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June 4 Bike Ride in Hong Kong
June 4, 2010 (Sunday)
Ride from Shanghai Street to Victoria Park
Hong Kong
 Let's Ride Melody Chan riding for press freedom and the release of dissident Liu Xiao Bo (Melody becomes a volunteer for Occupy Central in 2013) (This photo essay is on  .
Click for details)Over 100 bikers took to the streets riding from Shanghai Street in Yau Ma Tei district, Kowloon, to Wanchai via Star Ferry with a police escort. They then rode to Causeway Bay and joined the Candlelight Vigil at Victoria Park with 150,000 people mourning for victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown. This event was organized by Wooferten, a non-profit that promotes art exploration and experimentation, to commemorate the bicycle parade in Beijing for press freedom in 1989 and to demand the immediate release of Liu Xiao Bo. Liu was sentenced to 11 years in jail on December 2009 for "inciting subversion of state power and the socialist system" through the Charter '08 manifesto, which was co-signed by some 300 prominent citizens advocating the end of the one-party rule. Click for photo essay on June 4 Candlelight Vigil.  Getting Ready Getting the bicycles ready  Free Liu Bikers demand the immediate release of dissident Liu Xiao Bo <  Activist Supports Activist Ho Loy joins the ride  Down Shanghai Street Riding down Shanghai Street towards Tsim Sha Tsui  Organizers Ricky and Yan coordinate the ride  Tribute Bouquet to the Flying Dutchman  The Group Bikers with the Flying Dutchman with a banner "Don't Forget June 4".  Crossing the Harbour Edward on Star Ferry from Tsim Sha Tsui to Wanchai  Outside Arts Centre Paying tribute to the public art outside Arts Centre in Wanchai  To Victoria Park Riding from Wanchai towards Causeway Bay (This photo essay is on .
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