The Anna Hazare fever has spread to Hong Kong and Singapore with expatriateIndians holding relay fasts, meetings and demonstrations. More demonstrations and plans to raise the funds for the programme in the home country is being planned for the next weekend. Volunteers posted at the entry gates of subway stations in Hong Kong are distributing a two-paper leaflets explaining the necessity of Indians living abroad to express their support for the anti-corruption movement and comparing the official and Anna Hazare's versions of the Lokpal Bill.
Another meeting is scheduled for coming Sunday when Pandey, a Hong Kong based IT expert who played a key role in organizing a meeting which was attended by 80 local Indians last Sunday and his friends expect a larger turnout. Plans include launching of funds so as to send as donations for Jan Lokpal movement in India. They also planto collect signatures of the attendees on a memorandum to be submitted to the Indian consulate in Hong Kong.
He added that they are also approaching the United Nations saying that the main principles in the UN convention against corruption have not been implemented in India.
A group of Indians based in Singapore have approached the local police for permission to hold a meeting at the speaker's corner, a place designated by the government for the purpose of holding protests. They are also implementing a signature drive in order to submit a memorandum to the Indian High Commissioner demanding implementation of the Jan Lokpal Bill.
Singapore is holding a presidential election on Saturday. Sharma expects the police to give him permission to hold the meeting on another day. He said that there is a huge amount of interest from Indian citizens involved in a wide range of professions in Singapore. He expects at least 700 people to turn up at the forthcoming meeting.
Indians in Hong Kong were early starters submitted a memorandum to the local Indian Counsel-General on April 9 and holding a bicycle rally with volunteers wearing t-shirt carrying the logo India Against Corruption on April 16.
News Reported by AR for Newsvision, the online newspaper blog
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