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.
Occupy Central site in an area surrounding the Legislative Council and Central Government Offices at Tamar were cleared 22-06-2015.
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.
POST OCCUPY CENTRAL - DAY 209
POST REFORM VOTE：DAY 24
POST REFORM VOTE：DAY 24
Full coverage of the day’s events on 12-07
Pan-dem ire as CY gets way on extra meetings
The Legislative Council's Finance Committee will add 14 sessions to its schedule over a five- day period to address applications for funds and other matters.
Pan-democrats yesterday hit out at the committee's decision, which was announced by its chairman, Tommy Cheung Yu-yan.
They said that by bowing to the demand for the extra meetings by Chief Executive Leung Chun- ying, lawmakers have lost their dignity and autonomy.
The extra meetings requiring lawmakers to free up 28 hours between July 14 and 18 from their schedules will tackle 20 items from the public works subcommittee, seven on civil servants' expenditures, and two controversial items related to the Innovation and Technology Bureau.
"Twenty [public works] items await approval for their budgets, including five related to livelihood issues and two related to the IT Bureau. We need more time for discussion and to vote on them," Cheung said.
The unresolved items include a proposal to build a columbarium and garden of remembrance in Tuen Mun; expansion of the United Christian Hospital in Kwun Tong; construction of a special school for children with mild intellectual disabilities in Sham Shui Po; and the construction of the East Kowloon Cultural Centre.
Cheung said most committee members support the revised schedule, but not an option of holding a three-day meeting from July 15 to 17.
But Civic Party leader Alan Leong Kah-kit, convener of the pan-democrats' "lunchbox meeting group" of lawmakers said their rivals from the other side had agreed on the decision, resulting in loss of Legco's dignity and autonomy.
"We feel truly sorry about this," he said.
But the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong's Tam Yiu-chung said: "I think adding meetings is the right thing [to do], and I respect Cheung's decision."
On Tuesday, Leung sought the extra meetings, mainly to tackle the estimated budget and new posts at the Innovation and Technology Bureau.
He criticized pan-democrats for filibustering moves that have delayed important projects.
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