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Office workers join singing flash mob on their lunch break as part of Hong Kong protests throughout Mid-Autumn Festival holiday
- Hundreds of people turn out at Chater Garden in Central where they sing protest anthem Glory to Hong Kong and chant slogans
- Day of protest begins with human chains formed at schools and will continue with events across city
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Hundreds of office workers turned out at Chater Garden in Central at lunch time on Friday to join a 15-minute singing flash mob as part of the citywide protest against the now-withdrawn extradition bill.
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The protesters, some wearing masks, showed up at around 1pm and sang Glory to Hong Kong, a recently composed song that has quickly become a de facto theme song for the protest movement. They also chanted popular protest slogans such as “five demands, not one less” and “fight for freedom, stand with Hong Kong”.
Jason Chong, 40, who works in finance, said he attended the rally because “Hongkongers must make their voices heard while they still can”.
While some protesters regard the song as Hong Kong’s “national anthem”, Chong disagreed.
“A lot of people say the song is about independence but that word is not mentioned at all in the lyrics,” he said.
“The song is about what Hongkongers have felt in the past three months, it’s about the Hong Kong spirit.”
Another man joined the event to support protesters during his lunch break.
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