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We Want Genuine Universal Suffrage

Yellow balloons printed with 'We Want Genuine Universal Suffrage' (in
Chinese) with symbol of the Umbrella Movement are seen near
goverment headquarters at Admiralty, reflecting the yearning
of the people of Hong Kong.

Admiralty · Hong Kong | 2016
30 September 2016

Joshua Wong Has Free Access to 'Civic Plaza'

Recently judged guilty for illegally entering the forecourt of goverment
headquarters (named 'Civic Plaza' by activists), Joshua Wong Chi-fung
can now freely access the Legislative Council (LegCo) Building and
the adjacent 'Civic Plaza' as assistant to the newly-elected legislator
Nathan Law Kwun-chung who is similarly charged.

19 year-old Wong, student activist and secretary-general of Demosisto
was dubbed as Hong Kong's 'face of protests' by Time magazine in 2014.

Admiralty · Hong Kong | 2016
29 September 2016

Thousands Rally for Umbrella Movement Two Years On

Thousands rally at Admiralty Occupy zone two years after the most significant
pro-democracy protest in Hong Kong. At 5:58 pm, protesters stand silently for
3 minutes holding up umbrellas to commemorate the firing of first of 87 tear
gas canisters by police at the exact time.

Nathan Law Kwun-chung, one of the student leaders of the Umbrella Movement,
has been elected as the youngest legislator ever in Hong Kong at age 23,
reflecting the support of the general public on the Movement.

Admiralty · Hong Kong | 2016
28 September 2016

My News Report is on the Front Page of Award-winning Newswire

My photo is on Hong Kong Free Press

1 Days to 2nd Anni of Umbrella Movement

Thousands rallied at Admiralty Occupy zone in Hong Kong, now dubbed 'Umbrella Square',
at 5:58 pm standing silently for 87 seconds, holding up umbrellas to commemorate
the firing of 87 tear gas canisters at protesters by police a month ago at
the exact time. Similar gathering were also held at Mongkok and Causeway
Bay Occupy zones.

A rally to commemorate the second anniversary of Umbrella Movement will
be held outside the LegCo Building near the former Lennon Wall at 5 pm.

Admiralty · Hong Kong | 2014
27 September 2016

2 Days to 2nd Anni of Umbrella Movement

Occupy Protesters raised a giant banner reading: 'We vow to be back' as Admiralty
Occupy zone was cleared by bailiffs and police on Thursday. 7,000 police was
deployed and the clearing was done in about 12 hours. Traffic on Harcourt
Road was restored after over 2 months of Occupy.

The clearing went smoothly as both protesters and police showed restraint with
no confrontation. 15 pan-democrat legislators, Next Publications chairman
Jimmy Lai and student leader Nathan Law were among the 249 arrested including
Uncle Wong who is 90 year-old.

Prominant protesters are now back as newly elected legislators such as
Nathan Law Kwu-chung, Eddie Chu Hoi-dick, Lau Siu-lai, Leung chung-hang...
who will continue to fight for democracy.

Admiralty · Hong Kong | 2014
26 September 2016

3 Days to 2nd Anni of Umbrella Movement

A protester with a yellow umbrella ponders where she will go next when there is
no light at the end of the tunnel, reflecting the current state of affairs for
Hong Kong since December 15, 2014, after 79 days of Umbrella Movement when
hundreds of thousands occupied the streets of Hong Kong to demand human
rights including democracy and genuine universal suffrage.

The United Nations Human Rights Committee expressed concern that the demand
of the Hong Kong people, enshrined in the International Covenant on Civil and
Political Rights (a landmark treaty signed by China in 1998) has not been met.

This image, titled 'What Next for Hong Kong', is the winner of Hong Kong
Justice Centre Choice Award of the 2015 Hong Kong Human Rights Arts Prize.
It was exhibited at The Fringe Club Gallery on 4-10 December 2015.

Central · Hong Kong | 2014
25 September 2016

2015 Hong Kong Human Rights Arts Prize finalists covered by South China Morning Post.

2015 Hong Kong Human Rights Arts Prize finalists covered by NOW TV News.

2015 Hong Kong Human Rights Arts Prize finalists covered by Pixel Bread.

2015 Hong Kong Human Rights Arts Prize finalists covered by Timable.

2015 Hong Kong Human Rights Arts Prize finalists covered by Loop.

2015 Hong Kong Human Rights Arts Prize finalists covered by Hong Kong Free Press.

2015 Hong Kong Human Rights Arts Prize finalists covered by Timeout Hong Kong.

2015 Hong Kong Human Rights Arts Prize finalists covered by EJ Insight.

4 Days to 2nd Anni of Umbrella Movement

A giant pro-democracy banner reading 'I Want Real Universal Suffrage' (in Chinese)
'Umbrella Movement' measuring 6 x 28 metres was hung from the top of the iconic
Lion Rock by a rock-climing group named 'The Hong Kong Spidie' after Spiderman.
The banner is visible from a large part of Kowloon.

