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5:58, I am a HongKonger

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A year ago today at 5:58pm, police fired tear gas and pointed shotguns at HongKongers for expressing their right to free speech and demanding the right to choose and elect the people who represent and run Hong Kong.

Why do HongKongers have to stand up for these rights, because the people ‘picked’ to run Hong Kong are deliberately destroying the place we call home, while lining their own pockets.

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Radio Beijing Broadcast – 3 June, 1989

https://soundcloud.com/james-t-griffiths/radio-beijing-broadcast-june-3

A rare broadcast recorded by G. Jack Urso working the overnight shift at WQBK-1300 AM on 3 June, 1989. It is dignified and speaks for itself. It is also remarkable because it came from China’s official radio outlet, Radio Beijing the precursor to what is now China Radio International.

According to Urso the announcer’s name is Yuan Neng and he was transferred from his job for broadcasting the report. The script was by Wu Xiaoyong, Deputy Director of the English Language Service at Radio Beijing. His father, Wu Xueqian, at the time was a Senior Council Vice-President. According to reports, Wu was put under house arrest for two to three years and later moved to Hong Kong.

Transcript: This is Radio Beijing. Please remember June the third, 1989. The most tragic event happened in the Chinese capital, Beijing.
Thousands of people, most of them innocent civilians, were killed by fully armed soldiers when they forced their way into the city. Among the killed are our colleagues at Radio Beijing.
The soldiers were riding on armored vehicles and used machine guns against thousands of local residents and students who tried to block their way. When the army convoys made a breakthrough, soldiers continued to spray their bullets indiscriminately at crowds in the street.
Eyewitnesses say some armored vehicles even crushed foot soldiers who hesitated in front of the resisting civilians.
Radio Beijing English Department deeply mourns those died in the tragic incident and appeals to all its listeners to join our protest for the gross violation of human rights and the most barbarous suppression of the people.
Because of this abnormal situation here in Beijing, there is no other news we could bring you. We sincerely ask for your understanding and thank you for joining us at this most tragic moment.

Here’s the story of how the broadcast survived http://www.aeolus13umbra.com/2012/05/lost-voice-of-radio-beijing.html

26th Anniversary of June 4

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The first ‘June 4’ since the ‘birth’ of the Umbrella Movement sees a wide range of commemorative vigils being held across Hong Kong. Their is increased awareness among HongKongers of the need for accountable government locally. That the Chief Executive CY Leung is more interested in pleasing those in Beijing than the people he was ‘elected’ to represent.

HongKongers still believe that they should be advocating the development of democracy on the Chinese mainland, the mantra of the June 4 vigil in Victoria Park. What has changed since last year is the awareness of the suffocation of Hong Kong by Beijing, the lack of accountability of government officials, rampant nepotism, the death of one country-two system and the stealthy transformation of Hong Kong from the city they love and are proud to call home to ‘just another Chinese city’.

Candlelight Vigil for the 26th Anniversary of June 4
Organized by: The Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China
Venue: Hong Kong Victoria Park Football Field, Causeway Bay – 8pm
More: Started in 1990, the largest and longest-running commemorative event for June 4, over 180,000 attended last year.

Hong Kongers’ June Fourth Rally
Organized by: Civic Passion
Venue: Hong Kong Cultural Center, Tsim Sha Tsui – 8pm
More: Started in 2013, over 3,000 attended last year

June Fourth Commemoration
Organized by: Hong Kong University Students’ Union
Venue: Sun Yat-sen Place, University of Hong Kong, Sai Ying Pun – 7:30 pm.

Memorials for the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
Organised by: Proletariat Political Institute, Civic Passion and other localism groups will be Venues:

Hong Kong Island
– Siu Sai Wan Estate Bus Terminus (19:00-21:00)
– Shau Kei Wan MTR Station Exit A3 (19:00-21:00)
– Hing Fat Street Entrance, Victoria Park, Causeway Bay (16:00-18:00)

Kowloon East
– Kai Tin Shopping Centre, Lam Tin (Outside) (16:30-18:30)
– Yue Man Square Park, Kwun Tong (17:00-19:00)
– Ngau Tau Kok Road Flyover Rest Garden, Kowloon Bay (19:00-21:00)

Kowloon West
– Fat Tseung Street MTR Exit, Un Chau Shopping Centre, Sham Shui Po (19:30-21:30)
– Prince Edward MTR Station Exit B1 (20:00-21:30)
– Clock Tower, Tsim Sha Tsui (19:00-22:30)
– Mei Foo MTR Station Exit A (19:00-21:00)

New Territories East
– Shatin MTR Station Exit A (17:30-19:30)
– Tai Wai MTR Station Exit A (18:00-20:00)
– City One MTR Station Exit D (19:00-21:00)
– University Railway Station Bus Terminus (19:00-21:00)
– Tai Po Market MTR Station Exit A (19:00-21:00)
– Sheung Shui MTR Station Exit C (19:00-21:00)

New Territories West
– Tai Ho Road, Citywalk, Tsuen Wan (Open Ground) (18:30-20:00)
– Kwai Chung Shopping Centre, Kwai Fon (Outside) (19:00-21:00)