Occupy "circus" cries out for ringmaster

The Occupy protests that have crippled parts of Hong Kong and damaged business entered a new stage at the weekend, with a tent city springing up outside government headquarters.

While this atmosphere of permanency will do little to assuage the annoyance felt by an increasingly vocal opposition, it also adds to a more fundamental issue if Occupy is a circus, as some opponents have claimed, what it really needs is a ringmaster.

There are three groups behind the protest movement Scholarism, representing secondary school pupils, led by 18-year-old Joshua Wong the Federation of Students HKFS, representing university students and the Occupy Central movement, backed by media...