<p style="margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; text-autospace:ideograph-other; vertical-align:; background:#ffffff; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">佔中發起人之一的戴耀廷接受傳媒訪問時承認，以運動脅迫中央以爭取真普選的目標失敗，預計支持者會減退，未必能號召萬人上街，並透露會選取最不影響香港經濟的日子進行佔中。佔中秘書處則發出新聞稿，聲稱支持度沒有減弱，有新支持者正加入，強調不會退縮，必有行動顯示對人大常委會決定的不滿，繼續抗命。</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; text-autospace:ideograph-other; vertical-align:; background:#ffffff; "> </p><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; text-autospace:ideograph-other; vertical-align:; background:#ffffff; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">戴耀廷接受彭博（Bloomberg）訪問時承認，在全國人大就政改「落閘」下，務實的香港人未必會支持佔中運動，參與人數未必如預期中多。他說無意損害香港經濟，現在不能透露實行佔中的日期，但從日曆可預計何時佔中最能減少對經濟影響。有傳佔中計劃於十月一日國慶假期進行。</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; text-autospace:ideograph-other; vertical-align:; background:#ffffff; "> </p><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; text-autospace:ideograph-other; vertical-align:; background:#ffffff; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-weight: bold; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">傳佔中國慶節假期進行</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; text-autospace:ideograph-other; vertical-align:; background:#ffffff; "> </p><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; text-autospace:ideograph-other; vertical-align:; background:#ffffff; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">戴耀廷承認運動的策略性目標是向中央爭取真普選，坦言在這層面上是失敗，現在更想達到的是公民覺醒。</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; text-autospace:ideograph-other; vertical-align:; background:#ffffff; "> </p><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; text-autospace:ideograph-other; vertical-align:; background:#ffffff; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">佔中另一發起人陳健民接受《華爾街日報》訪問時也表示，爭取真普選的運動目標接近失敗，人大宣布決定後，港人變得務實，預期參與佔中者不到一萬人。運動第二步應是否決「假民主」制度，爭取立法會否決政改方案。</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; text-autospace:ideograph-other; vertical-align:; background:#ffffff; "> </p><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; text-autospace:ideograph-other; vertical-align:; background:#ffffff; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">佔中秘書處發表聲明指出，爭取真普選的目標被人大常委會粗暴地扼殺，但佔中運動的意義並不會就此完結，港人在民主路上「絕不認命，也不會認輸」。運動其中一個重要意義是促進公眾參與，將公民覺醒的訊息傳揚開去。</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; text-autospace:ideograph-other; vertical-align:; background:#ffffff; "> </p><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; text-autospace:ideograph-other; vertical-align:; background:#ffffff; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">聲明又強調，佔中支持度並沒有減弱，雖然有一些人只看眼前實效，但一些新的支持者包括學者和專業人士正在加入，「他們都非常憤怒，並且堅定地要表達香港人的尊嚴與意志」。秘書處強調，佔中必會出現，並可肯定行動將會方便所有港人都能參與，會在適當時候、用智慧的方法讓全港市民知道。</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; text-autospace:ideograph-other; vertical-align:; background:#ffffff; "> </p><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: #ffffff; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">學聯正計劃月中發動罷課，樹仁大學助理行政副校長張國平出席開學禮時表示，暫未了解是否有學生籌備罷課，如學生要缺席課堂須獲老師接納，否則會視作曠課。根據校規，曠課6節將不能參與期末考試。</span></p>