Hong Kong Park Aviary 香港公園百鳥居

The aviary has always been my favourite attraction inside Hong Kong Park!  The juxtaposition of the commercial high-rises around the park with the dense woodland and the flying tropical birds within is a magical sight to behold!  

香港公園百鳥居四周商廈林立，與園內熱帶雨林同雀鳥拼合成一個城市奇景。

Hong Kong Trams, a Part of the Hong Kong Identity 電車乃香港身份一環

Trams grew up with us, are an integral part of the identity of Hong Kong. Apart from being a very affordable and effective transport system, it also marks the original coastline of the Hong Kong Island. It's a heritage that belongs to every Hongkonger and it's a living monument that belongs to many of our generations to come. The ridiculous proposal to take the trams down just shocked everyone. It's senseless and unreasonable, obviously it is aiming to destroy the Hong Kong identity, bit by bit, to erase the soul of Hong Kong! 

電車見証香港成長，全線標誌香港島最初嘅海岸線，係構成香港城邦身份嘅一環。拆毀電車就係消滅香港嘅其中一個手段，目的係將本土歷史，本土身份斬草除根，令香港人喪失身份，令香港喪失性格，方便統治。

Umbrella Revolution: Resource Centre in Admiralty 雨傘革命：金鐘物資站

The protest for true democracy in Hong Kong is about to enter the third week. Volunteers and supporters keep on bringing in resources to various protest sites.

雨傘革命繼續！支持者繼續帶來物資到各區支援！



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The Umbrella Man: Hong Kong's Fight for Democracy Continues 雨傘勇士爭民主

The sculpture of the Umbrella Man is now erected in front of the Hong Kong Government Headquarters.  Inspired by protestors holding just umbrellas to fend off pepper spray and tear gas on 27 September, a group of artists specially made this sculpture to show their support for every Hongkongese who is fighting for true democracy for Hong Kong!  

雨傘擋葫椒噴霧催淚彈已成為香港人爭民主真普選嘅象徵! 昨日再到金鐘，第一次親眼見到雨傘勇士像，好感動！




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Protector of the People or Protector of the Dictator? 香港人的警察還是港共的打手?

Protector of the People or Protector of the Dictator? 
香港人的警察還是港共的打手?

Before the tear gas came! 28/9/14 發射催淚彈前

We were one of the many groups coming here in support of the students, seeking democracy and autonomy for Hong Kong. We were unable to enter the main protest site as all roads to the site were blocked.  When we were leaving, the riot police suddenly fired gas on the protestors. A group of riot police with guns and shields started to march into the crowd! 

我同三位香港速寫人到政府總部以畫見証香港重要時刻。無咕到警察會發射催淚彈震壓！

Admiralty Centre
Hong Kong

Huge Rally in HK for Freedom, Universal Suffrage and Autonomy 同心合力 悍衛我城

Joint Sino-British Declaration violated, huge number of Hongkongese took to the street today, filling up streets that span four districts on Hong Kong Island to express their anger at the pro-China puppet Hong Kong government. Angered by the illegal approval at the Legislative Council of the NE New Territories which aims at dissolving the Hong Kong-China Border as well as the issuing of the "White Paper" by China, claiming her full right to govern Hong Kong, people from all walks of life came together today to fight for freedom, universal suffrage and full autonomy. 

立法會強行溶解中港邊界，中共違反中英聯合聲明，眼見香港赤化，我哋群起 悍衛我城

New York Times with video news:

Huge Crowds Turn Out for Pro-Democracy March in Hong Kong, Defying Beijing

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/02/world/asia/hong-kong-china-democracy-march.html?smid=fb-nytimes&WT.z_sma=WO_HCT_20140701&bicmp=AD&bicmlukp=WT.mc_id&bicmst=1388552400000&bicmet=1420088400000&_r=2

BBC News:

Hong Kong police arrest democracy protesters at sit-in

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-28122434

Financial Times:
Video News on 7 1 Rally
http://video.ft.com/3653694735001/Hong-Kongers-march-for-democracy/editorschoice

Financial Times:  

