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 263
POST REFORM VOTE：DAY 78 (04-09-2015)
POST REFORM VOTE：DAY 78 (04-09-2015)
Full coverage of the day’s events
Pan-democrats not interested in going to Beijing until June 4 is redressed – lawmaker Albert Ho
Democratic Party lawmaker Albert Ho Chun-yan said that he and his colleagues in the pan-democratic camp had no interest in attending Thursday’s military parade in Beijing to mark the 70th anniversary of Japan’s defeat in World War II “because everyone sees that the June 4 question is still unresolved,” he told local media on Thursday.
Ho, who is also the chairman of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China, said it was “sad and regretful that after 70 years we still have not seen historical justice advance.”
Albert Ho on Beijing’s military parade. Photo: HKFP.
Only three pan-democrats were selected as part of a Hong Kong delegation invited to Beijing to watch the World War II victory day parade on Thursday: former Civic Party member Ronny Tong, Democratic Party vice-chairman Tik Chi-yuen and independent lawmaker Joseph Lee.
The delegation, headed by Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, also included Secretary for Justice Rimsky Yuen Kwok-keung, Secretary for Education Eddie Ng Hak-kim, Secretary for Security Lai Tung-kwok, Legislative Council President Jasper Tsang Yok-sing and pro-establishment lawmakers such as Starry Lee Wai-king, James Tien, Ann Chiang Lai-wan and Christopher Chung Shu-kun.
According to Ho, however, pan-democrats had no interest in celebrating the WWII anniversary, which he said was not a day worth celebrating but for achieving justice for war victims.
Chief Executive Leung watching the military parade in Beijing. Photo: CCTV.
Ho said he thinks “everyone feels a great sense of sadness and regret in their hearts” when they see PLA tanks again rumble down Beijing’s Chang’an Avenue.
The Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China was established in May 1989, when pro-democracy student protests filled Tiananmen Square in the heart of the Chinese capital. The protests were violently suppressed on the night of June 4, during which PLA troops were estimated to have killed up to thousands of people.
China’s government has never officially acknowledged any wrongdoing in the incident, which it immediately labelled a “counter-revolutionary riot.” To this day, any discussion of the protests or their suppression is strictly forbidden in the mainland.
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