{"id":43063,"date":"2014-10-23T13:31:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-23T13:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1:10081\/?p=43063 "},"modified":"2014-10-23T13:31:00","modified_gmt":"2014-10-23T13:31:00","slug":"43063-revision-v1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minzhuzhongguo.org\/?p=43063","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong protests: Activists march to CY Leung\\’s house"},"content":{"rendered":"
22 October 2014 Last updated at 06:09 ET<\/div>
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Pro-democracy demonstrators in Hong Kong have marched to the residence of the territory’s leader, criticising his stance on democratic reform.<\/div>
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The protesters were also angered by CY Leung’s recent comments, where he argued that poorer residents should not be given too much political influence.<\/div>
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Pro-democracy protesters have been on Hong Kong’s streets for three weeks, paralysing some key roads.<\/div>
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Activists and government officials held talks for the first time on Tuesday.<\/div>
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However, the first round of talks showed little signs of ending the impasse.<\/div>
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Pro-democracy protesters stand outside Government House after a march from the Admiralty protest site in Hong Kong, 22 October 2014<\/div>
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Protesters outside CY Leung’s residence hold signs criticising his remarks about the poor<\/div>
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‘Numbers game’<\/div>
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Correspondents say about 200 protesters marched to Mr Leung’s official residence, Government House, on Wednesday.<\/div>
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Many were angered by Mr Leung’s comments in an interview on Monday, where he said fully democratic elections would lead to populist policies, as poorer residents would have a dominant voice in politics.<\/div>
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“If it’s entirely a numbers game and numeric representation, then obviously you would be talking to half of the people in Hong Kong who earn less than $1,800 (£1,110) a month,” he said.<\/div>
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Hong Kong policemen patrol as pro-democracy protesters rally at the ongoing Occupy Central protest movement in the Admiralty District of Hong Kong, China, 22 October 2014<\/div>
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Hundreds of protesters have set up tents at key sites in Hong Kong<\/div>
These startlingly frank remarks have not gone down well with many demonstrators, who see it as proof that the political system is rigged on behalf of the rich, the BBC’s Juliana Liu in Hong Kong reports.<\/div>
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It tallies with the narrative of the city as a place where the gap between rich and poor – which is one of the highest in Asia – is rising, our correspondent adds.<\/div>
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On Wednesday, the government issued a statement saying that Mr Leung was required to “take into account the needs of all sectors with equal importance… instead of just the needs of the largest community”.<\/div>
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