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Suspected Wuhan Pneumonia Victims Now Staying in Disneyland Hotel

Disneyland announced closure of the park yesterday(Jan 27); however, the hotel remains in operation. A hotel staff revealed that 3 families from Wuhan have checked in, two of which have children displaying symptoms of pneumonia, including coughing and vomiting.

In spite of this, management has not taken special notices. Their only measures are permitting staff to wear masks, and setting up more hand sanitizer dispensers for staff to use. In an attempt to assuage the anxious staff, team leaders indicated that they could contact cleaners to disinfect after closing hours, and that they are free to use gloves during work hours.

These three families had all visited the park area, the crafts workshop, as well as the Enchanted Garden Restaurant. Staff from Entertainment Department and Recreation Department are very anxious of the health situation, and have no peace of mind at work.

Source: TG Channel https://t.me/eatsyrup
#Jan27 #WuhanPneumonia
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Emotionally Unstable Chinese Man Makes Job Difficult for Healthcare Workers at Princess Magaret Hospital

A Chinese man, who came over from Kaiping, China, had a high fever and was therefore admitted to Princess Margret Hospital.

He was clearly emotionally unstable. He took off his face mask and laid on the ground, asking the nurses to tie him up. However, no one dared to go near to the man, for fear of being infected.

Source: Internet

#Jan27 #ChinesePneumonia #Wuhan #GlobalOutbreak
Booklet Suspected to Encourage Chinese to Seek Medical Help in Hong Kong

According to China-backed Wen Wui Po, a booklet titled “Protection and Prevention against Novel Coronavirus Infection” was published by the Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention and Wan Li Books and distributed by Joint Publishing. The foreword was written by Dr. Edward Leong Che-hung, former chairman of Hong Kong Hospital Authority, and Dr. Ko Wing-man, former director of the Food and Health Bureau.

In addition to detailed contact information of hospitals and clinics in Hong Kong, immigration arrangements at the airport and railway stations were provided. It was believed that the booklet encourages Chinese mainlanders to seek medical treatment in Hong Kong, thereby increasing the chances of spreading the new coronavirus. The lack of awareness in epidemic prevention in China is affecting the health and safety of people worldwide.

#Jan27 #ChinesePneumonia #Wuhan #GlobalOutbreak #Coronavirus
Police Commissioner Shows Public how Well-liked He is; Ignores Curses Hurled at Him

On the third day of Lunar New Year (January 27), many citizens chose to pray for blessings at Che Kung Temple. The Commissioner of Police, Chris Tang Pin-keung was sighted at the Temple today to personally console frontline police officers and the Civil Security Team.

In addition, Commissioner Tang also took photos with the person in charge of the Temple and other civilians at the scene. While he was busy showing off how well-liked he was, some others at the scene hurled curses at him, and to theother police officers as well, to which they ignored.

Commissioner Tang also turned a deaf ear to medical doctor's advice, showing complete neglect to social responsibility, as he was found not wearing a face mask in this very crowded temple.

Source: Flash Media Hong Kong

https://www.facebook.com/112467260231947/posts/134949877983685/

#Jan27 #ChinesePneumonia #Wuhan #GlobalOutbreak
Police fire pepper pellets at reporters at close range, shattering camera filter

During the police ’s dispersal operation at the junction of Shan Tung Street and Portland Street outside Langham Place last night (January 26), reporters stepped back at the request of the police, but continued to film while moving backwards.

However, police at the scene fired several rounds of pepper pellets at a close range towards reporters. One of the pellet hit the reporter’s camera, causing the shattering the filter. The camera body and lens were stained with chemicals.

This contact force, powerful enough to break glass a few meters away, can definitely cause injury if it hits a human directly.

Source : United Social Press

#Jan27 #PoliceState
MA Chairman suggests Government to collect real-time visitor data on Chinese authorities to tighten border control

The HKSAR government announced late in the evening of January 26 that from midnight of January 27, all residents of Hubei Province, except Hong Kong residents and anyone who has been to Hubei Province in the past 14 days will not be allowed to enter Hong Kong until further notice. The new measure was meant to reduce the chance of people infected with the new coronavirus entering Hong Kong.

The Chairman of the Infectious Diseases Advisory Committee of the Medical Association, Leung Chi-chiu, believed that the new measure came down too late. He believed that visitor’s identity could be verified based on their travel documents to prevent high-risk individuals such as those from Hubei Province from importing the virus into Hong Kong. However, he admitted that it is not reliable for visitors to declare on their own.

Leung suggested for the SAR government to cooperate with mainland authorities to obtain information on inbound tourists through real-name system. The HKSAR government could also take reference to measures taken by the Macau government, to track those came from Wuhan in the past 14 days and make it mandatory for them to undergo quarantined monitoring.

