page_title: Timeline of the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests (July 2019)
section_title: 17 July elderly march
hierarchical_section_title: Timeline of the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests (July 2019) / Events / 17 July elderly march
caption_attribution_description: English: Hong Kong "silver-hair" elderly marching on the streets on 17 July 2019, supporting young people for their anti-bill protests. 中文: 香港银发族2019年7月17日上街游行支持年轻人反送中抗争 （美国之音海彦拍摄）
context_page_description: This is a list of July 2019–20 Hong Kong protests.
context_section_description: A group of seniors, dressed in white, marched from Chater Garden to the Central Government Complex on 17 July 2019. Organisers estimated that 9,000 had participated, while police put the figure as 1,500. During the "silver-hair" rally organised by Chu Yiu-ming, participants showed their support for the frontline youths. They reiterated the five key demands of the democracy movement and hoped the march would clear the stereotype that all senior citizens held pro-establishment views. Reverend Chu Yiu-ming called on Carrie Lam to "repent" and urged compassion, asking her to stop dividing society by criminalising young protesters. Demonstrators carried massive banners and smaller homemade placards, one of which said 'Children, daddy has come out', and upon reaching government buildings wrote demands onto yellow ribbons and tied them to a metal fence. Actress Deanie Ip also attended, holding a banner that said "Support youth to protect Hong Kong."
caption: Elderly marching on 17 July in support to the youths in the anti-extradition bill protests.
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