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 277
POST REFORM VOTE：DAY 92 (18-09-2015)
POST REFORM VOTE：DAY 92 (18-09-2015)
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Occupy co-founder Benny Tai says he regrets not ending protests sooner
Last year’s pro-democracy Occupy protests should have ended sooner, a key figure in the movement admitted on Thursday.
Occupy Central with Love and Peace (OCLP) co-founder Benny Tai Yiu-ting told RTHK that civil disobedience actions require public support, and that if he had ended Occupy sooner it would not have drained so much energy from Hong Kong civil society.
File Photo: Benny Tai Yiu-ting. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Tai, also an associate professor of law and the University of Hong Kong, told the broadcaster that it will take time for society to recover from the drain and he regrets not drawing the movement to an end sooner.
However, he does not regret fighting for genuine universal suffrage through the civil disobedience movement.
Tai also said that the protest achieved more than he had expected in terms of civil awakening, although it did not succeed in reforming the political system.
Tai, comparing Hong Kong’s prospects for political reform and the legal implications he might face to “walking into a dark tunnel,” said he will not stand in the front line of pro-democracy protests again.
Instead, he would prefer to serve as a point of connection between different parties as they seek a new path to political reform.
Military involvement.
Fellow Occupy Central co-founder Dr Chan Kin-man told RTHK of differences he had with students protest leaders during the group’s 79-day occupation of Admiralty.
File Photo: Chan Kin-man. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.
Chan, an associate professor of Sociology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, said he did not agree with attempts to surround the Central Government Complex and impede regular operations, thereby increasing pressure on the government.
Should these actions result in a toppling of the government, Chan said it would have provided an excuse for the People’s Liberation Army to become involved.
Whilst Chan said that he understood students would not leave until they achieved genuine universal suffrage, he asked young people to reflect on when it is best to fight and when it is best to communicate with the government.
Although Chan made frequent trips to the mainland over the past 20 years to conduct academic research, he has acted the advise of mainland friends and has not crossed the border since the Occupy movement was launched.
The pro-democracy Occupy protests began on September 28 last year. The last major occupy site in Causeway Bay was cleared by police on December 15.
Fewer pan-dems to run in this year’s district council elections as post-Occupy groups join race
Hong Kong’s opposition pan-democrat camp are set to run around 200 candidates in the upcoming district council elections this year, fewer than the 235 who stood four years ago. This comes as new parties formed after last year’s Umbrella Movement brace for their first political race.
A total of 412 seats in 18 districts are up for grabs this November.
The pan-democrats, who currently hold about 100 seats in 18 districts, will focus on retaining those seats instead of fighting for more territory, according to Apple Daily.
Power for Democracy is the coordinator among pan-democrat parties in this year’s district council elections. Photo: Stand News
Joseph Cheng Yu-shek, founder of the pan-democrat coalition Power for Democracy, told the local newspaper that, with their limited resources, the pan-democrat parties face an uphill battle against pro-establishment candidates.
Power for Democracy is tasked with coordinating among pan-democrat candidates to make sure they don’t stand against each other in the same seats.
Convener of the group, Andrew Chiu Ka-yin, said most pan-democrat parties have agreed to place their candidates strategically so as not to clash with their partners.
More than a dozen new political groups formed after last year’s pro-democracy Umbrella Movement, also known as Occupy Central, will join district council races for the first time.
These new groups, often led by younger people and with a fresh approach to achieving change compared with more traditional pro-democracy parties, represent a new element in the pan-democrat camp in the post-Occupy political landscape.
New group Youngspiration’s motto is “You say. I do. We change.” Photo: Facebook
Chiu said that Power for Democracy had failed to agree with three of these new groups on where they intend to stand candidates.
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