Hong Kong follows ‘one country, two system’ which means we have our own law. Our jurisdiction is fair unlike that of mainland China. However, the Hong Kong government is passing a law to allow China to freely extradite people within HK who have violated the Chinese law, which is basically just Communist’s tool to dictatorship. Anyone who the Communist party hates won’t be safe in HK anymore. This will be the death blow to our freedom and sovereignty. That’s why we protest.
1.03 million people in Hong Kong (which means more than 1 /8th of total population here) went to the march. BTW it’s sunny with over 90 degrees Fahrenheit and 77% humidity. We can’t lose our freedom! Please help us spread the news to your social media. The more global attention we get, the better our chance!
Edit: As my post suddenly became one of the top comments, I added a sentence to describe what were we protesting against.
The crowd was so large that by the time the front of the crowd reached the destination of their 2.3 km march the the end of the crowd were still 1km away from the official starting point
Hong Kong's current leader/ Chief Executive, Carrie Lam, said this back in 2017 when she was "running" (regular Hong Kong people do not get to vote, only about a thousand hand picked elites and special interests groups; overwhelmingly loyal to mainland China/ Communist Party get to vote) for the role:
"I’d resign my role as Chief Executive, if Hong Kong people's mainstream opinion are against me" (如果港人主流意見令我無法再任特首，我會辭職)
Here's the video (in Cantonese). Audience member asks, "Ms. Lam, do you believe in/trust Hong Kongers? If there was something where the opinion of mainstream society was very against yours, what will you do?"
Considering this protest of over a million people; in a time when people aren't dying left and right, and there's a stable economy, she had better step down.
The last time Hong Kong's leader was ousted was back in 2003 with a protest of 500K people, and that was thanks to the botched handling of SARS, and a bleak economic prospect.
xithebun on June 9th, 2019 at 14:38 UTC »
Hong Kong follows ‘one country, two system’ which means we have our own law. Our jurisdiction is fair unlike that of mainland China. However, the Hong Kong government is passing a law to allow China to freely extradite people within HK who have violated the Chinese law, which is basically just Communist’s tool to dictatorship. Anyone who the Communist party hates won’t be safe in HK anymore. This will be the death blow to our freedom and sovereignty. That’s why we protest.
1.03 million people in Hong Kong (which means more than 1 /8th of total population here) went to the march. BTW it’s sunny with over 90 degrees Fahrenheit and 77% humidity. We can’t lose our freedom! Please help us spread the news to your social media. The more global attention we get, the better our chance!
Edit: As my post suddenly became one of the top comments, I added a sentence to describe what were we protesting against.
Edit: additional info can be found in this video https://youtu.be/qadY2QMogVM
LawsonTse on June 9th, 2019 at 14:51 UTC »
The crowd was so large that by the time the front of the crowd reached the destination of their 2.3 km march the the end of the crowd were still 1km away from the official starting point
JW9304 on June 9th, 2019 at 15:57 UTC »
Hong Kong's current leader/ Chief Executive, Carrie Lam, said this back in 2017 when she was "running" (regular Hong Kong people do not get to vote, only about a thousand hand picked elites and special interests groups; overwhelmingly loyal to mainland China/ Communist Party get to vote) for the role:
"I’d resign my role as Chief Executive, if Hong Kong people's mainstream opinion are against me" (如果港人主流意見令我無法再任特首，我會辭職)
Here's the video (in Cantonese). Audience member asks, "Ms. Lam, do you believe in/trust Hong Kongers? If there was something where the opinion of mainstream society was very against yours, what will you do?"
Considering this protest of over a million people; in a time when people aren't dying left and right, and there's a stable economy, she had better step down.
The last time Hong Kong's leader was ousted was back in 2003 with a protest of 500K people, and that was thanks to the botched handling of SARS, and a bleak economic prospect.