Occupy Central
Occupy Central is a civil disobedience movement which began in Hong Kong on September 28, 2014. It calls on thousands of protesters to block roads and paralyse Hong Kong's financial district if the Beijing and Hong Kong governments do not agree to implement universal suffrage for the chief executive election in 2017 and the Legislative Council elections in 2020 according to "international standards." The movement was initiated by Benny Tai Yiu-ting (戴耀廷), an associate professor of law at the University of Hong Kong, in January 2013.
Umbrella Movement
The Umbrella Movement (Chinese: 雨傘運動; pinyin: yǔsǎn yùndòng) is a loose political movement that was created spontaneously during the Hong Kong protests of 2014. Its name derives from the recognition of the umbrella as a symbol of defiance and resistance against the Hong Kong government, and the united grass-roots objection to the decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPCSC) of 31 August.
The movement consists of individuals numbering in the tens of thousands who participated in the protests that began on 28 September 2014, although Scholarism, the Hong Kong Federation of Students, Occupy Central with Love and Peace, groups are principally driving the demands for the rescission of the NPCSC decision.
The movement consists of individuals numbering in the tens of thousands who participated in the protests that began on 28 September 2014, although Scholarism, the Hong Kong Federation of Students, Occupy Central with Love and Peace, groups are principally driving the demands for the rescission of the NPCSC decision.
POST OCCUPY CENTRAL - DAY 97:
Full coverage of the day’s events on 22-03
Why youngsters' voices are louder
Today's young people identify themselves more as Hongkongers than their elders and will be more active in politics, says the new president of the Hong Kong University Students' Union.
"The previous generations usually came from the mainland," Billy Fung Jing-en said. "They have an attitude of refugees, which means they are planning to go back after it becomes stable again, because society was chaotic.
"But for our generation, we were born here, Hong Kong is our home, and we have no place to go back to."
That, 21-year-old Fung said, is why students question elders about why they should decide the fate of the next generation, and their aspirations will move them to join political movements.
The belief they are Hongkongers moves them in discussions of public affairs, he added, and it will be the post- 80s and post-90s generation who will be "an important force in enhancing the reform of society."
Continued suppression by the Chinese Communist Party of Hong Kong people's aspirations will also backfire not only among young people but across society, Fung said.
Despite that line, Fung has been dogged by the line that he has a party background. On that, he said he will not be visiting Beijing, where his grandfather, a CCP member, lives with his grandmother, this year.
Fung was born in Singapore to Hong Kong parents, and the family returned here when he was two months old.
Recent actions saw Fung on the first night of Occupy Central, and he says he's prepared to be arrested at other protests.
Since submitting the nomination form for the union election, Fung added, he "has been ready for different kinds of consequences."
He joined the anti-national education curriculum protests three years ago and last year joined the current affairs panel of the HKU Students' Union Council.
The second-year arts student said he ran for the union presidency to succeed Yvonne Leung Lai-kwo as he wants to continue the fight for universal suffrage.
But Fung said he feels pressure as his speaking skills are not as good as Leung's, and he needs more time to think before responding to questions.
Leung, a debater and school captain of the prestigious Heep Yunn girls' school, is now concentrating on earning degrees in government and law.
Fung, who wants to go on to be a barrister or a teacher, said that during his term he wants the union to enhance internal discussions on issues including political reform and university affairs.
He does not plan for the union to return to the Hong Kong Federation of Students there was a vote last month to break away but favors cooperation.
Troubled student body finds itself new leader
An Occupy Central activist who was among five youths engaging in dialogue with Chief Secretary Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor during the protests is the new secretary general of the beleaguered Federation of Hong Kong Students.
Nathan Law Kwun-chung, 21, a former chief delegate of the Lingnan University Students' Union to the federation, was last night elected its 58th leader at the end of a three-day annual general meeting.
Law, also acting president of the Lingnan Students' Union, beat former Chinese University of Hong Kong Students' Union external secretary Jason Szeto Tze- long, who threw his hat into the ring at the last minute.
Law won by 37 votes to 14, with two spoiled ballots.
Former federation leaders Alex Chow Yong-kang, Lester Shum and Yvonne Leung Lai- kwok co-led with Scholarism the Occupy Central movement. It ended after 79 days but led to a split within the federation after the Hong Kong University Students' Union voted to leave the group.
The AGM opened on Friday and the election started at around 8.15pm yesterday. Dozens of students attended the meeting, with several raising questions for the two candidates.
However, because of mistakes in ballot counting, the federation needed to relaunch the voting process at about 8.45pm.
Law wrote in his election manifesto: "In 2015, the epoch of the post- occupation movement, the Federation of Students is facing a challenge and a climate of mistrust ... it's our first priority to review ourselves and the constitution, and create a better interaction with students."
Szeto used to be a member of the League of Social Democrats and Civic Passion, and was an assistant to lawmaker Raymond Wong Yuk- man.
Law was one of the five representatives together with Chow, Leung, Shum and Eason Chung Yiu-wah who met with Lam and two ministers, to formally discuss demands raised by student protesters on October 21 last year in the midst of the Occupy Central campaign.
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