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Torch Relay.... protest!
2008-05-02 12:18PM / 標準BLOG / Hong Kong / 會員可以看
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ok, i got to the office from the olympic torch relay a few minutes ago very confused...

All I saw was a bunch of people yelling and jeering some pro-democracy protesters in front of the MTR entrance at Kowloon Park... this went on for like 45 minutes!

Either one of two things happened:

1) I got to there too late and the torch passed by... and then people stayed for 45 minutes watching the protesters and counter protesters yell at eachother.

2) they canceled this leg of the relay (because of the protests?)

the police made some announcements in cantonese, but obviously my cantonese is not good enough to figure out what they said. [Amazingly enough, the answer is #1! ]

Anyway, here's some pictures, with some unedited video at the bottom!

Since I don't know exactly what was going on here either, there's not much need for narration, the pictures are pretty clear:

sign said 'free Hua Jia'

they had a team of female officers form a human chain around the protesters to protect them. (i wonder if they male officers refuse to do this because its too touchy feely for them...)

they brought in more barriers to separate the protester from the crowd.

police eventually led them away to a truck...

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkoO9SAb0RY

"Delay No More!"

that part at the end was the most strange...

tags: hong kong olympic torch relay protest kowloon park tst nathan road pro-democracy protesters delay no more = Diu Lai Lo Mo

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JRS
留言於2008-05-03 2:21AM [举报]

Thanks for sharing....I wanna go read your other blog now! (By the way, looks like the male police got to ride the motorcycles!)
Bryant Fong
留言於2008-05-03 1:47AM [举报]

Haha...........yeah a very democratic chant! Protest is fine tho if you want to disrupt that's what people will tell you.....
xibanyae
留言於2008-05-02 9:56PM [举报]

haha, from the tags i see your canto is improving ;)
JoanneSanderson
留言於2008-05-02 6:37PM [举报]

Aw yeah sorry you missed the relay. But at least you saw something.
janechu
留言於2008-05-02 3:22PM [举报]

awe.. sorry that you missed the torch... that's quite a crowd...
It's already tough getting around in HK with all the people around... and with that crowd, it seems near impossible to get around the crowd... yikes...