Kowloon · Hong Kong | 2014
24 September 2016

5 Days to 2nd Anni of Umbrella Movement

A week before the start of Umbrella Movement in 2014, 13,000 students from 25
tertiary institutions across Hong Kong and their supporters gather at Chinese
University to kick off Hong Kong's most massive ever week-long class boycott
to protest against Beijing’s highly restrictive framework on the 2017 chief
executive election. High school students joined the boycott on 26 September.

The number of participants at the mass rally far exceeds those for the
campaign against patriotic national education programme in high
schools two years ago at the same location.

Ma Liu Shui · Hong Kong | 2014
23 September 2016

6 Days to 2nd Anni of Umbrella Movement

A woman protester puts a headband reading 'Civil Disobedience' on her packpack
as she marches with 4,000 students and their supporters to Hong Kong's
Government House, passing a giant cutout head of C Y Leung, Chief Executive
of the territory, to protest Beijing's strict framework for electoral
reform and to demand true universal suffrage.

Central · Hong Kong | 2014
22 September 2016

7 Days to 2nd Anni of Umbrella Movement

Mr Chao flashes a banner reading 'Civil Disobedience' in front of a pack of
police in full riot gear at Hong Kong's government headquarters at Admiralty,
in support of the Occupy Central movement and to protest Beijing's strict
framework for electoral reform and to demand genuine universal suffrage.

Admiralty · Hong Kong | 2014
21 September 2016

8 Days to 2nd Anni of Umbrella Movement

The brave protesters refused to be dispersed and re-occupy Admiralty,
confronting the police in full riot gear with the banner 'Safeguard
Hong Kong - Refuse to Degrade' even after 87 rounds of tear gas
canisters were fired at them.

Admiralty · Hong Kong | 2014
20 September 2016

9 Days to 2nd Anni of Umbrella Movement

The peaceful and unarmed protesters were undaunted and regrouped
quickly even after tens of tear gas canisters were fired at them.
Their only protestion were makeshift masks and plastic wraps,
wielding umbrellas. Thus, 'Umbrella Movement' was born.

The streets of Hong Kong on the night of 28 September 2016 resembled
a battlefield, with police in full riot gear and gas masks firing
87 rouds of tear gas canisters on unarmed students and citizens.

Admiralty · Hong Kong | 2014
19 September 2016

Countdown to 2nd Anni of Umbrella Movement

On 28 Sep 2014, tens of thousands of Hong Kong citizens who want to reach
Occupy Central, the civil disobedience movement for genuine suffrage, at
government headquarters at Admiralty were blocked by the police. They
took to the street and occupy the 6-lane highway between the MTR
(subway) station and the government offices.

The streets of Hong Kong on Sunday night resemble a battleground, with
police in full riot gear and gas masks firing tear gas on students and
citizens wearing makeshift masks wielding umbrellas, in the worst
clashes between police and demonstrators since the 2005 WTO protests.

87 rounds of tear gas canisters were fired at the unarmed and generally
peaceful protesters indiscriminately and are totally unwarranted.

Admiralty · Hong Kong | 2014
18 September 2016

My News Report was on the Front Page of Award-winning Newswire

Street Art

Interesting street art in an alley in Sheung Wan.

Sheung Wan · Hong Kong | 2016
17 Sep 2016

Fire Dragon Dance

Tens of thousands witness the 67-metre long Tai Hang fire dragon,
studded with thousands of burning joss sticks, dancing through
the narrow alleys of the neighbourhood. This is part of the
Mid-Autum Festival celebrations.

Tai Hang · Hong Kong | 2013
16 Sep 2016

Ready to Rock

Villagers getting ready for the 73-metre long fire dragon dance at
Pokfulam Village in Western district at its 100th anniversary to
a crowd of 10,000.

This image is one of the top 20 finalists in the TATLERxLEICA Street
Photography Contest 2014 and was exhibited at Liang Yi Museum.

Pokfulam · Hong Kong | 2010
15 Sep 2016

Lanterns Carnival

Sherri from New York marvels at the lights of the Lanterns Carnival
at Victoria Park. She was pleasantly surprised to find that the
rain and very wet grounds had provided nice mirror images of
the colorful lanterns.

Causeway Bay · Hong Kong | 2010
14 Sep 2016

This was on the Front Page of CNN iReport on Sep 25-30, 2010 CNN i-Report

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Tokyo Pier

A small jetty named Tokyo Pier for sampans at Tai O, the last
fishing village in Hong Kong on Lantao Island.

Tai O · Hong Kong | 2016
13 Sep 2016

Legislator Chu Hoi-dick Prays

Newly elected Legislative Councillors Eddie Chu Hoi-dick prays for
peace and his life after receiving death threats. Chu is now under
24-hour police protection and moves to a new dwelling everyday.

Chu runs a platform to rid corruption in the New Territories with
'collusion between the government, businesses, rural forces and
the triads', threatening powerful vested interests. There is
an alleged contract for his life.

