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Judge gave shocking comments in his judgement for the recent stabbing attack case at Tseung Kwan O Lennon wall that injured 3 citizens. The attacker was held in high regard by the judge as one “showing noble qualities”
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How Hong Kong Did It:
With the government failing, the city’s citizens decided to organize their own coronavirus response
By Zeynep Tufekci, May 12, 2020
//The secret sauce of Hong Kong’s response was its people and, crucially, the movement that engulfed the city in 2019. Seared with the memory of SARS, and already mobilized for the past year against their unpopular government, the city’s citizens acted swiftly, collectively, and efficiently, in effect saving themselves. The organizational capacity and the civic infrastructure built by the protest movement played a central role in Hong Kong’s grassroots response.
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Many of the key information sources for Hong Kong protesters had been anonymous channels in the popular app Telegram and their own online forums. These anonymous formats protected the protesters from government repression but created a constant threat of misinformation, as someone could always pretend to be a protester or just be wrong or trolling.
Consequently, the protesters learned to become incessant fact-checkers, used to looking up multiple sources and critically analyzing information. Now they turned their powers to critical analysis to the coronavirus: criticizing their own officials, as well as the World Health Organization, which did not advise wearing masks or travel restrictions, and China, which they saw as covering up the initial epidemic (they were right on all counts).
2.
In response to the crisis, Hong Kongers spontaneously adopted near-universal masking on their own, defying the government’s ban on masks. When Lam oscillated between not wearing a mask in public and wearing one but incorrectly, they blasted her online and mocked her incorrect mask wearing.
In response to the mask shortage, the foot soldiers of the protest movement set up mask brigades—acquiring and distributing masks, especially to the poor and elderly, who may not be able to spend hours in lines. An “army of volunteers” also spread among the intensely crowded and often decrepit tenement buildings to install and keep filled hand-sanitizer dispensers.
3.
When the government refused at first to close the border with mainland China, more than 7,000 medical workers went on an unprecedented strike, demanding border closures and PPE for hospital workers. This strike was only possible because labor unions were formed during the protests.
Now they came in handy for collective action. Protesters also tried to speak symbolically and increase awareness: They advocated wearing white ribbons to show support for medical workers and made art that demonstrated proper hand-washing and correct mask wearing, and that decried the mask shortage.
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Hong Kong also teaches that people aren’t helpless, even when their government isn’t helpful.//
Source: The Atlantic #May12
Read the Full Article here
#WuhanPneumonia #FailedState #HongKongWay
How Hong Kong Did It:
With the government failing, the city’s citizens decided to organize their own coronavirus response
By Zeynep Tufekci, May 12, 2020
//The secret sauce of Hong Kong’s response was its people and, crucially, the movement that engulfed the city in 2019. Seared with the memory of SARS, and already mobilized for the past year against their unpopular government, the city’s citizens acted swiftly, collectively, and efficiently, in effect saving themselves. The organizational capacity and the civic infrastructure built by the protest movement played a central role in Hong Kong’s grassroots response.
1.
Many of the key information sources for Hong Kong protesters had been anonymous channels in the popular app Telegram and their own online forums. These anonymous formats protected the protesters from government repression but created a constant threat of misinformation, as someone could always pretend to be a protester or just be wrong or trolling.
Consequently, the protesters learned to become incessant fact-checkers, used to looking up multiple sources and critically analyzing information. Now they turned their powers to critical analysis to the coronavirus: criticizing their own officials, as well as the World Health Organization, which did not advise wearing masks or travel restrictions, and China, which they saw as covering up the initial epidemic (they were right on all counts).
2.
In response to the crisis, Hong Kongers spontaneously adopted near-universal masking on their own, defying the government’s ban on masks. When Lam oscillated between not wearing a mask in public and wearing one but incorrectly, they blasted her online and mocked her incorrect mask wearing.
In response to the mask shortage, the foot soldiers of the protest movement set up mask brigades—acquiring and distributing masks, especially to the poor and elderly, who may not be able to spend hours in lines. An “army of volunteers” also spread among the intensely crowded and often decrepit tenement buildings to install and keep filled hand-sanitizer dispensers.
3.
