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‘Resist tyranny, join a union’: Huge turnout as Hongkongers hit the streets for New Year’s Day protest
Thousands of Hongkongers took to the streets on Wednesday for the first police-approved mass protest of the new year.
The huge turnout built on a continuing a pro-democracy movement that has reached each corner of the city over the past seven months.
The march received a letter of no objection from the police, and began at around 2:40pm in Victoria Park in Causeway Bay.
The front of the march reached the endpoint at the Chater Road Pedestrian Precinct in Central just after 4pm.
In addition to the five core demands of the movement, protesters on Wednesday also called for increased union participation, supporting the victims of political reprisals, and halting a proposed pay rise for the police.
Protesters chanted slogans such as “Five demands, not one less,” as well as new additions such as “Resist tyranny, join a union.”
Those at the head of the march included some newly-elected pro-democracy district councillors – whose term in office began on January 1.
A group outside Victoria Park were rallying Hongkongers to register to vote: “We want to use our vote to tell the Hong Kong government what we want… We want the people to come out again and win at the Legislative Council election [in September],” Ms Oliver told HKFP, following the pro-democracy camp’s victory at last year District Council elections.
Though the extradition bill – which sparked the movement – was axed, demonstrators are still demanding an independent probe into police behaviour, amnesty for those arrested, universal suffrage and a halt to the characterisation of protests as “riots.”
In a statement, march organisers the Civil Human Rights Front (CHRF) called on the public to be “more united, persistent, and caring of one another” in the coming year.
“In 2020, the police have already fired the first round of tear gas,” the group wrote shortly after midnight. “Carrie Lam and police brutality turned a festive season into anguish, and perhaps we should say ‘Five demands, not one less’ instead of happy new year.”
In a statement later on Wednesday, the Front said the police had taken no responsibility for any misconduct: “They dehumanise protestors as cockroaches, demean journalists as “black reporters” and arrest medical doctors and nurses as rioters. Now, the government even attempts to increase the salaries of these rioting police.”
“We must persist this fight, for the arrested, injured and departed brothers and sisters in this movement. When victory comes, we shall gather at the dawn,” they added.
During the march, Ms Ho of the Construction Site Workers General Union said they had over 10,000 signed-up members and around 100 active members: “It is a union that already exists, but now we are recruiting more workers with the same political stance,” she said.
“We aim for three targets. The first one, we want to defend our own worker’s rights… We want to get the right to vote in the coming legislative election [as a functional constituency]… The third aim – we are trying to use construction workers’ role in this movement – for example, volunteer teams for people in need – trying to prepare for the general strike.”.....
www.hongkongfp.com/2020/01/01/resist-tyranny-join-union-h...
民陣今日（1日）舉行「毋忘承諾，並肩同行」 元旦大遊行。在預定起步時間2時，銅鑼灣東角道已聚集大量等待插隊的民眾，亦有不少市民支持黃色經濟圈，黃店「渣哥」有逾百人排隊光顧。
‘Resist tyranny, join a union’: Huge turnout as Hongkongers hit the streets for New Year’s Day protest
Thousands of Hongkongers took to the streets on Wednesday for the first police-approved mass protest of the new year.
The huge turnout built on a continuing a pro-democracy movement that has reached each corner of the city over the past seven months.
The march received a letter of no objection from the police, and began at around 2:40pm in Victoria Park in Causeway Bay.
The front of the march reached the endpoint at the Chater Road Pedestrian Precinct in Central just after 4pm.
In addition to the five core demands of the movement, protesters on Wednesday also called for increased union participation, supporting the victims of political reprisals, and halting a proposed pay rise for the police.
Protesters chanted slogans such as “Five demands, not one less,” as well as new additions such as “Resist tyranny, join a union.”
Those at the head of the march included some newly-elected pro-democracy district councillors – whose term in office began on January 1.
A group outside Victoria Park were rallying Hongkongers to register to vote: “We want to use our vote to tell the Hong Kong government what we want… We want the people to come out again and win at the Legislative Council election [in September],” Ms Oliver told HKFP, following the pro-democracy camp’s victory at last year District Council elections.
Though the extradition bill – which sparked the movement – was axed, demonstrators are still demanding an independent probe into police behaviour, amnesty for those arrested, universal suffrage and a halt to the characterisation of protests as “riots.”
