#HKChronicles #Apr1 #LeslieCheung
April 1, 2003: When Hong Kong Failed to Catch a Star
"The April Fool's Day of 2003 marks the saddest 'joke' ever, when Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong's iconic star, fell from the Mandarin Oriental Hotel. His unexpected way of ending his 46-year life had shocked the people of Hong Kong and million fans across Asia. Despite the SARS epidemic outbreak in 2003, people gathered to mourn his death, adding grievances to virus-stricken city.
...17 years went by: Hong Kong is facing another epidemic outbreak and the origin of the new coronavirus is still China. This time the coronavirus has been spread much more extensively, sweeping almost all continents around the world."
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April 1, 2003: When Hong Kong Failed to Catch a Star
"The April Fool's Day of 2003 marks the saddest 'joke' ever, when Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong's iconic star, fell from the Mandarin Oriental Hotel. His unexpected way of ending his 46-year life had shocked the people of Hong Kong and million fans across Asia. Despite the SARS epidemic outbreak in 2003, people gathered to mourn his death, adding grievances to virus-stricken city.
...17 years went by: Hong Kong is facing another epidemic outbreak and the origin of the new coronavirus is still China. This time the coronavirus has been spread much more extensively, sweeping almost all continents around the world."
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#HKChronicles #Apr1 #LeslieCheung
April 1, 2003: When Hong Kong Failed to Catch a Star
The April Fool's Day of 2003 marks the saddest 'joke' ever, when Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong's iconic star, fell from the Mandarin Oriental Hotel. His unexpected way of ending his 46-year life had shocked the people of Hong Kong and million fans across Asia. Despite the SARS epidemic outbreak in 2003, people gathered to mourn his death, adding grievances to virus-stricken city.
As an important figure in Hong Kong cinema and Cantopop, Leslie Cheung had developed a broad-ranging filmography and discography: In addition to his multilangual music career, he had partnering with arthouse directors like Wong Kar-wai and Stanley Kwan and starred in commercial movies and Lunar New Year comedies.
Three years before Hong Kong's handover in 1994, he appeared in Peter Chan's He's a Woman, She's a Man, as a musician. In the first scene, he was playing Beatles' "Twist & Shout" and hearing a friend of his father reminiscing the energetic, Westernized 1960s in Hong Kong but speculating the property market in the present 1990s.
In 1997, Leslie Cheung was cast by Wong Kar-wai as the lover of Tony Chiu-wai Leung in Happy Together. The couple ran away from Hong Kong to Argentina, hoping to "start all over again" in their weary relationship.
17 years went by: Hong Kong is facing another epidemic outbreak and the origin of the new coronavirus is still China. This time the coronavirus has been spread much more extensively, sweeping almost all continents of the world.
The memories of Leslie Cheung linger in Hong Kong, as his supporters commemorate his passing outside the Mandarin Hotel every year. Despite the police's repeated warning keep distance, people still gathered this year with flowers, photos and words in memory of the charismatic Leslie Cheung, a representative of Hong Kong cinema and Cantonese pop music under the menacing circumstances.
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https://music.apple.com/ca/album/%E5%93%A5%E5%93%A5%E7%9A%84%E5%89%8D%E5%8D%8A%E7%94%9F/892448007
Fans Pay Tribute to Leslie Cheung outside Mandarin Hotel, Despite Coronavirus Outbreak
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19195
April 1, 2003: When Hong Kong Failed to Catch a Star
The April Fool's Day of 2003 marks the saddest 'joke' ever, when Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong's iconic star, fell from the Mandarin Oriental Hotel. His unexpected way of ending his 46-year life had shocked the people of Hong Kong and million fans across Asia. Despite the SARS epidemic outbreak in 2003, people gathered to mourn his death, adding grievances to virus-stricken city.
As an important figure in Hong Kong cinema and Cantopop, Leslie Cheung had developed a broad-ranging filmography and discography: In addition to his multilangual music career, he had partnering with arthouse directors like Wong Kar-wai and Stanley Kwan and starred in commercial movies and Lunar New Year comedies.
Three years before Hong Kong's handover in 1994, he appeared in Peter Chan's He's a Woman, She's a Man, as a musician. In the first scene, he was playing Beatles' "Twist & Shout" and hearing a friend of his father reminiscing the energetic, Westernized 1960s in Hong Kong but speculating the property market in the present 1990s.
