Posted by: mulrickillion | March 21, 2011

Hong Kong: A Governance Crisis Money Can’t Solve

Posted by Winne Ko, Global Voices, Mar 7, 2011 —

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Hong Kong at dusk. Image by Flickr user Stuck in Customs (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).

The 2011-2012 Hong Kong budgetary plan, released by Financial Secretary John Tsang on 23 February, 2011, has triggered strong political reactions in the territory.

On the night of Sunday March 6, 2011, 113 young demonstrators were arrested at a rally of more than 10,000 people demanding greater social justice in the formulation of government policy.

Vartist, a social movement documentary group, recorded the arrest scene at which police officers used pepper spray without warning. . . .

>>Read the full Article here.

Hong Kong: A Governance Crisis Money Can’t Solve · Global Voices


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