Video shows Hong Kong demonstrators pack airport, sing 'Do You Hear the People Sing?' from 'Les Misérables'.
broke into Broadway song on Friday, filling the special administrative region's airport with musical protest.
The catchy tune has become a universal anthem of protesters,"Do you hear the people sing? Singing a song of angry men?" "The world has been watching us in the past few weeks," said Jeremy Tam, a former pilot and lawmaker who helped organize Friday's protest."We simply believe that the airport is the most direct way for all tourists to explain what is happening in Hong Kong."
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