2015年6月17日 星期三

POST OCCUPY CENTRAL - DAY 182 (16-06-2015)










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), 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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Hong Kong reform vote

Hong Kong reform vote

The Hong Kong government’s political reform proposal for how the city elects its leader by universal suffrage for the first time in 2017 is based on a strict framework set by Beijing. The plan limits the number of candidates to two or three and requires them to win majority support from a 1,200 strong nominating committee. Arguing that this does not constitute genuine universal suffrage, pan-democratic lawmakers have vowed to reject the package, while pro-democracy groups have protested. The government’s resolution was to be put to a vote by the 70-member Legislative Council in June 2015, requiring a two-thirds majority to be passed.

Hong Kong graft-buster ICAC probes lawmaker's claim of vote-buying

"Long Hair" admitted he made up the figure of HK$100 million. Photo: AFP
Graft-busters launched an investigation yesterday after lawmaker "Long Hair" Leung Kwok-hung claimed a mystery man offered to pay him to support the government's electoral reform plan, likely to be voted on this week.
Tuesday, 16 June, 2015, 4:27pm33 comments

10 activists held in ‘plot to detonate bombs’ as Hong Kong debates reform bill

A large crowd of police investigate at the vacant former ATV studio in Sai Kung. Photo: Sam Tsang
Police arrested 10 people yesterday after discovering powerful explosives the suspects were allegedly plotting to set off to cause mayhem and bloodshed during this week's Legislative Council debate on electoral reform.
16 Jun 2015 - 5:45pm102 comments

Debate on Hong Kong political reform turns many in audience against government's plan

The televised debate on political reform hours after Chief Secretary Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor (L), the official in charge of electoral reform, told a Commercial Radio programme she felt all she had done in the last 20 months "might be in vain", as it was nearly certain the package would be rejected. Photo: Felix Wong
A televised debate on political reform turned many of those who viewed it against the government's plan for the 2017 chief executive election, polls taken before and after the broadcast showed.
16 Jun 2015 - 5:45pm53 comments

Pan-democratic leader Alan Leong hopes to mend ties with Beijing after reform vote

Alan Leong lamented the communication breakdown with Beijing. Photo: Dickson Lee
A pan-democratic camp leader hopes to restore "sincere" communication with Beijing after the expected failure of the political reform exercise this week.
The Civic Party's Alan Leong Kah-kit also said his party should bring in young blood and a "local perspective" to its manifesto, and that it was time to look ahead - as far as 2047.
16 Jun 2015 - 8:19pm7 comments

Focus of reform debate on 2017 election all wrong, laments academic Michael DeGolyer

Reforming the functional seats to extend the franchise to a bigger slice of the population, Professor Michael DeGolyer argues, is more important than reforming the chief executive election. Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen
Walk into the small office of Professor Michael DeGolyer in Baptist University and one can hardly miss the abundance of books in the library of one of the leading scholars on Hong Kong's political economy.
16 Jun 2015 - 5:45pm9 comments

Hong Kong braced for fresh reform protest outside government headquarters

Police officers remove items deemed to be a risk to public safety outside government headquarters yesterday. Photos: Sam Tsang
Hong Kong is bracing itself for a major protest outside government headquarters in Admiralty today - nine months after a mass demonstration at the same venue that sparked last year's Occupy turmoil.
16 Jun 2015 - 8:07pm22 comments

'You're being watched': Hong Kong police warn activists planning protests ahead of political reform vote

From left to right: Hong Kong Island Senior Superintendent Tse Kwok-wa, Police Assistant Commissioner Cheung Tak-keung, and Hong Kong Island Traffic Senior Superintendent Chu Hon-keung. Photo: Nora Tam
Online activists who plan to stoke illegal street protests or occupations using social media ahead of next week's landmark vote on political reform have received a stark "you're being watched" warning by police.
16 Jun 2015 - 5:45pm38 comments

Ex-lawmaker Nelson Wong hits out at Democratic Party colleagues in row over political reform

Democratic Party member Nelson Wong insists he will not quit the political grouping on his own initiative. Photo: Felix Wong
Former lawmaker Nelson Wong Sing-chi has accused some of his Democratic Party colleagues of being "unethical, unfair and disrespectful" even as he faces expulsion for going against the party's line over the government's political reform plan.
Wong was adamant about staying in the party, telling reporters yesterday he would not quit on his own initiative.
16 Jun 2015 - 5:45pm8 comments

Civil servants write open letter urging Hong Kong lawmakers to reject political reform

