En resposta a l'anunci del grup polític i a l'argumentació de Chow, Chan Kin Man, professor de sociologia de la Universitat Xinesa de Hong Kong i defensor de la campanya "Ocupa el Central", escrivia el 16 d'agost:
In respond to the group political advertisement and Chow's argument, Chan Kin Man, a sociology professor from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and an advocate for the occupying Central campaign wrote on August 16: