Hong Kong financial firms brace for disruptions as protests intensify

[sgd]

If HK were it's own country but as it is not so means they cannot vote out the government china CCP 1 party system is here to stay so is either they accept it and quietly go home or they struggle and since they don't have any military to join them in uprising so does anybody expect to see pratical headed hong kong people and elites taking up pitchforks against CCP?

Taiwan is different they will not go quietly they have powerful military they also looking at this hk issue so beijing cannot overplay their hand if they hope for reunification one day I think as long as hk protest remains peaceful CCP is not threaten they will allow it but the minute it turns violent and gets ugly they will bring in their chinese marines.

[Dosser]

When the British left, they pluck this mysterious word "Democracy" into this mind of the HKee. So these protesters did not question why they are "Democrazy" when the British governor is also elected by the UK goverment to follow their wishes. Do these protester forget HK was forcefully taken by British. Even if HKee elect another new leader, do you expect him/her to really follow their wishes. And if Beijing deem this as a challenge to their leadership, they will not have an alternative but to roll-out their tanks. China leadership always believe in obedience first and talk behind the scene rather than lost face in front of the public. The one really suffering are non-politically who want to get-on with their ordinary life. The one laughing will be White Tigers. Btw, have you heard any well-known figures like actors, singers, top businessman joining the protesters. I doubt so as they understand the economic benefits that China has brought to HK. "Democrazy" really good for HKee?

The problem is that the political system in Hong Kong has got steadily more dysfunctional. The place still runs efficiently, but without significant change. Kai Tak and the West Kowloon Cultural districts sit almost empty, while in Singapore the development of Marina Bay proceeds apace. There is vocal opposition to everything in Hong Kong, however necessary. The ordinary people need lots more public housing built, which the CE is expected to deliver, as long as he does not develop on any part of the huge country parks, or do any reclamation, or displace squatters in the new territories.... The government is so hedged in by local opposition combined with having to keep Beijing and the tycoons (and fifty pink dolphins) reasonably happy that the result is stasis.

The students now want LCY out - but if he goes, he is likely to be replaced by a grey suit proxy for the tycoons. Just follow the testimony of Rafael Hui to see how the 'system' operated. So the students may actually be unwitting dupes of the tycoons.

[LLS]

the market crash is here
now is figuring how to make money from it?

[brattzz]

SUPPORT for the protesters!
China will not give way...hope they don't go hard against hkers..

[Contrarian]

Likely see action late tonight or tomorrow morning.

Rubber bullets transported by police to CE office area..

http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/n...2/52948742

[LLS]

http://www.straitstimes.com/news/asia/ea...s-20141002

HONG KONG (AFP) - Tensions rose in Hong Kong after police were seen unloading boxes of rubber bullets and other equipment to disperse crowds outside government buildings.

Police had earlier carried long wooden boxes and metal barrels into the legislative headquarters, as angry protesters tried to block their path.

Pictures shared widely on social media and television showed one barrel with the words "Round, 38mm rubber baton multi" written on it.

Another barrel had the words "1.5 in, CS" emblazoned on it, a possible reference to CS gas, a form of tear gas.

The city authorities said on Thursday they wanted the streets cleared around the government headquarters with more than 3,000 civil servants expected to return to the headquarters after a two-day public holiday.

"The government and the police appeal to those who are gathering outside the police headquarters, CGO (central government offices) and CEO (Chief Executive's office) not to block the access there and to disperse peacefully as soon as possible," the government said in a statement.

Protesters have been occupying several streets and intersections in the city for five days in a push for free elections of the city's leader and are calling for current Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying to step down.

"If protesters surround government property... causing total blockage, seriously affecting public safety and public order... the police will not allow this violent act to happen," police spokesman Hui Chun-tak said.

The late afternoon resupply by police officers caused widespread alarm among protesters as their leaders issuing fresh calls for people to swell their ranks.

Andrew Shum, a member of protest group Occupy Central, said: "I'm worried that the police will use force to disperse the movement tonight. Everyone is discussing what they are going to do next."
- See more at: http://www.straitstimes.com/news/asia/ea...wZqeO.dpuf

[opmi]

CY no need to use tear gas. Just give empty promises of dialogue. Play for time.
After a while, people also sian...

[brattzz]

CY no need to use tear gas. Just give empty promises of dialogue. Play for time.
After a while, people also sian...

agreed... in fact, CY should step-down due to his decision to use tear gas...

[sgd]

obama's "east asia pivot" sounds nice when they deploy 60% of american submarine force and say it's for strengthening bilateral security and relationships when interpret negatively can also mean as encircling of china.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/10/02/...-meddling/

when relations between countries start going downhill one of the things they do is to tighten borders and suppression.

[specuvestor]

As someone mentioned, HKers didn't have Universal Suffrage under British rule either. So the issue is actually China broke their promise under the agreement that formed the basis of the Basic Law.

They have attained their objective by humiliating Beijing on 1 Oct... think time for them to step down and fight another day. I would be concerned if they continue to fight on substantially after this weekend.

Incidentally Anson Chan also suggested what I think should be the right approach:

"“So whilst we dispute this, we say, ‘Let’s try and see whether we can’t broker a compromise solution.’ So we spent one year checking with the different aspects of the community, listening to their views, and we arrived at a set of proposals that are fully compliant with the Basic Law, with no civil nominations but a chance to broaden the representativeness of the nominating committee. Because this is what the Basic Law prescribes."

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/au...n-politics