In 1997, Leslie Cheung was cast by Wong Kar-wai as the lover of Tony Chiu-wai Leung in Happy Together. The couple ran away from Hong Kong to Argentina, hoping to "start all over again" in their weary relationship.
17 years went by: Hong Kong is facing another epidemic outbreak and the origin of the new coronavirus is still China. This time the coronavirus has been spread much more extensively, sweeping almost all continents of the world.
The memories of Leslie Cheung linger in Hong Kong, as his supporters commemorate his passing outside the Mandarin Hotel every year. Despite the police's repeated warning keep distance, people still gathered this year with flowers, photos and words in memory of the charismatic Leslie Cheung, a representative of Hong Kong cinema and Cantonese pop music under the menacing circumstances.
Listen:
https://music.apple.com/ca/album/%E5%93%A5%E5%93%A5%E7%9A%84%E5%89%8D%E5%8D%8A%E7%94%9F/892448007
Fans Pay Tribute to Leslie Cheung outside Mandarin Hotel, Despite Coronavirus Outbreak
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19195
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哥哥的前半生 by Leslie Cheung
Album · 1996 · 30 Songs
#June16 #NeverForget #HongKongProtests
毋忘初心不單只是一句口號，
我們在香港島叫喊過，
我們在九龍叫喊過，
我們在新界叫喊過，
五大訴求還記得嗎？
受傷或離世的手足還記得嗎？
兄弟爬山各自努力，
不分化，不割蓆，
還有幾多香港人記得嗎？
我愛這個香港，
也愛每一位同路人。
United We Stand, Divided We Fall
"Never forget the the original intention” is not just a slogan,
We've shouted it on the Hong Kong Island,
We've shouted it in Kowloon,
We've shouted it in the New Territories.
Do you still remember the Five Demands?
Do you still remember our injured or lost brothers?
“We strive hard in our own way”
“No splitting up or distancing from each other”
How many HongKongers still remember these?
I love Hong Kong,
And I love everyone who walks by my side.
[Editor's note: April 16 marks the 10th month since the anti-extradition law march on June 16, 2019, which was attended by 2 million + 1 people.]
Image: Apple Daily
#10months #HKChronicles
毋忘初心不單只是一句口號，
我們在香港島叫喊過，
我們在九龍叫喊過，
我們在新界叫喊過，
五大訴求還記得嗎？
受傷或離世的手足還記得嗎？
兄弟爬山各自努力，
不分化，不割蓆，
還有幾多香港人記得嗎？
我愛這個香港，
也愛每一位同路人。
United We Stand, Divided We Fall
"Never forget the the original intention” is not just a slogan,
We've shouted it on the Hong Kong Island,
We've shouted it in Kowloon,
We've shouted it in the New Territories.
Do you still remember the Five Demands?
Do you still remember our injured or lost brothers?
“We strive hard in our own way”
“No splitting up or distancing from each other”
How many HongKongers still remember these?
I love Hong Kong,
And I love everyone who walks by my side.
[Editor's note: April 16 marks the 10th month since the anti-extradition law march on June 16, 2019, which was attended by 2 million + 1 people.]
Image: Apple Daily
#10months #HKChronicles
#HKChronicles #May13
In Memory of Dr. Joanna Tse Who Sacrificed Herself to Save SARS Patients 17 Years Ago
The SARS outbreak in 2003 took the lives of eight medical workers in Hong Kong. Also a type of coronavirus, SARS was first carried to Hong Kong by a man from China in February. The SARS disease, with a much higher mortality rate than COVID 19, had traumatized the population in Hong Kong.
On 13 May 2003, Dr Joanna Tse Yuen-man, a pulmonologist at Tuen Mun Hospital, passed away at 35 after volunteering to treat SARS patients.
The other 7 medical workers who passed away were:
- Dr Cheng Ha-yan (Tai Po Hosital)
- Dr Cheung Sik-hin (Private Otolaryngology Doctor)
- Lau Kam-yung (Health Assistant, United Christian Hospital)
- Dr Lau Tai Kwan (Private Paediatrics Doctor)
- Lau Wing-kai (Nurse, Thoracic Medical Department, Tuen Mun Hospital)
- Tang Heung-mei (Health Assistant, United Christian Hospital)
- Wong Kang-tai (Health Assistant, The Prince of Wales Hospital)
17 years later, another type of coronavirus by the name of COVID 19 returned to haunt Hongkongers. In early February, medical workers had initiated a 5-day-strike to urge the government to close the border. They had also did their best in saving those infected with the virus. Without their contribution, Hong Kong would not have been successful in containing the virus.
