On the one-year anniversary of the suppression of Falun Gong in China, Falun Dafa practitioners in Hong Kong started a series of activities to: tell the truth about Falun Dafa to the public at large, call for the support and help from the kindhearted people around the world using peaceful means, urge the Chinese government to stop the suppression and persecution against Falun Dafa, peacefully resolve the problem through a direct dialogue, and return the reputation back to Falun Dafa and Teacher Li .

  • From 7 to 11:30am, distributed flyers to tell the truth to the public
From early morning, July 20th, the practitioners spontaneously formed groups to dispatch brochures and flyers telling the truth of Falun Gong in populous communities. In a short period of time, the practitioners spread to subway stations, pedestrian overpassá and downtown streets. Their yellow exercise clothing was especially eye-catching among the pedestrians. They dispatched several thousand copies of materials in a few hours.

The practitioners dispatching materials at the pedestrian overpass in front of the Customs Headquarter in the Wanzi district had some interesting experience with the public. Although most people passed by the practitioners in a hurry, many were willing to take and read the materials handed to them; some intentionally came to us for the materials after they realized that it was about Falun Gong; some even turned back to ask for the material after they had passed by. Unfortunately we did not prepare English materials at that time. Many westerners asked for the materials, and we could only tell them that these are Chinese materials. I was quite inspired when I saw two westerners smile and say, "I would try to read it even if it is a Chinese one! and one of them said, "Good luck!á

  • From 2 to 4:30pm, group exercise outside the Central Government's Liaison Office (formerly Xinhua Agency) and delivery of a petition letter
We basically practiced the exercises in the wind and rain during the 2-hour exercise period. Over 100 practitioners, including 5-year-old children, 80-year-old seniors, veteran practitioners who had been cultivating Falun Dafa for 7 years, or new comers, joined the exercises and they all finished the exercises from the beginning to the end. The exercise scene was solemn and peaceful, and the whole process of the exercise demonstration was quite touching. The reporters and policemen surrounding us were all wearing mackintoshes or under their umbrellas. One policeman asked our volunteers in surprise, "Won't you catch cold?"

One practitioner replied seriously, "How can we run away from the wind and rain? This is nothing compared with what Teacher has suffered for us!"

Indeed, when we inspect ourselves, can we all say that in this unprecedented storm, we have not let the evils and bad thoughts take advantage of us? Haven't we increased the burden on our Teacher because of our mistakes? Are we really worthy of the effort of our compassionate Teacher who is caring for the progress of our cultivation day and night?

The petition letter was delivered to the front door of the Central Government's Liaison Office, but the door was locked and the staff behind the tinted glass door hid behind the counters in fear of being included in the photos by reporters. They formed a sharp contrast with the above-board practitioners standing outside.
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  • From 6 to 11pm, repeated group exercise outside the Central Government's Liaison Office and candlelight vigil in commemoration of around 30 Dafa practitioners who were tortured to death in the past year


We finally completed the 2-hour exercise in the intermittent wind and rain.á During the candlelight vigil that followed, practitioners were either quietly studying Fa, or participating in discussion groups. The activity was concluded with a group reciting of "LunYu".

Reported on July 21, 2000

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