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 179:
Full coverage of the day’s events on 13-06
Carrie Lam walks past a banner rejecting fake democracy in this 2014 file picture. She said Beijing will not pay any price to win pan-democrats' support for the election reform bill. Photo: HKEJ
Carrie Lam makes final media push for election bill
Chief Secretary Carrie Lam is warning that defeat of the election reform bill will worsen social divisions and ultimately hurt Hong Kong.
On Monday, Lam wrote an op-ed in major newspapers after appearing on radio talk shows a day earlier in a final push for the Beijing-backed proposal which will be tabled in Legco on Wednesday.
A vote is expected shortly after.
The road to democracy is a bumpy one and any deviation from its legal basis will make universal suffrage unachievable, Lam wrote.
In an appearance on Commercial Radio, Lam said pan-democrats who have vowed to vote against the bill have misjudged the situation.
They are wrong to think that by simply adopting a hard line, they could force Beijing to change its mind and that a plan backed by them would pass, Lam said.
She accused them of making the work of the government difficult in the past 20 months.
She said the bottom line is an Aug. 31 decision by the National People’s Congress standing committee that sets out the framework for the 2017 chief executive election.
Beijing will not pay any price to win support for the proposal from pan-democrats, she said.
While saying there’s zero chance the bill will pass, Lam expressed hope pan-democrats will have a change of heart at the last minute.
Lam, who is widely seen as a potential chief executive candidate, said she has no plans to seek public office after her tenure ends in two years.
Civic Party lawmaker Alan Leong accused Lam of setting up the pan-democratic camp for blame if the reform bill is voted down and universal suffrage does not come to pass.
And Democratic Party chief Emily Lau called Lam’s remarks “incoherent”.
Lau defended the pan-democracts’ stance on the reform plan as “a matter of conscience”, not an attempt to win votes in the next Legco election.
Police officers carted away some things (inset)
after finding explosives at an abandoned ATV studio in Sai Kung. Photos: RTHK, Apple Daily
Police seize explosives in Sai Kung; nine arrested
Police have seized some explosives and arrested nine people after a raid on an abandoned former ATV film studio in Sai Kung, Radio Television Hong Kong reported Monday.
Among the arrested, four were women while the rest were male, according to the report.
All the detained were said to be in the 21 to 34 age group. They included a student, a teaching assistant and some unemployed persons.
Police suspect some of them may be linked to a local radical group.
The arrests came as lawmakers prepare to vote on the government’s controversial political reform bill this week.
The vacant former ATV studio on Ho Chung Road, where the explosives were seized, has been sealed by the police since Sunday night after inspectors from the Organized Crime and Triad Bureau found explosive devices there, Ming Pao Daily reported.
The police bomb squad and firefighters were called to the site.
Police say they believe the building was being used to make and test the explosive devices.
Meanwhile, Apple Daily reported that inspectors took away evidence at about 7:45 am on Monday. Among the things they picked up were an air rifle, three bullet clips and an electronic scale.
Inspectors also found two bottles, one containing a deep-brown fluid and another containing a transparent fluid as well as some white powder in plastic bags, according to the report.
The studio, where security guards were stationed during daytime, used to be a main site for ATV to film its TV dramas before being abandoned many years ago.
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