For instance, James Lee foretold of an infectious disease outbreak in the spring, which we are still waiting for, while Eric To stated that Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor needs to “keep calm and work harder”. Given that the proposed extradition bill is believed to be Mrs Lam’s sole doing, perhaps working less hard would have avoided this mess.

I hope that these feng shui masters, whom I note are keeping a somewhat low profile, can come out to reassure Hong Kong that, even though they utterly failed to predict these ongoing events, their divining skills remain strong and true. I would hate to think that the general public might come to believe they are nothing more than charlatans and that feng shui is a complete load of rubbish.

T. Sharpe, Whampoa