Let us salute the medical workers who, despite many difficulties and the chance of getting infected themselves, held our line of defense. Zero medical workers have contracted the disease and may it stay that way.
We salute to all medical workers of the world.
Source: Stand News
Image: https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/20658
#HKMedics #MedicalWorkers #SARS
In Memory of Dr. Joanna Tse Who Sacrificed Herself to Save SARS Patients 17 Years Ago
The SARS outbreak in 2003 took the lives of eight medical workers in Hong Kong. Also a type of coronavirus, SARS was first carried to Hong Kong by a man from China in February. The SARS disease, with a much higher mortality rate than COVID 19, had traumatized the population in Hong Kong.
On 13 May 2003, Dr Joanna Tse Yuen-man, a pulmonologist at Tuen Mun Hospital, passed away at 35 after volunteering to treat SARS patients.
The other 7 medical workers who passed away were:
- Dr Cheng Ha-yan (Tai Po Hosital)
- Dr Cheung Sik-hin (Private Otolaryngology Doctor)
- Lau Kam-yung (Health Assistant, United Christian Hospital)
- Dr Lau Tai Kwan (Private Paediatrics Doctor)
- Lau Wing-kai (Nurse, Thoracic Medical Department, Tuen Mun Hospital)
- Tang Heung-mei (Health Assistant, United Christian Hospital)
- Wong Kang-tai (Health Assistant, The Prince of Wales Hospital)
17 years later, another type of coronavirus by the name of COVID 19 returned to haunt Hongkongers. In early February, medical workers had initiated a 5-day-strike to urge the government to close the border. They had also did their best in saving those infected with the virus. Without their contribution, Hong Kong would not have been successful in containing the virus.
Let us salute the medical workers who, despite many difficulties and the chance of getting infected themselves, held our line of defense. Zero medical workers have contracted the disease and may it stay that way.
We salute to all medical workers of the world.
Source: Stand News
Image: https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/20658
#HKMedics #MedicalWorkers #SARS
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In Memory of Dr. Joanna Tse Who Sacrificed Herself to Save SARS Patients 17 Years Ago
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#HKChronicles #July21 #YuenLong721
7.21 The Unforgettable Scene
In the evening of July 21, 2019, pro-democracy protesters attempted to siege the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in Hong Kong. The police used rubber bullets for the first time after June 12, 2019.
At a point, police fired over 30 shots of rubber bullets at protesters from the above without any prior verbal or flag warning.
Source:
https://www.facebook.com/nostakemedicalstudent/photos/a.140123600705521/254739545910592/
https://t.me/weatherjj/23954
7.21 The Unforgettable Scene
In the evening of July 21, 2019, pro-democracy protesters attempted to siege the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in Hong Kong. The police used rubber bullets for the first time after June 12, 2019.
At a point, police fired over 30 shots of rubber bullets at protesters from the above without any prior verbal or flag warning.
Source:
https://www.facebook.com/nostakemedicalstudent/photos/a.140123600705521/254739545910592/
https://t.me/weatherjj/23954
#HKChronicles
2020 #LegCoElection: Hong Kong's First Election to be Postponed in 132 Years
Since the first election in Hong Kong held in 1888, for 132 years none of them has been postponed, regardless of war, riot and epidemic.
In 1940, Hong Kong was on the eve of being occupied by the Japanese force. The Urban Council election was still held as planned on Feb 29.
In 1967, bombs and assaults took place frequently during the communist-instigated riots. The British colonial government did not delay the Urban Council election.
In 2003, during the SARS epidemic, the Sham Shui Po District Council By-election took place in April after enforcing hygienic measures.
Despite the menace of the COVID19 pandemic, countries like Japan, Taiwan, South Korea and Sinapore had held their elections as planned.
On July 31, 2020, Carrie Lam, however, invoked the power from the Emergency Regulations Ordinance to delay Hong Kong's Legislative Election, held every 4 years by law, for one year.
Source: We Toast, HK #Jul31
2020 #LegCoElection: Hong Kong's First Election to be Postponed in 132 Years
Since the first election in Hong Kong held in 1888, for 132 years none of them has been postponed, regardless of war, riot and epidemic.
