Tycoons join tens of thousands to support Hong Kong government over handling of protest crisis
- Tens of thousands brave bad weather to fill Tamar Park, waving the national flag and singing the national anthem
- Business and pro-Beijing heavyweights on hand as crowd chants ‘No violence, save Hong Kong’
Some property tycoons threw their support behind the Hong Kong government at a rally for the first time on Saturday – amid a couple of marches by opponents.
Braving rain and nasty weather at Tamar Park in Admiralty were Wharf Holdings ex-chairman Peter Woo Kwong-ching and the company’s managing director Stephen Ng Tin-hoi, as well as Hui Wing-mau, the chairman of Shanghai-based Shimao Property.
Also there were Adam Kwok Kai-fai, executive director of Sun Hung Kai Properties, David Chiu Tat-cheong, the head of Far East Consortium International, and Stewart Leung Chi-kin, the chairman of Real Estate Developers Association’s executive committee.
They were flanked by a crowd waving the national flag, singing the national anthem and chanting “No violence, save Hong Kong”. Organisers said 476,000 people joined the demonstration, but police put the number at 108,000 at its peak.