Promoting the March 26 rally which seeks to draw at least 500,000 people to protest against China's "Anti-Secession" Law, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairman Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) yesterday encouraged young people to use the Internet to help distribute rally information, and urged housewives and workers to participate in the event held next Saturday.
At a press conference yesterday morning, Su announced two blog Web sites that provide the latest information and news on the march, where rally icons, screen savers and wallpaper pattern can be downloaded. The site's addresses are http://spaces.msn.com/members/peace326/(peace326), and http://taiwanpeace.blogspot.com.
Su said that many people have already signed up for the march in the past few days and the number of the participants has exceeded the estimate.
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"I believe that through the power of the Internet, the turnout for the demonstration will be of record proportions," Su said. "I'm kind of worried that there won't be enough transportation since tour buses were almost all booked," Su said.
Su said his three daughters often showed him information that they obtained from the Internet and he hoped that young people could take advantage of their Internet and participate in the march in cyberspace.
Taiwan Youth Public Affairs Association member Sheng Chih-lin (沈智霖) said that he will make use of the instant messages to tell his friends news of the march.
"I have about 200 people on my MSN messenger list and I will send out news on the march. Hopefully my friends could forward the information to more people," Sheng said.
"The DPP hopes that people who use MSN will show their support by building a constructive space on the Internet," said DPP Information and Culture official Cheng Wen-tsan (鄭文燦) yesterday.
After the press conference, Su went to Yunkang Park to promote the march to women's groups. Wearing an apron and making dumplings with housewives from Hakka communities, Su urged all women to come out to voice their opposition against China's Anti-Secession Law.
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