-

[POST-OC] A year after: Umbrella Movement

The Young Reporter (2015, October), 48(01), pp. 30, 31.
記者: Fred Lai, Tanya McGovern, Janet Sun, Crystal Tse.
永久網址 - https://sys01.lib.hkbu.edu.hk/bujspa/purl.php?&did=bujspa0002678

It is the one year after the police fired tear gas to disperse pro-democracy protesters in Admiralty, followed by a 79-day civil disobedience campaign named the Umbrella Movement. From September 28 last year, thousands took to the streets and occupied the busiest business districts. Yellow umbrellas representing the movement became a new logo of Hong Kong.

The movement was an attempt to gain the right of electing Hong Kong’s chief executive democratically. Protesters accused a Beijing-backed political reform proposal of being a “fake universal suffrage” for requiring the candidates to be filtered before entering the public vote. Earlier in June this year, the Legislative Council rejected the controversial proposal, leaving no timeline for future discussion on political reform.

On the first anniversary of the Umbrella Movement, political groups and individual protesters are heading towards Admiralty again. Some are trying to bring back memories, and many are coming up with their own plans of what Hong Kongers should do next.

By Fred Lai, Tanya McGovern, Janet Sun, Crystal Tse

標題