Friday, August 2, 2019

Still more protests after Hong Kong's first typhoon of 2019!

Daytime view from a rally in Chater Garden
 
View after dark from another rally at the same Central District locale
 
Slightly less than a month ago, I attended a rally organized by mothers concerned about police violence at Chater Garden.  If truth be told, I found it all a bit surreal because, well, protest organizers don't usually identify themselves as mothers before anything else.  The fact of the matter though is that the past two months in the summer of Hong Kong discontent have seen quite a number of events take place that, as recently as three months ago, I would have found really hard to imagine doing so in Hong Kong.
 
 
And since the T8 signal for Tropical Storm Whipa was lowered yesterday afternoon, there have been at least five sets of extradition bill-related protests taking place in various parts of Hong Kong!  For example, yesterday saw a rally at New Town Plaza to -- among other things -- encourage people to go on strike next Monday, and a protest rally involving bankers -- yes, really! -- at Chater Garden, during which these unlikely protesters were shouting slogans, including ones calling out for "The revolution of our time"!  

 

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