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04-12-2014, 11:14 AM
A brief and useful intro on the Occupy Central movement in HK.
The three protesting groups and where they stand
Occupy Central with Love and Peace: This is a politically experienced and self-restrained protesting group founded by a law professor at the University of Hong Kong, Mr Benny Tai Yiu-ting, a former sociology professor at Chinese University of Hong Kong, Dr Chan Kin-man, and Baptist minister Chu Yiu-ming. The group demands genuine universal suffrage in Hong Kong. Mr Tai, Dr Chan and Reverend Chu surrendered to the police yesterday, but were released without charge. They have urged the students to stop protesting amid fears of violence on the streets.
Scholarism: A joint high-school student organisation led by 18-year-old Joshua Wong Chi-fung. Mr Wong is a political firebrand and is known for being social-media savvy. He was named one of TIME’s Most Influential Teens of 2014 and nominated for TIME’s Person of the Year 2014. Chinese state media has attempted to portray him as an extremist with ties to the United States, which he denies. Mr Wong was charged on Nov 27 with obstructing a bailiff clearing one of the protest sites. Scholarism is determined to continue to fight for free elections in 2017. Mr Wong began an indefinite hunger strike on Monday and said he would persevere until Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying restarts dialogue on electoral reform.
Hong Kong Federation of Students: The student federation is a government-registered organisation. It has members from eight tertiary education institutions in Hong Kong and is the largest student organisation in the city, The group is led by secretary-general Alex Chow Yong-kang, a student of sociology and comparative literature at Hong Kong University. The student federation is the closest ally to Scholarism. The federation planned to paralyse government offices on Monday, but did not succeed. The South China Morning Post said the federation decided not to join the hunger strike as it felt this might not be an effective way to pursue a dialogue with the government. Mr Chow also told the paper on Monday that ”it was only a matter of time before they would give themselves up”. AGENCIES
http://www.todayonline.com/chinaindia/ch...they-stand
The three protesting groups and where they stand
Occupy Central with Love and Peace: This is a politically experienced and self-restrained protesting group founded by a law professor at the University of Hong Kong, Mr Benny Tai Yiu-ting, a former sociology professor at Chinese University of Hong Kong, Dr Chan Kin-man, and Baptist minister Chu Yiu-ming. The group demands genuine universal suffrage in Hong Kong. Mr Tai, Dr Chan and Reverend Chu surrendered to the police yesterday, but were released without charge. They have urged the students to stop protesting amid fears of violence on the streets.
Scholarism: A joint high-school student organisation led by 18-year-old Joshua Wong Chi-fung. Mr Wong is a political firebrand and is known for being social-media savvy. He was named one of TIME’s Most Influential Teens of 2014 and nominated for TIME’s Person of the Year 2014. Chinese state media has attempted to portray him as an extremist with ties to the United States, which he denies. Mr Wong was charged on Nov 27 with obstructing a bailiff clearing one of the protest sites. Scholarism is determined to continue to fight for free elections in 2017. Mr Wong began an indefinite hunger strike on Monday and said he would persevere until Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying restarts dialogue on electoral reform.
Hong Kong Federation of Students: The student federation is a government-registered organisation. It has members from eight tertiary education institutions in Hong Kong and is the largest student organisation in the city, The group is led by secretary-general Alex Chow Yong-kang, a student of sociology and comparative literature at Hong Kong University. The student federation is the closest ally to Scholarism. The federation planned to paralyse government offices on Monday, but did not succeed. The South China Morning Post said the federation decided not to join the hunger strike as it felt this might not be an effective way to pursue a dialogue with the government. Mr Chow also told the paper on Monday that ”it was only a matter of time before they would give themselves up”. AGENCIES
http://www.todayonline.com/chinaindia/ch...they-stand
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