Groups express support for HK democracy movement

Taipei Times
Date: Sep 01, 2019
By: Sean Lin  /  Staff reporter

Civic and student groups yesterday expressed their solidarity with Hong Kongers in Taiwan and vowed

Two women yesterday remove notes and messages in support of the Hong Kong demonstrations from a “Lennon wall” in an underground passage at National Taiwan University in Taipei’s Gongguan area for storage and to make space for more.
Photo: Fang Pin-chao, Taipei Times

to generate more support for the Hong Kong pro-democracy movement in Taiwan.

While unrest in the territory rages on, the Hong Kong government has not responded to five demands put forward by protesters in June, Hong Kong Outlanders spokesman Kuma Yung told a news conference outside National Taiwan University in Taipei.

“The Hong Kong government is trying to stall us now, but we should show the whole world our resolve and persistence. We will never bow down to the Hong Kong government,” Yung said.

As yesterday was the day the Hong Kong Outlanders had agreed on to restore an underpass in the Gongguan (公館) area just outside the university, in which it had set up a “Lennon wall,” spokeswoman Dora Wu previewed an event, called “Nationwide Lennon,” to pass on the messages people had left on the wall in support of the movement.    [FULL  STORY]

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