the mainland, and also the care for Hong Kong by the motherland.

She hopes that she can continue to contribute to Hong Kong in the future.

Eva Yu, 25, joined the Immigration Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government as an immigration officer in 2019. So far, her work has been mostly related to the fight against COVID-19.

Her experience in the initial period of less than six months included service in the Assistance to Hong Kong Residents Unit and then in the Contact Tracking Office. She was sent to work at the mobile cabin hospital for COVID-19 patients in Tsing Yi in the early stage of the fifth wave of the pandemic in Hong Kong.

Yu said the most valuable lesson she learnt from working at the anti-epidemic front was to be compassionate. “I tried to stand in the shoes of those staying in the mobile cabin hospital,” said Yu.

Apart from the daily routine including swiftly getting rooms ready for occupants and updating case records, Yu and her colleagues also paid visits to the patients in need, did homework tutoring for children and arranged sign language interpreters to assist those with hearing impairment.

“I felt that Hong Kong people were helping each other out like a family,” she said, adding that this makes her even more proud of Hong Kong.

Law Kai-wai, a civil engineer trainee for the China State Construction Engineering (Hong Kong) Ltd., was also born in 1997. He was impressed by the construction of the mainland-aided mobile cabin hospital for COVID-19 patients. “It took only two to three days for a piece of overgrown land to be covered by concrete, then within two to three weeks an entire mobile cabin hospital was completed,” he said.

Law is currently working for the construction of the Sky Bridge at the Hong Kong International Airport. The 200-meter-long Sky Bridge is anticipated to be the world’s longest airside bridge. It can allow the largest passenger aircraft, Airbus A380, to pass underneath.

The project is extremely difficult due to various restrictions, as it cannot obstruct normal functioning of the airport. Hence, the constructors have adopted a number of new technologies. For example, the main bridge’s large-span steel structure components will be pre-assembled off-site, shipped in segments, and then installed at the site.

Law wishes that he could participate in more projects like this in the future to build for the betterment of Hong Kong and the motherland.(Xinhua)