Hundreds of office workers march across Hong Kong in protest against government and to show support for student who died in car park fall
- This is the second ‘Walk to Work’ demonstration despite heavy police presence, including at Tsim Sha Tsui, Causeway Bay and Sheung Wan
- Hennessy Road in Wan Chai briefly blocked by a group of marchers
The march was the second “Walk to Work” protest despite heavy police presence at several starting points, including Tsim Sha Tsui, where officers were seen checking identification, and at Causeway Bay and Sheung Wan.
In Causeway Bay, workers gathered at three separate points in East Point Road, Victoria Park and Times Square to avoid police, but a march along one route towards Taikoo Place gained momentum as more than 100 people joined along the way, shouting slogans such as “add oil, classmate Chow”, referring to the dead student, and “form a union, start a strike”.
Hennessy Road in Wan Chai was briefly blocked by marchers on another route from Causeway Bay to Central, as 60 people took to the streets. Similar events took place in Mong Kok, Kowloon Bay, Kwun Tong, Tai Wai, Sha Tin and Kwai Fong.
An insurance worker surnamed Tang said she had been following the news on 22-year-old Chow Tsz-lok, the University of Science and Technology student who was certified dead at 8am on Friday morning after suffering from a brain injury.