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Arrest unrelated to Occupy Central

The Police decision to prosecute someone on May 8 for their participation in the July 1, 2011, demonstration and assembly was unrelated to the 'Occupy Central' issue.This was the message from the Department of Justice today, saying the issue had not yet surfaced when the prosecution decision was made.It said prosecution decisions are made in [...]

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Democracy battle will cost HK$10m, Occupy Central activists figure

How much would it cost for the city to achieve democracy? About HK$ 10 million, according to organisers of a civil disobedience movement to block roads in Central. But big-money donations are not welcome. The Occupy Central organisers say they will accept only individual contributions of no more than HK$ 10,000. Full News here – Hong Kong [...]

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‘Occupy’ movement brings in more support

Some 500 supporters of the Occupy Central plan that demands genuine universal suffrage will rally on June 9 to discuss possible problems the movement may face, its founder said yesterday. Full News here – Hong Kong feed

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Church leaders divided over ‘Occupy Central’ plan

Local religious leaders have clashed over the Occupy Central movement in the battle for democracy, with one calling on Hongkongers to join in even as another argued against it. Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, 81, said at a Baptist University forum yesterday that he would encourage all Hong Kong people to take part in the plan, [...]

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Activist puts out Occupy Central action plan

An academic behind a plan to block roads in Central to fight for democracy said it remained to be seen whether organisers can reach a consensus with another pan-democratic alliance on demands for the 2017 chief executive election reform. University of Hong Kong associate law professor Benny Tai Yiu-ting offered more details about his timetable [...]

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Occupy Central supporters ready to block traffic and go to jail for democracy

Plans were revealed yesterday for political protesters to block traffic in the heart of the city in July next year, unless the government delivers an acceptable proposal for universal suffrage. Full News here – Hong Kong feed

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Occupy Central plan gets Hong Kong affairs chief's thumbs down

Occupy Central plan gets Hong Kong affairs chief's thumbs down The comments by the mainland officials follow a proposal by Benny Tai Yiu-ting, a University of Hong Kong associate law professor, to rally at least 10,000 people to block roads in Central on July 1 next year in pressing Beijing to keep its promise of [...]

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‘Occupy Central’ blockade plan gets Democratic Party’s support

A law professor’s plan to get people to occupy the streets in Central to pressure Beijing into keeping its promise of universal suffrage for Hong Kong is “worth supporting”, the Democratic Party says. The party is the first political group in the pro-democracy camp to formally study Dr Benny Tai Yiu-ting’s plan, after about 20 members, [...]

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Occupy Hong Kong Holdouts Defy Order to Leave Despite Effort by HSBC

Occupy Hong Kong Holdouts Defy Order to Leave Despite Effort by HSBC HONG KONG — Occupy Wall Street and the movements it inspired in cities around the world last autumn have largely disappeared, brushed aside by battalions of police officers, but a handful of activists still cling to a site in the heart of Hong [...]

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Occupy Hong Kong Protesters Forcibly Removed

Occupy Hong Kong Protesters Forcibly Removed HONG KONG — Court officers and the police shut down the 306-day-old Occupy Hong Kong protest Tuesday in the street-level plaza under HSBC's Asia headquarters, spending six hours in a sometimes disorderly confrontation that ended with the removal of … Full News here – Read more on New York [...]

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Bailiffs try to evict Hong Kong Occupy activists

Hong Kong 's Occupy activists were resisting eviction from their camp underneath HSBC's Asian headquarters on Tuesday as bailiffs tasked with removing them cleared away their belongings.The … Full News here – Hong Kong News latest RSS headlines – Hong Kong News.net

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Occupy Hong Kong activists removed from HSBCs Asia HQ

Police officers maintain order as bailiffs remove an Occupy Central movement protester from the HSBC headquarters in Hong Kong September 11, … Full News here – Hong Kong News latest RSS headlines – Hong Kong News.net

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Hong Kong’s long-running Occupy camp cleared

HONG KONG (AP) — One of the global Occupy movement’s longest-running encampments came to a chaotic end Tuesday in Hong Kong as bailiffs cleared out anti-capitalist activists and their belongings from a site underneath HSBC’s Asian headquarters. Full News here – Hong Kong feed

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Hong Kongs long-running Occupy camp cleared

Hong Kong as bailiffs cleared out anti-capitalist activists and their belongings from a site underneath HSBC's Asian headquarters.The last of the protesters was removed from the site by late … Full News here – Hong Kong News latest RSS headlines – Hong Kong News.net

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Occupy Hong Kong activists removed from HSBCs Asia headquarters

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Police cleared a few remaining Occupy Hong Kong protesters from an open-air plaza beneath HSBC's Asian headquarters on Tuesday, nearly a year after the anti-capitalists … Full News here – Hong Kong News latest RSS headlines – Hong Kong News.net

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