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.
Occupy Central site in an area surrounding the Legislative Council and Central Government Offices at Tamar were cleared 22-06-2015.
Hong Kong reform vote
The Hong Kong government’s political reform proposal for how the city elects its leader by universal suffrage for the first time in 2017 is based on a strict framework set by Beijing. The plan limits the number of candidates to two or three and requires them to win majority support from a 1,200 strong nominating committee. Arguing that this does not constitute genuine universal suffrage, pan-democratic lawmakers have vowed to reject the package, while pro-democracy groups have protested. The government’s resolution was to be put to a vote by the 70-member Legislative Council in June 2015, requiring a two-thirds majority to be passed.
POST OCCUPY CENTRAL - DAY 197
POST REFORM VOTE：DAY 12
POST REFORM VOTE：DAY 12
Full coverage of the day’s events on 30-06
Leung keeps focus on livelihood matters
Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying re-iterated today comments he made immediately after the failed vote on political reforms that Hong Kong should move on.
The Government can not carry on pushing one issue, he said.
“I believe that it is the common wish of the people of Hong Kong, of Hong Kong SAR Government and the central authorities, that we should move on, that we should focus on other important areas that Hong Kong faces, including questions of land development, housing, medical care, education, ageing society and so on, so forth.’’
Attack `chills heart' of Scholarism convener
Student leader Joshua Wong Chi-fung said the attack on him and his girlfriend on Sunday night sent a "chill to my heart."
The convener of Scholarism was walking to Mong Kok MTR station with his girlfriend, Tiffany Chin Sze-man, at around midnight when an unknown man and woman in their 20s stopped them near Elm Street in Tai Kok Tsui. The man grabbed Wong's neck, punched his face and knocked him to the ground.
"Being attacked on the way home after going on a date, and even attacking my girlfriend, it's shameful," Wong, 18, wrote on Facebook.
Chin tried to video the incident but was knocked to the ground and suffered minor leg injuries.
Wong later uploaded a picture of himself with minor cuts to his face, including his nose, eyebrow and cheek. He also posted pictures of the suspect running away.
"[The assault] implies activists are facing the danger of attacks in their daily lives, not only during protests. This is what sends a chill to my heart," Wong wrote. "It's not only a problem with universal suffrage it's about the limited freedom and the legal system slowly being obliterated by these violent acts ... The road ahead is long and tough, but we should retain our goal and keep walking on this bumpy road of democracy."Democratic Party lawmaker James To Kun-sun, of the Legislative Council security panel, condemned the attack and urged police to investigate thoroughly.
No arrests had been made by last night.
Coconuts
Freedom ‘slowly being obliterated' by attacks on activists, says Joshua Wong after assault
Joshua Wong, the teenage face of the city’s pro-democracy protests, was in the street with his girlfriend in an attack he said yesterday sent a ‘chill to my heart’.
The motivation for the assault is not known but previous high-profile attacks against prominent media figures have raised concerns that tensions from Hong Kong’s deep political divisions could turn violent.
Wong, 18, was leaving a cinema near Mong Kok — the scene of some of the most bitter clashes in last year’s street rallies — with his girlfriend late Sunday when the assault occurred.
The male attacker punched Wong in the face and when he and his girlfriend gave chase both were assaulted, he said on his Facebook page.
“Being attacked on the way home after going on a date, and even attacking my girlfriend, it’s shameful,” he said.
Police said yesterday they had yet to make an arrest, confirming that Wong had ‘suddenly been attacked’ by a suspect in his 20s and had sustained injuries to his eyes and nose.
“The suspect tried to flee but the two victims followed, and when the female tried to take pictures of the suspect he then attacked the male and female victims,” a police spokeswoman said.
“(The assault) implies activists are facing the danger of attacks in their daily lives, not only during protests. This is what sends a chill to my heart,” Wong wrote in an emotional Facebook post.
“It’s not only a problem with universal suffrage — it’s about the limited freedom and legal system slowly being obliterated by these violent acts."
“The road ahead is long and tough, but we should retain our goal and keep walking on this bumpy road of democracy.”
Other leading anti-establishment figures targeted in the past include media tycoon , whose office and home were in January.
Kevin Lau, former editor of the liberal Ming Pao newspaper, was by knife-wielding assailants in February last year.
Separately, scuffles between pro-Beijing and anti-mainland protest groups in Mong Kok Sunday night.Five people were arrested after police used pepper spray to separate the groups.
Wong, 18, was leaving a cinema near Mong Kok — the scene of some of the most bitter clashes in last year’s street rallies — with his girlfriend late Sunday when the assault occurred.
The male attacker punched Wong in the face and when he and his girlfriend gave chase both were assaulted, he said on his Facebook page.
“Being attacked on the way home after going on a date, and even attacking my girlfriend, it’s shameful,” he said.
Police said yesterday they had yet to make an arrest, confirming that Wong had ‘suddenly been attacked’ by a suspect in his 20s and had sustained injuries to his eyes and nose.
“The suspect tried to flee but the two victims followed, and when the female tried to take pictures of the suspect he then attacked the male and female victims,” a police spokeswoman said.
“(The assault) implies activists are facing the danger of attacks in their daily lives, not only during protests. This is what sends a chill to my heart,” Wong wrote in an emotional Facebook post.
“It’s not only a problem with universal suffrage — it’s about the limited freedom and legal system slowly being obliterated by these violent acts."
“The road ahead is long and tough, but we should retain our goal and keep walking on this bumpy road of democracy.”
Other leading anti-establishment figures targeted in the past include media tycoon , whose office and home were in January.
Kevin Lau, former editor of the liberal Ming Pao newspaper, was by knife-wielding assailants in February last year.
Separately, scuffles between pro-Beijing and anti-mainland protest groups in Mong Kok Sunday night.Five people were arrested after police used pepper spray to separate the groups.
