英语文摘:Over 1 mln HK people sign up to support police

HONG KONG, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- More than one million people in Hong Kong have signed a petition to support Hong Kong police force, announced the Alliance for Peace and Democracy here on Wednesday.

Robert Chow, spokesman of the alliance said the movement aims at collecting public opinion and demanding the Occupy Central protesters to return the roads to people, resume order and maintain rule of law.

The alliance said it had collected 1,097,176 signatures as of 7 p.m. on Oct. 29, of which 268,144 came from online and 829,032 from street stations.

"This proves that more and more Hong Kong people have begun to fight against the Occupy Central," said Robert Chow.

The Alliance for Peace and Democracy started the movement to collect signatures from Hong Kong citizens on Oct. 25, in order to support police's law enforcement efforts, and to resume social order. The movement will last 9 days.