The Hong Kong Coalition for a Free Burma (HKCFB) is hosting a visit by Khin Ohmar from Burma Partnership (BP), an organization in Mae Sot on the Thai-Burma border that seeks to be a bridge between the people inside Burma with the solidarity actions of others around the world. Ohmar will be in Hong Kong on Feb. 5 and 6, and the coalition has organized the following activities to take advantage of her presence here:

February 5
Demonstration at the Burmese consulate in Wan Chai and a march to the Cheung Kong Center in Central (Cheung Kong is a major investor in Burma.)
Time: 10:30am – 1:00pm
Meeting point: Wan Chai MTR Station Exit A2

Press conference
Time: 3:30pm – 4:30pm
Venue: Foreign Correspondents’ Club, 2 Lower Albert Road, Central
Content: Khin Ohmar will discuss the recent human rights situation in Burma and the Burma Partnership’s position on the upcoming elections

Roundtable discussion with local and regional NGOs
Time: 5:00pm – 7:00pm
Venue: Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), 16/F, Go-Up Commercial Building, 998 Canton Road
Content: How can Hong Kong organizations support the human rights movement in Burma?

Street forum
Time: 7:00 pm onwards
Venue: pedestrian area on Sai Yeung Choi Street South
Speakers: TBA

February 6
Public Seminar: Progress to Democracy?
Time: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Venue: G5-214, Academic Building, City University of Hong Kong
Speakers:

Serenade Woo
Executive Committee member of Amnesty International Hong Kong
International Federation of Journalists (China and Hong Kong ) project coordinator

Emily Lau Wai Hing
Vice-chairperson of Democratic Party
Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong

Khin Ohmar
Representative of Burma Partnership

Please feel free to attend as many of these activities as you’d like. We especially hope you can participate in the demonstration and/or roundtable discussion on Feb. 5 and the seminar at City University on Feb. 6.