小樽：半滿或是半空？

Dear friends,

While Chinese are celebrating Mid-Autumn, monks in Burma are taking bold steps for basic rights to freedom and a decent living for their nation.

"I saw about 40,000 to 50,000 people, including monks, nuns and ordinary people, marching along Prome road. That was at around 3:30pm. (24/Sep) The protests will grow bigger day by day and I hope that they are not going to start killing people. We need help to save our people."  Mr Tun, Rangoon

"One of the monks who took part in the protests came to us and told us about his experiences. He said: "We are not afraid, we haven't committed a crime, we just say prayers and take part in the protests. We haven't accepted money from onlookers although they offered us a lot. We just accept water. People clapped, smiled and cheered us." The monk seemed very happy, excited and proud. But I'm worried for them. They care for us and we pray for them not to get harmed."  Mya, Rangoon

comments from inside Burma posted on:  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7010839.stm

History is taking another step.  But the military junta there is talking about taking actions.
Monks are labelled as "unrepresentative small minorities" used by factions.
It could be repression 1988, Beijing 1989 or HongKong 2003.
Let's pray for non-violence.

Background to the mass movement:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7010202.stm
Pictures: http://english.dvb.no

Reuters update:
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSB58859920070...

Perhaps you could take a step to express your concern, write to:

Consul General of Myanmar in HKSAR
Email :     myancghk@biznetvigator.com
Address :      Room 2401-2436
24th Floor, Sun Hung Kai Center
30 Harbour Road
Wanchai, Hong Kong
Phone :     (852) 2845 0810
Fax :     (852) 2845 0820

Let's walk.