In a statement, march organisers the Civil Human Rights Front (CHRF) called on the public to be “more united, persistent, and caring of one another” in the coming year.
“In 2020, the police have already fired the first round of tear gas,” the group wrote shortly after midnight. “Carrie Lam and police brutality turned a festive season into anguish, and perhaps we should say ‘Five demands, not one less’ instead of happy new year.”
In a statement later on Wednesday, the Front said the police had taken no responsibility for any misconduct: “They dehumanise protestors as cockroaches, demean journalists as “black reporters” and arrest medical doctors and nurses as rioters. Now, the government even attempts to increase the salaries of these rioting police.”
“We must persist this fight, for the arrested, injured and departed brothers and sisters in this movement. When victory comes, we shall gather at the dawn,” they added.
During the march, Ms Ho of the Construction Site Workers General Union said they had over 10,000 signed-up members and around 100 active members: “It is a union that already exists, but now we are recruiting more workers with the same political stance,” she said.
“We aim for three targets. The first one, we want to defend our own worker’s rights… We want to get the right to vote in the coming legislative election [as a functional constituency]… The third aim – we are trying to use construction workers’ role in this movement – for example, volunteer teams for people in need – trying to prepare for the general strike.”.....
www.hongkongfp.com/2020/01/01/resist-tyranny-join-union-h...
民陣今日（1日）舉行「毋忘承諾，並肩同行」 元旦大遊行。在預定起步時間2時，銅鑼灣東角道已聚集大量等待插隊的民眾，亦有不少市民支持黃色經濟圈，黃店「渣哥」有逾百人排隊光顧。
Hong Kong Human rights and Democracy Act
Hong Kong Free Press:
"Brandishing a sea of American flags, tens of thousands of Hongkongers marched in Central on Sunday urging Washington to pass a bill that would punish those it deems responsible for suppressing freedoms in the city.
The mass march to the US Consulate-General on Sunday began at Chater Garden as crowds swelled around a four metre-tall statue of a protester."
www.hongkongfp.com/2019/09/08/thousands-hongkongers-urge-...
【明報專訊】美國國會周一復會，料審議由美國跨黨派國會議員提出的《香港人權與民主法案》，包括要求國務卿每年檢討香港高度自治情况。有網民昨日發起集會，遊行至美國駐港總領事館請願，促請通過法案。有市民認為在中美貿易戰下，美國表態能對中央政府施壓，令本港爭取民主及反修例訴求的空間增加。
HKFP: "The march, originally organised by the Civil Human Rights Front, was cancelled after the police objected to the event.
But on Sunday, thousands still took to the streets in defiance of the ban.
The march began at around 2:30pm at East Point Road in the commercial area of Causeway Bay, the original starting point of the protest.
www.hongkongfp.com/2019/09/15/tear-gas-water-cannon-rubbe...
HKFP: "The march, originally organised by the Civil Human Rights Front, was cancelled after the police objected to the event.
But on Sunday, thousands still took to the streets in defiance of the ban.
The march began at around 2:30pm at East Point Road in the commercial area of Causeway Bay, the original starting point of the protest.
www.hongkongfp.com/2019/09/15/tear-gas-water-cannon-rubbe...
HKFP: "The march, originally organised by the Civil Human Rights Front, was cancelled after the police objected to the event.
But on Sunday, thousands still took to the streets in defiance of the ban.
The march began at around 2:30pm at East Point Road in the commercial area of Causeway Bay, the original starting point of the protest.
www.hongkongfp.com/2019/09/15/tear-gas-water-cannon-rubbe...
Nome di battaglia "Matoch". Partisan, 85 year old. Never tired to tell the fight against fascism
25th april 1945-2011
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_resistance_movement
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Nel periodo compreso tra il 10 settembre 1944 e il 14 ottobre 1944, le formazioni partigiane locali, tra le quali la formazione “Valtoce” contraddistinta dal fazzoletto azzurro e comandata da Alfredo Di Dio, noto con il nome di battaglia di “Marco”, dopo aver liberato dalla presenza nazifascista la zona, costringendo alla resa i vari presidi nemici, diedero vita all’esperienza della Repubblica Partigiana dell’Ossola. Si è trattato di un laboratorio politico ispirato ai principi di libertà, democrazia e eguaglianza, salutato con favore dagli Alleati.