When the government refused at first to close the border with mainland China, more than 7,000 medical workers went on an unprecedented strike, demanding border closures and PPE for hospital workers. This strike was only possible because labor unions were formed during the protests.
Now they came in handy for collective action. Protesters also tried to speak symbolically and increase awareness: They advocated wearing white ribbons to show support for medical workers and made art that demonstrated proper hand-washing and correct mask wearing, and that decried the mask shortage.
4.
Hong Kong also teaches that people aren’t helpless, even when their government isn’t helpful.//
Source: The Atlantic #May12
Read the Full Article here
#WuhanPneumonia #FailedState #HongKongWay
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How Hong Kong Did It
With the government flailing, the city’s citizens decided to organize their own coronavirus response.
An Artist’s Exhibition of Portraits from the Anti-ELAB movement
What made a painter put down his brush and take to the streets? Chow Chun Fai (Chow) and a few others from the arts and culture community formed an industrial buildings concern group. They met with Chief Executive Officer Carrie Lam. In order to challenge the sports, performing arts, culture and publication constituency LegCo councillor Ma Fung-Kwok, Chow put aside his art work for a year to run for the election. He took to the streets again on 12 June last year. "I always think art is too slow. It is quicker to write on a piece of black cloth with white paint. The anti-ELAB movement changed me."
He drew the backs of individuals he saw on the streets during the movement. Despite this, the most memorable scenes were far beyond what his brushes and canvases could capture, yet they remain in his mind.
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https://telegra.ph/An-Artists-Exhibition-of-Portraits-from-the-Anti-ELAB-movement-05-15-2
What made a painter put down his brush and take to the streets? Chow Chun Fai (Chow) and a few others from the arts and culture community formed an industrial buildings concern group. They met with Chief Executive Officer Carrie Lam. In order to challenge the sports, performing arts, culture and publication constituency LegCo councillor Ma Fung-Kwok, Chow put aside his art work for a year to run for the election. He took to the streets again on 12 June last year. "I always think art is too slow. It is quicker to write on a piece of black cloth with white paint. The anti-ELAB movement changed me."
He drew the backs of individuals he saw on the streets during the movement. Despite this, the most memorable scenes were far beyond what his brushes and canvases could capture, yet they remain in his mind.
Read more:
https://telegra.ph/An-Artists-Exhibition-of-Portraits-from-the-Anti-ELAB-movement-05-15-2
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An Artist’s Exhibition of Portraits from the Anti-ELAB movement
What made a painter put down his brush and take to the streets? Chow Chun Fai (Chow) and a few others from the arts and culture community formed an industrial buildings concern group. They met with Chief Executive Officer Carrie Lam. In order to challenge…
French President shows that masks can look chic
Macron used the school visit as an opportunity to promote the use of cloth masks among the general public. The fashionable design of the mask he donned "mades mask-wearing an act of national pride", as the Associated Press suggests. The mask, embellished with the French Tricolour, is 100% made in France by the local manufacturer Chanteclair at a cost of less than 5 euros (HK $42).
While the reusable masks in Hong Kong are produced at a similar cost, the masks are described by citizens to "resemble underwear". It was further uncovered that the masks were produced without following the usual procurement rules and some technical descriptions were misleading and inaccurate.
#France #HongKong #mask
Sources:
Associated Press, 5 May
https://apnews.com/fe461ecbffacb67c747a3234300c90de
L'Est Eclair (French), 6 May
https://www.lest-eclair.fr/id148803/article/2020-05-06/pourquoi-macron-choisi-un-masque-chanteclair
RTHK, 6 May
https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/componen
Macron used the school visit as an opportunity to promote the use of cloth masks among the general public. The fashionable design of the mask he donned "mades mask-wearing an act of national pride", as the Associated Press suggests. The mask, embellished with the French Tricolour, is 100% made in France by the local manufacturer Chanteclair at a cost of less than 5 euros (HK $42).
While the reusable masks in Hong Kong are produced at a similar cost, the masks are described by citizens to "resemble underwear". It was further uncovered that the masks were produced without following the usual procurement rules and some technical descriptions were misleading and inaccurate.
