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Taxi Drivers Paid $400 to Stage ‘Protest’

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At around 5:30pm on Sunday, some 20 taxis were stopped on Gloucester Road attempting to breach the police roadblock (under the pedestrian bridge to Immigration Tower) and drive into Admiralty to attack the student protests.

Around 50 police responded as several of the drivers left their parked cars, unfurled banners and tried to physically push past the police while verbally insulting those who’d gathered to watch. The drivers who’d remained in their cars, engines on, spent several minutes with their fingers on horns disrupting a large part of Wanchai with the noise.

Speaking to some of the drivers, bc asked why they were there “Because our manager told us to come” said one, who then added “If we come, make some noise and ‘protest’ then our shift is free”. When asked to explain he clarified “The shift fee for renting my taxi today is $400, because I come to ‘protest’ this shift is free”. Two other drivers backed up the first’s comments.

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Umbrella Movement Images – 4 October, 2014

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Umbrella Movement Images – 3 October, 2014

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The rain, physical and emotional fatigue – peaceful protest is hard work – made for lower numbers than in previous nights as lots of students and protestors took the night off to recharge their bodies. The violence by the blue-ribboned anti-umbrella movement members and the failure of the police to protect the protestors sent ripples of fear through those present but also hardened their resolve.

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Umbrella Movement Images – China National Day, 1 October 2014

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The Umbrella movement’s peaceful protests across Hong Kong appear in many photos and video coverage as a pulsing, vibrant sea of humanity. It is that, but within are the many individual stories, the new friendships created, the selflessness of the volunteers who hand out water and food free. The first-aiders who stand ready to help those in need. The recyclers who collect all the rubbish. The artists who take some of that lap sam and re-purpose it. The people who cook meals and bring them down to distribute as a way to show their support.

It is a truly amazing sea of humanity and such a positive re-affirmation of what a great a place Hong Kong is and the spirit and selflessness of her people.

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