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Former Director of HK Observatory Refuses to be Government's Collaborator
Source: Stand News #Nov29
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Former Director of HK Observatory Refuses to be Government's Collaborator
Source: Stand News #Nov29
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Former Director of HK Observatory Refuses to be Government's Collaborator
In mid-2018, former Director of the Hong Kong Observatory, Lam Chiu-yin took up the Convenor position for the Support group on Long-team Decarbonization Strategy group of Hong Kong Sustainability Committee, responsible for public consultation of the Strategy.
In mid-November 2020, the committee announced result of public consultation and related recommendations. Lam, however, didn’t attend the announcement event. He posted on social media that he has resigned from the position in September.
He told reporters that in this “unfinished two-year tenure”, he found that the government did not want to listen to public opinion. Lam said, “some members of concerning authority do not take public consultation seriously. They use the Support Group to back up government views. I do not want to be involved in the muddle.”
Lam, therefore, decided not to take up any public position in the future.
Source: Ming Pao #Nov29
#LamChiuYin #HKObservatory
Former Director of HK Observatory Refuses to be Government's Collaborator
In mid-2018, former Director of the Hong Kong Observatory, Lam Chiu-yin took up the Convenor position for the Support group on Long-team Decarbonization Strategy group of Hong Kong Sustainability Committee, responsible for public consultation of the Strategy.
In mid-November 2020, the committee announced result of public consultation and related recommendations. Lam, however, didn’t attend the announcement event. He posted on social media that he has resigned from the position in September.
He told reporters that in this “unfinished two-year tenure”, he found that the government did not want to listen to public opinion. Lam said, “some members of concerning authority do not take public consultation seriously. They use the Support Group to back up government views. I do not want to be involved in the muddle.”
Lam, therefore, decided not to take up any public position in the future.
Source: Ming Pao #Nov29
#LamChiuYin #HKObservatory
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【周日人物】斥諮詢非真心聽民意 辭任減碳小組召集人 拒盲撐政府 林超英：不同流合污 - 20201129 - 港聞
【明報專訊】2018年中，天文台前台長林超英上任可持續發展委員會長遠減碳策略支援小組召集人，負責長遠減碳策略公眾諮詢。今年11月中，委員會公布諮詢結果及建議報告，林超英沒有現身記者會，他在社交平台交代，今年9月底已辭任小組召集人，不會為報告的建議負責。71歲的林超英當了半生公務員，至2009年退休，之後獲政府委任多個環保公職，這次卻不能「善終」。他接受本報專訪時說，在兩年多「未完的任期」，發現政府沒有真心聽市民聲音，「行政機關部分人唔當諮詢係諮詢，小組存在只係支持政府交出嘅文件，我唔可以同流合污」。他決定不會再擔任公職。
China app Developer Expected to Lose HKD 7.8M Investment Money in India and Stated that the Chinese government Could Not Help
Source from: Apple Daily #Nov29
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China app Developer Expected to Lose HKD 7.8M Investment Money in India and Stated that the Chinese government Could Not Help
The Indian government banned 43 mobile device programs for the national security reason last week, including various apps under China Alibaba. Until now, it has already suspended a total of 267 apps developed in China. Li Jialun, the boss of China Technology Company Club Factory, indicated that he has already accepted the destiny of being ruled out in the Indian market. And he expected that there are heavy investment losses, and has adjusted the development focus to Europe and the United States.
Club Factory is selling low-cost fashion and household products. According to the report from England Financial Times, Li raised US$100 million (HKD 780 million) from the investors to enter the Indian market last year. At that time, Club Factory was at the top of India download ranking and expected to be profitable. He indicated that he could see more opportunities in India than in the crowded market in China.
Li does not know when the Club Factory can resume operations, but he will certainly lose most of the investment. He indicated that the uncertain prospects for several months had frustrated business. “If consumers cannot see you in a long period, they will never come back.” Li also said that the Chinese government could not help at all.
