Hong Kong Tiananmen vigil set to keep 'dictatorship' slogans
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Organizers of a candlelight vigil in Hong Kong marking the anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown are set to use slogans calling for the "end to one-party dictatorship" despite warnings from pro-Beijing forces of potential repercussions.
According to a according to a speech released ahead of Monday's event, Chow Hang-tung, a vice-chairwoman of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, will urge participants to resist pressure not to use the political slogan.
Chow's speech says: "They want us to accept this reality: China is under the rule of the Communist Party, and the regime is going to last forever."
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The vigil that is held annually in Victoria Park is expected to draw tens of thousands of people.