{"id":6019,"date":"2014-02-19T00:51:10","date_gmt":"2014-02-18T11:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinaworker.info\/?p=6019"},"modified":"2014-02-18T19:47:40","modified_gmt":"2014-02-18T11:47:40","slug":"refugees-take-protests-to-iss-hk-head-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/2014\/02\/19\/6019\/","title":{"rendered":"Refugees take protests to ISS-HK head office"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Refugee Union in Hong Kong stages new protest in swift response to eviction after 7-day occupation<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Socialist Action reporters<\/p>\n

\u201cShame on ISS! Shame on ISS!\u201d echoed across the packed streets of Hong Kong\u2019s\u00a0Wan Chai district today as 40 members of the Refugee Union and their supporters staged a protest outside the head office of International Social Services (ISS-HK). Legislator \u2018Longhair\u2019\u00a0Leung Kwok-hung of the League of Social Democrats (LSD) was there to show support and lead the chanting.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will not give up this struggle until the government and Department of Social Welfare takes back control of refugee welfare services from ISS-HK,\u201d said Refugee Union spokesperson Raymond.<\/p>\n

\"Leung<\/a>
Leung Kwok-hung of LSD joins the refugee protesters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After making itself heard in the street outside, the demonstration moved up to the sixth floor where the ISS-HK offices are located.<\/p>\n

The protesters were angry that the High Court yesterday served an injunction in favour of ISS-HK to ban protesters from occupying its offices in Mong Kok and Tsuen Wan. An occupation by members of the Refugee Union began on Tuesday 11 February and lasted for one week, generating a lot of media attention for this struggle and the union\u2019s demands for an investigation into corrupt practices by ISS-HK.<\/p>\n

\u201cISS thinks they have evicted the protesters, but this campaign will clearly continue until ISS itself is evicted by losing its lucrative government contract,\u201d said Vincent Kolo of Socialist Action, which co-hosted the Wan Chai demonstration.<\/p>\n

\"Inside<\/a>
Inside the ISS-HK offices, the protest continues<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Refugee protesters including seven protest leaders who are named in the court ruling are now banned from entering ISS-HK welfare offices without written permission. In addition to its court action against the protesters, ISS-HK mounted a propaganda counter-offensive through its website, rejecting claims that its food supplies are manipulated to undercut the legally prescribed sum of HK$1,200 per month per person. The company\u2019s claims were swiftly dismissed as\u00a0\u201cmore lies\u201d\u00a0by the Refugee Union.<\/p>\n

The message from the Wan Chai protest is that the struggle against ISS-HK continues after the occupation, with new tactics to be thrashed out in coming days. The occupation achieved a great deal in putting this struggle on the map. This has strengthened the determination of the Refugee Union, more than 100-strong, to continue its fight for justice.<\/p>\n

