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)

Tiananmen 25th Anniversary – the unseen part @ Victoria Park, Hong Kong – 4 June 2014

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The annual Tiananmen Anniversary vigil in Victoria Park remembers those who died in 1989. Beyond the sentiment though there’s a solid practical reason for the political parties involved, it’s good business. All those wanting to honour the memory of the deceased are funnelled through two entrances into Victoria Park. Outside and in, are a plethora of earnest activists hard-selling books, t-shirts, flyers, flowers, models, fans, umbrellas… or just straight out guilt-asking for donations.

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Tiananmen 25th Anniversary @ Victoria Park, Hong Kong – 4 June 2014

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25 years on hundreds of thousands of Hong Kongers paused to remember those who died in Tiananmen Square. The vigil honours not only their memory but their struggle to be heard.

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