In 1940, Hong Kong was on the eve of being occupied by the Japanese force. The Urban Council election was still held as planned on Feb 29.
In 1967, bombs and assaults took place frequently during the communist-instigated riots. The British colonial government did not delay the Urban Council election.
In 2003, during the SARS epidemic, the Sham Shui Po District Council By-election took place in April after enforcing hygienic measures.
Despite the menace of the COVID19 pandemic, countries like Japan, Taiwan, South Korea and Sinapore had held their elections as planned.
On July 31, 2020, Carrie Lam, however, invoked the power from the Emergency Regulations Ordinance to delay Hong Kong's Legislative Election, held every 4 years by law, for one year.
Source: We Toast, HK #Jul31
#HKChronicles
2020 #LegCoElection: Hong Kong's First Election to be Postponed in 132 Years
Since the first election in Hong Kong held in 1888, for 132 years none of them has been postponed, regardless of war, riot and epidemic.
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2020 #LegCoElection: Hong Kong's First Election to be Postponed in 132 Years
Since the first election in Hong Kong held in 1888, for 132 years none of them has been postponed, regardless of war, riot and epidemic.
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#HKChronicles
2020 #LegCoElection: Hong Kong's First Election to be Postponed in 132 Years
In 1940, Hong Kong was on the eve of being occupied by the Japanese force. The Urban Council election was still held as planned on Feb 29.
In 1967, bombs and assaults took place frequently during the communist-instigated riots. The British colonial government did not delay the Urban Council election.
In 2003, during the SARS epidemic, the Sham Shui Po District Council By-election took place in April after enforcing hygienic measures.
Despite the menace of the COVID19 pandemic, countries like Japan, Taiwan, South Korea and Sinapore had held their elections as planned.
On July 31, 2020, Carrie Lam, however, invoked the power from the Emergency Regulations Ordinance to delay Hong Kong's Legislative Election, held every 4 years by law, for one year.
Source: We Toast, HK #Jul31
#HKChronicles
2020 #LegCoElection: Hong Kong's First Election to be Postponed in 132 Years
In 1940, Hong Kong was on the eve of being occupied by the Japanese force. The Urban Council election was still held as planned on Feb 29.
In 1967, bombs and assaults took place frequently during the communist-instigated riots. The British colonial government did not delay the Urban Council election.
In 2003, during the SARS epidemic, the Sham Shui Po District Council By-election took place in April after enforcing hygienic measures.
Despite the menace of the COVID19 pandemic, countries like Japan, Taiwan, South Korea and Sinapore had held their elections as planned.
On July 31, 2020, Carrie Lam, however, invoked the power from the Emergency Regulations Ordinance to delay Hong Kong's Legislative Election, held every 4 years by law, for one year.
Source: We Toast, HK #Jul31
#HKChronicles #TodayInHistory #911TerroristAttack
Hongkongers Suspend Protests to Mourn Victims of 9/11; Chinese Netizens Support Terrorist Attack on the U.S.
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https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25202
Hongkongers Suspend Protests to Mourn Victims of 9/11; Chinese Netizens Support Terrorist Attack on the U.S.
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#GreatFireWall
Internet Service Provider Comfirms Authorities Use #NationalSecurityLaw to Block Website
Hong Kong Broadband Network (#HKBN), an internet service provider, confirmed on Jan 14, 2021 that the Hong Kong authotities have ordered them to block access to a local website (http://hkchronicles.com) under the national security law.
Article 43 of the national security law gives police the power to order internet service providers to remove any material published online deemed be a national security breach.
Data scientists and civilians in Hong Kong worry that the online censorship will spread to internet news outlets in future.
Source: RTHK; Stand News #Jan14
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1570463-20210114.htm
#HKChronicles
Internet Service Provider Comfirms Authorities Use #NationalSecurityLaw to Block Website
Hong Kong Broadband Network (#HKBN), an internet service provider, confirmed on Jan 14, 2021 that the Hong Kong authotities have ordered them to block access to a local website (http://hkchronicles.com) under the national security law.
Article 43 of the national security law gives police the power to order internet service providers to remove any material published online deemed be a national security breach.
Data scientists and civilians in Hong Kong worry that the online censorship will spread to internet news outlets in future.
