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Police Charges Contain Rookie English Mistakes; Magistrate Calls It International Laughing Stock
In Hong Kong, a Polytechnic University (#PolyU) student was charged with possession of firearms, strategic commodities and offensive weapons without a license for allegedly possessing a pepper bullet pistol and a saber in his apartment.
The case was being trialed at the Fanling Magistratesā Court on February 25, 2021.
The magistrate Kenneth Chan Ping-Chau pointed out errors in the English version of the charge sheet provided by the police. He read the content out loud on the spot, as it was written āone number of Pepper Ballā, ātwo numbers of Pepper Ballā.
The magistrate said, āeven primary school students will know that it is āone apple two applesā, when this case reaches the Court of Final Appeal, I donāt want this to become the laughing stock of foreign courts.ā
The magistrate urged the prosecution to amend the English version of the charges written by the Hong Kong police.
Source: Apple Daily #Feb25
https://bit.ly/37L4cNS
#English #HongKongPolice #LaughingStock
Police Charges Contain Rookie English Mistakes; Magistrate Calls It International Laughing Stock
In Hong Kong, a Polytechnic University (#PolyU) student was charged with possession of firearms, strategic commodities and offensive weapons without a license for allegedly possessing a pepper bullet pistol and a saber in his apartment.
The case was being trialed at the Fanling Magistratesā Court on February 25, 2021.
The magistrate Kenneth Chan Ping-Chau pointed out errors in the English version of the charge sheet provided by the police. He read the content out loud on the spot, as it was written āone number of Pepper Ballā, ātwo numbers of Pepper Ballā.
The magistrate said, āeven primary school students will know that it is āone apple two applesā, when this case reaches the Court of Final Appeal, I donāt want this to become the laughing stock of foreign courts.ā
The magistrate urged the prosecution to amend the English version of the charges written by the Hong Kong police.
Source: Apple Daily #Feb25
https://bit.ly/37L4cNS
#English #HongKongPolice #LaughingStock
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WSJ lashes out at HK Financial Secretary for claiming a "high degree of autonomy" no longer exists
In a letter written by Paul Chan Mo-po and published in the newspaper on March 10, the Financial Secretary argued that Hong Kong should continue to be included in the Index of Economic Freedom, after the Heritage Foundation dropped the SAR from the annual ranking, citing Beijingās increasing control over the city's economic policies.
The finance chief had described the think tankās explanation for the move as āflawed and inexplicableā, insisting that Hong Kong enjoys a high degree of autonomy under the Basic Law and "One Country Two Systems".
However, the #WSJ Editorial Board wrote back on the same day, striking down Chanās arguments in an article titled āHong Kong Illusionistā.āChan has the impossible task of denying what everyone can plainly see: Chinaās Communist Party is remaking Hong Kong in its own mainland image,ā it wrote.
While the Sino-British Joint Declaration laid out the terms of Hong Kongās autonomy under the āOne Country, Two Systemsā framework, the board said foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang had in 2017 declared the historical document void.
āHongkongers have every reason to believe him after watching China ram through an unpopular national-security law whose provisions include allowing Beijing to take some Hong Kong cases to China for trial,ā the article said.
#LaughingStock
Source: Apple Daily, RTHK; #Mar10
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HK kicked from the world's freest economies league table
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/29021
WSJ lashes out at HK Financial Secretary for claiming a "high degree of autonomy" no longer exists
In a letter written by Paul Chan Mo-po and published in the newspaper on March 10, the Financial Secretary argued that Hong Kong should continue to be included in the Index of Economic Freedom, after the Heritage Foundation dropped the SAR from the annual ranking, citing Beijingās increasing control over the city's economic policies.
The finance chief had described the think tankās explanation for the move as āflawed and inexplicableā, insisting that Hong Kong enjoys a high degree of autonomy under the Basic Law and "One Country Two Systems".
However, the #WSJ Editorial Board wrote back on the same day, striking down Chanās arguments in an article titled āHong Kong Illusionistā.āChan has the impossible task of denying what everyone can plainly see: Chinaās Communist Party is remaking Hong Kong in its own mainland image,ā it wrote.
While the Sino-British Joint Declaration laid out the terms of Hong Kongās autonomy under the āOne Country, Two Systemsā framework, the board said foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang had in 2017 declared the historical document void.
āHongkongers have every reason to believe him after watching China ram through an unpopular national-security law whose provisions include allowing Beijing to take some Hong Kong cases to China for trial,ā the article said.
#LaughingStock
Source: Apple Daily, RTHK; #Mar10
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HK kicked from the world's freest economies league table
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/29021
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HK kicked from the world's freest economies league table
For more than two decades, Hong Kong occupied the top position in the Heritage Foundation Index of Economic Freedom at a high score of 89.1. The Washington-based foundationā¦
HK kicked from the world's freest economies league table
For more than two decades, Hong Kong occupied the top position in the Heritage Foundation Index of Economic Freedom at a high score of 89.1. The Washington-based foundationā¦