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A Conversation Between Journalists During the Siege of PolyU
During a discussion on whether we (journalists) should leave:
“If we leave, what if they come in and kill all the students ? “
“Let’s wait and decide later.”
“I’m not leaving, not until the last student leaves.”
In the end, not a single journalist left that rooftop.
It has been five months since the Siege at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. A freelance photojournalist Lam Yik Fei posted on his personal Facebook page documenting a conversation he exchanged with his fellow journalists that night.
Whenever they were faced with increasingly dangerous circumstances, journalists had discussed among themselves whether they should leave. Despite the worsening situation and their overwhelming fear, they usually came to a conclusion fairly quickly: as long as there is a student inside, the journalists would not leave in order to document the truth.
Source: Photographer Lam Yik Fei's Facebook, @100mosthk Instagram
#April17 #NeverForget #PolyU
A Conversation Between Journalists During the Siege of PolyU
During a discussion on whether we (journalists) should leave:
“If we leave, what if they come in and kill all the students ? “
“Let’s wait and decide later.”
“I’m not leaving, not until the last student leaves.”
In the end, not a single journalist left that rooftop.
It has been five months since the Siege at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. A freelance photojournalist Lam Yik Fei posted on his personal Facebook page documenting a conversation he exchanged with his fellow journalists that night.
Whenever they were faced with increasingly dangerous circumstances, journalists had discussed among themselves whether they should leave. Despite the worsening situation and their overwhelming fear, they usually came to a conclusion fairly quickly: as long as there is a student inside, the journalists would not leave in order to document the truth.
Source: Photographer Lam Yik Fei's Facebook, @100mosthk Instagram
#April17 #NeverForget #PolyU
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Lam Yik Fei
五個月前的今天，剛剛經歷完中大一戰，誰又想到接下來理工大學，結局更悲壯。當日中午，決定把車停在紅館應該是拍攝整場運動中最差的一個決定，再打開車門，已經是三天之後，沒有電腦、充電器，這張照片就是在身上的所有器材。在理工大學日以繼夜工作的三天，有一個時刻，我覺得應該給現場所有記者掌聲，也為身為一分子而自豪。...
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HK Authorities Raze 10,000 Sq. Feet of #Agriculture To The Ground, Local Farmers Could Merely Rescue Surviving Crops
On April 9, 2021, Mr. Chik, a Hong Kong farmer, was notified by the Lands Department that staff from the Civil Engineering and Development Department are “doing work” on their farmland in Tsiu Keng Pang Uk Village.
When he arrived, he found that all his crops had been razed down and the affected area was estimated to be more than 10,000 square feet.
“If there are roots, they can still grow.” Mr. Chik and the farmers who came to help search around the field for any plants that could still be grown and took them away. “We are trying to save as many as possible.”
They placed the rescued plants and wood planks on handcarts and took them to a small field outside of one of the farmer’s house for temporary storage.
“If you ask where I can move my field, I really don’t know. The whole New Territories is being resumed, all our living spaces are compromised for the sake of development, where else could we go?”
Source: In-Media HK #April17
https://bit.ly/2Qeuq5E
#FailedState #NewTerritories #LandResumption #Farmland
HK Authorities Raze 10,000 Sq. Feet of #Agriculture To The Ground, Local Farmers Could Merely Rescue Surviving Crops
On April 9, 2021, Mr. Chik, a Hong Kong farmer, was notified by the Lands Department that staff from the Civil Engineering and Development Department are “doing work” on their farmland in Tsiu Keng Pang Uk Village.
When he arrived, he found that all his crops had been razed down and the affected area was estimated to be more than 10,000 square feet.
“If there are roots, they can still grow.” Mr. Chik and the farmers who came to help search around the field for any plants that could still be grown and took them away. “We are trying to save as many as possible.”
They placed the rescued plants and wood planks on handcarts and took them to a small field outside of one of the farmer’s house for temporary storage.
“If you ask where I can move my field, I really don’t know. The whole New Territories is being resumed, all our living spaces are compromised for the sake of development, where else could we go?”
Source: In-Media HK #April17
https://bit.ly/2Qeuq5E
#FailedState #NewTerritories #LandResumption #Farmland