A Univ. of Hong Kong prof has called for 10K people to #OccupyCentral in July, 2014 for suffrage:
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A Univ. of Hong Kong prof has called for 10K people to #OccupyCentral in July, 2014 for universal suffrage:
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1192987/compromise-cy-leung-could-avert-occupy-central-threat …
The proposed Occupy Central demonstration is over a year away and many things are scheduled to happen before it kicks off. But already it constitutes a clear and present danger both for Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying and the pan-democrats, although the latter seem not to recognise the fact yet.
First a quick recap. Professor Benny Tai Yiu-ting, of the University of Hong Kong, has called for 10,000 people to blockade Central District in July next year to put pressure on the administration - and, by extension, Beijing - to move ahead with universal suffrage. The constituent parties of the pan-democratic movement are one by one coming out in support of the idea.
First to face the music will be the chief executive. Whether he reverts to the traditional practice of delivering the policy address in October this year or stays with the January date to be closer to the 2014 budget, he will have to give an outline of his thinking on reform of the system for electing the Legislative Council in 2016.
Such a timetable will allow for a thorough public debate in 2014, and for the necessary legislation to be enacted in 2015.
(More at the link.)
