The leadership of Hong Kong Kong’s democracy movement agreed to have a formal dialogue with the government on Monday, October 6. Representatives from the two student groups leading the protests, Scholarism and the Hong Kong Federation of Students, attended a second round of preliminary talks with a government official late Monday. One of the main leaders of the democracy movement is Lester Shum from the Hong Kong Federation of Students, who set the terms for any future talks between the government and protesters in a Monday meeting with a government official.
I think that it is good that the protesters and the government are finally talking together and making terms and deals. I think that this is a good thing because it is much better for the protesters, the government, and other citizens. This is because the protesters don’t need to stay out on the road all day and night anymore, which means they can return to school (most are students) or work or just when they were doing before. It is better for the government because they don’t need to keep dealing with the protesters and the blocked roads and all the stopped businesses and they can deal with it in a much more calm, discrete way. It is better for citizens because people can go back to work, kids can go back to school, and there will be less traffic or other complications.
I am curious about when the protesters will completely stop and go home, because there is no need to keep occupying the roads in Hong Kong since they are now negotiating with the government. I am also curious about how the government is going to respond to all of the terms of the protesters. I am going to find this out by checking the news more often and by talking to my parents, because they probably know a lot about what is going on.
Sources
http://www.voanews.com/content/hong-kong-returns-to-work/2473692.html
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1611212/live-hong-kong-protests-enter-tenth-day-dialogue-talks-drag
http://time.com/3476920/occupy-central-hong-kong-students-government-negotiations-talks/