(I put a shorter version of this at the end of the swine flu thread, but I think it deserves a new one)
Folks,
I've decided that someone has to start standing up and making a noise about how criminally incompetent the HK Government is in its response to one person testing positive for a mild form of the flu.
To this end I'm trying to get together a few people together to mount a protest outside the MetroPark Hotel with a view to getting the attention of the international media and making a laughing-stock of the HK so-called leadership.
I'm in the process of preparing briefing material which can be used to support interviews / soundbites with the media. I'm looking for people who would be able quickly to produce banners with the key messages in English and Chinese.
And I need bodies to wave the banners and make the case to the media. I'm not looking for lots - under the Public Order Ordinance we would need to keep the numbers under 30 at any one time to avoid needing advance permission. I'm happy to do all the negotiating with the police commander on the ground and so on, and I will try to use my contacts at the FCC to get the media interested, but I need enough people to stand behind a banner and fill a camera shot for CNN etc.
I understand that citizens / Permanent Residents make be happier to do this than people on Conditional Visas.
So who would be interested to help me make the case? Any time you can spare gratefully received. It would be good if the site can have at least some presence until this ludicrous imprisonment of 300 people is lifted, but whatever time you can spare would be appreciated. I think I need to be reasonably sure of having at least 10 people there for a few hours each day for it to have any impact.
Who's in?
And does anyone know where to get banners produced in a hurry?