Source from: Apple Daily #Nov29
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20201129/UDVVXBAW4BE5DA3TBNTS5BA22Y/
#India #China #Alibaba #Europe #UnitedStates #FinancialTimes #ClubFactory
The Indian government banned 43 mobile device programs for the national security reason last week, including various apps under China Alibaba. Until now, it has already suspended a total of 267 apps developed in China. Li Jialun, the boss of China Technology Company Club Factory, indicated that he has already accepted the destiny of being ruled out in the Indian market. And he expected that there are heavy investment losses, and has adjusted the development focus to Europe and the United States.
Club Factory is selling low-cost fashion and household products. According to the report from England Financial Times, Li raised US$100 million (HKD 780 million) from the investors to enter the Indian market last year. At that time, Club Factory was at the top of India download ranking and expected to be profitable. He indicated that he could see more opportunities in India than in the crowded market in China.
Li does not know when the Club Factory can resume operations, but he will certainly lose most of the investment. He indicated that the uncertain prospects for several months had frustrated business. “If consumers cannot see you in a long period, they will never come back.” Li also said that the Chinese government could not help at all.
Source from: Apple Daily #Nov29
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20201129/UDVVXBAW4BE5DA3TBNTS5BA22Y/
#India #China #Alibaba #Europe #UnitedStates #FinancialTimes #ClubFactory
WTO complaint “next step” in tariff dispute between Australia and China, trade ministery says.
The trade minister Simon Brimingham said on 29 November the trade conflicts were not just harming Australia but threated global trade confidence. Canberra will take its complaints to the World Trade Organization (WTO).
Due wine tariffs imposed after barley tariffs announced in May, at least 60 ships laden with coal from Australian producers have also been denied permission to enter Chinese ports, leaving them waiting off the coast while Australian authorise attempt to find a resolution to the standoff.
The wine decision would not be part of any immediate complaint to the WTO as it was still being described as an “interim application of tariffs”.
Source: The Guardian #Nov29
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/nov/29/wto-complaint-next-step-in-tariff-dispute-between-australia-and-china-trade-minister-says?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
#Australia #China #WTO #AntiDumping #Tarrif #TradeWar
The trade minister Simon Brimingham said on 29 November the trade conflicts were not just harming Australia but threated global trade confidence. Canberra will take its complaints to the World Trade Organization (WTO).
Due wine tariffs imposed after barley tariffs announced in May, at least 60 ships laden with coal from Australian producers have also been denied permission to enter Chinese ports, leaving them waiting off the coast while Australian authorise attempt to find a resolution to the standoff.
The wine decision would not be part of any immediate complaint to the WTO as it was still being described as an “interim application of tariffs”.
Source: The Guardian #Nov29
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/nov/29/wto-complaint-next-step-in-tariff-dispute-between-australia-and-china-trade-minister-says?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
#Australia #China #WTO #AntiDumping #Tarrif #TradeWar
A year after Wuhan alarm, China seeks to change Covid origin story
Source: The Guardian #Nov29
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https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/27258
Source: The Guardian #Nov29
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A year after Wuhan alarm, China seeks to change Covid origin story
China's state media People’s Daily claimed in a Facebook post in November 2020 that “all available evidence suggests that the coronavirus did not start in central China’s Wuhan”.
Chinese scientists have submitted a paper for publication to the Lancet – although it has not yet been peer-reviewed – that claims “Wuhan is not the place where human-to-human Sars-CoV-2 transmission first happened”, suggesting instead that the first case may have been in the “Indian subcontinent”.
Claims that the virus had orgins outside China are given very little credence by western scientists. Michael Ryan, director of the health emergencies programme at the World Health Organization (WHO), said last week that it would be “highly speculative” to argue that the disease did not emerge in China.
Source: The Guardian #Nov29
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/29/a-year-after-wuhan-alarm-china-seeks-to-change-covid-origin-story
#Covid19 #CovidOrigin #China #India #WHO
China's state media People’s Daily claimed in a Facebook post in November 2020 that “all available evidence suggests that the coronavirus did not start in central China’s Wuhan”.
Chinese scientists have submitted a paper for publication to the Lancet – although it has not yet been peer-reviewed – that claims “Wuhan is not the place where human-to-human Sars-CoV-2 transmission first happened”, suggesting instead that the first case may have been in the “Indian subcontinent”.
