香港回歸中國七年了。去年 「七一」大遊行，港人表達了強烈的命運共同體意識，表達了對香港未來的無限關切
。可是，近月來，我們對香港未來的擔憂卻有增無減。眼看著香港社會的核心價值備受衝擊，港人所追求的目標似乎離我們愈來愈遠，市民的無力感與挫折感日趨沉重，我們憂心忡忡。
核心價值的動搖，正在削弱香港的管治質素與營商環境 ， 並破壞社會的制度理性與凝聚力 。我們認為，關鍵時刻已經到來，捍衛香港核心價值的警鐘已經響起。
香港在過去發展過程中積累了一些成功的經驗，港人不懈的追求造就了有香港特色的地方文化，而支撐這些經驗和文化的，是港人引
以自豪、也與全球現代化文明接軌的一些體現香港優勢的核心價值， 它們 包括： 自由民主、人權法治、 公平公義
、和平仁愛、誠信透明、多元包容、尊重個人、恪守專業 。 愈來愈多港人亦已認同， 在追求生活質素提升的同時 ，
也應本著可持續發展的目標價值 ， 強調公民參與 ， 致力跨代社會公義 ， 尋求人本的經濟發展 ， 並重視環境保護及人與自然的和諧。
我們認為，香港不只是一個經濟城市， 也是六百多萬港人安身立命、追尋生活意義、為下一代建設美好家園的地方。失去了香港的核心價值，這座城市便變成失去靈魂的軀殼，港人也就失去了「香港」，
我們因此不能沉默。維護香港核心價值，也體現港人在中國現代化進程中的文化使命。
Standing
Firm on Hong Kong's Core Values,
We Can't Afford to Keep Silent!
We are deeply concerned, but we are not in despair!
Worsening governance and rising frustrations:
We are deeply concerned
It has been almost seven years since Hong
Kong was returned to China. During the July 1st march last
year, Hong Kong people witnessed a strong sense of being a
community, sharing the same destiny and collectively expressed
great concern about the city's future. However, one year on,
our worry about Hong Kong's future has only increased. We
are greatly disturbed by the increasing erosion of Hong Kong's
core values. The goals pursued by our community are becoming
more distant. The community is filled with a strong sense
of helplessness and rising frustration. Our core values are
being shaken. The city's governance and business environment
has deteriorated and our society's institutional rationality
and social cohesion has been weakened. We have come to a critical
moment. The alarm is now ringing for us to defend Hong Kong's
core values.
Our core values: Hong Kong's advantages;
Building blocks for modernity
Hong Kong had accumulated a long history
of fighting for a better system. The incessant efforts made
by the Hong Kong people have produced a unique local culture
that is underpinned by some core values most treasured by
them and in line with the global modern civilization. These
core values include: liberty, democracy, human rights,
rule of law, fairness, social justice, peace and compassion,
integrity and transparency, plurality, respect for individuals,
and upholding professionalism. More and more Hong Kong
people are convinced that in their pursuit of a higher quality
of life, we must also adhere to the core values essential
to sustainable development: broad-based community participation
in public affairs, inter-generational equity, economic development
with a human focus, environmental protection and reconciliation
with nature.
Losing our core values is losing “Hong
Kong”
We believe that Hong Kong is more than an
economic city. It is where over six million people search
for a greater meaning in life and build a better home to live
in. By losing its core values, Hong Kong will become a city
without soul and her people will then lose 'Hong Kong'. We,
therefore, cannot afford to keep silent. Defending these core
values is not just for the sake of preserving Hong Kong's
way of life, it serves to continue the cultural mission of
modernizing the Chinese nation as a whole.
We are deeply distressed, but not in despair.
We sign this Declaration in order to give support to each
other and convey a key message to everyone and various organizations
in Hong Kong: Let us stand firm on our core values. Let
us work together, across different sectors and parties, to
build our future together. Let us live out Hong Kong's core
values in the social, political, cultural and other aspects
of our daily life. Let us act now so that tomorrow our children
can take pride in what we are defending today!
聯署名單
List of Signatories
眼看管治每況愈下，市民挫折感日增，我們憂心忡忡 
香港優勢 ， 與現代化文明接軌 ， 有賴核心價值