POST OCCUPY CENTRAL - DAY 50 (03-02-2015)

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  ...

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Most medical professionals reject reform guideline


Most medical professionals disapprove of the current political reform framework endorsed by the NPC Standing Committee last August.

A survey, covering over 3,000 professionals in the SAR, found that majority of them want Legco to vote down the proposal.

The survey, which covered doctors, dentists and trainees, was done by the sector's lawmaker, Leung Ka-lau last month.

It found 55.1 percent of respondents want Legco to vote down the constitutional reform proposal.

And if the proposal does get rejected, almost 60 percent of respondents believe the policy-maker -- which means the government -- should be held accountable for the failure.

Leung said that if the proposal was put to a vote now, he would respect his constituents' views and vote against it.