2015年6月9日 星期二

POST OCCUPY CENTRAL - DAY 174 (08-06-2015)








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), 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.


Occupy Central site in Causeway Bay was cleared as police moved in  ...

POST OCCUPY CENTRAL - DAY 174:

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No 'plan B' for reforms: CE



Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying said there's no "plan B" for political reform here.
Speaking in Toronto, he said the government had put a lot of energy into the issue over the past two years and if its reforms were voted down in the Legislative Council, it would turn its focus to economic and livelihood issues instead.

He again called on lawmakers who plan to veto the package to rethink in a calm and objective manner on why they were unwilling to accept the government's proposal.



Lam hints at livelihood issues after big vote



The government will focus on economic and livelihood issues in its remaining two years if the political reform package is voted down in the Legislative Council, pan-democratic lawmakers quoted Chief Secretary Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor as saying yesterday.

Lam met separately with Labour Party lawmakers and Leung Yiu-chung of the Neighbourhood and Worker's Service Centre, IT-sector lawmaker Charles Mok Nai-kwong and Kenneth Leung Kai- cheong of the accountancy sector as well as Albert Chan Wai-yip and Raymond Chan Chi-chuen of People Power.

After the meeting, lawmakers quoted Lam as saying the government will not restart the "five- step process" on reforms and will focus on economic and livelihood-related issues for the remaining two years of Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying's tenure instead.

Mok also said the government will not postpone the Legco vote on the reform proposal and no changes will be made to the proposal.

Lee Cheuk-yan said the Labour Party suggested Lam set up a platform for holding a dialogue with sectors including political parties and young people.

Lee also quoted Lam as saying that Hong Kong would have a chance for relief after the Legco vote on the reform proposal.

"We have told Lam that we will veto the government's reform proposal, which indeed is a fake universal suffrage model," Lee said.

"The establishment of the dialogue platform can help relieve the existing situation in which society has been greatly torn apart."

The pan-democrat lawmakers insisted they will vote against the reform after meeting Lam.

Former chief executive and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference vice chairman Tung Chee-hwa said he hopes lawmakers will still vote for the reform proposal as a chief executive returned by five million voters has a high degree of recognition in society and that will help foster executive-led governance.

Tung, who earlier set up the think tank Our Hong Kong Foundation, said lawmakers should support the political reforms so the city may take a step forward in political development.

Peter Koon Ho-ming, provincial secretary general of the Sheng Kung Hui, the Anglican Church, said he hopes lawmakers will pass the proposal.







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