Parents Rally To Demand Government Response

Hundreds of parents along with their children gathered at the Edinburgh Place in Central on Saturday afternoon to join a ‘family rally’ to urge the Carrie Lam administration to respond to the demands of anti-extradition bill protesters.

Organisers said the event “Guard our children’s future” is to provide a chance for children to demonstrate peacefully.

The crowd then marched to the government headquarters, where they hung up balloons and banners drawn by children.

The event’s spokeswoman, Fion Yim, said they came out to voice their demands and want the government to respond to the protesters.

She said they had come out with children despite the heat and if Lam wants to be a 'caring mother', she can respond to the demands and spare these children and parents of this trouble.

One marcher, Ann Chan, had brought her 10-year-old son to the event. She said many mothers were there as they were fighting for the next generation's future.

A boy at the rally said he wants Chief Executive Carrie Lam to just pull up her socks and stop blaming others.

"Please don’t mess things up. Just do the right things and the people will agree with you. Now you’ve messed up everything," he said.

"You said we shouldn't talk about money. But the economy is declining, the Hang Seng Index has dropped over 960 points. How come Carrie Lam still gets the courage to continue talking like that when she has messed up everything?"