Tuesday, 17 Dec 2019 06:00 pm

Hong Kong protests: social workers rally in Central to rouse support for three-day strike

Activists take industrial action in bid to force Hong Kong government to meet demands of pro-democracy movement

By Neha Pandey

Social workers staged a rally in Edinburgh Place, Central, to kickstart a three-day strike.

About 200 social workers rallied in Central on Tuesday to urge Hongkongers to join a three-day strike over what they called a humanitarian crisis facing the city.

The activists gathered in Edinburgh Place in support of anti-government protesters and to condemn police’s handling of the demonstrations during six months of unrest.

A strike committee from the social welfare sector, which is made up of union members and concern groups, had organised for the industrial action to run from Tuesday to Thursday.

Patrick Lam, an occupational therapist and one of the strike’s organisers, encouraged people across different sectors to set up trade unions and hold demonstrations to hammer home protesters’ five demands, which include a judge-led inquiry into police conduct.

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Neha Pandey

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