| Aug 05, 2014
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Anti-OC Passes 1 Million Signatures
The Alliance for Peace and Democracy’s anti-Occupy Central campaign has amassed more than 1 million signatures. Some controversy surrounds the count: Towngas employees told SCMP that they were pressured by the company into signing. Additionally, APD spokesman Robert Chow Yung admitted that the survey didn’t omit repeat signatures, arguing that the organization’s “noble heart” made the campaign superior to Occupy Central’s referendum. In other Chow news: despite his proclaimed loyalty to China, Chow has been holding onto his British “right of abode,” claiming that it was impossible to relinquish. After the British Consulate outlined the simple process, he promised to give it up.
Our take: You know what they say… “Home is where the noble heart is.”
“Save House News” Project Takes Off Online
Following the closure of pro-democracy news site The House News, netizens have launched a “Save House News” campaign to archive old content. The project is urging readers to submit old articles, which the team then posts onto savehousenews.com/wp. Bloggers who worked with House News also founded a Facebook page, House News Bloggers, to continue publishing articles. A similar Chinese-only website, Hong Kong Citizens’ Media (hkcitizensmedia.com), also launched last week—three months earlier than planned—to focus on finance news.
Our take: RIP House News. You’ll be missed.
Romance, Post-80s Style
It’s official: Scholarism’s Joshua Wong is in love, at least on Instagram. Wong posted a photo of himself holding hands with his girlfriend, alongside the caption: “I have you with me along the way.” Wong said on the radio that she has met his parents, and they like her. As for Wong’s Instafollowers, they seem happy for the couple, albeit curious: some have requested a photo of her face,while others debate her identity, speculating that she is Scholarism spokesperson Agnes Chow Ting. The pro-Beijing Hong Kong Youth Development Society mocked Wong on Facebook, accusing Wong of dating around and using his activism to get girls—unfounded remarks that have since been removed.
Our take: Breaking big personal news on Instagram? That’s so last year.