Un lembo di terra liberatosi da solo, grazie alla vittoria del movimento resistenziale ed alla fattiva collaborazione della popolazione. La repubblica ossolana rappresentava, al tempo stesso, nell’Europa occupata dalle armate germaniche, un esempio da imitare per i popoli sottomessi ed una ferita aperta per le dittature nazifasciste. Per queste ragioni, a decorrere dal 09 ottobre 1944 le truppe nazifasciste sferrarono una pesante offensiva sul confine meridionale della Repubblica dell’Ossola, avanzando all’interno della Valle Cannobina, della Valle Grande, premendo su Mergozzo e Ornavasso, con l’impiego di divisioni specializzate nella lotta anti guerriglia.
A Ornavasso, in particolare, in un primo momento, i partigiani della Valtoce riuscirono a opporre resistenza alle formazioni nemiche meglio armate e preponderanti numericamente cercando di sbarrare la strada alla loro avanzata con ostacoli naturali e scavando una fossa anti- carro alla punta di Migiandone. Presero, inoltre, posizione lungo la linea Cadorna e resistettero nei limiti del possibile alle soverchianti forze nazifasciste, fino all’esaurimento delle munizioni
Hong Kong Human rights and Democracy Act
Hong Kong Free Press:
"Brandishing a sea of American flags, tens of thousands of Hongkongers marched in Central on Sunday urging Washington to pass a bill that would punish those it deems responsible for suppressing freedoms in the city.
The mass march to the US Consulate-General on Sunday began at Chater Garden as crowds swelled around a four metre-tall statue of a protester."
www.hongkongfp.com/2019/09/08/thousands-hongkongers-urge-...
【明報專訊】美國國會周一復會，料審議由美國跨黨派國會議員提出的《香港人權與民主法案》，包括要求國務卿每年檢討香港高度自治情况。有網民昨日發起集會，遊行至美國駐港總領事館請願，促請通過法案。有市民認為在中美貿易戰下，美國表態能對中央政府施壓，令本港爭取民主及反修例訴求的空間增加。
HKFP: "The march, originally organised by the Civil Human Rights Front, was cancelled after the police objected to the event.
But on Sunday, thousands still took to the streets in defiance of the ban.
The march began at around 2:30pm at East Point Road in the commercial area of Causeway Bay, the original starting point of the protest.
www.hongkongfp.com/2019/09/15/tear-gas-water-cannon-rubbe...
HKFP: "The march, originally organised by the Civil Human Rights Front, was cancelled after the police objected to the event.
But on Sunday, thousands still took to the streets in defiance of the ban.
The march began at around 2:30pm at East Point Road in the commercial area of Causeway Bay, the original starting point of the protest.
www.hongkongfp.com/2019/09/15/tear-gas-water-cannon-rubbe...
HKFP: "The march, originally organised by the Civil Human Rights Front, was cancelled after the police objected to the event.
But on Sunday, thousands still took to the streets in defiance of the ban.
The march began at around 2:30pm at East Point Road in the commercial area of Causeway Bay, the original starting point of the protest.
www.hongkongfp.com/2019/09/15/tear-gas-water-cannon-rubbe...
HKFP: "The march, originally organised by the Civil Human Rights Front, was cancelled after the police objected to the event.
But on Sunday, thousands still took to the streets in defiance of the ban.
The march began at around 2:30pm at East Point Road in the commercial area of Causeway Bay, the original starting point of the protest.
www.hongkongfp.com/2019/09/15/tear-gas-water-cannon-rubbe...
HKFP: "The march, originally organised by the Civil Human Rights Front, was cancelled after the police objected to the event.
But on Sunday, thousands still took to the streets in defiance of the ban.
The march began at around 2:30pm at East Point Road in the commercial area of Causeway Bay, the original starting point of the protest.
www.hongkongfp.com/2019/09/15/tear-gas-water-cannon-rubbe...
Hong Kong Human rights and Democracy Act
Hong Kong Free Press:
"Brandishing a sea of American flags, tens of thousands of Hongkongers marched in Central on Sunday urging Washington to pass a bill that would punish those it deems responsible for suppressing freedoms in the city.
The mass march to the US Consulate-General on Sunday began at Chater Garden as crowds swelled around a four metre-tall statue of a protester."
www.hongkongfp.com/2019/09/08/thousands-hongkongers-urge-...