Ministers promote the reform package, which some civil servants have said offers "fake universal suffrage". Photo: Sam Tsang
An anonymous group of civil servants yesterday joined the debate on electoral reform, urging lawmakers to vote down the government's blueprint for the 2017 chief executive election.
16 Jun 2015 - 5:45pm33 comments

Poll by ex-chief executive shows nearly half of Hongkongers want reform passed

Tung Chee-hwa
An opinion poll commissioned by former chief executive Tung Chee-hwa's think tank showed nearly half of Hongkongers felt the Legislative Council should approve the government's political reform package for the 2017 chief executive election.
16 Jun 2015 - 5:45pm30 comments

We won't repeat Occupy blockades, say anti-poll reform package protesters ahead of Hong Kong rally

Civil Human Rights Front members and pan-democrat lawmakers announce a rally against the political reform package. Photo: Dickson Lee
Organisers of a major rally set for next week against the government's political reform package say they have no plans for a repeat of road blockades seen in last year's Occupy protests.
Daisy Chan Sin-ying, convenor of Civil Human Rights Front, yesterday announced details of the rally due to start on Sunday at a public square outside the Legislative Council.
16 Jun 2015 - 5:45pm10 comments

Beijing still eager to get the 2017 reform proposal passed

A Government TV advertisement on "2017, Make it Happen". Beijing hopes the package passed by Legislative Council next week. Photo: SCMP Pictures
Beijing is still making a last-ditch effort to secure passage of the electoral reform proposal for the 2017 chief executive election, a mainland official revealed as the latest rolling poll found that for the first time that more people opposed the blueprint than supported it.
16 Jun 2015 - 5:45pm17 comments

Protesters against Hong Kong reform plan need more space, organisers warn, as appeal denied

The Civil Human Rights Front estimates up to 55,000 people will attend the rally. Photo: Dickson Lee
Organisers of a rally against political reform have warned of chaos when Legco votes on the package next week after an application to enlarge an area outside the complex set aside for their protest was rejected.
16 Jun 2015 - 5:45pm1 comment

Reform could be shelved until 2020 if Hong Kong doesn’t pass bill, former DAB chairman warns

Tam Yiu-chung said rejection of the proposal would see Hong Kong entangled in the issue of political reform for at least the next five years. Photo: K. Y. Cheng
The leader of Hong Kong’s largest pro-establishment party expects that the government would not start another bid for political reform during the remainder of its term if its current proposal is rejected.
16 Jun 2015 - 5:47pm12 comments

CY Leung laughs off report Beijing will offer pan-democrats HK$300m bribe to back reform

CY Leung rejected claims Beijing would try to bribe pan-democrats to pass reform. Photo: SCMP Pictures
Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying this morning laughed off reports suggesting Beijing could use as much as HK$300 million to bribe pan-democratic lawmakers to vote for the reform package to be scrutinised next week.
16 Jun 2015 - 5:47pm18 comments

Beijing’s reform plan for Hong Kong is final so don’t expect last-minute changes, CY Leung says

The chief executive has previously told lawmakers there was "zero chance" of Beijing reversing its decision on guidelines for electoral reform. Photo: Felix Wong
Beijing would not make any last-minute concessions on Hong Kong’s political reform as it did five years ago, Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying said as he called on lawmakers to make a “rational” choice.
16 Jun 2015 - 5:49pm15 comments

Hong Kong lawmaker blames both pan-dems and Beijing officials for failure to reach reform agreement

Regina Ip (left) and Emily Lau yesterday. Photo: David Wong
Both Beijing and the pan-democrats missed opportunities to reach a solution on political reform, but Hong Kong will be better off if the government's proposal is voted down this month, Civic Party lawmaker Ronny Tong Ka-wah said yesterday.
16 Jun 2015 - 5:49pm28 comments

More than 7,000 officers mobilised as Hong Kong police vow swift crackdown on any protests ahead of reform vote

Police officers stand guard outside the Legco complex. Photo: Felix Wong
More than 7,000 police officers equipped with anti-riot gear will be mobilised to deal with possible chaos when lawmakers debate and vote on the government's electoral reform package in the Legislative Council later this month, police sources say.
16 Jun 2015 - 5:49pm24 comments

Bid for compromise on Hong Kong electoral reform package fails, pan-democrats warned on 'loyalty'

Beijing officials Zhang Xiaoming, Wang Guangya and Li Fei speak to the media after yesterday's meeting. Photo: Sam Tsang
How lawmakers vote on the reform package for the 2017 chief executive election will show who is loyal to "one country, two systems", and pan-democrats will face dire consequences should they vote down the blueprint, top mainland officials overseeing Hong Kong affairs warned yesterday.
16 Jun 2015 - 5:49pm78 comments

