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Hong Kong Survey: Sixty Percent Against Proposed Article 23 of the Basic Law
(Clearwisdom.net) A recently survey shows that the percentage of people
who are against Article 23 of the Basic Law has increased from 57% to 60%. As
all Chinese people around the world and the citizens of countries that protect
democracy and human rights continue to watch, Hong Kong's Article 23 may have
new changes.
RFA (Radio Free Asia) reported on January 20, 2003: During a discussion
in San Francisco, Yu Haocheng, a Chinese law specialist, said he thought that
the legislation proposed for Article 23 of the Basic Law is the unfortunate
result of the Chinese Communist Party's extending its dictatorship and
completely destroying the "One Country, Two Systems" agreement.
A representative of the San Francisco Medical Staff Union stated that the
responsibility of the union is to help minority groups receive labor's benefits,
and that their everyday job is to "instigate," "promote," and call on the
workers to stand up and fight for their rights. Isn't this "subversion? "
Seventy percent of the public protests in the United States are related to the
union movement, and the situation in Hong Kong is very similar. Should the
Article 23 legislation be passed, he would unite with the Hong Kong Workers'
Union in order to resist this law. He also supports the citizens of Hong Kong in
proceeding with their "citizens' resistance."
Posting date: 1/31/2003 |