Waiting for Uncle Fat

As half of the Hong Kong citizen oppose the reform proposal,[4] in order to avoid public's outrage, they chose to be absent when voting.

The bill was denied with only eight supports and the pro-establishment party used the excuse of waiting for Uncle Fat to show their unity and avoid taking a stand.

Wong Kwok-kin, a member from the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions, blamed that Regina Ip and Tam Yiu-chung did not consider comprehensively, and had already angered the central government.

The pro-Beijing camps used ‘Wait for Uncle Fat’ as an excuse for their blunder; this phrase soon became a trendy slang term.

Jeffrey Lam Kin Fung from the pro-establishment Business and Professionals Alliance thought waiting for uncle fat is showing their unity.

"[11] Some other lawmakers like Tam Yiu Chung and Regina Ip thought they have failed in their plan and communication which led to an unexpected result.

[14] Leung Kwok Hung from the League of Social Democrats said that ‘the pro-establishment camp are cowards’ because of their leaving.

[15] A Facebook page named ‘The Wait for Uncle Fat’ was created after the event and received more than 3000 likes in the first two hours which expressed how the citizens felt about it.

[16] ‘Waiting for uncle fat is then become a slang in Hong Kong, especially existed in social media sites.

A musical parody named “Uncle Fat too late”[18] was launched on the YouTube channel "Sing To Say"[19] and was posted on Hong Kong Golden Forum.

It is written by reusing the melody of the Cantonese pop song ”Never too late”,[20] sung by singer Leo Ku.