Claims that the virus had orgins outside China are given very little credence by western scientists. Michael Ryan, director of the health emergencies programme at the World Health Organization (WHO), said last week that it would be “highly speculative” to argue that the disease did not emerge in China.
Source: The Guardian #Nov29
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/29/a-year-after-wuhan-alarm-china-seeks-to-change-covid-origin-story
#Covid19 #CovidOrigin #China #India #WHO
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A year after Wuhan alarm, China seeks to change Covid origin story
Reports in state media signal an intensifying propaganda effort to place the birth of the virus in other countries
New Law in France Criticised for Harming Press Freedom, with Protest Leading to Conflicts, 20 Officers Injured and 46 Arrests
Source: Stand News #Nov29
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New Law in France Criticised for Harming Press Freedom, with Protest Leading to Conflicts, 20 Officers Injured and 46 Arrests
46 thousand people took to the streets of Paris, France, in protest against the new security law for damaging press freedom and offering excessive protection to the police force. The protest triggered clashes between civilians and the police. Police dispersed protestors with tear gas and water cannons while protestors threw stones, glass bottles, etc. The police said that more than 20 officers were injured and 46 arrests were made. The Prime Minister of France Jean Castex announced the establishment of an independent commission to review and redraft the new security law.
The new security law stipulated that anyone that takes photos or videos of the police maliciously are in violation of the law. Oppositions to the law criticised it as damaging to press freedom, which enables the documentation of police brutality. One of the triggers to the protest was a black music producer named Michel Zecler. Zecler was on his way to his studio on Saturday late evening (Nov 21) when he was brutally shoved into his studio and assaulted by three police officers emerging from their police vehicle, who suspected him of violating the pandemic rules requiring the wearing of face mask in public. After Zecler was severely injured and called for help, three colleagues from upstairs came to thrust the officers out of the studio. Zecler said that while he was assaulted, he heard insults of racist slurs directed at him. The whole process was captured by closed-circuit television. President of France Emmanuel Macron called the event unacceptable and shameful and had ordered the police to promptly submit a report on how to restore confidence in the police force and improve relations between the police and the public. The three officers involved have been suspended for investigation.
#France #MichelZecler #Zecler #EmmanuelMacron #Macron #PoliceBrutality #Racist #Racism #NewSecurityLaw #Protest #Paris
Source: Stand News #Nov29
https://bit.ly/2Jzito6
46 thousand people took to the streets of Paris, France, in protest against the new security law for damaging press freedom and offering excessive protection to the police force. The protest triggered clashes between civilians and the police. Police dispersed protestors with tear gas and water cannons while protestors threw stones, glass bottles, etc. The police said that more than 20 officers were injured and 46 arrests were made. The Prime Minister of France Jean Castex announced the establishment of an independent commission to review and redraft the new security law.
The new security law stipulated that anyone that takes photos or videos of the police maliciously are in violation of the law. Oppositions to the law criticised it as damaging to press freedom, which enables the documentation of police brutality. One of the triggers to the protest was a black music producer named Michel Zecler. Zecler was on his way to his studio on Saturday late evening (Nov 21) when he was brutally shoved into his studio and assaulted by three police officers emerging from their police vehicle, who suspected him of violating the pandemic rules requiring the wearing of face mask in public. After Zecler was severely injured and called for help, three colleagues from upstairs came to thrust the officers out of the studio. Zecler said that while he was assaulted, he heard insults of racist slurs directed at him. The whole process was captured by closed-circuit television. President of France Emmanuel Macron called the event unacceptable and shameful and had ordered the police to promptly submit a report on how to restore confidence in the police force and improve relations between the police and the public. The three officers involved have been suspended for investigation.
#France #MichelZecler #Zecler #EmmanuelMacron #Macron #PoliceBrutality #Racist #Racism #NewSecurityLaw #Protest #Paris
Source: Stand News #Nov29
https://bit.ly/2Jzito6
Australia's Trade Minister: China's trade 'autocracy' hurts Australia, hinders global economic recovery
Source: Apple Daily #Nov29
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