Cross your legs! Occupy Central organisers worry about toilet facilities for 10,000
Calls of nature as important as calls for democracy as organisers preparing for possible blockade of Central address practical concerns
Occupy Central won't just be about relieving protesters' desire for democracy; organisers say they also have to worry about the 10,000 participants relieving themselves.
Food, water and - most of all - toilets were occupying the minds of the organisers, founder Benny Tai Yiu-ting said yesterday, the first time he has discussed the practical issues Occupy faces.
And Tai was careful not to leak further details for fear of being charged with conspiracy or incitement to break the law.
"There are big and small things we need to consider," Tai said, ahead of a crunch meeting of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on political reform in Hong Kong.
Tai and others have hinted that the committee's decision could trigger Occupy's plan to rally 10,000 people to block streets in the business hub.
"The big thing is which part of Central should be occupied so that the biggest possible crowd can gather," he told RTHK. "The small thing is people won't have food and water.