The day of the protest rally has arrived. Just before 2.30pm when the rally started a large slow ferry arrived at Central Ferry Pier no. 6 and a crowd of Lantau residents of all ages spill out of the boat.
The organisation has assigned everybody a number and people are ordered according to their number. About 50 people get a bicycle with a colourful Mui Wo Rural Committee flag on the back and a slogan on the front of the bike.
A turtle pulled by one of the ex-hunger strikers, which symbolizes the pace of the ferry after the new ferry arrangements, led about 300 residents in an unprecedented show of unity of Lantau.
All went smoothly without incidents, the policemen escorting the rally were polite and courteous and at Government HQ the Alliance could offer their petition. To complete the rally, the yellow bands that had been worn by the hunger strikers were tied to the high gate of Central Government HQ.
The rally went back to Chater Garden were all protesters were thanked for coming. After that all material was loaded into a big gas truck with everybody helping to load.
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