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发表于 2005-12-4 19:15:39
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WT是啥？
刚才在听bbc world service 无意间听到的
bbc的打不开
cnn上的
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HONG KONG, China (AP) -- Tens of thousands of protesters marched through the streets of Hong Kong on Sunday to pressure the government to speed up political reforms that would allow voters to pick the territory's leader and entire legislature.
Wearing black T-shirts, the protesters -- led by pro-democracy lawmakers -- began marching from Hong Kong's Victoria Park to the government headquarters downtown.
Organizers said the protesters filled at least six soccer fields before the march began. Hong Kong's Cable TV estimated the turnout to be around 50,000.
Demonstrators included Anson Chan, Hong Kong's former No. 2 official and a first-time marcher. Chan remains highly popular and influential despite quitting as head of the civil service in 2001. She had previously drawn fire from Beijing when she criticized the Chinese government for rejecting quick democratic reforms.
"I just feel there are moments in one's life when you have to stand up and be counted. And for me, this is one of those moments," Chan told reporters before the march.
"I believe democracy to be good for Hong Kong and in good time, when the time is ripe, it would also be good for my country."
Other marchers also said they wanted greater political rights.
"We need to choose a perfect and suitable leader by ourselves, not by the central government," said Kirby Leung, a 55-year-old sales manager.
The Hong Kong government has argued the Chinese territory is not ready for full democracy. It has urged the public to support a modest political reform package that falls far short of full democracy.
The package calls for doubling the size of the 800-member committee that picks Hong Kong's leader. The reforms also propose expanding the 60-member legislature. Half the members are directly elected, while the other half are selected by interest groups.
Pro-democracy legislators have refused to endorse the proposal which they say does not go far enough. They are demanding a timetable or road map that specifies when and how Hong Kong will become fully democratic, as promised under the territory's mini-constitution. They hoped a massive turnout at Sunday's protest would force the government to rethink its proposal.
When Hong Kong was a British colony, its rulers denied the people the freedom to elect their leaders and full legislature. The tradition has continued since the city returned to China in 1997 under a "one country, two systems" formula that promised to give Hong Kong a wide degree of autonomy.
Two massive pro-democracy marches helped trigger the territory's first leadership change since the handover. Both protests -- in 2003 and 2004 -- drew half a million people demanding the right to pick their leader and all lawmakers.
Pro-democracy groups argue that Hong Kong deserves full democracy because it has a highly educated, sophisticated population living in one of Asia's most stable and prosperous cities.
But Hong Kong's leader, Donald Tsang, and Beijing insist that much needs to be done before the city becomes fully democratic. They claim Hong Kong's political culture is still immature and extensive discussions need to be held about how democracy would work.
Some analysts say Beijing is stalling on democratic reforms because the Communist leadership fears that it would lose control of Hong Kong's government -- which under a democracy would care more about answering to the public.
One of Sunday's marchers, Palu Cheung, 42, disagreed with the government's position. He took his four-year-old daughter with him to the rally.
"I want my daughter to know that I do this for her and for myself. I think we have the quality to select our own government," Cheung said. |
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