Source: RTHK; Stand News #Jan14
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1570463-20210114.htm
#HKChronicles
#GreatFireWall #106Crackdown
#WashingtonPost: First came political crimes. Now, a digital crackdown descends on Hong Kong
Source: Washington Post #Jan12
Image: #HKChronicles
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#WashingtonPost: First came political crimes. Now, a digital crackdown descends on Hong Kong
Source: Washington Post #Jan12
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#WashingtonPost: First came political crimes. Now, a digital crackdown descends on Hong Kong
//The digital sweep showed how Hong Kong authorities are wielding their new powers under the national security law — introduced last summer — far more widely than the city’s leader promised.
Since the Jan. 6 raids, authorities have blocked at least one website, according to the site’s owner and local media reports, raising concerns that Hong Kong is headed for broader digital surveillance and censorship akin to that in mainland China.
...Shortly after the arrests and device seizures, colleagues and associates of those detained started noticing strange activity on their social media and email accounts.
Ray Chan, a former pro-democracy lawmaker arrested at his home, said he kept receiving confirmation codessent by Telegram to a replacement phone after police confiscated his devices. The codes are used to verify the authenticity of a user trying to log into an account.
Separately, Lam Cheuk-ting and Helena Wong, two former Democratic Party lawmakers, said their staffs received notifications from Google that state-sponsored hackers were trying to breach their work accounts, which are hosted on a Gmail server. The Google alerts arrived just after their arrests, once their devices were in the hands of police.
“It is a redo of the Great Firewall,” said Lokman Tsui, an assistant professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong who specializes in privacy and online communications. “They are testing the waters for now, so the results are uneven — but it is a question of when and how, not if.”
Glacier Kwong, founder of Keyboard Frontline, which tracks digital rights in Hong Kong, said the government clearly intends to crack down on one of the last free spaces for dissent.
“The government has actually set a precedent,” Kwong said. “As long as it is not to the liking of the regime, a website can be blocked without any reason under the national security law, which is a clear blow to the freedom of the Internet, freedom of information and freedom of speech.”//
Read the full article:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/hong-kong-national-security-law-internet/2021/01/12/01738064-53b6-11eb-acc5-92d2819a1ccb_story.html
Source: Washington Post #Jan12
#CyberSecurity #PoliceState #HKChronicles #Internet
#WashingtonPost: First came political crimes. Now, a digital crackdown descends on Hong Kong
//The digital sweep showed how Hong Kong authorities are wielding their new powers under the national security law — introduced last summer — far more widely than the city’s leader promised.
Since the Jan. 6 raids, authorities have blocked at least one website, according to the site’s owner and local media reports, raising concerns that Hong Kong is headed for broader digital surveillance and censorship akin to that in mainland China.
...Shortly after the arrests and device seizures, colleagues and associates of those detained started noticing strange activity on their social media and email accounts.
Ray Chan, a former pro-democracy lawmaker arrested at his home, said he kept receiving confirmation codessent by Telegram to a replacement phone after police confiscated his devices. The codes are used to verify the authenticity of a user trying to log into an account.
Separately, Lam Cheuk-ting and Helena Wong, two former Democratic Party lawmakers, said their staffs received notifications from Google that state-sponsored hackers were trying to breach their work accounts, which are hosted on a Gmail server. The Google alerts arrived just after their arrests, once their devices were in the hands of police.
“It is a redo of the Great Firewall,” said Lokman Tsui, an assistant professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong who specializes in privacy and online communications. “They are testing the waters for now, so the results are uneven — but it is a question of when and how, not if.”
Glacier Kwong, founder of Keyboard Frontline, which tracks digital rights in Hong Kong, said the government clearly intends to crack down on one of the last free spaces for dissent.
“The government has actually set a precedent,” Kwong said. “As long as it is not to the liking of the regime, a website can be blocked without any reason under the national security law, which is a clear blow to the freedom of the Internet, freedom of information and freedom of speech.”//
Read the full article:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/hong-kong-national-security-law-internet/2021/01/12/01738064-53b6-11eb-acc5-92d2819a1ccb_story.html
Source: Washington Post #Jan12
#CyberSecurity #PoliceState #HKChronicles #Internet
HKChronicles is a website consisting of pro-democracy articles, police's personal information, police brutality records, etc. However, the website cannot be accessed with 9 internet service providers out of 11, and the blocklist is perhaps not up-to-date.
#HKChronicles #HKprotest #Censorship #GoHKgraphics
#HKChronicles #HKprotest #Censorship #GoHKgraphics