POST OCCUPY CENTRAL - DAY 15 (30-12-2014)

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  ...

POST OCCUPY CENTRAL - DAY 15: 

Full coverage of the day’s events

'None of the above' should be an option for voters in Hong Kong election: academic

Hongkongers should be allowed to veto all candidates in the 2017 chief executive election, a legal scholar has said in an attempt to break an impasse that threatens prospects for political reform.

HKU 'satisfied' over Occupy donations from Benny Tai Yiu-ting

Donations of HK$1.45 million that Occupy Central co-founder Benny Tai Yiu-ting passed to his employer, the University of Hong Kong, complied with the institution's procedures, an internal document shows.

Hong Kong protests fail to dampen retail sales as growth picks up

Hong Kong's retail sales continued to regain momentum last month on stronger consumer sentiment and rising tourist numbers - but the government is warning of uncertainty ahead.

Hong Kong protest lives on … in a Causeway Bay apartment

The streets may have been cleared, but the spirit of the "umbrella movement" has been kept alive by a man who has transformed a Causeway Bay apartment into a replica protest site.