Hong Kong protester proposes to girlfriend at occupy site

By: 10 years ago

Residents and pro-Beijing supporters surround a pro-democracy activist tent in Kowloon’s crowded Mong Kok district, Friday, Oct. 3, 2014 in Hong Kong. AP FILE PHOTO

MANILA, Philippines – Love is in the air…even at the protest site in Hong Kong.

The Straits Times (ST) on Sunday reported that a young couple participating in the pro-democracy protest in Hong Kong “created a rare light-hearted moment at the protest site in Mong Kok Sunday morning with an impromptu wedding proposal.”

ST, quoting the South China Morning Post and Ming Pao Daily News, reports:

Mr Yau Chi Hang, 22, got down on his knees and proposed to his girlfriend Crystal Chan, 21, on 6:58 a.m.

Ms Chan, wearing a plastic parka, which has become a standard gear of the protestors in the week-old campaign, said yes. The couple then embraced and kissed each other, drawing cheers from the crowd as cameras clicked away, the reports said.

The couple then chanted “Leung Chun Ying step down” and “real universal suffrage,” the Post reported. Asked about children, they were quoted as saying: “We hope our next generation won’t have to be occupying the streets as they’ll have true universal suffrage.”

They then celebrated the occasion with a fish fillet burger.