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District Councilors Host Media Reception in Chair's Office, Only to be Banned by Home Affairs Department
The Kwai Tsing District Council is set to convene a meeting on 12 May, during which the pro-Democracy camp will pass a declaration expressing strong condemnation towards the cutting of the district council's budget by the Home Affairs Department.
Vice chair of the Kwai Tsing District Council Cheung Man Lung stated that chair Sin Chung-kai had received a note on Wednesday (#May6) from the district officer stating that Sin could not host the media reception in his office, further adding that he would report to the police if there were a gathering of more than four people, violating the social distancing ban.
Kenneth Cheng, district officer of the Kwai Tsing district suggested that the chair's office could be used for the media reception since it is considered a political declaration. The pro-democracy camp then changed the location of the media reception from the Kwai Hing Government Offices to councilor Ng Kim Sing's office, located in Kwai Fong Estate.
Police officers from the Kwai Tsing Police Public Relations Branch entered the chair's office on Thursday morning (#May7) to "understand the situation". Home Affairs Department employees also ripped away press notices posted by pro-democracy councilors, claiming that the information stated on the notices was not accurate. Cheung stated that the Home Affairs Department would only try harder to suppress the district council, and criticized the actions as idiotic and ridiculous.
Source: Inmedia #May7
#KwaiTsing #GovernmentSuppresion
District Councilors Host Media Reception in Chair's Office, Only to be Banned by Home Affairs Department
The Kwai Tsing District Council is set to convene a meeting on 12 May, during which the pro-Democracy camp will pass a declaration expressing strong condemnation towards the cutting of the district council's budget by the Home Affairs Department.
Vice chair of the Kwai Tsing District Council Cheung Man Lung stated that chair Sin Chung-kai had received a note on Wednesday (#May6) from the district officer stating that Sin could not host the media reception in his office, further adding that he would report to the police if there were a gathering of more than four people, violating the social distancing ban.
Kenneth Cheng, district officer of the Kwai Tsing district suggested that the chair's office could be used for the media reception since it is considered a political declaration. The pro-democracy camp then changed the location of the media reception from the Kwai Hing Government Offices to councilor Ng Kim Sing's office, located in Kwai Fong Estate.
Police officers from the Kwai Tsing Police Public Relations Branch entered the chair's office on Thursday morning (#May7) to "understand the situation". Home Affairs Department employees also ripped away press notices posted by pro-democracy councilors, claiming that the information stated on the notices was not accurate. Cheung stated that the Home Affairs Department would only try harder to suppress the district council, and criticized the actions as idiotic and ridiculous.
Source: Inmedia #May7
#KwaiTsing #GovernmentSuppresion
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