#Analysis
Foreign Media Praised Female Leaders For Outstanding Leadership During Pandemic, Yet Carrie Lam is Not Named?
(15 Apr) With the global spread of COVID-19, foreign media have recently compared the anti-pandemic policies of global leaders, and have come to the conclusion that female leaders generally perform better. Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen, Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel, and New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, among others, have been praised by foreign media as high-performing female leaders. However, Hong Kong's female Chief Executive Carrie Lam, who said she was "quick to respond", didn’t make it to the list.
At the time of writing, there were 1,016 confirmed cases in Hong Kong, which was lower than those in neighbouring regions, yet Carrie Lam has not been credited. Both local experts and foreign media noticed that Lam has been repeatedly criticized for her slow response in recent months, such as the inability to close Hong Kong-Mainland borders. It is believed that Hong Kong's success in fighting the epidemic is largely due to the fact that Hongkongers saved themselves during the crisis.
//one-third of the number of cases in Singapore
//Prohibiting officials from wearing masks; Refusal to close borders; Delays in closing karaoke lounges and beauty salons
//The Government is hopeless, Hongkongers need to rescue themselves
//Hongkongers have completely lost their trust in the Government after 6 months of protests.
Full translation:
https://telegra.ph/Foreign-Media-Praised-Female-Leaders-For-Outstanding-Leadership-During-Pandemic-Yet-Carrie-Lam-is-Not-Named-04-23
Source: The Stand News
https://bit.ly/3cEKt2f
Further reading:
Letter to Ms Boseley, The Guardian
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19763
#SelfHelp #FailedState #CarrieLam #Singapore #Epidemic #HoPakLeung #HongKongProtest
Foreign Media Praised Female Leaders For Outstanding Leadership During Pandemic, Yet Carrie Lam is Not Named?
(15 Apr) With the global spread of COVID-19, foreign media have recently compared the anti-pandemic policies of global leaders, and have come to the conclusion that female leaders generally perform better. Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen, Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel, and New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, among others, have been praised by foreign media as high-performing female leaders. However, Hong Kong's female Chief Executive Carrie Lam, who said she was "quick to respond", didn’t make it to the list.
At the time of writing, there were 1,016 confirmed cases in Hong Kong, which was lower than those in neighbouring regions, yet Carrie Lam has not been credited. Both local experts and foreign media noticed that Lam has been repeatedly criticized for her slow response in recent months, such as the inability to close Hong Kong-Mainland borders. It is believed that Hong Kong's success in fighting the epidemic is largely due to the fact that Hongkongers saved themselves during the crisis.
//one-third of the number of cases in Singapore
//Prohibiting officials from wearing masks; Refusal to close borders; Delays in closing karaoke lounges and beauty salons
//The Government is hopeless, Hongkongers need to rescue themselves
//Hongkongers have completely lost their trust in the Government after 6 months of protests.
Full translation:
https://telegra.ph/Foreign-Media-Praised-Female-Leaders-For-Outstanding-Leadership-During-Pandemic-Yet-Carrie-Lam-is-Not-Named-04-23
Source: The Stand News
https://bit.ly/3cEKt2f
Further reading:
Letter to Ms Boseley, The Guardian
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19763
#SelfHelp #FailedState #CarrieLam #Singapore #Epidemic #HoPakLeung #HongKongProtest
Telegraph
Foreign Media Praised Female Leaders For Outstanding Leadership During Pandemic, Yet Carrie Lam is Not Named?
(15 Apr) With the global spread of COVID-19, foreign media have recently compared the anti-pandemic policies of global leaders, and have come to the conclusion that female leaders generally perform better. Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen, Germany's Chancellor…
#FailedState #CoronavirusPandemic
Dismissing Privacy Concern, HK Gov't Insists in Carrying Out Universal Test and Health Code
The Chief Executive Carrie Lam on August 21 urged Hongkongers to take part in the COVID19 test run by the Chinese companies appointed by the HK government from September 1 onwards. Secretary for the Civil Service Patrick Nip reassured that information will "not be sent outside of Hong Kong".
Despite public concern over data collection and privacy, Lam said that the government will implement a health code plan to exempt qualified Hong Kong-China travellers from quarantine restrictions, similar to what China had already installed in Macau and Guangdong.
Secretary for Innovation and Technology Alfred Sit dismissed privacy concern. He stated that the health code users will have to acknowledge that they 'agree' to have their data sent to their destination, i.e. the Chinese authorities, if travelling to China.
Meanwhile, microbiologist Ho Pak-leung, head of the University of Hong Kong's Centre for Infection, has doubt in universal COVID-19 testing. He called it "a waste of bullets" if people with higher risk of infection are not tested.
Ho suggested to test all patients in public hospitals, and carry out repeated tests for elderly home workers and frontline medical staff, instead.
Source: RTHK #Aug21
#BigData #HealthCode #CarrieLam #AlfredSit #HoPakLeung #PersonalPrivacy #DNA
Dismissing Privacy Concern, HK Gov't Insists in Carrying Out Universal Test and Health Code
The Chief Executive Carrie Lam on August 21 urged Hongkongers to take part in the COVID19 test run by the Chinese companies appointed by the HK government from September 1 onwards. Secretary for the Civil Service Patrick Nip reassured that information will "not be sent outside of Hong Kong".
Despite public concern over data collection and privacy, Lam said that the government will implement a health code plan to exempt qualified Hong Kong-China travellers from quarantine restrictions, similar to what China had already installed in Macau and Guangdong.
Secretary for Innovation and Technology Alfred Sit dismissed privacy concern. He stated that the health code users will have to acknowledge that they 'agree' to have their data sent to their destination, i.e. the Chinese authorities, if travelling to China.
Meanwhile, microbiologist Ho Pak-leung, head of the University of Hong Kong's Centre for Infection, has doubt in universal COVID-19 testing. He called it "a waste of bullets" if people with higher risk of infection are not tested.
Ho suggested to test all patients in public hospitals, and carry out repeated tests for elderly home workers and frontline medical staff, instead.
Source: RTHK #Aug21
#BigData #HealthCode #CarrieLam #AlfredSit #HoPakLeung #PersonalPrivacy #DNA
news.rthk.hk
Universal tests like wasting bullets: Ho Pak-leung
University of Hong Kong microbiologist Ho Pak-leung on Friday cast doubt on the effectiveness of the universal coronavirus tests, saying the government would be "wasting bullets" if the plan is not targeted at people with higher risk of infection. Ho said…