Occupy Central

Occupy Central is a proposed civil disobedience protest which would take place in Central, Hong Kong in July 2014 for universal suffrage. The movement is initiated by Benny Tai Yiu-ting, an associate professor of law at the University of Hong Kong, in January 2013.

WHO SAID IT?

Who said it?

24 May 2013

We welcome the Pope's prayers for the Chinese Catholics and we are also praying for him

Bishop John Fang Xingyao on Pope Francis

Myanmar is a friend from long ago and a pro-...

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Occupy Central organisers set democracy 'D-Day'

24 May 2013

Hong Kong will experience a new style of democracy - over and above the act of casting votes - as the Occupy Central movement launches the first of three "deliberation days" early next month.

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Talking points

23 May 2013

Occupy Central organisers set out next steps

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Central issues of the Occupy Central movement

23 May 2013

There are seven components of the "Occupy Central with Love and Peace" movement. They form an integral whole. To some, this is far too complex. Indeed, these concepts are not simple. However, we...

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Only real reform can calm Hong Kong's political volcano

22 May 2013

A chubby, mild-mannered legal scholar seems to be disturbing the sleep of the high and mighty from Hong Kong to Beijing. How else can you explain why four major local business groups denounced...

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Big business and organisers joust over cost of Occupy Central to Hong Kong

21 May 2013

Big business and the Occupy Central movement clashed yesterday over the price the city would pay if the pro-democracy movement brought the heart of Hong Kong to a halt.

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Opinion

Howard Winn

Ferry companies shouldn't be subsidised while they burn dirty fuel

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Shirley Yam

What were our top officials doing to let HKMEx fail?

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US urges Hong Kong to start early on talks for universal suffrage

Universal suffrage could be achieved in different ways but Hong Kong needed to stay true to its spirit, the United States' most senior diplomatic representative in the city said yesterday.

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Protesters check out if they are Hong Kong's most wanted

More than 20 people went to the police headquarters in Wan Chai yesterday to find out if they were on the wanted list, after an Occupy Central movement volunteer was arrested for her role in a...

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'Occupy Central' activist faces charges in court

An Occupy Central volunteer arrested for her role in a demonstration two years ago appeared in court yesterday.

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Ineffective pan-democratic movement has to grow up for sake of the people

If you are involved in a people’s movement, you must first believe in the people. The Alliance for True Democracy, a coalition of the pan-democrats to fight for true universal suffrage, held a...

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POLITICS

Police chief defends Occupy Central activist's arrest

Andy Tsang Wai-hung said officers did not know until she was arrested on Wednesday that Melody Chan Yuk-fung had joined the movement to occupy roads in the city centre in a pro-democracy protest...

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POLITICS

Survey puts social order ahead of freedoms, in blow to Occupy Central

The results of a Hong Kong Institute of Education poll were released as the head of Beijing's local liaison office was quoted as saying that the Occupy Central movement - the plan by democracy...

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