2015年6月19日 星期五

POST OCCUPY CENTRAL - DAY 184 (18-06-2015)



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  ...


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.


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Hong Kong lawmakers reject Beijing poll plan

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Pro-democracy protesters
Pro-democracy campaigners welcomed the outcome of the vote

Legislators in Hong Kong have rejected a controversial Beijing-backed election reform package that sparked mass protests last year.
The reforms would have given Hong Kong voters the right to choose their leader for the first time in 2017.
But candidates would be vetted by a pro-Beijing committee and pro-democracy activists said the reforms only offered "fake democracy".
Beijing said it would not change its position on democratic reforms.
Some in Hong Kong had hoped that if the proposals were rejected, China would be forced to offer more far-reaching reforms.

Voting confusion

The Chinese government issued a ruling on 31 August last year, saying that Hong Kong's leader could be chosen by direct elections by 2017.
However, the ruling also said that only those nominated by a pro-Beijing committee could stand for election.
Beijing's decision sparked protests that drew crowds of more than 100,000 people to the streets.









Media captionPro-government lawmakers were filmed walking out moments before the vote
The Beijing-backed electoral reforms had to be approved by Hong Kong's legislature before they could be enacted - but pro-democracy lawmakers, who have enough seats to veto the move, voted down the reform package.
Without approval from Hong Kong lawmakers, the territory's next chief executive will be selected, as before, by a 1,200-member committee currently stacked with Beijing loyalists.
Moments before the vote took place, pro-Beijing lawmakers, who were expected to support the package, walked out of the council chamber.
This led to confusion ahead of the vote, with some lawmakers unsure as to why others had walked out.
The 37 remaining lawmakers voted and the motion was rejected with 28 opposing it and eight supporting it. It needed at least 47 votes to pass.
Pro-Beijing lawmakers later blamed miscommunication for the walk-out, after their request for a 15-minute suspension was rejected by the Speaker.









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How it all unravelled for pro-Beijing side: Juliana Liu, BBC News, Hong Kong

The outcome was expected, but the circumstances surprisingly dramatic.
When government officials gave their final speeches, it was hours ahead of schedule. Journalists scrambled to retake their seats in the main chamber at the Legislative Council.
Then a bell rang, reminding lawmakers to gather to vote. The cavernous room echoed with tension. A voiced called out, asking to halt the proceedings with just minutes to spare. The head of the council declined. Pro-government legislators walked out in protest.
One of them, Regina Ip of the New People's Party, looked stunned after failing to vote. She said the collective action was unplanned. They had suddenly decided to wait for Lau Wong-fat, an elderly lawmaker who was said to be ill.
As a result, the controversial government reform plan failed by a wide margin.









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The vote means the leader of Hong Kong will still be chosen by a 1,200-member committee
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The reform gave Hong Kong citizens the right to vote for their chief executive for the first time in 2017
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Hong Kong Chief Executive CY Leung said legislators had voted against the wishes of the majority

A statement from China's legislature released to Chinese state news agency Xinhua, said: "Although the universal suffrage motion was not passed, the direction towards universal suffrage and the legal principles laid down must continue to be upheld in future efforts."
It said the 31 August decision will "continue to serve as the constitutional ground for Hong Kong in the future" and "its legal force is unquestionable".
Hong Kong Chief Executive CY Leung said legislators had voted against the wishes of the majority of Hong Kong's people and he was "naturally disappointed".









Media captionHong Kong's democracy debate explained - in 80 seconds
The bill's defeat comes after what has been a tense year of political debate in the former British colony that was handed over to Beijing in 1997.
In September last year, activists occupied major parts of the city and demanding universal suffrage. Protests paralysed the city centre after clashes between police and activists saw tear gas deployed.
After more than two months and with no concessions from CY Leung, the protest camps were ultimately dismantled by police.

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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 reform vote walkout ‘like a failed soccer offside trap’, says lawmaker amid demands for apology

Some 31 pro-establishment lawmakers left the chamber before the vote. Photo: Felix Wong
Two pro-Beijing lawmakers urged their allies who led a bungled walkout from the Hong Kong legislature during the vote on the government’s historic political reform package to apologise.
Friday, 19 June, 2015, 10:55am

Tears flow as Pro-Beijing lawmaker Regina Ip admits sadness at failing to cast Hong Kong reform vote

Regina Ip cries during an interview on  Commercial Radio. Photo: SCMP Pictures
New People’s Party lawmaker Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee shed tears, as she said she felt very sad she did not cast her vote for the Hong Kong government’s political reform package.
19 Jun 2015 - 10:56am5 comments

Hong Kong’s business sector wants focus to shift to economic development after political reform vote fails

Hong Kong’s business sector wants focus to shift to economic development after political reform vote fails
No impact on stock market expected following yesterday’s vote
19 Jun 2015 - 7:00am

