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#ChowTszLok #Memorial #PoliceState
9 Months Since the Death of Pro-democracy Student: Police Intercept Reporters and Target Web-based Media

August 8, 2020 marks 9th month since university student Chow Tsz-lok passed away on November 8, 2019. The cause of his fatal fall from Sheung Tak Carpark during police operation remains unknown. An altar was set up at the crossroads of Sheung Tak Estate for citizens to lay candles and flowers in remembrance of Chow.

A large group of police were sighted stationing and patrolling around Sheung Tak carpark as early as at 6pm, urging reporters to leave. At 7pm, a police cordon line was set up to conduct search.

Specifically, reporters of what the police called “traditional media” and “web media” were kept apart for search.

Source: InMedia #Aug8
#PressFreedom
#PoliceState #Mask
Masked Man Kneeled in Front of Police After Being Ticketed for "Not Wearing Mask Properly"

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A man in 7-11 uniform was searched by the police after he yelled "Yi Jin boys".

The police tried to twist his arms and fine him for violating the Anti-pandemic Ordinance No. 599I on the ground that he did not "wear his mask properly". The man has been wearing his mask all along. Facing the police's accusation, the man kneeled on the ground and pleaded helplessly in front of the police, for that he cannot afford to pay the fine.

Editor's note: The Diploma Yi Jin is an education program in Hong Kong, as an alternative to university undergraduate program.

Source: Egg's Club; Luminant Hong Kong #Aug8
#Statement #Sanction #FailedState #1C1S
HKSAR Government Describes Pro-democracy Movement as "Anti-government riots", Carrie Lam: National Security Law is "honourable duty" to protect "1.4 Billion Mainlanders in China"

The HKSAR Government described the latest action of the U.S. as "so-called US sanctions" that are "shameless and despicable".  The HKSAR government in a statement on Aug 8, first published in English then Chinese, called the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong "anti-government riots".

The statement said that the HKSAR government "fully support the Central Government to adopt counter-measures" and cited Chief Executive Carrie Lam, one of the 11 individuals being sanctioned, that "we are discharging an honourable duty to safeguard national security, protecting the life and interests of not only the 7.5 million Hong Kong people but also the 1.4 billion Mainlanders. We will not be intimidated."

Source: Stand News #Aug8
#CarrieLam
#FailedState #COVID19 #Test
Hong Kong Doctor Explains Why China's Mixed Testing Method is Not Effective and HK Government's Practice is Impoverished

Source: Apple Daily #Aug8
#MixedTesting
#WuhanPneumonia #DeepThroat #NoseSwab

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Hong Kong Doctor Explains Why China's Mixed Testing Method is Not Effective and HK Government's Practice is Impoverished

There are three main ways to collect specimen for COVID19 tests, including nose swab, deep throat swab, and deep throat saliva sampling.

Regarding a Chinese expert’s criticism of the deep throat saliva sample testing, a public hospital doctor in Hong Kong pointed out that this was because nose swab and deep throat swab were mainly used in China, and mixed testing will require more workload.

Respiratory Medicine specialist in Hong Kong Dr. Leung Chi-chi explained that the common practice in China was to mix 5 samples, and it was less effective. If a patient is highly contagious and carries more virus, then the test result will still be positive. Yet, if the patient is in an early state of infection, or carries less virus, then the result may come back as negative. Mixed sample testing was usually used in large-scale testing instead of clinical diagnosis to avoid an inaccurate result.

In China, medical staff collect specimen for the testing through a throat swab, whereas the Hong Kong government asks Hong Kong citizens to collect specimen themselves. Doctors in Hong Kong criticised that this practice was even more impoverished than China.

Source: Apple Daily #Aug8 #WuhanPneumonia #DeepThroat #NoseSwab
#Mainlandization
Chinese biotech companies appointed by HK Government for #COVID19 testing

Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced that three national-level testing facilities will be in charge of voluntary community testing in Hong Kong that will be launched in two weeks. The three facilities include #BGI Group, #KingMed and #Hybribio.

BGI Group was recently sanctioned by the US government for facilitating mandatory gene testing in Xinjiang, while the other two are closely related to the Chinese Communist Party (#CCP) government.

Hybribio is under the Chinese Academy of Science and Shanghai Atomic Nucleus Institute of the Shanghai local committee. KingMed set up a branch in Hong Kong in 2014, while its parent company Guangzhou KingMed Diagnostics is managed by CCP committee members. Its major shareholder Liang Yaoming is also the Secretary of Party Committee. Liang stated in a previous interview that KingMed will be responsible for the “testing” in Hong Kong.

