chronicling our travels. After using that site for 17 years, technology changed; it can no longer be updated. Welcome to our NEW SITE which follows our journeys from the Fall of 2016 to present. Our thanks go to Andy Paluch/WebGuyz!
This was a new item posted on a wall near the hotel. The
protesters have five demands, one of which has already been agreed
to - the withdrawal of the law allowing extradition to China
for those accused of a crime. The other four demands:
amnesty for arrested protesters; independent inquiry into alleged
police brutality; the resignation of Carrie Lam (Chief Executive of
Hong Kong appointed by Beijing); and greater democratic
freedoms promised to be maintained under the "one country, two
systems" agreed to when the U.K. handed Hong Kong back to China in
1997. These demands remain outstanding but the protests have
disappeared (at least for now) due to the COVID-19 outbreak.