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Anna Hazare fever spreads to Hong Kong, Singapore; expat Indians join protests

BEIJING: The Anna Hazare fever has spread to Hong Kong and Singapore with expatriate Indians holding relay fasts, meetings and demonstrations. More demonstrations and a drive to raise funds for the movement back home have been planned for the next weekend. Volunteers posted at the entry gates of subway stations in Hong Kong are distributing a two-paper leaflets explaining why it was necessary for Indians living abroad to express their support for the anti-corruption movement and comparing the official and the Anna Hazare versions of the Lokpal Bill. We are telling people we should the pain felt in India over issues like corruption. Sharing the nationality is not enough, Dilip Pandey, a Hong Kong-based IT expert, who played a key role in organizing a meeting attended by 80 local Indians last Sunday told TNN. Pandey, his wife and another local Indian have been on relay fast for the past two days. Another meeting is scheduled for the coming Sunday when Pandey and his friends expect a larger turnout. Plans include launching a fund raising drive to send donations for Jan Lokpal movement in India. They also plan to collect signatures of the attendees on a memorandum to be submitted to the Indian Consulate in Hong Kong. We also want to approach the United Nations saying that the main principals in the UN Convention against corruption have not been implemented in India, Pandey said.

                                                                                                               
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