{"id":10051,"date":"2014-10-07T21:14:36","date_gmt":"2014-10-08T05:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/workplace\/?p=10051"},"modified":"2014-10-07T21:14:55","modified_gmt":"2014-10-08T05:14:55","slug":"talks-underway-hongkongstudents-revolution-resolute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/workplace\/2014\/10\/talks-underway-hongkongstudents-revolution-resolute\/","title":{"rendered":"Talks underway #HongKongStudents revolution resolute"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Gu Qinger, Epoch Times<\/em><\/a>, October 6, 2014– Preparatory talks are under way in Hong Kong between the student protesters and the government, but all signs suggest that normal life is not returning to Hong Kong anytime soon.<\/p>\n

On Oct. 6, during the second round of preparatory talks between student representatives from the the Hong Kong Federation of Students and Ray Lau, Undersecretary of the Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau, both sides have agreed to have multiple rounds of discussion, with both sides on an equal footing, and with any agreement to be enforced by the government.<\/p>\n

Yet students are wary of the officials speaking to them.<\/p>\n

In April 2010 Ray Lau declared on the television program City Forum that Radio TV Hong Kong should play the dual roles of being the mouthpiece and supervisor of the Hong Kong government, which angered many people in Hong Kong. Radio Television Hong Kong is the public broadcaster of Hong Kong.<\/p>\n

The voting record of Lau<\/a>\u00a0during his tenure as legislator of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong does not bode well for the students\u2019 demands.<\/p>\n

Lau voted against legislative bills on \u201cDefending press freedom,\u201d \u201cTaking a positive stand on the demands by citizens participating in the July 1 march,\u201d \u201cAddressing the 20th Anniversary of Tiananmen Square Massacre,\u201d and \u201cImproving social stability by breaking up the monopolies.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTo reduce violence and reduce casualties, police will take action at the appropriate moment,\u201d Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying said just hours before the two sides met to plan the upcoming talks. \u201cI encourage students, bystanders and others to leave high-risk areas as soon as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

One person offering an overture towards the students was Tung Chee-wha, former chief executive of Hong Kong, and vice chairman of Chinese People\u2019s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou guys have left behind everything to participate in the occupying movement and fight for democracy. You have made great sacrifices,\u201d wrote Tung in a\u00a0statement entitled<\/a>\u00a0\u201cA Call to Those Students and Young People by Tung Chee-hwa.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFor students and young people who take part in the protest, we have heard your democratic demands. We have heard them loud and clear,\u2019 wrote Tung. \u201cWe understand your unwavering quest for ideals.\u201d<\/p>\n

That Tung addressed himself as \u201cwe\u201d instead of \u201cI\u201d suggests the Chinese authorities would share his view to some extent, according to Apple Daily. In September this year, Tung Chee-hwa led a delegation of business leaders in Hong Kong\u00a0to meet with Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping<\/a>.<\/p>\n

80 faculty members, including To Yiu-Ming, assistant professor in the Department of Journalism at Hong Kong Baptist University, issued a statement asking the government to take a step back and calm down. It asks the government to talk to the students and respond to their demands to avoid further social division on Oct. 5.<\/p>\n

\u201cLeung has not been willing to give in an inch. Every time there is a dialogue opportunity, something would happen, like thugs attacking peaceful protesters,\u201d said Professor To.<\/p>\n

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