February 21, 2005

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Sod off, swampy

Those intending to protest at December's WTO meeting in Hong Kong already know what to wear. Now the protesters are gathering for a HK taxpayer subsidised conference to discuss their tactics. Today's SCMP, ironically headline Anti-WTO activists in HK to draw up war plan:

More than 100 anti-globalisation activists will arrive in Hong Kong this week to draft protest plans for the WTO's sixth ministerial conference in December. More than 100 anti-globalisation activists will arrive in Hong Kong this week to draft protest plans for the WTO's sixth ministerial conference in December. They will join 70 local unionists, students, green activists and social workers at a City University seminar at the weekend to discuss the World Trade Organisation meeting.

Groups include the Focus on Global South, Public Services International, Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, the Alliance for Food Sovereignty Campaign and International Confederation of Free Trade Unions. But no representatives from radical groups such as Global Resistance and the World Development Movement would take part at this stage, Ms Au said..."We will ask police if they have a blacklist of activists, so we'll know who will not be able to come."

It's great to know my HK taxpayer dollars are going both to the organisers of the protests and the police who will be doing battle with them. I can't lose! It's jolly decent of the police to let the protesters know who isn't invited. Best of all Invest HK can add to the "Hong Kong:World City" campaign a section saying Hong Kong is a global player in protest organising. Let's see Shanghai do that.

Come October the Government will replace the current inane ads for Hong Kongers to smile and greet visitors with open arms. In it's place, a simple three word greeting: "Sod Off, swampy."

posted by Simon on 02.21.05 at 01:57 PM in the WTO category.




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