Not even pro-Beijing trade unions are marching for workers’ rights fearing “unrest”. All the attention is on mainland tourists, for whom the city (weather permitting) will launch a new cycle of fireworks displays at the port with an unprecedented budget.
Hong Kong (AsiaNews) – Spectacular fireworks (weather permitting) with combinations of lights created with drones over the sky will mark Labour Day (1 May) in Hong Kong under the territory’s national security law, with very little room for initiatives in favour of workers’ rights.
Until 2019, political parties and workers’ groups across the political spectrum organised events in the former British colony for Labour Day to promote workers’ rights.
This came to an abrupt stop, officially because of the COVID-19 pandemic. But on this Labour Day, the first without restrictions on gatherings, no march is scheduled for workers’ rights.
With the trade unionists associated with the pro-democracy movement in jail and the Hong…