‘Down 689 cafe’ appears on Google Maps for Hong Kong in apparent anti-government protest
Imaginary eatery featured on TST waterfront with accompanying photograph of Occupy protesters
A fake cafe, apparently calling for the removal of Hong Kong’s chief executive appeared on Google Maps on Wednesday in an apparent anti-government protest.
The imaginary eatery, named Down 689, featured on a map of the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront, on the Avenue of Stars.
The name “689” is used as a pejorative for Leung Chun-ying, a reference to the number of votes he received in the 2012 election.
The accompanying photograph for the cafe on Google featured the distinctive tents of Occupy protesters.
Edward Leung Tin-kei, who was a candidate in the recent Legislative Council by-election for localist group Hong Kong Indigenous, said the listing showed anti-government protesters realised they needed to be “more radical” in their approach.
He told the Post: “People in Hong Kong, the protesters, they do not really care anymore. They will do anything to bring down this government and authority.