When being asked whether the interception area should be extended from Hubei Province to cover the entire China, Leung said there is no indication of major outbreaks in other provinces and cities, so large-scale border shutdown may not be necessary for now.

Source: RTHK

#Jan27 #ChinesePneumonia #Wuhan #GlobalOutbreak
Wuhan coronavirus: Hong Kong Customs officer stationed at Lok Ma Chau Port with fever admitted to Tseung Kwan O Hospital

A Hong Kong customs officer at the Lok Ma Chau Port was feeling unwell and was sent to the hospital. Lung abnormalities can be seen on the chest X-ray, which further raised suspicion on whether he is infected with the WuHan coronavirus.

The Hong Kong Customs responded saying that a customs officer stationed at Lok Ma Chau Port had a fever and was sent to the Tseung Kwan O Hospital on January 26. He is currently being hospitalized in isolation and is in stable condition. The Customs and Excise Department is maintaining close contact with the Department of Health to actively follow up on the situation.

Source: HK01

#Jan27 #Coronavirus
The top 5 countries or regions receiving airline travellers from 18 high-risk cities in China includes: Thailand, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Korea.

The other map shows the territories within China that are the most susceptible to a massive Coronavirus outbreak based on Chinese New Year travel data.

Source: WorldPop Project

#Jan27 #ChinesePneumonia #Wuhan #GlobalOutbreak
#Interview #HongKongersVoice
In Face Of Suspension, Head of Students Union Has No Regret in Pro-democracy Fight

Source: InMedia #Jan27

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In Face Of Suspension, Head of Students Union Has No Regret in Pro-democracy Fight

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (#UST) Students’ Union (#SU) was penalised by the university management due to their role in organising the Memorial Service in remembrance of the death of fellow student #AlexChow, repainting a part of the University Road and refusing to remove material that the University deemed as pro-Hong Kong Independence.

Ka-chun MAK, the President and Kai-ho LO, the Vice-President (Internal) of the Students Union were suspended for a semester, had to complete a 72-hour campus service order and were prohibited from using any campus facility.

Mak told InMedia that he wouldn’t regret about what he had done for HKUST and Hong Kong, and that the he became the President of the SU because he wanted to change the politically apathetic campus, so that students of the University could be ‘proud of HKUST’ outside academic proficiency. He did so also to raise civic consciousness and to take on more responsibility.

During the interview, news came in about the police once again breaking into the campus of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (#CUHK) and arresting several students.

Mak lamented that one had to weigh the consequences before doing anything then. ‘Will you be looked into under this circumstance?’ He sighed. He thought that everyone had their own standards in their mind, if they could afford the consequences of the actions they took, they should go ahead, prepared to accept the consequences that follow. ‘If you think whatever should be done is worth the legal consequences, then do it.’

Source: InMedia #Jan27
https://bit.ly/3cj5ItB

#StudentsUnion #UniversityStudent #University #MakKaChun
Philippine province cancels award for China Communications' US$10 billion airport project

Philippine announced the cancellation award of a US$10 billion airport deal south of the capital to Chinese firm. It was the biggest projects involving a Chinese firm, China Communications Construction Co (CCCC), under President Rodrigo Duterte who has pursued warmer ties with Beijing since taking office in 2016.

However, the Cavite government would start new negotiations for a private sector partner to pursue the airport project.

CCCC was among the Chinese firms blacklisted by the United States in August for their roles in constructing and militarising artificial South China Sea islands.

Source: Channel New Asia #Jan27

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/philippine-province-cancels-award-china-communications-airport-14050516

#Philippine #China #CCC #USblacklistChineseFirm
Hong Kong grills finance executives on reasons for leaving

Government agencies including the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, the Hong Kong Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau and the Financial Services Development Council have phoned banking and asset management executives who have relocated to rival cities including Singapore and Tokyo, according to three people with direct knowledge of the calls.

The calls was to ask for a full picture of the decision-making process behind the moves and the significance of the timing.

While many remain committed to staying, a number of individual financial professionals or small teams have moved out of Hong Kong since Beijing imposed a national security law in June 2020, which an unprecedented legal incursion. Some felt raised the risk of doing business in the Chinese territory.

Source: FT #Jan27

https://www.ft.com/content/76f88fc4-a0c2-42dd-8419-5956477c4a4a

#HongKong #HKFinancialHub #NationalSecurityLaw #NSL
‘Disconnect between words and actions’: Australia responds to Xi

During the World Economic Forum in Davos, Xi Jinping implored world leaders to abandon confrontation and work together.

