The Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Continued to Criticize China's Vaccine with Low Effectiveness
The Sao Paulo State in Brazil planned to use the Wuhan Virus vaccine developed by Sinovac from China. But President Jair Bolsonaro continued to judge this vaccine, saying that its effectiveness was seemingly low.
Bolsonaro made a Christmas speech on the internet on Thursday saying "The effectiveness of the vaccine which used by Sao Paulo State is relatively low”. But he did not make further explanations. He also indicated earlier that he would not inject this vaccine.
Source from: Apple Daily #Dec25
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20201225/XZOOEURQHBBHDENNGW6GVJMTQQ/
#Brazil #China #WuhanVirus #Vaccine #Sinovac #JairBolsonaro #COVID19
The Sao Paulo State in Brazil planned to use the Wuhan Virus vaccine developed by Sinovac from China. But President Jair Bolsonaro continued to judge this vaccine, saying that its effectiveness was seemingly low.
Bolsonaro made a Christmas speech on the internet on Thursday saying "The effectiveness of the vaccine which used by Sao Paulo State is relatively low”. But he did not make further explanations. He also indicated earlier that he would not inject this vaccine.
Source from: Apple Daily #Dec25
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20201225/XZOOEURQHBBHDENNGW6GVJMTQQ/
#Brazil #China #WuhanVirus #Vaccine #Sinovac #JairBolsonaro #COVID19
Hong Kong migrants to UK will need support, ministers told
The group Hong Kongers in Britain (HKB) says migrants expect to experience difficulties finding housing and jobs and some have raised concerns they might be tracked by "informants or secret agents" from China.
HKB is urging the Home Office to show discretion to people who may have criminal records in Hong Kong as a result of taking part in pro-democracy protests.
The Home Office says at least 154,000 Hong Kong people could arrive on the British National (Overseas) visa in the first year, with between 258,000 and 322,000 arriving in Britain before 2026.
This represents about 22% of total UK immigration in the year to March 2020, before the pandemic took hold.
Source: BBC #Dec11
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-55109523
#BNO #HKMigrants #UK #HongKonger
The group Hong Kongers in Britain (HKB) says migrants expect to experience difficulties finding housing and jobs and some have raised concerns they might be tracked by "informants or secret agents" from China.
HKB is urging the Home Office to show discretion to people who may have criminal records in Hong Kong as a result of taking part in pro-democracy protests.
The Home Office says at least 154,000 Hong Kong people could arrive on the British National (Overseas) visa in the first year, with between 258,000 and 322,000 arriving in Britain before 2026.
This represents about 22% of total UK immigration in the year to March 2020, before the pandemic took hold.
Source: BBC #Dec11
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-55109523
#BNO #HKMigrants #UK #HongKonger
Wuhan lockdown diarist Fang Fang on writing to preserve the truth
Chinese novelist Fang Fang, the pen name of Wang Fang, was in a funk when she decided to become the unofficial chronicler of life under coronavirus-included lockdown in Wuhan, where the virus was first discovered in December 2019.
Fang Fang criticised local officials’ early mistakes and cover-ups, aspects of the response the Chinese Communist party has since airbrushed out of the official narrative. Her descriptions of chaotic events also elicited sympathy for the people of her city, in a tacit rebuke of rightwing commentators in the US who labelled the disease the “Wuhan virus”. Her posts were translated into English and collected as a book, Wuhan Diary. The April announcement of its publication sparked online abuse as leftists in China accused her of “handing a knife to foreigners” and spreading “distorted values”.
She has stuck to her criticisms of the Wuhan authorities, even as the party intensified efforts to spin its response as an unblemished success.
Source: FT #Dec04
https://www.ft.com/content/a8995095-7379-4e01-8070-2a54d4b47180?fbclid=IwAR0z3EvrsqivaKNPfrRvf9rrrGfyudlb_KhCjNCQrryAoI0pziYWVziYd_M
#Wuhan #China #Covid19 #Coronavirus #WuhanPneumonia #FangFangDiary
Chinese novelist Fang Fang, the pen name of Wang Fang, was in a funk when she decided to become the unofficial chronicler of life under coronavirus-included lockdown in Wuhan, where the virus was first discovered in December 2019.
Fang Fang criticised local officials’ early mistakes and cover-ups, aspects of the response the Chinese Communist party has since airbrushed out of the official narrative. Her descriptions of chaotic events also elicited sympathy for the people of her city, in a tacit rebuke of rightwing commentators in the US who labelled the disease the “Wuhan virus”. Her posts were translated into English and collected as a book, Wuhan Diary. The April announcement of its publication sparked online abuse as leftists in China accused her of “handing a knife to foreigners” and spreading “distorted values”.
