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HELPERS – Domestic Workers Share Their Thoughts on Occupy Central
A cross-post from our sister site, HK Helpers Campaign. HK Helpers Campaign volunteers Meredith McBride & Vivian Yan spoke to some of the city’s domestic worker community about the Umbrella...
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BLOG – Netizens Have Field Day with Xi Jinping Umbrella Picture
Yesterday, a year old picture of Chinese president Xi Jinping won a news photography prize in the mainland. Xi visiting Wuhan in 2013 It wasn’t long before netizens set to work… via FB And inevitably…...
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NEWS – Climbers Unfurl Huge Pro-Democracy Banner on Lion Rock (Part 1/2)
Viewable for miles around, a huge yellow banner reading “I want genuine universal suffrage” has been hung upon Lion Rock. A group of climbers known as ‘The Hong Kong Spidie’ unfurled the 6mx28m banner...
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BLOG – Lion Rock Banner Spawns Countless Memes as ‘Behind Scenes’ Video...
A ‘behind the scenes’ video has been released showing climbers from ‘Hong Kong Spidie’ unfurling a yellow pro-democracy banner on Lion Rock. For photos and details, see part 1 here. Drone footage...
View ArticleVIDEO – How Did We Get Here? Two Documentaries About the Run-up to Occupy
Documentaries from Al-Jazeera’s People & Power and VICE News give context to the ongoing Umbrella Movement. People & Power Part 1: People & Power Part 2: Vice News: The post VIDEO – How Did...
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PHOTOGRAPHY – E.P. Miller’s Beautiful Umbrella Movement Photography
Hong Kong business, lifestyle and portrait photographer E.P. Miller specialises in capturing the unique personal qualities of people at work and casual settings. His latest set was shot at the Umbrella...
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NEWS – SlutWalk HK 2014 Rallies Against Sexual Harassment & Assault (Photos)
On Sunday, dozens of SlutWalk activists protested in Causeway Bay, Wanchai and Lan Kwai Fong against sexual harassment and assault in Hong Kong. Organiser Angie Ng told HongWrong that SlutWalk “prompts...
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BLOG – Occupy Halloween: Umbrella Movement-related Costume Ideas
As police claim that protesters are wearing costumes to evade the law, Hong Wrong presents a selection of Umbrella Movement-related costume ideas. Lau Kong-Wah Rubbish Bin Under-secretary for...
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PHOTOGRAPHY – Kevin Cheng’s Lego Man Visits Occupy
Freelance art photographer Kevin Cheng has been roaming the Umbrella Movement sites with his Lego Man accomplice. Cheng’s “Lost In Lego City” exhibition won acclaim last year. He told the SCMP that the...
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NEWS – In Pictures: HK’s Own ‘Kim Jong-Un’ Visits Occupy Camp on Halloween
The main Umbrella Movement site in Admiralty received an unusual visitor this Halloween in the form of a Kim Jong-Un lookalike. The sinister Kim-a-like is actually a 35-year-old local musician named...
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NEWS – Kennedy Town & HKU MTR Set To Open Next Month
Sections of the MTR’s 3km West Island Line will open on December 28th, according to Michael Tien, chairman of the LegCo transport committee. According to Apple Daily, HKU and Kennedy Town stations are...
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LIVE – Occupy Central Live: Updates & Video
The Occupy Central sit-in protest is continuing. Scroll down for a live video stream or view editor Tom Grundy’s stream directly on Twitter. Broadcast live streaming video on Ustream Tweets by...
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NEWS – Main Stage Organisers Say All at Occupy Are Welcome to Air Views
A group of more radical pro-democracy activists have been demanding greater access to the main stage at the Occupy protest site in Admiralty. The podium, where journalists and demonstrators gather each...
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BLOG – Mong Kok’s 1/4 Mile Occupy Camp Sits Amidst 40 Luxury Stores
Pro-Beijing lawmakers have lamented how the umbrella movement is causing small businesses and micro-enterprises to suffer. However, there are no “momma and poppa” stores within sight at the occupy...
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NEWS: In Pictures: Admiralty Occupy Camp Shrinks as Barricades Cleared
A Huffington Post Cross-post CITIC Tower staff cleared an area of protester barricades at the main umbrella movement camp this morning with little resistance from occupiers. Access to the CITIC...
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BLOG – Occupy Mong Kok’s Last Stand: Where Identity Issues Come to a Head
A version of this feature appears today on Global Post. “If they clear here, I think protesters should find an occupy site other than Mong Kok,” says Wong Yeung-Tat, the enigmatic, often controversial,...
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INTERVIEW – Fengsuo Zhou: 1989 Student Leader & Once China’s Fifth Most Wanted
Earlier this month, HongWrong spoke to Chinese dissident Fengsuo Zhou who flew in from the US to visit the main Occupy site in Admiralty. Once China’s fifth ‘most wanted’, Zhou was a student leader...
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MUSIC – Who, Where & When: PDF Guide to Clockenflap 2014
Clockenflap will be held next weekend – November 28th-30th – at West Kowloon Cultural District. Tickets range from $680-$1480. Visit clockenflap.com. Line-up for the three-day festival – in...
View ArticleVIDEO – Top Triad Tells UK’s Channel 4 They’re Disrupting Occupy Protests
Britain’s Channel 4 has spoken to a top gang-leader who claims the occupy movement has been infiltrated by agent provocateurs. The post VIDEO – Top Triad Tells UK’s Channel 4 They’re Disrupting Occupy...
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BLOG – Create Your Own Xi Jinping Yellow Umbrella Photoshop Masterpiece
President Xi Jinping has become an unlikely mascot of the umbrella movement – especially in Mong Kok, where at least seven cardboard cut-outs adorn the occupy camp’s barricades. More than a humorous...
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