国内英语资讯:Taxis rally in Hong Kong calls for peace, restoring order
<p><span word="HONG">HONG</span> <span word="KONG">KONG</span>, <span word="Aug">Aug</span>. 23-- <span word="Nearly">Nearly</span> 600 <span word="taxis">taxis</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Friday">Friday</span> <span word="participated">participated</span> <span word="here">here</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="peace">peace</span> <span word="rally">rally</span> <span word="against">against</span> <span word="violence">violence</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="showed">showed</span> <span word="Hong">Hong</span> <span word="Kong">Kong</span> <span word="residents">residents</span>' <span word="love">love</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="home">home</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="motherland">motherland</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="rally">rally</span>, <span word="organized">organized</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="civil">civil</span> <span word="group">group</span> <span word="Safeguard">Safeguard</span> <span word="Hong">Hong</span> <span word="Kong">Kong</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Hong">Hong</span> <span word="Kong">Kong</span> <span word="Taxi">Taxi</span> <span word="Drivers">Drivers</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Operators">Operators</span> <span word="Association">Association</span>, <span word="was">was</span> <span word="aimed">aimed</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="urging">urging</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Hong">Hong</span> <span word="Kong">Kong</span> <span word="community">community</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="jointly">jointly</span> <span word="oppose">oppose</span> <span word="violence">violence</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="restore">restore</span> <span word="social">social</span> <span word="order">order</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="soon">soon</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="possible">possible</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="organizers">organizers</span>.</p><p><span word="Wong">Wong</span> <span word="Yat">Yat</span>-<span word="fung">fung</span>, <span word="director">director</span>-<span word="general">general</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Hong">Hong</span> <span word="Kong">Kong</span> <span word="Taxi">Taxi</span> <span word="Drivers">Drivers</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Operators">Operators</span> <span word="Association">Association</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="Hong">Hong</span> <span word="Kong">Kong</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="witnessed">witnessed</span> <span word="serious">serious</span> <span word="traffic">traffic</span> <span word="congestion">congestion</span> <span word="recently">recently</span> <span word="due">due</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="illegal">illegal</span> <span word="demonstrations">demonstrations</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="worsening">worsening</span> <span word="situation">situation</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="affected">affected</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="livelihood">livelihood</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="taxi">taxi</span> <span word="drivers">drivers</span>, <span word="reducing">reducing</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="income">income</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 50 <span word="percent">percent</span>, <span word="Wong">Wong</span> <span word="added">added</span>.</p><p><span word="Kennedy">Kennedy</span> <span word="Wong">Wong</span> <span word="Ying">Ying</span>-<span word="ho">ho</span>, <span word="convener">convener</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Safeguard">Safeguard</span> <span word="Hong">Hong</span> <span word="Kong">Kong</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="rally">rally</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="launched">launched</span> <span word="amid">amid</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="two">two</span>-<span word="month">month</span>-<span word="long">long</span> <span word="worrisome">worrisome</span> <span word="chaos">chaos</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Hong">Hong</span> <span word="Kong">Kong</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="violent">violent</span> <span word="demonstrators">demonstrators</span> <span word="blocked">blocked</span> <span word="traffic">traffic</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="harassed">harassed</span> <span word="passengers">passengers</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="airport">airport</span>, <span word="damaging">damaging</span> <span word="Hong">Hong</span> <span word="Kong">Kong</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="image">image</span>.</p><p><span word="These">These</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="acts">acts</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="few">few</span> <span word="people">people</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="overwhelming">overwhelming</span> <span word="majority">majority</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Hong">Hong</span> <span word="Kong">Kong</span> <span word="residents">residents</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="civilized">civilized</span>, <span word="law">law</span>-<span word="abiding">abiding</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="hospitable">hospitable</span>, <span word="Wong">Wong</span> <span word="stressed">stressed</span>, <span word="adding">adding</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="rally">rally</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="aimed">aimed</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="showing">showing</span> <span word="Hong">Hong</span> <span word="Kong">Kong</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="charm">charm</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="public">public</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="tourists">tourists</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="taxi">taxi</span> <span word="drivers">drivers</span>' <span word="warm">warm</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="thoughtful">thoughtful</span> <span word="service">service</span>, <span word="so">so</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="attract">attract</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="tourists">tourists</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Hong">Hong</span> <span word="Kong">Kong</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="revitalize">revitalize</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="severely">severely</span> <span word="affected">affected</span> <span word="tourism">tourism</span> <span word="industry">industry</span>.</p>
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