Leung Chun-ying Becomes Unfavorable News Target

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• published: 13 Oct 2014
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Follow us on TWITTER: http://twitter.com/cnforbiddennews Like us on FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/chinaforbiddennews The Australian engineering company who paid millions of dollars to Leung Chun-ying has recently been found to hold a contract with Hong Kong’s subway system. And Chinese Communist Party (CCP) premier Li Keqiang spoke in Germany about Hong Kong’s (HK) Occupy Central in a different tone from the combative slant of the CCP media. Meanwhile, protest organizers have issued an open letter to CCP leader Xi Jinping, describing negative public opinion of Leung Chun-ying in Hong Kong. Observers say these events may lead Leung Chun-ying to step down. Australian UGL Ltd. who paid Leung Chun-ying millions of dollars holds a longstanding contract to provide maintenance for 120 train cars of HK’s Mass Transit Railway (MTR). The city government has a 77 percent ownership in MTR, and Leung Chun-ying appointed its chairman who is also a board member at UGL, according to The New York Times. David Webb, an expert on corporate governance in HK, told NY Times, “It’s highly inappropriate for the government- appointed chairman of the MTR to also be sitting on the board of one of its suppliers and joint venture partners.” Meanwhile, Li Keqiang talked about Occupy Central for the first time while visiting Germany. He stressed that the “one country two systems” rule and the high autonomy policy have not changed. Foreign media say Li's attitude is relatively mild compared to the combative attitudes of the CCP media a few days ago. In his meeting with HK’s delegation of businessmen, Xi emphasized that the one country two system policy stays. Current affairs commentator Lan Su: "The views among Beijing’s high-level leadership are different; the propaganda department mastered by Jiang’s faction such as Liu Yunshan has opposite practices from Xi and Li." Due to Leung Chun-ying’s government repeatedly delaying their conversations with students, in the open letter to Xi, the HK Federation of Students and activist group Scholarism requested direct dialogue with Beijing. The letter stated that, Occupy Central is definitely not the color revolution and if Beijing has confidence, there is no need to fear the people of Hong Kong in electing their own chief executive, and that implementing true universal suffrage shows a high degree of autonomy. The letter also points out that Occupy Central is being closely observed in HK, the mainland, Taiwan, and worldwide. Everyone is expecting Xi Jinping to address the issue and stop the corrupt leader Leung Chun-ying from destroying the one country two systems policy, as it would undermine stability and sacrifice Xi Jinping’s “China dream”. Protest participant Yan Minhua: "He is the state leader, so in theory, he is supposed to help HK achieve democracy, but instead, our generation is forced to spend time on social movements rather than studying; the age of participants in politics is now getting younger." Asian Newsweek director Huang Jinqiu: "Any prolonging of this situation will hurt HK’s democracy and the mainland’s political situation.” “I don’t think Xi Jinping would like to see the turmoil in HK, and he has a more moderate measure than Jiang’s faction.” “Of course, the first step is to have Leung Chun-ying step down,; the second step could be some adjustments to the universal suffrage and direct elections." After nearly 700,000 people voted in support of citizens’ nomination for political reform, the open letter criticized Leung Chun-ying for lying and claimed that Hong Kongers don’t agree with the reform of the Legislative Council, and don’t intend to abolish the functional constituencies; thus leading to the decision of the communist congress. The open letter indicated that the academia sincerely respect the one country two systems policy in HK, that the people should resolve their country’s issues, and that public opinion should be addressed; the HK government should be held accountable for distorting public opinion. The Congress was urged to withdraw the resolution, so that political reform can be brought back on track. Dixon Ming Sing, Associate professor of the Social Sciences division at HK’s University of Science and Technology: "Many HK people are not satisfied with the chief executive, because he has created many crises." Huang Jinqiu: "Tthey should consider things a little further, . 《神韵》2014世界巡演新亮点 http://www.ShenYunPerformingArts.org/