【明報專訊】美國國會周一復會，料審議由美國跨黨派國會議員提出的《香港人權與民主法案》，包括要求國務卿每年檢討香港高度自治情况。有網民昨日發起集會，遊行至美國駐港總領事館請願，促請通過法案。有市民認為在中美貿易戰下，美國表態能對中央政府施壓，令本港爭取民主及反修例訴求的空間增加。
Hong Kong Human rights and Democracy Act
Hong Kong Free Press:
"Brandishing a sea of American flags, tens of thousands of Hongkongers marched in Central on Sunday urging Washington to pass a bill that would punish those it deems responsible for suppressing freedoms in the city.
The mass march to the US Consulate-General on Sunday began at Chater Garden as crowds swelled around a four metre-tall statue of a protester."
www.hongkongfp.com/2019/09/08/thousands-hongkongers-urge-...
【明報專訊】美國國會周一復會，料審議由美國跨黨派國會議員提出的《香港人權與民主法案》，包括要求國務卿每年檢討香港高度自治情况。有網民昨日發起集會，遊行至美國駐港總領事館請願，促請通過法案。有市民認為在中美貿易戰下，美國表態能對中央政府施壓，令本港爭取民主及反修例訴求的空間增加。
HKFP: "The march, originally organised by the Civil Human Rights Front, was cancelled after the police objected to the event.
But on Sunday, thousands still took to the streets in defiance of the ban.
The march began at around 2:30pm at East Point Road in the commercial area of Causeway Bay, the original starting point of the protest.
www.hongkongfp.com/2019/09/15/tear-gas-water-cannon-rubbe...
HKFP: "The march, originally organised by the Civil Human Rights Front, was cancelled after the police objected to the event.
But on Sunday, thousands still took to the streets in defiance of the ban.
The march began at around 2:30pm at East Point Road in the commercial area of Causeway Bay, the original starting point of the protest.
www.hongkongfp.com/2019/09/15/tear-gas-water-cannon-rubbe...
HKFP: "The march, originally organised by the Civil Human Rights Front, was cancelled after the police objected to the event.
But on Sunday, thousands still took to the streets in defiance of the ban.
The march began at around 2:30pm at East Point Road in the commercial area of Causeway Bay, the original starting point of the protest.
www.hongkongfp.com/2019/09/15/tear-gas-water-cannon-rubbe...
HKFP: "The march, originally organised by the Civil Human Rights Front, was cancelled after the police objected to the event.
But on Sunday, thousands still took to the streets in defiance of the ban.
The march began at around 2:30pm at East Point Road in the commercial area of Causeway Bay, the original starting point of the protest.
www.hongkongfp.com/2019/09/15/tear-gas-water-cannon-rubbe...
HKFP: "The march, originally organised by the Civil Human Rights Front, was cancelled after the police objected to the event.
But on Sunday, thousands still took to the streets in defiance of the ban.
The march began at around 2:30pm at East Point Road in the commercial area of Causeway Bay, the original starting point of the protest.
www.hongkongfp.com/2019/09/15/tear-gas-water-cannon-rubbe...
HKFP: "The march, originally organised by the Civil Human Rights Front, was cancelled after the police objected to the event.
But on Sunday, thousands still took to the streets in defiance of the ban.
The march began at around 2:30pm at East Point Road in the commercial area of Causeway Bay, the original starting point of the protest.
www.hongkongfp.com/2019/09/15/tear-gas-water-cannon-rubbe...
HKFP: "The march, originally organised by the Civil Human Rights Front, was cancelled after the police objected to the event.
But on Sunday, thousands still took to the streets in defiance of the ban.
The march began at around 2:30pm at East Point Road in the commercial area of Causeway Bay, the original starting point of the protest.
www.hongkongfp.com/2019/09/15/tear-gas-water-cannon-rubbe...
HKFP: "The march, originally organised by the Civil Human Rights Front, was cancelled after the police objected to the event.
But on Sunday, thousands still took to the streets in defiance of the ban.
The march began at around 2:30pm at East Point Road in the commercial area of Causeway Bay, the original starting point of the protest.
www.hongkongfp.com/2019/09/15/tear-gas-water-cannon-rubbe...