Wanchai · Hong Kong | 2016
12 Sep 2016

Legislator Chu Hoi-dick - Marked Man

Over a thousand gather at police headquarters in Wanchai to protest
against political violence and death threats against incoming
Legislative Councillors Eddie Chu Hoi-dick and Wan Shui-kin.
Chu is now under 24-hour police protection and moves to a new
dwelling everyday while his wife stops going to work and his
daughter halts schooling.

Chu won with a record 84,121 votes in the recent Legislative Council
poll on a platform to rid corruption, dysfunctional developments and
lawlessness in the New Territories with 'collusion between the
government, businesses, rural forces and the triads', threatening
powerful vested interests. There is an alleged contract for his life.

Wanchai · Hong Kong | 2016
11 Sep 2016

My news report and more photos on the Front Page
of Award-winning International Newswire

Creative Mural

Blending imagination and real street scene of Wanchai neighbourhood
results in a creative mural at Sik On Street in Wanchai, a historical
district made internationally famous by the 1960 film The World
of Suzie Wong.

Wanchai · Hong Kong | 2016
10 Sep 2016

Brian Brake Picturing Asia

'Picturing Asia: Double Take' is the first exhibition in Hong Kong
to feature the works of two most eminent master photographers
– Brian Brake (1927 - 1988) and Steve McCurry (1950 - ). This
is part of the 60th anniversary celebration of Asia Society,
10 Sep 2016 to 7 Jan 2017.

Brake was New Zealand's best known photographer in the 1970s and
1980s, and arguably remains so today. He gained international
prominence with his 'Monsoon' essay on India, which was seen
around the world in Life, Paris Match and others in 1961.

Admiralty · Hong Kong | 2016
9 Sep 2016

Steve McCurry and Afghan Girl

Photo-journalist Steve McCurry and his iconic portrait 'Afghan Girl'
shot in 1984 and appeared on the June 1985 cover of National
Geographic. It has been called 'The Third World's Mona Lisa'.

In 2002, the girl was identified as Sharbat Gula (aka Sharbat
Bibi), an Afghan woman refugee living in Pakistan during the
Soviet occupation of Afghanistan.

Admiralty · Hong Kong | 2016
8 Sep 2016

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Nathan Law - Youngest Legislator

23 year-old Nathan Law Kwun-chung, one of the student leaders of
the 79-day pro-democracy Umbrella Movement and chairman of
Demosisto party that he co-founded with Joshua Wong in April,
has just be elected as the youngest Legislative Councillor
with 50,818 vote, the second highest in Hong Kong Island.

Law pledges to work for the city's self-determination by
holding a referendum in 10 years to decide our own fate
beyond 2047, and would adopt non-violent protest tactics.

Western · Hong Kong | 2016
6 Sep 2016

Chu Hoi Dick Wins Landslide LegCo Election

With 84,121 votes, green activist Eddie Chu Hoi Dick of the Land
Justice League, wins a landslide victory in his first Legislative
Council election in New Territories West. Chu (38) wins with a
record number of votes in the geographical constituency in a
record 58% turnout of 2.2 million voters.

The pro-democracy opposition gains 3 more seats to 30 seats,
and retains its crucial one-third veto bloc in the 70-seat
Legislative Council over runaway public spendings, unjust
legislations and undue Beijing influence.

Shek Kip Mei · Hong Kong | 2016
5 Sep 2016

First Major Post-Umbrella-Movement Poll

Hong Kong votes for the coming 70 Legislative Council (LegCo) members
(40 directly and 30 indirectly elected via functional constituencies)
today, a bitter fight between the pro-establishment, Pan-democrats
and the emerging localist camps.

It is the most significant poll for the enclave as the first major
poll since the pro-democracy Umbrella Movement in 2014 when
protesters occupied the main streets for 79 days fighting
unsucessfully for genuine universal suffrage to elect
their Chief Executive.

Tai Hang · Hong Kong | 2016
4 Sep 2016

Play Me I'm Yours

'Play Me, I’m Yours' is an artwork by British artist Luke Jerram,
touring iternationally and reaching over 10 million people since
2008. More than 1,500 pianos have already been installed in over
50 cities across the globe, from London to New York. This piano
is one of many located at Art Centre.

Wanchai · Hong Kong | 2016
3 Sep 2016

M Chat

M Chat (also known as Monsieur Chat and Mr Chat) is the name of a
graffiti grinning cat that originally appeared in Orléans, France
in 1997. The artist was originally anonymous, but in 2007 Thoma
Vuille was caught in the act of creating the cat.

Sheung Wan · Hong Kong | 2016
2 Sep 2016

Junaid Recovers

17 year-old Junaid Hussain from Islambaad, Pakistan recovers from
surgery at Eastern Hospital while being cheered up by his
visiting friends.

Chaiwan · Hong Kong | 2016
1 Sep 2016

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