CHOGM Protest

CHOGM (Commonwealth Head of Government Meeting) is a biennial event where representatives of Commonwealth countries (Singapore included) come together. The last time it was held in Singapore was in 1971. This year, its in Perth!

Naturally, when important pple come together, and the media's spotlight is on, the protesters will come out to get themselves heard. What a golden opportunity right?

Its interesting to witness such protest, as I dont get to see such things back at home.

Right here in the city centre, hundreds of pple gather. Of which, prob 70% are pple like me, just watching and joining in the fun.

Many of them take the stage to give short speeches of what they are unhappy about. The mike is passed around and every protester only has abt 2 minutes. The funniest thing is, there is no common theme. Protester A can be talking about human rights, 2 minutes later, Protester B takes over the mike and talks about environmental conservation. Another minute later, Protester C talks about housing policies......
In short, EVERYONE IS PROTESTING ABOUT EVERYTHING

We have the gay/human rights gang

We have the free-the-refugees and anti-custody pple:

We also have the environmentalist:



We even have the communist party:

and other "literature"

As this is a peaceful protest, the police are just standing at a corner observing...