#France #HongKong #mask
Sources:
Associated Press, 5 May
https://apnews.com/fe461ecbffacb67c747a3234300c90de
L'Est Eclair (French), 6 May
https://www.lest-eclair.fr/id148803/article/2020-05-06/pourquoi-macron-choisi-un-masque-chanteclair
RTHK, 6 May
https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/componen
French President shows that masks can look chic
Macron used the school visit as an opportunity to promote the use of cloth masks among the general public. The fashionable design of the mask he donned "mades mask-wearing an act of national pride", as the Associated Press suggests. The mask, embellished with the French Tricolour, is 100% made in France by the local manufacturer Chanteclair at a cost of less than 5 euros (HK $42).
While the reusable masks in Hong Kong are produced at a similar cost, the masks are described by citizens to "resemble an underwear". It was further uncovered that the masks were produced without following the usual procurement rules and some technical descriptions were misleading and inaccurate.
#France #HongKong #mask
Sources:
Associated Press, 5 May
https://apnews.com/fe461ecbffacb67c747a3234300c90de
L'Est Eclair (French), 6 May
https://www.lest-eclair.fr/id148803/article/2020-05-06/pourquoi-macron-choisi-un-masque-chanteclair
RTHK, 6 May
https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1524558-20200506.htm
RTHK, 6 May
https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1524598-20200506.htm
Macron used the school visit as an opportunity to promote the use of cloth masks among the general public. The fashionable design of the mask he donned "mades mask-wearing an act of national pride", as the Associated Press suggests. The mask, embellished with the French Tricolour, is 100% made in France by the local manufacturer Chanteclair at a cost of less than 5 euros (HK $42).
While the reusable masks in Hong Kong are produced at a similar cost, the masks are described by citizens to "resemble an underwear". It was further uncovered that the masks were produced without following the usual procurement rules and some technical descriptions were misleading and inaccurate.
#France #HongKong #mask
Sources:
Associated Press, 5 May
https://apnews.com/fe461ecbffacb67c747a3234300c90de
L'Est Eclair (French), 6 May
https://www.lest-eclair.fr/id148803/article/2020-05-06/pourquoi-macron-choisi-un-masque-chanteclair
RTHK, 6 May
https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1524558-20200506.htm
RTHK, 6 May
https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1524598-20200506.htm
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France's Macron makes mask-wearing an act of national pride
PARIS (AP) — With a face mask 100% made in France, President Emmanuel Macron showed the famously fashionable French people Tuesday that civic responsibility and style are not mutually exclusive. Macron used a visit to a primary school to promote the type…
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DELVE group publishes evidence paper on the use of face masks in tackling Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
//Venki Ramakrishnan, Chair of the DELVE committee said; “While social distancing and maintaining hygiene, such as washing hands, remain of prime importance to reducing transmission, the evidence shows that, if used widely and correctly, face masks, including home-made cloth masks, can help to reduce viral transmission in situations where social distancing is difficult to maintain consistently. Such situations include busy public transport, shopping and other potentially crowded public or workspaces.
//“Many people may have the virus before symptoms kick in and some people will carry the virus without even knowing it. Every time they cough, sneeze, talk or even breathe, they are spreading droplets containing the virus. Covering your face can reduce the risk of infecting others but we emphasise that this is an added tool to bring down the infection rate, and not a replacement for handwashing and social distancing.”
//Key points in the paper include:
//DELVE’s report states that the evidence supports the conclusion that widespread face mask adoption in situations where social distancing is difficult to maintain consistently can help to control the Covid-19 epidemic by reducing the shedding of droplets into the environment from asymptomatic individuals. This is consistent with the experiences of countries that have adopted it.
Full article: The Royal Society, (4 May)
#Masks #Coronavirus #DELVE
DELVE group publishes evidence paper on the use of face masks in tackling Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
//Venki Ramakrishnan, Chair of the DELVE committee said; “While social distancing and maintaining hygiene, such as washing hands, remain of prime importance to reducing transmission, the evidence shows that, if used widely and correctly, face masks, including home-made cloth masks, can help to reduce viral transmission in situations where social distancing is difficult to maintain consistently. Such situations include busy public transport, shopping and other potentially crowded public or workspaces.
//“Many people may have the virus before symptoms kick in and some people will carry the virus without even knowing it. Every time they cough, sneeze, talk or even breathe, they are spreading droplets containing the virus. Covering your face can reduce the risk of infecting others but we emphasise that this is an added tool to bring down the infection rate, and not a replacement for handwashing and social distancing.”
