Hong Kong protest march urges CY Leung’s resignation and end to city’s ‘white elephant’ projects
Organiser says demonstration meant to show Beijing that local residents have not stopped speaking out
Forty-five grassroots groups are slated to march this afternoon from Causeway Bay to Admiralty, demanding the government scrap ‘white elephant’ projects and use the money for a universal retirement protection scheme instead.
Demonstration spokesman James Hon Lin-shan said that, although the front decided not to organise a demonstration this year, he felt grassroots groups needed to stand firm and express their demands.
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Hon said the government had wasted too much money on white elephant projects that would not benefit everyday Hongkongers while it rejected a universal retirement protection scheme proposal.
This was why the groups demanded that Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying step down, he said.
“We know Hongkongers have been feeling very tired about demonstrations, but if we don’t march, it could create a wrong impression with the Communist Party and the Hong Kong government that Hongkongers have stopped speaking out,” Hon said.
He added that the groups’ demands were not dissimilar to those of the front.
