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Occupy Central

 

Occupy Central 佔領中環

例子：The “Occupy Central” plan is a proposed nonviolent protest which will take place in Central with a view to fighting for democratic rights and universal suffrage.

 

Protest 抗議 (noun 名詞) ► Protester 抗議人士(noun 名詞)

Democratic rights 民主權利  (noun 名詞)

Universal suffrage普選  (noun 名詞)

 

Collocations of “protest” (noun 名詞)

Protest march/rally = demonstration 遊行示威

Peaceful protest vs. violent/angry protest

To stage/mount a protest 發動抗議

 

Democracy 民主

例子：In the Legislative Council (Legco), quite a number of legislators are fighting for the genuine democracy in Hong Kong.

 

Words related to “democracy”:

Democratic 民主的

(adjective 形容詞)

 

例子：democratic rights, a democratic government

 

Democrat 民主人士

(noun 名詞)

 

Pro- / Pan- 親-／泛-

 

立法會內大致分為兩個派別，傳媒多以「泛民」及「建制」泛論，英文該怎麼說？

Pro- 和 Pan- 這兩個前置詞，配上 democracy 和 establishment 就是親近或認同
民主/建制的意思。

 

  • Pro/Pan-democracy camp 泛民陣營, pan-democrats 泛民人士
  • Pro-Beijing camp 親北京派, pan-establishment camp 建制派      

 

Civil disobedience 公民抗命

= when a large group of people refuse to obey a law in a peaceful way

 

例子：“Occupy Central” is an act of civil disobedience for the support of universal suffrage.

 

Universal suffrage 全面普選

 

例子：Universal suffrage consists of the extension of the right to vote to adult citizens as a whole.

 

Two elections under universal suffrage in Hong Kong:

1) Chief Executive 行政長官

2) Legislative Council members 立法局議員     

 

The route map 路線圖 for the “Occupy Central” movement

1) July 2013:                Oath-taking days 宣誓大會

2) Early 2014:              A deliberation day 深思大會

3) April/May 2014:        Citizens’ authorization 民意授權

                                   (例子：referendum 公投, by-election補選)

4) July 2014:                Occupy Central 佔領中環

   
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