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.
POST OCCUPY CENTRAL - DAY 147:
Full coverage of the day’s events on 11-05
Support for poll reform slips
Support for the government's political reform proposal is slipping, with the latest poll showing a drop of 2.3 percentage points from the previous survey.
The rolling poll conducted by three local universities from May 3-7 showed that only 42.5 percent of nearly 1,160 people support the reform proposal, the lowest level since the surveys were launched late last month.
It also showed 39.5 percent said they are opposed to the reform and 18 percent are undecided. The percentage points between supporters and opponents narrowed to three.
In the previous poll from May 2-6, 44.8 percent supported the proposal, against 38.7 percent opposed and 16.5 percent undecided.
The poll is being conducted by the University of Hong Kong, Chinese University and Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
Democratic Party lawmaker Emily Lau Wai-hing said the poll results showed that the poor performance of officials in the government's "Make It Happen" campaign has made more people reject the proposal.
Lau said officials should no longer waste taxpayers' money to make community visits.
"The officials who are not responsible for political reform have just made the promotion campaign even worse," said Lau, adding that health secretary Ko Wing-man engaging in a verbal tussle with a man on political reform has hurt the campaign.
But Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong lawmaker Ip Kwok-him said ministers have the responsibility to promote political reform and he does not believe their community visits have made it worse.
City University's political analyst James Sung Lap-kung said he believes some young people are not convinced by pro-establishment politicians that they should support political reform.
Meanwhile, former chief secretary Anson Chan Fang On-sang hit out at government officials who signed their names to support a pro-Beijing signature campaign, saying it was "inappropriate and unreasonable."
She said the blueprint was set out by the administration and it was not appropriate for officials to sign up by claiming that they were doing so in their personal capacities.
"How can officials put their signature in their personal capacities when they serve as secretaries?" Chan asked.
Chief Secretary Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet- ngor, who chairs the task force on political reform, gave her signature to the campaign organized by the pro-Beijing Alliance for Peace and Democracy.
Commerce secretary Gregory So Kam- leung provided his signature in his official capacity, while constitutional affairs secretary Raymond Tam Chi-yuen and education secretary Eddie Ng Hak- kim said they signed in their personal capacities.
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Elsie Leung: thoughts and actions against Communist Party may be illegal in Hong Kong under draft national security law
Former Hong Kong Secretary of Justice Elsie Leung has said that any thoughts and actions to overthrow Communist Party leadership would be an act of subversion and therefore illegal under a new Beijing-drafted security law.
In the document released by the central government last week, Hong Kong’s obligation to protect China’s national security has been highlighted for the first time, raising the prospect of the city being pressurised into criminalising acts of “treason, secession, sedition or subversion” under the controversial Article 23.
Article 23 of the Basic Law states that Hong Kong shall enact laws on its own to prohibit acts against the Central People's Government.
Section 11 of Chapter One of the new draft states that the, “national sovereignty and territorial integrity cannot be separated” and “the compatriots of Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan have shared the same duties as all Chinese people to safeguard national sovereignty, unification and territorial integrity”.
When asked whether a local version of the national law would curb dissent against the communist regime, Leung said, “If you really have the thoughts and actions to overthrow the Communist Party’s leadership and its regime, I think it is subversion and illegal.”
Yet she stressed that it takes both a motive and an act to constitute a crime, and said that even Article 23 guarantees human rights, the SCMP.
Secretary for Justice Rimsky Yuen said since it's only a draft and the legislative procedure is not yet completed, it's too early to say whether the national security law will apply to Hong Kong, Apple Daily reports.
Leung insisted the Hong Kong government will be consulted if this new security law is to be added to the Annex III of our Basic Law, yet no plans to do so have been confirmed so far.
She added that Hong Kong will likely make its own national security law if that occurs due to various regional differences between Hong Kong and China.
In the document released by the central government last week, Hong Kong’s obligation to protect China’s national security has been highlighted for the first time, raising the prospect of the city being pressurised into criminalising acts of “treason, secession, sedition or subversion” under the controversial Article 23.
Article 23 of the Basic Law states that Hong Kong shall enact laws on its own to prohibit acts against the Central People's Government.
Section 11 of Chapter One of the new draft states that the, “national sovereignty and territorial integrity cannot be separated” and “the compatriots of Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan have shared the same duties as all Chinese people to safeguard national sovereignty, unification and territorial integrity”.
When asked whether a local version of the national law would curb dissent against the communist regime, Leung said, “If you really have the thoughts and actions to overthrow the Communist Party’s leadership and its regime, I think it is subversion and illegal.”
Yet she stressed that it takes both a motive and an act to constitute a crime, and said that even Article 23 guarantees human rights, the SCMP.
Secretary for Justice Rimsky Yuen said since it's only a draft and the legislative procedure is not yet completed, it's too early to say whether the national security law will apply to Hong Kong, Apple Daily reports.
Leung insisted the Hong Kong government will be consulted if this new security law is to be added to the Annex III of our Basic Law, yet no plans to do so have been confirmed so far.
She added that Hong Kong will likely make its own national security law if that occurs due to various regional differences between Hong Kong and China.
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