Beijing officials get tough with pan-democrats over Hong Kong electoral reform stance

Beijing officials Wang Guangya (left) and Li Fei (middle) meet Frederick Fung (right) at Wuzhou Guest Hotel at Shenzhen. Photo: Sam Tsang
The message from the three top Beijing officials during their meeting with pan-democratic lawmakers in Shenzhen yesterday was crystal clear: how they vote on the proposal for the 2017 chief executive election will be the touchstone on whether they support "one country, two systems" - and their political futures are at stake.
16 Jun 2015 - 5:49pm7 comments

Beijing's reform package for Hong Kong is an insult, US scholar Larry Diamond says

US scholar Larry Diamond
A prominent American scholar in politics has dismissed as "an insult to the intelligence of the Hong Kong public" the political reform package Beijing has tailored for the city.
Professor Larry Diamond, citing the election systems in Iran and pre-US-invasion Iraq, said universal suffrage without "real choice" was meaningless.
16 Jun 2015 - 5:49pm38 comments

Legco vote on reform will show who’s loyal to ‘one country, two systems’, warns Basic Law panel chief

 Basic Law Committee chairman Li Fei. Photo: Sam Tsang
The way lawmakers vote on the controversial proposal that will determine how the city’s chief executive is elected in 2017 will show whether they support the principle of “one country, two systems”, Basic Law Committee chairman Li Fei said on Sunday.
16 Jun 2015 - 5:49pm36 comments

Put political reform debate aside if Legco rejects proposal, CY Leung urges Hong Kong

Leung Chun-ying at Legco yesterday. The chief executive said there was "zero chance" of Beijing reversing its decision on guidelines for electoral reform. Photo: Felix Wong
The debate on political reform should be set aside for a few years if the government's blueprint for electing the chief executive in 2017 is voted down as Hong Kong can no longer afford to waste time on endless wrangling, Leung Chun-ying said.
16 Jun 2015 - 5:49pm12 comments

15 pan-democrats sign up for talks on political reform with Beijing officials

Alan Leong insists on genuine choice for the public.
Fifteen pan-democrats have signed up for talks with Beijing officials in Shenzhen on Sunday in a last-ditch move to narrow the divide with the central government on political reform.
16 Jun 2015 - 5:49pm6 comments

Reform meeting with Beijing officials more important than June 4 march, CY Leung says

Leung Chun-ying says Shenzhen talks will be useful.Photo: K.Y. Cheng
Pan-democratic lawmakers who plan to skip Shenzhen talks next month have been asked by Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying: is it more important to meet Beijing officials on electoral reform or to attend a commemoration of the Tiananmen Square crackdown?
16 Jun 2015 - 5:49pm57 comments

After Occupy, democracy activists gear up for battle of Hong Kong electoral reform

(From left) Founder of Occupy Central movement Benny Tai Yiu-ting, Civil Human Rights Front convener Daisy Chan Sin-ying, Martin Lee Chu-ming, Founder of Occupy Central movement Chu Yiu-ming, Chan Kin-man and pro-democracy protesters march to Central form Victoria Park to demand universal suffrage. Photo:  David Wong
Parades and rallies will whip up opposition to government's reform plan, led by 14 groups uniting in new movement after Occupy.
16 Jun 2015 - 5:49pm11 comments

Continued wrangling over reforms could mean 'game over' in 10 years

Frederick Ma Si-hang said the next chief executive would avoid making tough decisions or addressing burning issues facing Hong Kong if the city did not attain universal suffrage for 2017.
With Hong Kong's competitiveness declining, a former commerce minister is warning that it could be "game over" for the city within 10 to 20 years if wrangling over political reform persists.
16 Jun 2015 - 5:49pm6 comments

Hong Kong lawmakers doubt meeting with mainland Chinese officials will end electoral reform impasse

Cyclists oppose "fake universal suffrage". Photo: SCMP
Pan-democrats and the Beijing-loyalist camp remain sceptical that last-ditch talks with central government officials next week will break the impasse on how the city's chief executive will be elected in 2017.
16 Jun 2015 - 5:49pm4 comments

Pan-democrats invited to last-ditch political reform talks with Beijing officials

Pan-democratic lawmakers have been invited to last-ditch talks with Beijing officials on political reform. Photo: K. Y. Cheng
Hong Kong's pan-democratic lawmakers have been invited to last-ditch talks with Beijing officials on political reform - less than a month before a key vote on how the chief executive will be elected in 2017.
16 Jun 2015 - 5:49pm24 comments














































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