working with, we have worked together on cross-cultur cross-cultural collaborations, please welcome sarah wong. >> i want to shout out to all the community based organizations, helping out and walking along in chinatown to talk to merchants about safety during new year. i want to shout out to all the special volunteers. thank you for their work. i wish everyone well, health and happiness in the year of the dog. thank you. (applause) >> now i want to welcome assembly member choy, representing chinatown. >> good afternoon everyone. good to see everyone on a classically sunny day in san francisco. i apologize for being late, i just got here from a floor session in the assembly. but thank you for being part of the important safety announcement. this is a press conference i have taken part in virtually every year i've been in office. it's so important to not just wish everyone a happy lunar new year but make sure we're safe. i know there have been speakers who have talked about fraud and blessing scams but it's so important to get the word out. i want to take a moment to mention another safety issu

stay free or go to jail speaking before heading into court wong said the ultimate ruling would be pivotal for protest movements in the region sarah clarke has more from hong kong. three student leaders were convicted of illegal assembly for their role in the occupy hong kong protests in twenty fourteen and the charges centered on this storming of government headquarters this was an act that was considered the trigger for the protests that shut down parts of hong kong for up to seventy nine days not today the three the trio the student activists arrived at the final court of appeal hoping to have their charges dropped. but after about two and a half hours the judge adjourned the hearing with a judgment expected in coming months after a three day trial as a. trend is better than our expectation i hope. we can know the. result of further from the court of appeal this decision is being scrutinized here and internationally is the three activists before the court the three main student leaders behind the pro-democracy protests and this appeal is expected to have implications for the dynamics between the criminal justice system and cons

child basin law and joshua want to remain on bail wong says the eventual ruling will have big implications for process moving movements across asia sarah clarke reports from hong kong. the three student leaders were convicted over legal assembly for their role in the occupy hong kong protests in twenty fourteen and the charges centered on the storming of government headquarters this was an act that was considered the trigger for the protests that shut down parts of long kong for up to seventy nine days not today the three the trio the student activists arrived at the final court of appeal hoping to have their charges dropped. but after about two and a half hours the judge adjourned the hearing with a judgment expected in coming months after a three day trial as a. trend is better than our expectation i hope. we can. resolve. from the court of appeal this decision is being scrutinized here and internationally is the three activists before the court the three main student leaders behind the pro-democracy protests and this appeal is expected to have implications for the dynamics between the criminal justice system and constitutional right