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 162:
Full coverage of the day’s events on 27-05
14 pan-dems set to attend reform talks
Fourteen pan-democratic lawmakers, led by the Civic Party's Alan Leong Kah-kit, will attend a meeting on political reform in Shenzhen with top Beijing officials on Sunday.
They have demanded a separate meeting, lasting not less than two hours, with Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office director Wang Guangya, Basic Law Committee chairman Li Fei and central government liaison office director Zhang Xiaoming.
" We want to hear how they will respond to Hong Kong people's aspirations on genuine universal suffrage," Leong said.
Three radicals People Power's Albert Chan Wai- yip and Raymond Chan Chi-chuen and independent Raymond Wong Yuk-man will not attend but League of Social Democrats' "Long Hair" Leung Kwok-hung said he may go and will stage an activity to commemorate the June 4 crackdown. About 40 pro- establishment lawmakers will also attend.
The Democratic Party's Helena Wong Pik-wan said: "We will prepare an open letter for the Beijing officials demanding that the central government withdraw the August 31 decision [of the National People's Congress Standing Committee]."
The Labour Party's Cyd Ho Sau-lan said the pan- democrats will not accept the government's reform proposal based on the August 31 decision which sets out the framework for the 2017 chief executive election even if Beijing is willing to make minor changes.
Meanwhile, Executive Council convener Lam Woon-kwong said that pan-democrats can build a sustained platform for dialogue with Beijing officials by attending the meeting in Shenzhen.
Also, University of Hong Kong associate legal professor Benny Tai Yiu-ting said a trusted middleman is needed to facilitate communication between the central government and lawmakers.
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