HKFP: "The march, originally organised by the Civil Human Rights Front, was cancelled after the police objected to the event.
But on Sunday, thousands still took to the streets in defiance of the ban.
The march began at around 2:30pm at East Point Road in the commercial area of Causeway Bay, the original starting point of the protest.
www.hongkongfp.com/2019/09/15/tear-gas-water-cannon-rubbe...
HKFP: "The march, originally organised by the Civil Human Rights Front, was cancelled after the police objected to the event.
But on Sunday, thousands still took to the streets in defiance of the ban.
The march began at around 2:30pm at East Point Road in the commercial area of Causeway Bay, the original starting point of the protest.
www.hongkongfp.com/2019/09/15/tear-gas-water-cannon-rubbe...
HKFP: "The march, originally organised by the Civil Human Rights Front, was cancelled after the police objected to the event.
But on Sunday, thousands still took to the streets in defiance of the ban.
The march began at around 2:30pm at East Point Road in the commercial area of Causeway Bay, the original starting point of the protest.
www.hongkongfp.com/2019/09/15/tear-gas-water-cannon-rubbe...
HKFP: "The march, originally organised by the Civil Human Rights Front, was cancelled after the police objected to the event.
But on Sunday, thousands still took to the streets in defiance of the ban.
The march began at around 2:30pm at East Point Road in the commercial area of Causeway Bay, the original starting point of the protest.
www.hongkongfp.com/2019/09/15/tear-gas-water-cannon-rubbe...
HKFP: "The march, originally organised by the Civil Human Rights Front, was cancelled after the police objected to the event.
But on Sunday, thousands still took to the streets in defiance of the ban.
The march began at around 2:30pm at East Point Road in the commercial area of Causeway Bay, the original starting point of the protest.
www.hongkongfp.com/2019/09/15/tear-gas-water-cannon-rubbe...
HKFP: "The march, originally organised by the Civil Human Rights Front, was cancelled after the police objected to the event.
But on Sunday, thousands still took to the streets in defiance of the ban.
The march began at around 2:30pm at East Point Road in the commercial area of Causeway Bay, the original starting point of the protest.
www.hongkongfp.com/2019/09/15/tear-gas-water-cannon-rubbe...
HKFP: "The march, originally organised by the Civil Human Rights Front, was cancelled after the police objected to the event.
But on Sunday, thousands still took to the streets in defiance of the ban.
The march began at around 2:30pm at East Point Road in the commercial area of Causeway Bay, the original starting point of the protest.
www.hongkongfp.com/2019/09/15/tear-gas-water-cannon-rubbe...
HKFP: "The march, originally organised by the Civil Human Rights Front, was cancelled after the police objected to the event.
But on Sunday, thousands still took to the streets in defiance of the ban.
The march began at around 2:30pm at East Point Road in the commercial area of Causeway Bay, the original starting point of the protest.
www.hongkongfp.com/2019/09/15/tear-gas-water-cannon-rubbe...
HKFP: "The march, originally organised by the Civil Human Rights Front, was cancelled after the police objected to the event.
But on Sunday, thousands still took to the streets in defiance of the ban.
The march began at around 2:30pm at East Point Road in the commercial area of Causeway Bay, the original starting point of the protest.
www.hongkongfp.com/2019/09/15/tear-gas-water-cannon-rubbe...
HKFP: "The march, originally organised by the Civil Human Rights Front, was cancelled after the police objected to the event.
But on Sunday, thousands still took to the streets in defiance of the ban.
The march began at around 2:30pm at East Point Road in the commercial area of Causeway Bay, the original starting point of the protest.
www.hongkongfp.com/2019/09/15/tear-gas-water-cannon-rubbe...
HKFP: "The march, originally organised by the Civil Human Rights Front, was cancelled after the police objected to the event.
But on Sunday, thousands still took to the streets in defiance of the ban.
The march began at around 2:30pm at East Point Road in the commercial area of Causeway Bay, the original starting point of the protest.
www.hongkongfp.com/2019/09/15/tear-gas-water-cannon-rubbe...
HKFP: "The march, originally organised by the Civil Human Rights Front, was cancelled after the police objected to the event.
But on Sunday, thousands still took to the streets in defiance of the ban.
