Umbrella Movement Day 63 Tense scenes in Mongkok as on-street clashes and the 'Shopping Movement' increases
Saturday 29 November 2014 | Recap by Roydon Ng (www.roydonng.net/blog) FB: Roydon Ng Twitter: @RoydonNg
Saturday 29 November 2014 | Recap by Roydon Ng (www.roydonng.net/blog) FB: Roydon Ng Twitter: @RoydonNg
- Claudia Mo, pan-democratic lawmaker has been denied a request for a urgent Legislative Council session to held regarding police brutality by Ip Kwok Him, the chair of the Legislative Council Security Panel. Ip Kwok Him has deemed the matter to be of little urgency.
- Police have responded to protesters with batons and pepper spray after eggs and other items were thrown at officers. A number of arrests have been made as a result of these incidents with officers threatening to increase the level of force if the protesters continue with such actions.
- Specialist police officers including units dealing with terrorism have been seen in Mongkok as protesters continue to randomly attempt to occupy small sections of the streets by using road work barriers and rubbish bins as barricades.
- A small number of protesters have gathered along the Avenue of Stars at Tsim Sha Tsui overnight as a possible attempt to divert police attention away from Mongkok. No incidents or violence occurred and the crowd has dispersed by the morning.
- Police have condemned the Mongkok protests and are repeating warnings to protesters and students to avoid Mongkok at night. Police chiefs also explained that the provocation of officers by radicals and the unlawful gathering on the streets was a reason behind a number of the arrests overnight.
- The Hong Kong government is continuing its silence and holding back from making any concessions in light of the two month long protest. Carrie Lam, Chief Secretary has not responded to pleas from pan-democratic lawmakers at a meeting held on Thursday.
- The Hong Kong Federation of Students has called on people to "bring supplies, prepare equipment" ahead of a major announcement in Admiralty on Sunday. It is believed that this major announcement will signal a potential change of direction for the protest as well as call on protesters/students to increase pressure on the government.
- A recent poll conducted by the MingPao Newspaper has found that only around a quarter of protesters are students. Nearly 70% of protesters considered themselves to be of being between a grassroots to lower-middle class level.
- Scholarism and student leaders have urged protesters to keep calm and be safe. Protesters have been urged not to provoke officers or throw objects at police.
- Crowd numbers in Mongkok remain high as several thousand police continue to patrol the streets. Many people are also using 'shopping' as a 'reason' for gathering in the streets.
| |  Police watching the large crowd of 'shoppers' and protesters in Mongkok. Picture Source: ChrisDerps/Twitter |
雨傘革命/運動在香港的63天。（2014年11月29日）
更新於： 2014年11月29日下午9:30 （香港時間）
- 毛孟靜，泛民主派國會議員已否認了緊急的立法會會議上的要求就召開由葉國謙，立法會保安事務委員會主席的警察暴行。葉國謙已經認定此事是有點急了。
- 警方回應抗議者用警棍和胡椒噴霧雞蛋等物品被扔在人員後。許多逮捕已為這些事件的結果與官員威脅要提高力量水平，如果示威者繼續進行這樣的行動。
- 專家警員，包括對付恐怖主義單位在旺角被視為抗議者繼續隨機嘗試使用道路工程屏障和垃圾桶的路障佔據街道小部分。
- 少數示威者已經沿著星光大道尖沙咀通宵聚集作為一個可能嘗試從旺角警方轉移注意力。任何事故或發生暴力，人群已經散去了早晨。
- 警方譴責旺角抗議，並反复警告示威者和學生，以避免在旺角黑夜。警察局長還解釋說，通過人員自由基的挑釁和街道上非法聚會背後的一些被捕通宵的原因。
- 香港政府正在繼續沉默，作出任何讓步鑑於兩月之久的抗議阻礙。林鄭月娥，布政司並沒有回應來自泛民主黨議員的請求，在週四舉行的一次會議。
- 學生聯會呼籲人們在金鐘星期天“帶來的物資，準備裝備”未來的重大公告。據認為，這一重大宣布將信號的方向，為抗議示威者/學生的潛在變化以及呼籲加大對政府的壓力。
- 由明報報進行的一項最近的民意調查發現，只有約四分之一的抗議者是學生。近70％的抗議者認為自己是一個草根之間，以中低收入階層的水平。
- 學民思潮和學生領袖呼籲示威者保持冷靜，是安全的。示威者一直呼籲不要去招惹人員或警察投擲物件。
- 旺角人群數量仍然高達幾千警察繼續上街巡邏。許多人還使用“購物”為“理由”收集街頭。
更新於： 2014年11月29日下午9:30 （香港時間）