Sunday 5 October 2014

2014 Oct 5th - Q12

Where would you most likely be, if you saw the numbers 689, 926, 8964 on posters, flyers and 'few' buses? And, why these numbers?
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=> Hong Kong - in light of the recent protests, or the Umbrella Revolution, these numbered shorthands have been used a lot to express political anger. They hold special meaning : #689 for the number of votes Hong Kong chief executive C.Y. Leung (whom the crowd wants ousted) received to get his position; #926 for the day the protests kicked off; #8964 for the date of the Tiananmen Massacre.

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