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category international | summit mobilisations | feature author Tuesday December 13, 2005 21:32author by Ed Lee - Freelance/HKPAauthor email edwin_lee at vodafone dot ieauthor address http://www.edleeblog.blogspot.com Report this post to the editors

13th December kicks off the WTO meeting with 'People's Action Week'

An estimated 5000-10,000 (still preliminary) protestors gathered in Hong Kong's Victoria Park and marched their way to the Exhibition Centre where the WTO 6th Ministerial Conference has just begun. Protestors from all over south-east Asia expressed their solidarity with cultural gatherings and workshops. But the most hyped group are the South Korean farmers who made headline news when Lee Kyeong-hae commited suicide at Cancun 2003.

Only a short hour's march from Victoria Park to the assembly area near the Exhibition Centre, the loud but peaceful rally went through one of Hong Kong's busiest cosmomopolitan areas -- Causeway Bay and Wan Chai. With 9,000 police on duty, a third of Hong Kong's force, navy riot helmets and shields were as common as the ordinary spectator.

An interesting point is that very few Hong Kongers took to the streets and many citizens were both simply annoyed and bemused at the event. Most can thank the mainstream media's pre-coverage, which was reminiscent of each year's MayDay in Dublin: news bulletins predicting doom and chaos. But, then again, since the protests are mainly about agriculture and manufacturing, these two industries are practically non-existent in Hong Kong (mainly services based), so that is why the WTO chose HK perhaps?

One highlight was when 50 Korean farmers (they sure know how to make a scene) jumped into Wan Chai harbour and tried to swim towards the blockaded Exhibition Centre. Most were predictably picked up by the naval guards.

Towards the end of today's rally there were short outbursts of violence, again mainly by Korean farmers. Pepper sprays were today's special on the menu.

The People's Action Week continues till the 18th with many events and rallies along the way.


For more information:
Hong Kong People's Alliance on WTO:
http://daga.dhs.org/hkpa/index.html
Our World is Not For Sale:
http://www.ourworldisnotforsale.org/
Make Trade Fair (Oxfam):
http://www.maketradefair.org/en/index.htm

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 #   Title   Author   Date 
   More pics     Ed Lee    Tue Dec 13, 2005 18:37 
   More pics     Ed Lee    Tue Dec 13, 2005 18:39 
   More info     Ed Lee    Tue Dec 13, 2005 19:20 
   brilliant day     La La    Wed Dec 14, 2005 04:16 
   Damn right     Ed Lee    Wed Dec 14, 2005 16:20 
   Questions for Ed?     Michael R.    Wed Dec 14, 2005 16:31 
   my thoughts     Ed Lee    Wed Dec 14, 2005 18:43 
   Hey Ed     La La    Thu Dec 15, 2005 07:13 
   Ed i loved the pictures     gareth    Thu Dec 15, 2005 14:57 
 10   Ed i loved the pictures     gareth    Thu Dec 15, 2005 14:58 
 11   More pics     Ed Lee    Thu Dec 15, 2005 16:16 
 12   High-Res photo's of WTO protests wanted for publication!     max    Thu Dec 15, 2005 20:08 
 13   Another peaceful day     Ed Lee    Fri Dec 16, 2005 13:27 
 14   Fucking chaos!     Ed Lee    Sat Dec 17, 2005 16:29 
 15   Hi Ed.     Doubts    Sat Dec 17, 2005 18:06 
 16   holy shit saturday was unbelievable     La La    Mon Dec 19, 2005 10:53 
 17   Final report     Ed Lee    Mon Dec 19, 2005 18:02 


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