POST REFORM VOTE：DAY 54 (11-08-2015)

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.

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

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.

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POST REFORM VOTE：DAY 54 (11-08-2015)

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Lau Kong-wah (L), the newly-appointed Secretary for Home Affairs, has begun with a negative approval rating of 19 percent in a HKU survey. His boss CY Leung (R) has seen his support rating fall to 39.2 points. Photos: HKEJ

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Aug 11, 2015 7:36pm

Approval ratings of Leung and his top officials remain poor

The approval ratings for Leung Chun-ying and the top officials in his administration remain dismal overall, according to the latest survey by the University of Hong Kong’s Public Opinion Program.

The support rating of Leung as chief executive has dropped to 39.2 points.

Meanwhile, his net popularity is a negative 39 percent, as 21 percent of the respondents gave a positive assessment while 60 percent voiced disapproval at his performance which was described overall as “depressing”.

The support ratings of Chief Secretary Carrie Lam, Financial Secretary John Tsang and Secretary for Justice Rimsky Yuen were at 56.3, 60.6 and 47.4 respectively.

Lau Kong-wah, the newly-appointed Secretary for Home Affairs who appeared for the first time in the survey, has seen his score begin with a negative approval rate of 19 percent.

Clement Cheung, the new Secretary for the Civil Service, managed to receive a positive approval rating of 12 percent.

Education Secretary Eddie Ng and Development Secretary Paul Chan continued to fare poorly, with negative ratings of 27 and 31 percentage points respectively.

For the latest survey, researchers from HKU interviewed 1,002 Hong Kong people randomly over the phone during Aug 3-6.