Daily Mail - 19.08.2019

Daily Mail, Monday, August 19, 2019 Page 31

No joke, Scots

are the most

generous

holiday tippers

IT may surprise those reared

on old jokes about tight-fisted

Scots, but Glaswegians are the

most generous tippers abroad,

a survey suggests.

Only 3.5 per cent of the city’s

residents say they never tip in

taxis and a paltry one in ten

never do so in bars overseas,

against around 30 per cent

from Brighton, Plymouth or

Southampton. The research

also puts Edinburgh fifth among

the most generous cities while

Bristol is bottom – with nearly a

fifth of Bristolians never tipping

taxis or housekeepers.

Overall, 7.4 per cent never tip

on holiday while 13.6 per cent

always do, according to the

survey of 2,000 adults for cur-

rency firm Caxton FX.

Cities were ranked as most to

least generous, with London

(13th) and Birmingham (15th)

both outside the top ten.

Most generous cities: 1. Glas-

gow; 2. Sheffield; 3. Liverpool; 4.

Belfast; 5. Edinburgh; 6. Man-

chester; 7. Norwich; 8. South-

ampton; 9. Cardiff; 10. Brighton.

Daily Mail Reporter

UP TO a million democracy

protesters defied police to join

an anti-China demonstration

in Hong Kong yesterday –

despite the teeming rain.

The authorities had banned the

rally following 11 weeks of violent

clashes. But families, students and

residents young and old ignored

the order and took to the streets

armed with only umbrellas.

The protest remained peaceful after Mob-handed: Riot police in Mong Kok, Hong Kong

organisers called for calm in the

face of provocation.

The sea of umbrellas harked

back to the 2014 Umbrella

Movement – a series of pro-

democracy sit-in street protests

in Hong Kong that stretched

over almost two months.

Demonstrators in 2014 found

that umbrellas were the best

defence against tear gas and

pepper spray used by police to

quell their movement.

Yesterday’s rally came after

protesters were criticised for

clashes at the airport last week,

which led to the cancellation of

hundreds of flights.

Police have also been criti-

cised for heavy-handed tactics,

including the use of tear gas. A

woman was blinded in one eye

after being shot with a bean bag

bullet – and many of the pro-

testers wore eye patches as a

show of support.

It was reported that two water

cannon were moved to central

Hong Kong in preparation for

yesterday, but police remained

largely out of sight.

Personnel carriers and other

vehicles of the China’s paramili-

tary People’s Armed Police, as

well as troops, had been seen

assembling at a sports complex

in Shenzhen – across the bor-

der from Hong Kong. But the

demonstration passed largely

without incident, apart from a

few scuffles with pro-Beijing

supporters in red T-shirts.

Protester Kiki Ma, a 28-year-

old accountant, said peace was

the ‘number one priority today’.

The protesters’ demands

include scrapping the changes,

universal suffrage and an

inquiry into police brutality.

The demonstrators were given

permission to gather at Victoria

Park in Causeway Bay yester-

day, which was packed by 3pm.

A march from the park was

banned. But the order was

ignored and demonstrators

brought traffic to a standstill

and forced the closure of two

underground stations. Dressed

in black, with some wearing gas

masks and goggles, they

chanted: ‘Liberate Hong Kong.

Revolution of our times.’

The protests represent one of

the biggest challenges for Chi-

nese president Xi Jinping since

he came to power in 2012. Bei-

jing has linked the demonstra-

tions to ‘terrorism’ and describe

protesters as ‘rioters’.

But activist Harley Ho, a 20-

year-old social work student,

said: ‘We will stand here, we will

take action until they respond

to us. In the rain, our spirit

becomes stronger.’

From Claire Duffin in Hong Kong

Vast Hong Kong

demonstration

defies Beijing ...

and the rain

‘In the rain, our spirit

becomes stronger’

Peaceful: The

pro-democracy

march in Hong

Kong yesterday

MILLION BROLLY RALLY

She added: ‘We want to show

we aren’t like the government.’

Protest organisers, the Civil

Human Rights Front, claimed

1.7million attended the rally

against the erosion of the

freedoms promised in 1997

when China took over the Brit-

ish colony. The protests were

sparked by proposed changes

to the law on extradition from

Hong Kong to mainland China.

30 years on, could Marchioness

boat catastrophe happen again?

THE chances of an older vessel surviving a

collision on the Thames have not significantly

improved since the Marchioness disaster 30 years

ago, officials warn.

The Port of London Authority (PLA) issued the

stark warning as friends and relatives of the 51

young people who died on board the pleasure

boat prepare to attend a vigil tonight to mark

the 30th anniversary of the disaster.

The Marchioness collided with a dredger in cen-

tral London in the early hours of August 20, 1989.

PLA chief executive Robin Mortimer said the

tragedy led to a series of safety improvements on

the Thames but little had been done to reduce

the risk of older boats sinking after a crash. He

said: ‘The concern we’ve got is that the impact

side of the risk is still fairly similar for older ves-

sels because the vessel itself hasn’t changed.’

Flashing lights on bridges and a system for

tracking river traffic are among steps taken to

reduce crashes on the river since the disaster.

‘If all of those measures don’t work effectively

and there is a collision, then the consequences

could still be very serious,’ Mr Mortimer said.

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