NSTworld “It’s hard to utter ‘Happy New Year’ because Hong Kong people are not happy” Rally HongKong
Gathering on a grass lawn in Victoria Park under grey skies, citizens young and old, many dressed in black and some masked, carried signs such as “Freedom is not free” before setting off.
The pro-democracy march is being organised by the Civil Human Rights Front, a group that arranged a number of marches last year that drew millions. Thousands of Hong Kong revellers had earlier welcomed in 2020 on neon-lit promenades along the iconic skyline of Victoria Harbour, chanting the movement’s signature eight-word Chinese protest couplet – “Liberate Hong Kong. Revolution of our Time.” – for the final eight seconds before clocks struck midnight.
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