Hong Kong pro-Beijing politicians rue their missed opportunity in political reform debate

Pan-democratic lawmakers meet the press after they voted down the government's political reform proposal for the 2017 chief executive poll. Photo: K. Y. Cheng
Five minutes. That's how long it took for the pro-establishment camp's unity to crumble as its members messed up a Legislative Council walkout and descended into acrimony, pointing fingers at each other and fearing a reprimand from Beijing.
19 Jun 2015 - 8:48am20 comments

Hong Kong protesters demonstrate calm after vote on election reform

Hong Kong protesters demonstrate calm after vote on election reform
The rally outside the Legislative Council building ended more peacefully than expected after the vote, with pro-democracy protesters chanting cheerful slogans and government supporters looking relatively calm.
19 Jun 2015 - 9:07am1 comment

Who is the biggest loser after rejection of 2017 electoral reform proposal?

Leung Chun-ying meets the press after the vote. Photo: K. Y. Cheng
All sides lost when the reform plan was rejected, but calls for the city to put aside politics look like wishful thinking, says Gary Cheung.
19 Jun 2015 - 8:53am9 comments

Thankless task of selling reform package hurt top officials in the eyes of the public

A downbeat Raymond Tam and Carrie Lam yesterday after lawmakers rejected the electoral reform proposal that they spent so long promoting. Photo: K. Y. Cheng
When the debate on reform started on Wednesday, the chief secretary was still making a last-ditch effort to convince a few pan-democrats not to reject the package.
But by yesterday, when it was clear that all was lost, Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor took the opportunity in the legislature to defend her work in the past two years, and that of her two reform task force colleagues.
19 Jun 2015 - 8:58am8 comments

Some Hong Kong lawmakers will still delay funding for major infrastructure projects after blocking reform plan

Some pan-democrats said the government had lost control of the budgets for projects. Photo: Dickson Lee
The death of the government's political reform package will not stop at least the more radical pan-democrats from continuing their policy of non-cooperation, making it likely a series of public works projects will be delayed.
19 Jun 2015 - 9:22am

Hong Kong reform vote blunder was more farcical than fatal

Pro-Beijing Legislators Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee, Lau Wong-fat and Jeffrey Lam Kin-fung meet the press after the Hong Kong reform package rejected; as pro-Beijing lawmakers walk out from the Legco Chamber before vote. Photo: May Tse
They said they were saddened as if they had just acted out a tragedy but it looked to most people it was more like one big farce.
A historical vote on democracy has turned into one hell of a joke, thanks to the incompetence of dozens of pro-government lawmakers.
19 Jun 2015 - 9:46am6 comments

Reform package's defeat is a time for hope, not despair, in Hong Kong

Hong Kong reform package rejected as pro-Beijing lawmakers walk out from the Legco Chamber before vote. Photo: May Tse
A chapter has closed on Hong Kong's fight for universal suffrage following the defeat of the government's electoral reform package in the Legislative Council yesterday.
19 Jun 2015 - 1:36am1 comment

‘It is not what we like to see’ – China’s government reacts to Hong Kong’s rejection of political reform plan

‘It is not what we like to see’ – China’s government reacts to Hong Kong’s rejection of political reform plan
Beijing says it remains committed to universal suffrage in Hong Kong, despite today’s rejection of a political reform plan by the city’s legislature this afternoon.
A proposal that would have allowed Hongkongers to elect their leader in 2017 – but only under a strict framework set by Beijing – was voted down by 28 votes to 8 in the Legislative Council.
18 Jun 2015 - 6:28pm24 comments

Hong Kong reform package defeated, pro-Beijing lawmakers walk out before vote

Hong Kong reform package defeated, pro-Beijing lawmakers walk out before vote
To little surprise, Hong Kong's legislature this afternoon voted down the government's electoral reform plan for the 2017 chief executive election. But, what was a little perplexing was that only eight pro-establishment lawmakers voted in support of the proposal after members of their own camp staged a surprise walk-out.
18 Jun 2015 - 6:38pm2 comments

Let’s call out Hong Kong politicians who lie - like 'Long Hair' Leung Kwok-hung and his 'HK$100 million bribe'

Trousers definitely on fire: lawmaker Leung Kwok-hung,  confronted by the SCMP, admitted he had simply fabricated the amount of an alleged bribe to attract media attention. Photo: SCMP Pictures
I usually prefer to avoid commenting on politics, which I find to be a business where nothing is quite what it seems, but there are some things just screaming to be said. I’m talking about the bribery claims by lawmaker Leung Kwok-hung, Hong Kong’s self-styled revolutionary and dissident, better known as Long Hair.
18 Jun 2015 - 8:07pm14 comments

Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-ying leaps to the defence of lawmakers who missed crunch vote on reform

Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying (second right), accompanied by Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Raymond Tam Chi-yuen, Chief Secretary Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor and Secretary for Justice Rimsky Yuen Kwok-keung(R1), meet the press after the Hong Kong reform package rejected. Photo: K.Y. Cheng
Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying today came to the defence of pro-establishment lawmakers who walked out before a Legislative Council vote, leaving his government’s political reform package with just single-digit support.
18 Jun 2015 - 7:52pm16 comments

Hong Kong people will be ‘shocked’ by bizarre end to reform debate: Legco president Jasper Tsang

Jasper Tsang meets the media after the meeting. Photo: May Tse
Legislative Council president Jasper Tsang Yok-sing says Hongkongers will be “shocked” by the botched walkout by pro-establishment lawmakers that left the government’s political reform package with just eight votes of support.
18 Jun 2015 - 5:31pm25 comments



Hong Kong lawmakers explain botched walkout that left reform plan with just 8 votes of support

Pro-establishment lawmakers head for the exits moments before the crunch vote on electoral reform. Photo: Jonathan Wong
The lawmaker who initiated a botched walkout by pro-establishment legislators that left them unable to take part in a vote they had hailed as “historic” has apologised for “miscommunication” as allies and foes slammed his “unwise” manoeuvre.
Thursday, 18 June, 2015, 9:11pm38 comments

Hong Kong reform package rejected as pro-Beijing camp walk out in 'miscommunication'

Hong Kong reform package rejected as pro-Beijing camp walk out in 'miscommunication'
Hong Kong's legislature yesterday blocked the government's electoral reform plan as a historic showdown between pan-democrats and Beijing loyalists became a farce when the latter camp's bungled walkout meant that only eight lawmakers voted for the plan.
19 Jun 2015 - 9:37am194 comments

Hong Kong government supporters outnumber rivals at Legco reform debate rally

Supporters of the reform proposal outside Legco. Photo: Dickson Lee
Pro-establishment protesters outnumbered the pro-democracy camp outside the Legislative Council building this morning – with most of the government supporters staying in the shade to avoid the broiling sun.
18 Jun 2015 - 8:46pm1 comment

Pan-democrats accuse Hong Kong government of failing to listen to public in reform debate

The debate continues in Legco. Photo: Felix Wong
Pan-democrat lawmakers accused the government of “failing to heed public opinion” as the momentous Legislative Council debate on the controversial blueprint for the 2017 chief executive election resumed this morning.
18 Jun 2015 - 8:39pm8 comments

Chinese state newspaper predicts ‘turmoil in Hong Kong’ after reform proposal is rejected

Supporters of the political reform proposal rally outside Legco on Wednesday. Global Times warned of turmoil if the package is not passed. Photo: David Wong
Global Times warned Hong Kong would suffer immeasurable loss if the government proposal for the 2017 chief executive is voted down.
18 Jun 2015 - 8:40pm19 comments

Hong Kong political debate brings universal suffrage supporters back to Legco

Hong Kong political debate brings universal suffrage supporters back to Legco
After a build-up dominated by security jitters and predictions of mayhem, more than two years of fevered debate over political reform culminated yesterday in a comparatively quiet day on the protest front lines outside the Legislative Council in Admiralty.
18 Jun 2015 - 10:57am

Hong Kong legislators refuse to budge as electoral reform debate kicks off

Hong Kong legislators refuse to budge as electoral reform debate kicks off
Pan-democrat lawmakers stuck to their guns in a momentous Legislative Council debate on the government's controversial blueprint for the 2017 chief executive election yesterday, making it all but certain they would block the package in a vote that could be held as early as today.
18 Jun 2015 - 11:19am1 comment

The day Hong Kong's Legco entered a parallel universe

Lawyer Kevin Yam Kin-fung and other members of the legal fraternity make their pitch for a no vote. Photo: Felix Wong
Pan-democrats who had fought for years for democracy decried a government package that would allow Hong Kong people to choose their leader by one person, one vote. Their Beijing-loyalist rivals, hardly known as staunch pro-democrats, argued in favour of universal suffrage.
18 Jun 2015 - 8:58am44 comments

No sign of protest trouble on Day 1 of Hong Kong lawmakers' reform debate despite security jitters

A pro-democracy supporter stand in front of supporters of the latest political reform proposals at a rally outside the Legco in Tamar, before the political reform proposal is voted. Photo: Felix Wong
After a build-up dominated by security jitters and predictions of mayhem, more than two years of fevered debate over political reform culminated yesterday in a comparatively quiet day on the protest front lines outside the Legislative Council in Admiralty.
18 Jun 2015 - 8:28am

Pocket it first? Hong Kong lawmaker caught looking at sexy pool video instead of following reform debate

Wong Ting-kwong focuses on a game of pool. Photo: SCMP Pictures
The marathon Legislative Council debate on political reform has had its high points, but one Beijing-loyalist lawmaker found his attention wandering - to a video clip featuring an attractive woman posing on a pool table.
18 Jun 2015 - 2:44pm10 comments
















































































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