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Chater Garden - Protest

Protest is a unique culture in Hong Kong.

According to the official statistics published by HKSAR, the number of protest per year is over 3000, which means that there are about 8 protests organized by different organizations every day. Despite this, the quality of participants is very high. There is seldom violence resulted from the protest.

Protest has already been a social culture in a such small city and has always been influencing the policies established by the Government.

Feeling free to speak, and free to express, is one of the most valuable elements that one should fight for.

I love freedom, and love photography.

These photos were taken on 11.04.2004. That day was a protest against the power of interpretation of Basic Law Annex I and II by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress

Annex I: Method for the Selection of the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

Annex II: Method for the Formation of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Its Voting Procedures
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Jacky Lee07-Jan-2008 13:25
Hi Surge, you can go to the HK official website. There you can find the annual report and then you can see the statistics.
Surge 07-Jan-2008 08:45
I am in HK and haven't seen a single protest in the past 4 months. Could you please tell me where you go the statistic about 3000 protests per year. I would really like to follow it up.
Sindy 16-Mar-2006 20:13
Jacky, I'm not a big fan of politics, but your photos make me feel like I'm a bad HK citizen since I don't care much about politics... hahaha. Anyway, there are a few of them quite striking for me, obviously, the 021.jpg. I don't feel much about the signs since I'm cold blooded, but I like 010s.jpg, hahaha. I think the one I like most is 005s.jpg. It delivers the message subtly yet clearly. 012s.jpg is impressive too because the chinese character on the sign looks like he printed it out instead of writing them. btw, I don't quite understand your 020.jpg arrangement. It seems there's some imbalance in that arrangement, maybe it's the police's arm or the railway track pics, dunno... Overall, a job well done, congrats!!
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