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    Lord Patten to give evidence on Hong Kong - News from Parliament - UK Parliament


    On Tuesday 4 November, the Foreign Affairs Committee will hold an evidence session on the UK’s relations with Hong Kong: 30 years after the Joint Declaration. This is the first evidence session since the inquiry was announced in July, and will focus on recent political and constitutional developments in Hong Kong as well as the broader context of UK-Hong Kong relations.

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    OK This one is funny

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    The government may be planning to "engage" the democracy protesters on an industrial scale through the law-enforcement arm of the administration.

    Anything to avoid an actual negotiation process to safeguard the unrepresentative status quo.

    Civil Human Rights Front criticises police remarks
    RTHK 03-11-2014

    The pro-democracy group, Civil Human Rights Front, on Monday accused the police of acting as part of the government's "political machinery" after a high-ranking officer criticised two key organisers of the Occupy Central Civil Disobedience Movement for deserting student protesters.

    Chief Superintendent Steve Hui had said Benny Tai and Chan Kin-man had acted immorally in resuming their teaching duties at local universities while students continue to occupy key roads in Hong Kong.

    A spokesman for the Front, Eddie Chan, said Mr Hui's accusations were not true and he believed the government had instructed him to make the remarks.

    He also criticised the police for failing to explain under what circumstances officers would consider using a "pepper fog machine" that was reported to have been used in recent police drills.

    Such machines can emit large clouds of chemicals similar to pepper spray.

    When asked whether police would use such devices to disperse protesters in the occupied areas, officers did not answer directly and stuck to their line that police would only use "minimal force".

    Mr Chan said such an answer was not good enough.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mefisto:
    Clearly the government is very afraid of a referendum. They don't dare put the NPC package to the general public, which is a shame because it would be the best way of resolving the issue. To be honest, I think there is a chance the public might vote to support it. But if the public rejected it, the pro-government camp would have to argue the result shows the public don't want universal suffrage (a hard position to sustain), or admit that the NPC decision was too restrictive for the HK public to accept.

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    Roydon Ng maintains a nice running daily digest on his blog.


    4/11/2014
    Day 38 of Hong Kong's Umbrella Revolution.

    • Several banners listing conditions in order for the Occupy protest to withdraw have been reported as unofficial and not reflecting the position of Occupy Central.
    • Up to 5 members of the Hong Kong Federation of Students are planning to travel to Beijing this coming weekend. However there has been no confirmation of names yet.
    • The last British governor of Hong Kong, Chris Patten has spoken at a parliamentary committee about Hong Kong despite calls from Hong Kong not to hold the session.
    • Leung Chun-ying has again claimed that Occupy protests have damaged the rule of law in Hong Kong citing examples of pro-democracy protests ignoring court injunctions.
    • Leung Chun-ying has also denied involvement in the dismissal of critic James Tien from his Chinese government appointed position saying that he was only aware of the situation after he stood down.
    • Reports have emerged from Beijing that travelers from Hong Kong have been asked whether they have umbrellas upon arrival at the airport.
    • Robert Chow (anti-Occupy camp) has presented his "Support our police" petition with 1.8 million signatures to Carrie Lam, Chief Secretary of Hong Kong.
    • Cracks within the government's supporters emerge as impatience grows towards Leung Chun-ying and his handling of the pro-democracy protests.
    • Scholarism's Max Lau has criticised Carrie Lam for the inclusion of Robert Chow's "Support our police" petition in her official report claiming that it is an inaccurate representation of Hong Kong's popular opinion.

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