Patten attacks China over Hong Kong judiciary remarks

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c8a5a7c6-035d-11e4-817f-00144feab7de.html#axzz36Y8TFpCP

The Guardian:

Hong Kong police detain hundreds after mass protests

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/02/hong-kong-police-detain-hundreds-protest

CNN:
Hundreds arrested at sit-in following huge pro-democracy rally in Hong Kong
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/07/01/world/asia/hong-kong-democracy-protests/index.html?hpt=ias_c1

Amazing Time Lapse Video on the Rally:

The Long-term Causes that led to the Protest (Commentary from entry posted on 17 June 2014)

Since the handover of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the People’s Republic of China in 1997, the People’s Republic of China has been increasingly interfering with Hong Kong’s internal affairs which violated the “One Country, Two Systems” principle enshrined in the Sino-British Joint Declaration ensuring Hong Kong full autonomy on all internal affairs except defense and diplomacy. For instance, even as of 17 years since the handover, Hongkongese were still unable to elect its “Chief Executive”, an equivalent to the president of a country, as the position is still appointed by a pro-China committee. The Legislative Council is still not fully elected by the Hong Kong general public but largely controlled by pro-China legislators. Every day, a quota of 150 is given to immigrants from the People’s Republic of China and, ironically, as an autonomous state, Hong Kong is deprived of the right to filter or refuse entry of these people. It is an attempt to change Hong Kong’s demography. And, in recent years, deprived of any mechanism to regulate the inflow of visitors from China, Hong Kong have seen a dramatic increase in number of visitors.  In 2013, the total number of visitors had exceeded 54 million people, six times the population of Hong Kong and, among them, 75% came from China. These visitors from China have been buying up daily necessities such as milk powder and smuggling them to China in huge quantities in broad daylight, overloading the public transport systems, driving up rent and effectively shut down local and traditional shops with great cultural significance all around the city in huge numbers. Worst still, the People’s Republic of China has just issued a “White Paper” in June, claiming that China has the right of total governance in Hong Kong, an act that violated the Sino-British Joint Declaration and essentially an attempt to abolish the constitution of Hong Kong.

Two Systems for Two Peoples

The growing identity of Hongkongese as a separate group of people different from that of the Chinese of the People’s Republic of China had never been stronger as China’s aggression escalates. As a matter of fact, Hong Kong had been separated from Mainland China since the British takeover in 1841, which since then developed into a community with its own distinct identity. It was not until 1997 that Hong Kong was handed over to the present People’s Republic of China, without first consulting the Hong Kong public.

Gary Yeung

Special thanks to Richard for editing the text!

Another entry about the NE New Territories Development is reposted on the International Urban Sketchers Website:
http://www.urbansketchers.org/2014/06/hong-kongese-protest-against.html

Anti-Communist's National Education Protest at Hong Kong Government Offices 反中共洗腦國民教育大遊行

More than ninety thousand Hongkongese took to the street today to protest against the implementation of Communist's National Education in Hong Kong.

According to the National Education curriculum resource handbook,  the one-party system in Communist China is a superior system, much better than the multi-party system in the U.S.A. and many democratic countries.  In the handbook, the Communist Party of China is also described as a political entity which is advanced, selfless and always working for its people.

According to a poll carried out by the University of Hong Kong, 52% of the public polled said National Education should be stopped and only 12% said it should be implemented.  In another poll carried out by the Hong Kong Teacher Association, 70% of Hong Kong teachers are against the implementation of  national education and 67% of Hong Kong teachers worry that such subject would become a political brainwashing machine.

Many locals believe the implementation of National Education is a political intervention masterminded by the Beijing Communist Government in an attempt to control Hong Kong's education system and to brainwash the young ones in Hong Kong.

超過九萬香港人走上街上命令擱置國民教育科。香港大學民調指出52%香港人認為須擱置國民教育科，讚成的只12%。香港教育協會調查亦指出70%教師反對在中小學加入必修的德育及國民教育科，67%的教師擔心新學科成為「洗腦教育」，政治凌駕於教育理念。

國情專題教學手冊中歌頌中共為進步無私的執政集團並批評以美國為首等西方國家的多黨輪替制令人民當災。