Thousands of protesters marched on original Year’s Day against government spending on “white elephant” infrastructure projects. Demonstrators also called for a universal pension scheme. The annual protest,which was postponed to February final year, returned on January 1 for people to “release their anger towards the government on the holiday”, or according to James Hon Lin-shan,a spokesperson for the march. […]The post Annual march against gov’t “white elephant” projects and pension policy attracts thousands appeared first on Hong Kong Free Press. Author: Kris Cheng.
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