thousand sdppies match in HK

[leetahbar]

sorry, it was just a dream for chee soon juan.:p


May 31, 2009
Thousands march in HK

Thousands of protesters take to the street in Hong Kong May 31, 2009, four days before the 20th anniversary of the military crackdown on the pro-democracy movement in Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989. -- PHOTO: REUTERS




HONG KONG - THOUSANDS of protesters marched through Hong Kong on Sunday to commemorate the crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations in Beijing 20 years ago, including one of the leaders from Tiananmen Square.
Organisers said around 5,000 people rallied through the streets of the city to mark the anniversary of the military crackdown, which left hundreds, possibly thousands dead following weeks of protests in the capital.

Among the marchers was Xiong Yan, a leading student protester during the 1989 demonstrations who now lives in exile in the United States. He was surprisingly allowed into Hong Kong on Saturday. Lee Cheuk-yan, a pro-democracy legislator in Hong Kong and one of the organisers of the annual march, said it was crucial that the city continued to mark the events of 20 years ago.

'We are the only place on Chinese soil that can commemorate June 4,' he told AFP. 'Hong Kong has become the conscience of China to remember... the crime of the Tiananmen Square massacre and push the regime (in Beijing) to admit their mistakes.'

The attendance at the march was sharply up on last year's figures. An annual candlelit vigil on Thursday is expected to attract tens of thousands.

Xiong, who was put on a list of the authorities' 21 'most-wanted' student protesters after the occupation of Tiananmen was broken up, spent two years in jail before being smuggled to the US via Hong Kong. His entry was unexpected because of China's sensitive attitude to any criticism of the crackdown. Other 1989 campaigners have been refused entry in the past.

'I was very surprised as I have tried many, many times to come,' said Xiong, who arrived Saturday night, the first time he had set foot on Chinese soil in 17 years. 'I hope in the future I can not only go to Hong Kong, but also to Beijing,' he added.

The marchers gathered in the city's Victoria Park, waving banners with slogans such as 'Pass the torch on, relay the message of democracy to those who come after us' and 'Speak the truth, never forget.'

The rally included a small group of mainland Chinese students, who wore t-shirts citing former Communist leader Mao Zedong: 'Whoever suppresses student movements is going to have a bad ending.'


'I am very excited to see so many people, as this is forbidden on the mainland,' said one of the students, 20, who did not want to be named. '(It shows) there is hope,' he added. -- AFP

 

[leetahbar]

here is our "massive" sdp supports. one glance count all.

 

[Eurekas]

Hong Kong have demonstrations every few months or so but never see investors get scared away by those demonstrators?

 

[leetahbar]

hk has the backing of china don't forget. if anything goes wrong in hk, they just roll in the tanks and flattened the protestors.

here we have matland next door. and if it's too messy here, they just pop over, kill all the minitoots and take over the land.

sdp always hopes for the worst to happen here. they are neither helpful nor constructive. they are more for the destructive effect.

 

[Sideswipe]

don't compare HK with Singapore.

HK may be twice our size but they are part of China, Singapore is a country.

Chee Soon Juan mass protest may be small now but dream big, persist, one day it might be like this

 

[leetahbar]

don't compare HK with Singapore.

HK may be twice our size but they are part of China, Singapore is a country.

Chee Soon Juan mass protest may be small now but dream big, persist, one day it might be like this

when that d day is reached - hopefully not - the end of singapore has come, time to emigrate.

 

[leetahbar]

chee can always pack his tribe and run off to taiwan where his rich taiwanese in-laws dwell.

what about his beloved and blurcock disciples?

 

[angry_one]

Maybe it's the day when all the foreign thrash are not happy and demand citizenship rights. Only they have the guts to do this. Then they will form a new govt and put all sinkees in animal cages.

when that d day is reached - hopefully not - the end of singapore has come, time to emigrate.

 

[leetahbar]

if the gabramen still treat FTs better than own people, then one day the own people would just treat outsider forces better.

just take chee as an example. he always US gabramen is better than us and the swedes are always right about human rights and peasants should heed his words.