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Benny Tai Yiu-ting, co-founder of Occupy Central
I will take part in the rally [outside Legco]. I am still thinking about all these things [related to the future direction in the fight for democracy].
(Tai has been on occasional academic visits overseas since Occupy, and he has been writing a book on the civil disobedience movement that he triggered last year. He has also been writing about politics in newspaper columns.)
 
Dr Chan Kin-man, Occupy co-founder

I think the next battlefield is the district council elections in November and the Legislative Council election next year. I am training four or five Occupy volunteers for the DC poll. We don't aim to win necessarily, but we hope to usher in changes in the election by bringing back the Occupiers' aspirations to the agenda. They care about environmental protection and want to build an aesthetic community. The pan-democratic parties must also bring in young blood and develop closer working ties with civil society.
 
Reverend Chu Yiu-ming, Occupy co-founder

I will try my best to attend the rally depending on my health. The city has failed to offer its people hope, which has driven people to become more progressive and radical. Back in the 1980s when we fought direct elections, we could feel there was at least some progress. But the reform proposal is retrogressive - all our rights and freedom have taken a step back since the handover. The Umbrella Movement was a political awakening to many people as they now realise that they are also stakeholders and have the duty to fight for freedom.
 
Joshua Wong Chi-fung, convenor, Scholarism

Scholarism will rally outside the Legislative Council as part of the Citizens Against Pseudo-Universal Suffrage Campaign. Legco is expected to vote down the proposal so I don't see any need for confrontation. For me, the core question for Hong Kong in the future is not about political reform. We need to address the question: "Fifty years unchanged - then what?" After Legco's vote, when the assessment of the Sino-Hong Kong relations will change, our perspective cannot be limited to the number of seats in the upcoming elections.
 
Nathan Law Kwun-chung, secretary-general of Federation of Students

I have thought through this question: what is the meaning of yet another assembly [after the Occupy movement]? My answer: we need to accumulate public sentiment for the next mass movement. Occupy did not start out of the blue. It can be traced back to the many public debates and discourses initiated by the Occupy co-founders in the past two years and the school boycott before the sit-ins. If Occupy did not achieve enough, we must come out to stay united and pave the way for the next mass campaign.
 
Daisy Chan Sin-ying, convenor, Civil Human Rights Front

I am trying to absorb the voices from different factions. We have taken on some of the suggestions by the new groups to adjust our approach, such as playing less music - young people see singing as a sign of self-indulgence. Our next move is the annual July 1 march. I don't think there is mobilisation fatigue. There are over one million pan-democrat voters, and not many came out during Occupy. The march will be an opportunity to lobby this moderate sect for our ongoing fight for democracy.
 
Kevin Yam Kin-fung, convenor, Progressive Lawyers Group

In the past few months, my group has been working with 10, now 11, professional groups who care about the reform. We first got together in making a joint argument against government broadcasting political advertisements. Then we have been explaining to people in five neighbourhoods why the government's reform proposal is one of "fake" universal suffrage that should be voted down. While political reform will remain our concern, our group will study and comment on policies with a legal perspective.
 
Wong Yeung-tat, founder of Civic Passion

Civic Passion has not planned any special action, unless we find out some pan-democrats are mulling a U-turn. There is no need to escalate the protest if the pro-democracy lawmakers vote down the plan as promised. I don't see there is any room for pan-democrats to change their mind if the reform proposal adheres to Beijing's framework, unless they are determined to ignore public opinion and sacrifice their political careers. In the post-reform era, I think society should focus on "localist" issues to protect Hongkongers' interests.
 


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