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Blossom Everywhere: Organiser of June 4 Vigil Calls on Citizens to Carry-on “Candle-lit” Tradition

Locking down a venue cannot lock down the hearts of Hong Kong citizens. Under the pretext of “Social distance and gathering ban”, HK Government banned, for the first-time in 31 years, the Victoria Park 64 vigil held annually in remembrance of the victims of Tiananmen Square Massacre in 1989.

The Hong Kong Alliance, in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China called on the public to uphold the “candle-lit” tradition, letting the flame of remembrance blossom everywhere in Hong Kong so that the next generation will carry on seeking vindication of the movement.

The Hong Kong Catholic Community Federation of Support for the Patriotic and Democratic Movement of China (HKPF) also decided for the first time to hold a Mass in 7 churches in Hong Kong to pay tribute to the victims of June 4 Massacre and to pray for the people fighting for democracy.

Asked whether members would be afraid to attend the Mass, concerning introduction of the National Security Law, Chan Lok-shun recognised that some might be worried about political repression, but he also believes that many would hold on to the values they believe. Chan emphasised that the Church always pray for political stability, world peace and human rights, and he hoped to carry out “as much as they can.”

Further Reading:
Hong Kong Police Object Annual June 4th Vigil for Tiananmen Massacre,
Organizer calls for a new way to commemorate: Let candles be lit everywhere in Hong Kong
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/21900

Source: Apple Daily

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Memories From Generation to Generation

Every year, young faces are sighted at the candlelight vigil to carry on the flame of remembrance to the next generation, to continue seeking vindication for the June 4 massacre.

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Citizens carry '6/4' Neon Lights

20:42 | #LaiChiKok Detention Centre

Citizens held up big neon lights, showing the Roman Numerals "VI IV", symbolizing "6 4", the date which the Tiananmen Square Massacre happened.

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Police Officers Breaks Solemn Atmosphere, Yells Through Loudhailer

20:06 | #LaiChiKok Detention Centre

While citizens were closing their eyes, putting their hands together and taking a quiet moment to pray, police officers yelled through loudhailers, warning them that they were breaching the 8-person per gathering ban, without showing even the slightest respect to a solemn atmosphere.

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Citizens Sing with Detainees in Commemoration of 8964

Although protesters of anti-ELAB movement being detained at the Lai Chi Kok Detention Center were banned from holding a mass ceremony to pay tribute to the victims of Tienanmen Massacre, they vowed to pray for the deceased and sing the “Flower of Freedom” in their prison cells this evening.

In supporting of the detainees' actions, citizens gathered right outside of the detention center to sing with the detainees.

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Citizens Shout, Showing Support for Detained

Showing their support for the detained pro-democracy protesters, citizens shouted and chanted at the top of their lungs: “Fellas, we back you up!”

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Every road shut, every tear counted, every flower tracked, every memory erased, every tombstone effaced.
— Liu Xiaobo "June Fourth, a Tomb"

Editor's Note: Liu Xiaobo (1955 - 2017) was a Chinese writer and human rights activist who was involved in campaigns to end the communist one-party-rule in China. At the time of the 1989 Tiananmen Protests, Liu Xiaobo, who was in the US at the time, flew back to China to partake in the protests. He was called the "four junzis of Tiananmen Square" and saved hundreds of lives during the massacre by persuading the students to leave the square.

This poem in particular describes how memories of that fateful night was erased from the minds of the Chinese people, how even the smallest memory of it would be hunted down and eradicated.

Is this not Hong Kong today? Every road filled with barriers to block its civilians from coming and going; every tear meticulously recorded as the police, who have fallen into disgrace, beat and humiliate their kinsmen; every flower commemorating those who have departed taken away, as those who were to put down their flower in remembrance thought twice to weigh their options before laying down their flower as though it was an act of treason.

The tombstones at Sandy Ridge Cemetery remain nameless still. Would the same regime who had rolled their tanks on their bright youths crush the memories and the will of this Pearl of the Orient with the National Security Law?

Comparison Photo from guardiansofhk IG
Art from tsesaipei;
Photo from 劉香成

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