\"Raymond<\/a>
Raymond of the Refugee Union addressing the Wan Chai protest<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Refugee Union in Hong Kong stages new protest in swift response to eviction after 7-day occupation Socialist Action reporters \u201cShame on ISS! Shame on ISS!\u201d echoed across the packed streets of Hong Kong\u2019s\u00a0Wan Chai district today as 40 members of the Refugee Union and their supporters staged a protest outside the head office of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":6024,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[133,124],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6019","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hong-kong","8":"category-news"},"yoast_head":"\nRefugees take protests to ISS-HK head office - China Worker<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/2014\/02\/19\/6019\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Refugees take protests to ISS-HK head office - China Worker\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Refugee Union in Hong Kong stages new protest in swift response to eviction after 7-day occupation Socialist Action reporters \u201cShame on ISS! Shame on ISS!\u201d echoed across the packed streets of Hong Kong\u2019s\u00a0Wan Chai district today as 40 members of the Refugee Union and their supporters staged a protest outside the head office of […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/2014\/02\/19\/6019\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"China Worker\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SocialistAction\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-02-18T11:42:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2014-02-18T11:47:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/media1.chinaworker.info\/2014\/02\/ISS2-e1392723374315.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"266\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chinaworker.info\\\/en\\\/2014\\\/02\\\/19\\\/6019\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chinaworker.info\\\/en\\\/2014\\\/02\\\/19\\\/6019\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Refugees take protests to ISS-HK head office\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-02-18T11:42:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-02-18T11:47:40+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chinaworker.info\\\/en\\\/2014\\\/02\\\/19\\\/6019\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":421,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chinaworker.info\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chinaworker.info\\\/en\\\/2014\\\/02\\\/19\\\/6019\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/media1.chinaworker.info\\\/2014\\\/02\\\/ISS2-e1392723374315.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Hong Kong\",\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chinaworker.info\\\/en\\\/2014\\\/02\\\/19\\\/6019\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chinaworker.info\\\/en\\\/2014\\\/02\\\/19\\\/6019\\\/\",\"name\":\"Refugees take protests to ISS-HK head office - China Worker\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chinaworker.info\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chinaworker.info\\\/en\\\/2014\\\/02\\\/19\\\/6019\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chinaworker.info\\\/en\\\/2014\\\/02\\\/19\\\/6019\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/media1.chinaworker.info\\\/2014\\\/02\\\/ISS2-e1392723374315.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-02-18T11:42:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-02-18T11:47:40+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chinaworker.info\\\/en\\\/2014\\\/02\\\/19\\\/6019\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/chinaworker.info\\\/en\\\/2014\\\/02\\\/19\\\/6019\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chinaworker.info\\\/en\\\/2014\\\/02\\\/19\\\/6019\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/media1.chinaworker.info\\\/2014\\\/02\\\/ISS2-e1392723374315.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/media1.chinaworker.info\\\/2014\\\/02\\\/ISS2-e1392723374315.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":266},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chinaworker.info\\\/en\\\/2014\\\/02\\\/19\\\/6019\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"\u9996\u9801\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chinaworker.info\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Refugees take protests to ISS-HK head office\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chinaworker.info\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chinaworker.info\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"\u793e\u6703\u4e3b\u7fa9\u884c\u52d5\",\"description\":\"Solidarity, Struggle, Socialism\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chinaworker.info\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chinaworker.info\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chinaworker.info\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Chinaworker.info\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chinaworker.info\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chinaworker.info\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/media1.chinaworker.info\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/logo-sa.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/media1.chinaworker.info\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/logo-sa.png\",\"width\":120,\"height\":126,\"caption\":\"Chinaworker.info\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chinaworker.info\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/SocialistAction\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/socialistactionhk\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/chinaworker.info\\\/en\\\/author\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Refugees take protests to ISS-HK head office - China Worker","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/2014\/02\/19\/6019\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Refugees take protests to ISS-HK head office - China Worker","og_description":"The Refugee Union in Hong Kong stages new protest in swift response to eviction after 7-day occupation Socialist Action reporters \u201cShame on ISS! Shame on ISS!\u201d echoed across the packed streets of Hong Kong\u2019s\u00a0Wan Chai district today as 40 members of the Refugee Union and their supporters staged a protest outside the head office of […]","og_url":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/2014\/02\/19\/6019\/","og_site_name":"China Worker","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SocialistAction","article_published_time":"2014-02-18T11:42:24+00:00","article_modified_time":"2014-02-18T11:47:40+00:00","og_image":[{"width":300,"height":266,"url":"https:\/\/media1.chinaworker.info\/2014\/02\/ISS2-e1392723374315.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/2014\/02\/19\/6019\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/2014\/02\/19\/6019\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Refugees take protests to ISS-HK head office","datePublished":"2014-02-18T11:42:24+00:00","dateModified":"2014-02-18T11:47:40+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/2014\/02\/19\/6019\/"},"wordCount":421,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/2014\/02\/19\/6019\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/media1.chinaworker.info\/2014\/02\/ISS2-e1392723374315.jpg","articleSection":["Hong Kong","News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/2014\/02\/19\/6019\/","url":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/2014\/02\/19\/6019\/","name":"Refugees take protests to ISS-HK head office - China Worker","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/2014\/02\/19\/6019\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/2014\/02\/19\/6019\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/media1.chinaworker.info\/2014\/02\/ISS2-e1392723374315.jpg","datePublished":"2014-02-18T11:42:24+00:00","dateModified":"2014-02-18T11:47:40+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/2014\/02\/19\/6019\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/2014\/02\/19\/6019\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/2014\/02\/19\/6019\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/media1.chinaworker.info\/2014\/02\/ISS2-e1392723374315.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/media1.chinaworker.info\/2014\/02\/ISS2-e1392723374315.jpg","width":300,"height":266},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/2014\/02\/19\/6019\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"\u9996\u9801","item":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Refugees take protests to ISS-HK head office"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/","name":"\u793e\u6703\u4e3b\u7fa9\u884c\u52d5","description":"Solidarity, Struggle, Socialism","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/#organization","name":"Chinaworker.info","url":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/media1.chinaworker.info\/2021\/04\/logo-sa.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/media1.chinaworker.info\/2021\/04\/logo-sa.png","width":120,"height":126,"caption":"Chinaworker.info"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SocialistAction","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/socialistactionhk\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"","url":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/author\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6019\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}