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 262
POST REFORM VOTE：DAY 77 (03-09-2015)
POST REFORM VOTE：DAY 77 (03-09-2015)
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Leaving the Civic Party my ‘biggest failure’, says party co-founder Ronny Tong
Civic Party co-founder Ronny Tong Ka-wah has told RTHK that leaving the party was his “biggest failure” in all his years in politics. Tong announced in June that he was resigning as a legislative councillor and withdrawing his Civic Party membership.
Tong, confirming his resignation, said that he did not regret forming the party years ago, telling members to set their sights on the whole of society and not just individual groups.
He also said that he will not be forming any new political parties and that he remained good friends with Civic Party leaders Alan Leong Kah-kit and Audrey Eu Yuet-mee. Tong urged the party to stay true to its political ideology and to be consistent in its behaviour, both in discussions behind closed doors and in public.
Ronny Tong Ka-wah in an interview with RTHK. Photo: RTHK.
Commenting on a recent meeting between members of the Democratic Party and a Beijing official, which triggered a backlash within the party last week, he said: “I think this development is a breakthrough…in the 18 years that have gone by since the handover, Beijing has never been willing to meet with individual pan-democrats in private. I don’t think the meeting should be viewed in a negative or conspiratorial way. I hope this meeting is just the beginning. [It has been said that] pan-democrats are divided into the radical and the moderate – this divide isn’t something that people just made up. If you want to break the ice, you would also start with the softer spots.”
He also said that former Secretary for Justice and founding member of Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong Elsie Leung Oi-sie is not an ambitious person and is a pro-establishment politician who has earned the trust of pan-democrats. Therefore, it would be natural that she would act as the middleman. The meeting between the Democratic Party and Beijing had been set up by Leung, who said that both sides had intentions of understanding each other better.
Tong declined to comment on Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, saying that it will be difficult for Leung to change Hongkonger’s perceptions of him.
Ronny Tong and Andrew Leung in 2013. Photo: GovHK.
Tong’s resignation as a legislative councillor will take effect on October 1. Tong is the convener of new think tank “Path of Democracy”, whichaccording to him, was established “to seek a third path for Hong Kong between giving up on universal suffrage and full scale resistance, in order to promote dialogue and democracy”.
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