//Key points in the paper include:
• Asymptomatic (including presymptomatic) infected individuals are infectious. Without mitigation, the current estimate is that 40%-80% of infections occur from individuals without symptoms. • Droplets from infected individuals are a major mode of transmission. Droplets do not only come from coughing or sneezing: in a/presymptomatic individuals, droplets are generated via talking and breathing. • Face masks reduce droplet dispersal. Cloth-based face masks reduce emission of particles by variable amounts//DELVE’s report states that the evidence supports the conclusion that widespread face mask adoption in situations where social distancing is difficult to maintain consistently can help to control the Covid-19 epidemic by reducing the shedding of droplets into the environment from asymptomatic individuals. This is consistent with the experiences of countries that have adopted it.
Full article: The Royal Society, (4 May)
#Masks #Coronavirus #DELVE
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DELVE group publishes evidence paper on the use of face masks in tackling Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic | Royal Society
Face masks could offer an important tool for contributing to the management of community transmission of Covid-19 within the general population.
How many voters does a seat in legislative council stand for in Hong Kong?
Watch it at BeWater HK’s YouTube:
https://youtu.be/N7Lp6rwW7Q0
First of all, there are different means to 'elect' a legislator.
Within the 70 seats, at the moment, 35 are from the geographical constituency and another 35 from the functional constituency, which 5 of them are from district councils.
From this video, which explained with detailed numbers, you can see a legislator from the functional constituency only represents 7000 voters (not to mention some have no competitor in the election), while the other one from district council represents more than 770000 voters.
Facing the unfair system, Hong Kongers has passed the point of no return. We can only strive for a more democratic system, but not a dictatorship.
BeWater HK now has its own YouTube Channel.
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Watch it at BeWater HK’s YouTube:
https://youtu.be/N7Lp6rwW7Q0
First of all, there are different means to 'elect' a legislator.
Within the 70 seats, at the moment, 35 are from the geographical constituency and another 35 from the functional constituency, which 5 of them are from district councils.
From this video, which explained with detailed numbers, you can see a legislator from the functional constituency only represents 7000 voters (not to mention some have no competitor in the election), while the other one from district council represents more than 770000 voters.
Facing the unfair system, Hong Kongers has passed the point of no return. We can only strive for a more democratic system, but not a dictatorship.
BeWater HK now has its own YouTube Channel.
Remember to CLS: Comment, Like, Share (and subscribe!)
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Composition of the Legislative Council explained
Composition of the Legislative Council explained
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From first hand sightings, commentaries to parodies, our Youtube channel explains and reflects the current situation of Hong Kong.
Funny, educational…
Official Youtube Channel by BeWaterHK/Guardians of Hong Kong
From first hand sightings, commentaries to parodies, our Youtube channel explains and reflects the current situation of Hong Kong.
Funny, educational…
#DailyUpdate #May17 #COVID19
COVID-19 Updates (May 17th)
At the time of writing, 4,656,639 cases of the coronavirus had been confirmed with 312,188 deaths.
Daily Covid-19 deaths in Spain fall below 100 for the first time in two months, Spain now reports 230,698 cases nationwide.
Russia reports 9,709 new cases of COVID-19, the country now reports 281,752 cases of the virus.
168 coronavirus cases now linked to South Korea nightclub cluster in Seoul, the country now reports 11,050 cases of the virus.
India sees biggest single-day surge with almost 5,000 new cases in 24 hours, the country now reports 91,314 cases of the virus.
Nepal records first coronavirus-related death.
Mexico’s death toll tops 5,000.
Brazil's coronavirus deaths surpass 15,000 as the country reports 233,511 cases of COVID-19.
South Korean schools will begin opening Wednesday, May 20, for students in the third year of high school.
Thailand extends ban on all international flights until June 30.
Egypt to impose movement restrictions during Eid Al-Fitr.
Source: CNN, John Hopkins University
COVID-19 Updates (May 17th)
At the time of writing, 4,656,639 cases of the coronavirus had been confirmed with 312,188 deaths.
Daily Covid-19 deaths in Spain fall below 100 for the first time in two months, Spain now reports 230,698 cases nationwide.
