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The Hong Kong Women Workers’ Association has cancelled a march it scheduled for Sunday to mark International Women’s Day, amid reports "violent" groups were planning to join.
Police promptly withdrew the verbal permit it gave for the march, which would have been the first mass assembly to be held in the city since the pandemic broke out three years ago.
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The HKWWA announced the cancellation of the march on its Facebook page on Saturday night, but gave no reason.
It was originally scheduled to be held from Wanchai to the Central Government Offices in Tamar.
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At a subsequent press conference, Cheng Wai-kin, acting senior superintendent of the police, said the organizers decided to call off the protest “after balancing the interests of all parties.”
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As a result, he said the “letter of no
objection” issued by the police on Thursday was voided, so people who will gather at
the indicated location for the march could be deemed to have joined an
unauthorized assembly.
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Cheng said the force found out that a lot of people, “including some violent groups,” had intended to join the march. However, he gave no names of the supposed violent groups that were planning to attend.
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HKWWA executive director Wu Mei-lin announced
the protest march at a news conference held at KUC Space on Thursday, to draw attention to
the problems faced by women and migrants.
It was meant to be part of a series of
activities held ahead of Intl Women’s Day on Wednesday, which also include the
One Billion Rising dance to denounce violence against women.
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The OBR event will be held on Chater Road,
along with the Care to Caregivers program of the Mission for Migrant Workers,
which offers a number of free services to women migrants.
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