Anti-Occupy Central campaign plans march in protest of sit-in threat
Thousands to walk across town as activists advise businesses on seeking an injunction
Anti-Occupy Central campaigners plan to stage a "walk for peace and universal suffrage" next month, and to offer free legal advice to small businesses in Central about how to ask the courts for an injunction against the civil disobedience movement.
The August 17 march from Victoria Park in Causeway Bay to Chater Garden in Central would mark the end of a petition campaign opposing Occupy, according to the organiser, the Alliance for Peace and Democracy.
The group estimated 50,000 to 60,000 people would take part, alliance spokesman Robert Chow Yung said yesterday.
"The walk has only one theme," Chow said. "It is not about 'anti-someone'. It is for peace and universal suffrage. By coming forward, Hongkongers will be sending a strong message to Occupy Central organisers."
Chow is the convenor of another anti-Occupy group, the Silent Majority for Hong Kong.
Chief Secretary Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said she agreed with the march organisers' objective but would not join in, for fear that her presence might overshadow its message.
The Occupy Central movement for democracy vows to paralyse the main business hub if the government fails to deliver an electoral reform package that offers Hongkongers real choices in the 2017 chief executive poll.
