NEWS FROM HONG KONG
HONG KONG - After diverting the location of the action in various areas in Hong Kong, such as Sheung Shui, Tuen Mun, Tsim Sha Tsui, and Sha Tin, Hong Kong activists will again hold a big demonstration in the Hong Kong Island area on Sunday (21 / 7/2019). The Hong Kong Press Freedom Institute (HKPF), Tuesday (16/7/2019), reported that there would be two demonstrations held on the day that many Indonesian migrant workers (PMI) usually have a holiday.
The first action will be a group of social workers who will parade in silence from the Wu Chung House in Wan Chai, to the Office of the Chief Executive of Hong Kong, Carry Lam, at Admiralty. Dressed all in black, the action will take place from 11:00 am.
The second action, on the same day, the Civil Human Rights Front also plans to hold another parade at Admiralty. This organization had mobilized millions of people to protest some time ago in Hong Kong. Demonstrations that several times filled the streets and open spaces in Causeway Bay, including Victoria Park, to Central.
Jimmy Sham, head of the Civil Human Rights Front, said the action would start from Causeway Bay and end at Admiralty.
Demonstrations carried out by these action groups were related to Hong Kong's political unrest which was triggered by the rejection of the Bill on Extradition which was discussed at the Parliament Building for Concrete. The majority of participants in the action were Hong Kong's youth.
However, not wanting to lose to the junior, as reported by the HKFP, around 8.000 parents also took action on Wednesday (17/7/2019). The demonstration, which was carried out by marching and parading peacefully from the Charter Garden in Central to the Hong Kong Government Headquarters at Admiralty at 5 pm was aimed at supporting the actions of young people in the country of the former British colony.[]
—– Photo source for the demonstration at Causeway Bay: Facebook (Mohammad Soelaiman)