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said Xi’s rhetoric did not match reality after Beijing launched trade strikes on up to $20 billion in Australian exports last year due to disputes over coronavirus, national security and human rights.

The Australian government has taken little encouragement from Xi’s appeal to “end the misguided approach of antagonism and confrontation,” Frydenberg said Australia would not compromise on the national interest and those were “non-negotiable issues for us”.

Source: The Sydney Morning Herald #Jan27

https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/disconnect-between-words-and-actions-australia-responds-to-xi-20210127-p56xa2.html

#AustraliaChina #XiJinping #WorldEconomicForum #China #Australia
#FailedState #LegCo
Without the Democrats, Has Hong Kong's Legislature Become a #RubberStamp?

The Panel on Judicial and Legal Services of Legislative Council met on January 27, 2021 to discuss the proposed amendments to supplementary arrangements for arbitration between China and Hong Kong.

Among 13 members, none but only the Panel Chairman, Horace Cheung Kwok-kwan, attended the meeting.

After the Department of Justice explained the document, Cheung raised only one question which ended the whole “deliberation” in about 10 minutes.

In December 2020, 15 pro-democracy legislators resigned en masse to protest against Beijing's disqualifications of elected lawmakers in the extended term. After that, only #BeijingLoyalists were left in the Panel on Judicial and Legal Services, including Vice-Chairman Martin Liao Cheung-kong, Chairlady of the New People’s Party Regina Ip, Junius Ho Kwan-yiu and Holden Chow Ho-ding.

However, none of them attended the meeting.

Source: Stand New #Jan27
#FailedState
#ProtestArt
From "the Leaning Liberty" to "the Almost Truth"
District Councilor Kisslan Chan Puts Up
#StreetArt Yet Again

Source: Stand News; #Jan27

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From "the Leaning Liberty" to "the Almost Truth"
District Councilor Kisslan Chan Puts Up
#StreetArt Yet Again

The "Leaning characters" slogans have once again appeared on streets in Yuen Long, Hong Kong.

The street art is set up and created by district councilor Kisslan Chan Ling-lun, who used "the Almost Truth" as a theme for his new work. The art is also created from several wooden planks, with the planks arranged to show the Chinese characters for "truth" (真相) when looked at with head tilted.

Chan revealed to Stand News that this served as a continuation of his previous work "The Leaning Liberty", which like "The Almost Truth", is arranged to show the Chinese characters for "liberty" (自由) when looked at from the sides. He stated that he had at first thought that the 木 radical in 相 didn't look artistic, and had removed a dot in a flash of inspiration, stating that "there's still some distance until we reach the truth". He hoped that one day he could "add that dot in" when the truth is reached.

Chan also expressed that the recent political incidents and court cases had showed that "it's hard to reach 100% truth", and that his work expresses the values many believe in in this environment, believing that "citizens would resonate with the words".

Chan studied art in University, and hoped that art would make the public notice what is happening around them more, and revealed the release of several similar works in the near future.

Source: Stand News; #Jan27

#ChanLingLun #KisslanChan #DistrictCouncilor #PublicSpace #LeaningCharacters #AlmostTruth
#MadeinChina #Harrassment
Beijing Mouthpiece Defames a 11-year-old Hong Kong Boy and Uses Fake Identity to Approach his Family

Source: Stand News #Jan27

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Beijing Mouthpiece Defames a 11-year-old Hong Kong Boy and Uses Fake Identity to Approach his Family

In Hong Kong, 11-year-old #JoelWong, the founder of the Tin Shui Wai Community Concern Group, was assaulted by a pro-Beijing elderly man on January 25, 2021.

Wong saw a group of elderly women and men gathering and dancing in a park in Tin Shui Wai. When he approached the group, reminding them to keep the music down, he was headbutted by one of the men who also punched Wong on his tummy.

Since Wong reported the case to the Hong Kong Police, Wong has been harassed by Ta Kung Pao, a Beijing-owned newspaper. On January 26, 2021, the CCP mouthpiece even published a so-called "interview" with Wong’s Grandmother on its frontpage, defaming the community-caring Wong as "going astray".

The Concern Group told Stand News that the reporter of Ta Kung Pao, who "interviewed" Wong's grandmother first claimed to be his teacher and social worker. When Wong's grandmother let the reporter into their apartment, he took picture of their household and other family members. It was only after that he then revealed his identity as a reporter.

The Concern Group denounced the reporter’s action, calling it “shameful” to chat with Wong's family and “betray their trust.”

Source: Stand News #Jan27

#BeijingLoyalist #TaKungPao #CCP #Doxxing #FakeIdentity