Source: Stand News #Aug8 #WuhanPnemonia
#Sanction #LuoHuiNing #US #CCP #Statement
CCP Official in Hong Kong Responds to U.S. Sanction: I don’t have any assets in the U.S.

Source: Stand News #Aug8

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CCP Official in Hong Kong Responds to U.S. Sanction: I don’t have any assets in the U.S.

The Treasury of the United States announced the sanction of 7 Hong Kong and 4 Chinese officials, including PRC's Hong Kong Liaison Office Head Luo Huining, Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office Director Xiao Baolong, Vice Director Zhang Xiaoming, and Office for Safeguarding National Security Director Zheng Yanxiong.

Chinese official Luo stated that the fact that he was sanctioned “proves he did the right thing for the country and Hong Kong.” He also pointed out that he did not own any assets in the US, so the sanction was “a waste of effort”. He added, “Of course, I can send $100 to Mr. Trump so that he can freeze it.”

The Liaison Office issued a statement to "strongly oppose and condemn" the sanction. The spokesperson stated that they were "not scared of any barbaric behaviour" and if the US thought the so-called sanction can make China compromise, they have “forgotten the times, made wrong plans, and wasted their efforts.”

It was also reiterated that the implementation of the National Security Law in Hong Kong aimed to fill the loopholes in the existing laws, however, foreign politicians have been anxious since the implementation. The Office for Safeguarding National Security criticised the US for violating the basic principles of international laws and for sanctioning officers on the ridiculous bases of “limiting the political freedom in Hong Kong”. It was suggested that these US politicians showed their intention of supporting rioters, and they were just like “clowns”.

Source: Stand News #Aug8
#FailedState #1C1S #CCP
Carrie Lam Insists On Using CCP Terminology

Source: Apple Daily #Aug8
#CarrieLam #Huoshenshan
#MobileCabinHospital

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Carrie Lam Insists On Using CCP Terminology

China sent a mobile cabin hospital support team to Hong Kong, which repeatedly insisted the set-up of a Hong Kong mobile cabin hospital. However, the Hong Kong Hospital Authority (HA) representatives including Chuang Shuk-kwan and Lau Ka-hin denied the statement.

Hong Kong Hospital Authority director Deacon Yeung stated in an interview that the AsiaWorld-Expo (AWE) will not become a mobile cabin hospital or what China said a "Huoshenshan hospital". Instead, it will just be treated as an isolation facility. Yet, Chief Executive Carrie Lam continued to call it “mobile cabin hospital” and “Huoshenshan”, following the Chinese Communist Party government's terminology, in a press conference.

Yeung said that the HA is prepared for the third outbreak in March. The most serious patients will be treated in hospitals, while less serious patient will be treated in isolation facilities. Beds in these isolation facilities can be arranged in a flexible manner to suit the needs of the public. Yuen mentioned that only 20% of patients must be admitted to hospitals, and the rest can be treated in isolation facilities.

Source: Apple Daily #Aug8
#CarrieLam #Huoshenshan
#MobileCabinHospital
#WhiteTerror #BeijingLoyalist #USConsulate
Pro-Beijing Camp criticised Pro-democracy Lawmakers for “colluding with foreign powers” by meeting with US Consul General

Source: Apple Daily #Aug8
#CivicParty

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#WhiteTerror #BeijingLoyalist #USConsulate
Pro-Beijing Camp criticised Pro-democracy Lawmakers for “colluding with foreign powers” by meeting with US Consul General

Former Chief Executive CY Leung accused the meeting between Civic Party members Leong Kah-kit and Yeung Ngok-kiu with US Consul General Hanscom Smith as “inappropriate”. The Pro-Beijing camp also criticised pro-democracy lawmakers for “colluding with foreign powers”.

The US Consulate issued a statement on Aug 7 that Consulate members had met with pro-democracy figures and these meetings are neither secretive nor mysterious, stating that the accusation that those who met with Consulate representatives are engaging in “collusion” is ludicrous.

Further, the Consulate stated that “These allegations underscore the fact that the National Security Law was never about security, but rather, was intended to silence democracy advocates and threaten those who engage in even the most routine forms of free speech.”

The statement stressed that the US Consulate has “repeatedly raised grave concerns about the effect this ill-defined, vaguely worded, and far-reaching law would have on Hong Kong” since the implementation of the National Security Law. The Consulate urged Beijing to respect Hong Kong’s freedom of speech and human rights, the British Joint Declaration, and Hong Kong’s reputation. It was at last stated that “U.S. policy towards Hong Kong has been consistent for decades. Just as we have repeatedly acknowledged that Hong Kong is part of China, so have we emphasized our support for the One Country, Two Systems framework and the high degree of autonomy promised to Hong Kong by Beijing.”

