elitist mentality 精英心態

elitist mentality
繁：精英心態
简：精英心态

全國人大常委會日前通過高鐵「一地兩檢」安排的《決定》，多名法律界人士及大律師公會先後質疑法律基礎，特首林鄭月娥昨日回應，不點名批評部分法律界人士稱《決定》是「人大說了算」或「人治」，形容這是「精英心態」及「雙重標準」。

林鄭：部分法律界「精英心態」「雙重標準」 陳文敏稱震驚失望 「非特首應有態度」（2018年1月1日）。明報，取自 https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180101/s00002/1514742324176

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor on Sunday broke her silence over mounting criticism by local lawyers of the contentious joint checkpoint plan for the city’s cross-border rail link, hitting out at what she called an “elitist mentality” among those opposing it.

Hong Kong leader brushes off concerns of lawyers over China joint rail checkpoint plan, saying legal basis is clear. (2017, December 31). South China Morning Post. Retrieved from http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2126290/hong-kong-leader-brushes-concerns-lawyers-over-china-joint

In response to criticism, Lam said Sunday that “some Hong Kong legal professionals have an elitist mentality or double standards, that is, they think that Hong Kong’s legal system is supreme, and that the mainland legal system – a big country with a 1.3 billion population – is wrong.”

‘Rule without law’: Hong Kong lawyers hit back as leader Carrie Lam attacks ‘elitist mentality’. (2018, January 2). Hong Kong Free Press. Retrieved from https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/02/rule-without-law-hong-kong-lawyers-hit-back-leader-carrie-lam-attacks-elitist-mentality