Runners hit streets to mark key anniversaries
More than 30 activists marked two significant dates in China's history with a 25-kilometre run held by the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China.
More than 30 activists marked two significant dates in China's history with a 25-kilometre run held by the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China.
The date, meanwhile, honoured the May 4 movement of 1911, when students and intellectuals advocated democracy and science as the pathways to a stronger nation.
"The May 4 movement inspired Chinese nationals to fight for democracy, and its spirit was passed on to the student movement in 1989," alliance chairman Lee Cheuk-yan said yesterday. "Thus, it is particularly meaningful to host the 'Remember June 4' run today to pass on the spirit of the movement."
Wearing white T-shirts, the participants started the run at the clock tower in Tsim Sha Tsui, then passed the newly opened June 4 museum at Foo Hoo Centre on Austin Avenue and Polytechnic University in Hung Hom.
After taking the ferry to Central, they continued through Admiralty, Wan Chai and Causeway Bay before ending their run at the central government's liaison office in Sai Wan, where they handed in a petition demanding the vindication of the 1989 democracy movement.