Russia reports 9,709 new cases of COVID-19, the country now reports 281,752 cases of the virus.
168 coronavirus cases now linked to South Korea nightclub cluster in Seoul, the country now reports 11,050 cases of the virus.
India sees biggest single-day surge with almost 5,000 new cases in 24 hours, the country now reports 91,314 cases of the virus.
Nepal records first coronavirus-related death.
Mexico’s death toll tops 5,000.
Brazil's coronavirus deaths surpass 15,000 as the country reports 233,511 cases of COVID-19.
South Korean schools will begin opening Wednesday, May 20, for students in the third year of high school.
Thailand extends ban on all international flights until June 30.
Egypt to impose movement restrictions during Eid Al-Fitr.
Source: CNN, John Hopkins University
#SelfHelp
Civilian compares ill-managed Owners’ Incorporation to worsening public administration in Hong Kong since 1997
On March 31, 2020, riot police barged into Glorious Garden in Tuen Mun, intercepted and arrested at least 4 people. During the operation, police deployed pepper-spray and raised the blue warning flag, ordering onlooking residents to leave.
Distressed residents attempted to ask Owners’ Incorporation and Management office of the housing estate for an explanation, only to find a long list of “bad debts” on the financial records of the Incorporation.
Contesting candidate, Kwan Siu-kee confessed that he used to treat Glorious Garden as merely a premise for him to stay in before and after work, never paying real attention to affairs concerning building management of the housing estate. Kwan paused and remarked, “Just like a reflection of what’s been ongoing in Hong Kong, if my generation were doing more before the Handover, Hong Kong wouldn't be suffering like this.”
Source: InMedia #May14
Civilian compares ill-managed Owners’ Incorporation to worsening public administration in Hong Kong since 1997
On March 31, 2020, riot police barged into Glorious Garden in Tuen Mun, intercepted and arrested at least 4 people. During the operation, police deployed pepper-spray and raised the blue warning flag, ordering onlooking residents to leave.
Distressed residents attempted to ask Owners’ Incorporation and Management office of the housing estate for an explanation, only to find a long list of “bad debts” on the financial records of the Incorporation.
Contesting candidate, Kwan Siu-kee confessed that he used to treat Glorious Garden as merely a premise for him to stay in before and after work, never paying real attention to affairs concerning building management of the housing estate. Kwan paused and remarked, “Just like a reflection of what’s been ongoing in Hong Kong, if my generation were doing more before the Handover, Hong Kong wouldn't be suffering like this.”
Source: InMedia #May14
#Education #CultureRevolution
Censorship?: Education Bureau Orders Exam Body to Remove History-related Question
After Beijing hurled criticism in a history-subject exam question, the Education Bureau (EDB) in Hong Kong demanded the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority (HKEAA) to remove history-related questions.
According to Apple Daily, the EDB was involved in setting public exam questions, despite its denial. The current committee include school teachers, scholars and EDB Curriculum Development Officer.
HKEAA former head Choi Chee-cheong also warned of the consequences to pupils if the exams body follows an order by the Education Bureau and pulls a history exam question that the government considers bias.
Source: Apple Daily ;RTHK; RTHK #May15 #HKDSE #EDB #HKEAA
Cultural Revolution 2.0: From Hong Kong Limited Edition to World Edition
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/20883
Education Bureau criticises HKDSE question on History paper
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/20819
Censorship?: Education Bureau Orders Exam Body to Remove History-related Question
After Beijing hurled criticism in a history-subject exam question, the Education Bureau (EDB) in Hong Kong demanded the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority (HKEAA) to remove history-related questions.
According to Apple Daily, the EDB was involved in setting public exam questions, despite its denial. The current committee include school teachers, scholars and EDB Curriculum Development Officer.
HKEAA former head Choi Chee-cheong also warned of the consequences to pupils if the exams body follows an order by the Education Bureau and pulls a history exam question that the government considers bias.
Source: Apple Daily ;RTHK; RTHK #May15 #HKDSE #EDB #HKEAA
Cultural Revolution 2.0: From Hong Kong Limited Edition to World Edition
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/20883
Education Bureau criticises HKDSE question on History paper
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/20819
HK Government: Civil servants should be loyal to the Chief Executive
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