HK student activists to form political party

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Hong Kong - 20 March 2016
1. Members of Hong Kong student activist group Scholarism chanting slogan in news conference UPSOUND (Cantonese) "Student movement, no fear"
2. Cutaway of news conference
3. SOUNDBITE (Cantonese) Joshua Wong, leader of the Hong Kong student activist group Scholarism:
"Scholarism has decided to suspend its operations and our members will be establishing two different groups, this is our consistent decision and clear direction."
4. Cutaway of news conference
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Agnes Chow, former spokesperson of the Hong Kong student activist group Scholarism:
"This does not imply that we are to desert ourselves from any student movements in Hong Kong, we are much keener on taking up a greater variety of social responsibilities in the near future."
6. Cutaway of media
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Joshua Wong, leader of the Hong Kong student activist group Scholarism:
"If we need to continue to commit in various education issues and fight for the future of Hong Kong, especially for what we have raised last year, self-determination and the future problem of Hong Kong after 2047, it's time for us to change our position and find our role to continue to contribute to let our home - Hong Kong - to be the better place."
8. Pan of Scholarism members
9. Scholarism members bowing
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FILE: Hong Kong - 28 September 2014
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10. Various of pro-democracy protest, police firing tear gas at protesters, people running away
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FILE: Hong Kong - 4 October 2014
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11. Pan of pro-democracy protesters chanting and waving smart phones at a rally in Admiralty district
12. Joshua Wong on stage chanting (Cantonese) "Democracy in Hong Kong! Peaceful disobedience!"
13. Pan from cameras to student leader Joshua Wong on the stage
STORYLINE:
A student leader who played a major role in Hong Kong's large scale pro-democracy movement announced Sunday that he and some of his student group members would form a political party next month.
Joshua Wong said in a news conference on Sunday that his student group "Scholarism", which gained international fame during Hong Kong's 2014 occupy protests, is disbanding with immediate effect.
Wong gained international attention as the most visible face of the 2014 protests which blocked major arteries across the busy Asian financial hub for 79 days.
"Scholarism" is going to be suspended from operations and the group members will establish a political party while others are forming a new student group.
The 2014 protests were led by students and other activists who took to the streets to voice their opposition to Beijing's plan to restrict elections for the leader of the semi-autonomous Chinese city.
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