Source: Apple Daily #Aug8
#CivicParty #CYLeung

Further Reading:
Statement by US Consulate in Hong Kong

https://hk.usconsulate.gov/pr-2020080701/
Street busker arrested for singing “Do You Hear the People Sing”

Street busker Oliver Ma, of Chinese-Filipino descent, was surrounded by police officers while busking in Central on August 8. He was arrested when he sang “Do You Hear the People Sing”. Legislative Council Member, Ted Hui, said on Facebook that Oliver Ma was charged for obstructing police, and he has contacted a team of lawyers to follow up.

Oliver Ma was seen in online videos dressed in a black and white striped shirt and sang the English version of “Glory to Hong Kong” on Theater Lane, Central, while four police officers observed nearby. After a while, when Oliver Ma sang “Do You Hear the People Sing”, the other police officers moved forward to surround him and turned off his speaker. A citizen filming the incident asked the police, “What crime did he commit?” when Oliver Ma was in handcuffs.

Previously on July 28, Oliver Ma was arrested on suspicion of criminal intimidation, alleging that he argued with a 65-year-old woman on the street in Central because of noise problems. He was released on bail pending the investigation. He explained the incident on his Facebook, stating that the old woman suddenly snatched away his microphone stand while he was performing, and kicked his guitar case on the ground. Police arrested him on suspicion of criminal intimidation against the old lady, even though they did not any record voice or video evidence of him doing so. He denied having committed any crimes, believing that he was a victim of false accusations.

He suspected that his latest arrest was the police punishing him for his persistence in singing “Glory to Hong Kong”.

Source: Stand News #Aug8 #PoliceState #Busking #Music #GloryToHongKong #OliverMa #NationalSecurityLaw #FailedState
#HongKongChronicles #CUHKSiege #9Months #AcademicFreedom

November 11-15, 2019: Battle of #CUHK

Source: The People HK #Aug8
#BridgeNo2 #NeverForget #NeverForgive

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November 11-15, 2019: Battle of #CUHK

// Before the siege at PolyU, there was the violent battle at CUHK. The No. 2 Bridge shall be chronicled into history as the first battlefront for academic freedom.

It was then when I first heard the police shout, "There isn’t enough ammunition, order more to be sent from Wong Tai Sin!", the commander shouted into his intercom.

On the frontline at No.2 Bridge that day, the injured were carried away one by one. Burst eyes, shots to the chest, burnt arms and legs, respiratory problems from breathing in too much mace, and too many more. Yet as the injured retreated one by one, more took their place in the smoke and flames.

On that day, CUHK became a field hospital. Former President of the University Joseph Sung brought Hong Kong's top medical team. They, along with alumni and students, rushed back to defend the school, and as supplies kept coming through, the human chain soon reached from the No.2 Bridge to the School Gate.

On that day, I saw a young protestor go into cardiac arrest after breathing in too much mace. Luckily, he received cardiopulmonary resuscitation and he coughed out most of it, saving his life.

Do not forget what these young people have fought for. Do not forget our history. Chronicle every moment, for the regime is seeking to erase it. //

Source: The People HK #Aug8
#BridgeNo2 #NeverForget #NeverForgive
#GoHKGraphics #HumanRights #Freedom #HongKongProtests

When demanding for basic human rights has become "anti-government riots", this says a lot about the Hong Kong SAR government.

Source: Stand News #Aug8
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#TokyoOlympics #Sprint #Bronze
Olympic Medalist #SarahLee Tells Fellow #Hongkongers: "When we have done our best, there is no regret"

Source: Stand News #Aug8

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Olympic Medalist #SarahLee Tells Fellow #Hongkongers: "When we have done our best, there is no regret"

Hong Kong’s track cyclist Sarah Wai-sze Lee on August 8, 2021, won her second bronze medal in the women’s track cycling sprint event in 2020 Tokyo Olympic, becoming, after her bronze medal in the kirin conpetitionin the 2012 London Olympics. Lee is the first local athlete to win medals in two different games and two separate Olympic Games.

In the bronze medal match in Tokyo, Lee beat Germany’s Emma Hinze 2-0 in a best-of-three match up.

Lee said after the match that her goal is to capture two medals in her last Olympic Games. She has mixed feeling after winning one bronze, "Life is like this: You work hard on one thing, but the outcome is not ideal. At least, when we have done our best, there is no regret."

Lee said she learnt to take good care of herself during the competition, "I always tell myself to cherish myself more, in order to go forward. I realise I can become the one who loves me the most."

Source: Stand News #Aug8

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#Sport #HongkongAthlete