Voices of the silent majority

BRAVING A SCORCHING SUN ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON, more than 190,000 Hongkongers marched through the main streets of the city's central business district to raise their voices against the "Occupy Central" movement. Like the nearly 1.5 million citizens who signed the petition against the illegal movement, they wanted to ensure their previously silent voices would be heard.

With Hong Kong's constitutional reform for the election of its Chief Executive by universal suffrage getting underway, political radicals in the city have become increasingly vocal and aggressive about demanding some electoral changes.

Unfortunately, they have been fighting for such changes outside the legal framework - mainly the Basic Law and relevant decisions of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.