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    Demosisto wkly program on D100
    (hosts this wk:  Joshua Wong & Derek Lam)

    Random notes (rough)

    - Joshua & Derek have been doing most of the hosting because they live closest to the studio - this week the program was pre-recorded

    - they discuss community work in Tin Wan & the CE election


    Community work in Tin Wan

    - Joshua is now focused on community work

    - Tin Wan is an area with an average monthly income of HKD 15,000 - a lot of seniors live there

    - around 12,000 people rely on this one 4 level shopping mall that is part of Tin Wan Estate (public housing estate)

    - Link REIT sold it to a Chinese enterprise, who then leased it for 15 years to Nord Anglia International School (Early Years campus - 500 pupils)

    - fees for the school range from HKD 75,000 to 150,000 per year

    - construction will be completed this June & the school will open in August (the construction has disturbed the residents ie. strong lights at night affect sleep etc.)

    - the school will take up 3.5 levels of the 4 level mall (leaving local residents with not much mall & having to go farther away for their necessities)

    - the construction has shut down an escalator and now seniors & limited mobility residents have to go up & down a very steep hill (that even the young & able-bodied say can be challenging) ie. having to control wheelchairs/walkers going downhill & then going back uphill with one's purchases - it's been lucky there haven't been accidents

    - District Councillor Chan Fu-ming is indifferent ie. office opens at 2 pm, not always open, no response etc. - scores points by being 1st in fundraising - 1st elected in 2004 - then ran unopposed til now (which is a bit odd for HK Island)

    - nothing was ever communicated to the local residents

    - in addition - there are 4 mainland tourist hotels & the 2 main restaurants only cater to mainland tour groups, not locals (they need to take a minibus to Aberdeen) & everything is in simplified Chinese - the tour buses head out at the same time as the rush hour traffic

    - there will also be more private cars as toddlers will not be taking public transport to school

    - all this is poor planning & neglect - no benefit to the local residents & what they did have has been taken away - no one is looking out for their interests

    - when Demosisto was scouting locations for their Southern District office, they were hoping to set up in that mall - after that didn't come to fruition, they still remained in the area to distribute leaflets & through observation & interacting with the local residents came to understand what had transpired

    - Demosisto is following up with the Education Bureau etc. - they're also consulting with Eddie Chu's team & Edward Yiu - Agnes Chow is taking a closer look at the documentation - there's been no response from the Chinese enterprise, they have an office in Central, there is no email & their website is in simplified - they also have an office on the mainland - Demosisto thought about going to that office to protest, but alas, they've been blacklisted

    Nathan Law, Joshua & Tiffany Yuen made an appointment to meet with the principal of Nord Anglia International School.  One can see from the signs what was agreed on.

    https://www.facebook.com/NathanLawKC...83528655131801

    There's also been an article in Apple Daily.


    CE "election"

    - Demosisto make it clear they are against Carrie Lam - and they are not part of the "scorched earth policy" camp

    - they talk about how legislators Long Hair (Leung Kwok-hung - LSD) & Slow Beat (Raymond Chan - People Power) have been attacked (verbally/online) by pro-democracy John Tsang supporters (after all their service) - all this infighting over the "election" of a pro-establishment CE candidate - (some pro-democracy supporters were thinking of putting up a giant banner on Lion Rock with "I want John Tsang" on it & there was a brief suggestion of holding a rally for him)

    - no matter how Nathan votes, this will not impact Carrie Lam - what impacts Carrie Lam is how many pro-establishment votes she loses

    - in Legco, Long Hair is the most radical & Nathan is the most representative of the Umbrella Movement - if they come out & say they support John Tsang - if all 5 legislators (Long/Slow/Lau/Law/Chu) announce they will vote for John Tsang - if the self-determination camp does this - will this help or damage John Tsang - is this sound strategy to have radicals support him

    - do you want to see Long Hair standing on the street in a John Tsang campaign outfit

    - what John Tsang is missing is pro-establishment votes

    - if the Democratic Party votes for John Tsang, that is to be expected - but not for Demosisto

    - we have a different political stance - we did not form a party because we are young - we are for democratic self-determination - we support democracy, not ABC (Anyone But CY/Carrie Lam) - we were always against ABC - we want better (not just to settle) - this was a promise in our platform

    - Demosisto/Nathan Law STAND FIRM - they hope those who withdraw their support, will support other parties/groups that adhere to their principles/promises


    Notes:
    - not every pro-democracy citizen is "all-in John Tsang", there are those who say the blank voters represent them & are doing exactly what they want

    Nathan Law's formal statement on his CE "election" voting stance - which hasn't changed - just an FYI:

    https://www.facebook.com/NathanLawKC...286462/?type=3

    (Nathan - excerpts:
    If John Tsang loses the CE election, will he go on to lead the democratic movement ?

    Mainstream public opinion also supported Link REIT, high speed rail funding & the election of CY Leung.

    "All-in John Tsang" could drain all the power of the democracy movement.)


    District Councillor Chan Fu-ming (English)
    Southern District Council - Southern DC Members

    Last edited by threesummers; 24-03-2017 at 01:42 PM.

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    Po Leung Kuk (PLK) Training Camp Abuse

    https://www.facebook.com/demosisto/p...52694778272681

    One can get in touch with these 3 legislators:

    Fernando Cheung
    Shiu Ka-chun
    Nathan Law

    They will have a press conference on this matter after the CE election.


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    Joshua Wong on the Hong Kong Chief Executive race

    https://youtu.be/2ZE6LCUpWjY