The march began at around 2:30pm at East Point Road in the commercial area of Causeway Bay, the original starting point of the protest.
www.hongkongfp.com/2019/09/15/tear-gas-water-cannon-rubbe...
HKFP: "The march, originally organised by the Civil Human Rights Front, was cancelled after the police objected to the event.
But on Sunday, thousands still took to the streets in defiance of the ban.
The march began at around 2:30pm at East Point Road in the commercial area of Causeway Bay, the original starting point of the protest.
www.hongkongfp.com/2019/09/15/tear-gas-water-cannon-rubbe...
HKFP: "The march, originally organised by the Civil Human Rights Front, was cancelled after the police objected to the event.
But on Sunday, thousands still took to the streets in defiance of the ban.
The march began at around 2:30pm at East Point Road in the commercial area of Causeway Bay, the original starting point of the protest.
www.hongkongfp.com/2019/09/15/tear-gas-water-cannon-rubbe...
HKFP: "The march, originally organised by the Civil Human Rights Front, was cancelled after the police objected to the event.
But on Sunday, thousands still took to the streets in defiance of the ban.
The march began at around 2:30pm at East Point Road in the commercial area of Causeway Bay, the original starting point of the protest.
www.hongkongfp.com/2019/09/15/tear-gas-water-cannon-rubbe...
HKFP: "The march, originally organised by the Civil Human Rights Front, was cancelled after the police objected to the event.
But on Sunday, thousands still took to the streets in defiance of the ban.
The march began at around 2:30pm at East Point Road in the commercial area of Causeway Bay, the original starting point of the protest.
www.hongkongfp.com/2019/09/15/tear-gas-water-cannon-rubbe...
HKFP: "The march, originally organised by the Civil Human Rights Front, was cancelled after the police objected to the event.
But on Sunday, thousands still took to the streets in defiance of the ban.
The march began at around 2:30pm at East Point Road in the commercial area of Causeway Bay, the original starting point of the protest.
www.hongkongfp.com/2019/09/15/tear-gas-water-cannon-rubbe...
HKFP: "The march, originally organised by the Civil Human Rights Front, was cancelled after the police objected to the event.
But on Sunday, thousands still took to the streets in defiance of the ban.
The march began at around 2:30pm at East Point Road in the commercial area of Causeway Bay, the original starting point of the protest.
www.hongkongfp.com/2019/09/15/tear-gas-water-cannon-rubbe...
HKFP: "The march, originally organised by the Civil Human Rights Front, was cancelled after the police objected to the event.
But on Sunday, thousands still took to the streets in defiance of the ban.
The march began at around 2:30pm at East Point Road in the commercial area of Causeway Bay, the original starting point of the protest.
www.hongkongfp.com/2019/09/15/tear-gas-water-cannon-rubbe...
HKFP: "The march, originally organised by the Civil Human Rights Front, was cancelled after the police objected to the event.
But on Sunday, thousands still took to the streets in defiance of the ban.
The march began at around 2:30pm at East Point Road in the commercial area of Causeway Bay, the original starting point of the protest.
www.hongkongfp.com/2019/09/15/tear-gas-water-cannon-rubbe...
HKFP: "The march, originally organised by the Civil Human Rights Front, was cancelled after the police objected to the event.
But on Sunday, thousands still took to the streets in defiance of the ban.
The march began at around 2:30pm at East Point Road in the commercial area of Causeway Bay, the original starting point of the protest.
www.hongkongfp.com/2019/09/15/tear-gas-water-cannon-rubbe...
Hong Kong Human rights and Democracy Act
Hong Kong Free Press:
"Brandishing a sea of American flags, tens of thousands of Hongkongers marched in Central on Sunday urging Washington to pass a bill that would punish those it deems responsible for suppressing freedoms in the city.
The mass march to the US Consulate-General on Sunday began at Chater Garden as crowds swelled around a four metre-tall statue of a protester."
www.hongkongfp.com/2019/09/08/thousands-hongkongers-urge-...
【明報專訊】美國國會周一復會，料審議由美國跨黨派國會議員提出的《香港人權與民主法案》，包括要求國務卿每年檢討香港高度自治情况。有網民昨日發起集會，遊行至美國駐港總領事館請願，促請通過法案。有市民認為在中美貿易戰下，美國表態能對中央政府施壓，令本港爭取民主及反修例訴求的空間增加。