She has stuck to her criticisms of the Wuhan authorities, even as the party intensified efforts to spin its response as an unblemished success.
Source: FT #Dec04
https://www.ft.com/content/a8995095-7379-4e01-8070-2a54d4b47180?fbclid=IwAR0z3EvrsqivaKNPfrRvf9rrrGfyudlb_KhCjNCQrryAoI0pziYWVziYd_M
#Wuhan #China #Covid19 #Coronavirus #WuhanPneumonia #FangFangDiary
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Wuhan lockdown diarist Fang Fang on writing to preserve the truth
Censors tried to erase the novelist’s unvarnished accounts of the Covid-19 pandemic’s frightening early days
#Court #CoronersInquest
Jury Rules Death Cause of Pro-democracy student Alex Chow Undetermined
Source: RTHK; Ming Pao; Stand News #Jan9
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Jury Rules Death Cause of Pro-democracy student Alex Chow Undetermined
Source: RTHK; Ming Pao; Stand News #Jan9
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Jury Rules Death Cause of Pro-democracy student Alex Chow Undetermined
On Jan 9, 2021, the jury returned an open verdict in the death of 22-year-old university student #AlexChow Tsz-lok, following almost two days of deliberation.
The five-member jury, consisting of two men and three women, told the Coroner's Court that they were unable to determine the causes and circumstances of Chow's death.
The inquest into the death of the University of Science and Technology student lasted for almost four weeks, with nearly 50 witnesses summoned.
Speaking to reporters after the court ruling, Chow's father, said he respects the verdict and thanked the jurors for their hard work.
"They took the case very seriously and have worked so hard. I want to tell Tsz-lok that we've tried our best to find out the truth, even though many questions remain unanswered and we are still some distance away from being able to get to the very bottom of what happened", he said, teary-eyed.
Source: RTHK; Ming Pao; Stand News #Jan9
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/%e6%b8%af%e8%81%9e/article/20210109/s00001/1610194120482
#PoliceState #PoliceBrutality #ChowTszLok #Death
Jury Rules Death Cause of Pro-democracy student Alex Chow Undetermined
On Jan 9, 2021, the jury returned an open verdict in the death of 22-year-old university student #AlexChow Tsz-lok, following almost two days of deliberation.
The five-member jury, consisting of two men and three women, told the Coroner's Court that they were unable to determine the causes and circumstances of Chow's death.
The inquest into the death of the University of Science and Technology student lasted for almost four weeks, with nearly 50 witnesses summoned.
Speaking to reporters after the court ruling, Chow's father, said he respects the verdict and thanked the jurors for their hard work.
"They took the case very seriously and have worked so hard. I want to tell Tsz-lok that we've tried our best to find out the truth, even though many questions remain unanswered and we are still some distance away from being able to get to the very bottom of what happened", he said, teary-eyed.
Source: RTHK; Ming Pao; Stand News #Jan9
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/%e6%b8%af%e8%81%9e/article/20210109/s00001/1610194120482
#PoliceState #PoliceBrutality #ChowTszLok #Death
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#AlexChow #CoronersInquest
Police Admit Not Checking the Fingerprints on Firedoor
The inquest into Chow Tsz- lok’s death has approached a close. On the 25th day of the inquest on Jan 4, 2021, the Court has called in two Forenics Police officers, Senior Police Constable Yuen Chi-hung and Inspector Lai Chun-man.
They admitted, during the interrogation of Barrister Cheng representing the family of the deceased, that they did not pay attention to the fire door on the 3rd floor, or attempt to obtain any fingerprints on the door. They also claimed that no fingerprints were found at the scene.
When asked about the two red palm-like paints on the parapet on 3rd floor, he believed they were dried paint stains, considering their brightness and their size of almost half a palm.
The Barrister later asked if the handle of the fire door had been scanned for fingerprints, Yuen said that the handle was not attended to, so no such action was taken.
Source: DB Channel #Jan4
https://bit.ly/3rPv5Zn
Police Admit Not Checking the Fingerprints on Firedoor
The inquest into Chow Tsz- lok’s death has approached a close. On the 25th day of the inquest on Jan 4, 2021, the Court has called in two Forenics Police officers, Senior Police Constable Yuen Chi-hung and Inspector Lai Chun-man.
They admitted, during the interrogation of Barrister Cheng representing the family of the deceased, that they did not pay attention to the fire door on the 3rd floor, or attempt to obtain any fingerprints on the door. They also claimed that no fingerprints were found at the scene.
When asked about the two red palm-like paints on the parapet on 3rd floor, he believed they were dried paint stains, considering their brightness and their size of almost half a palm.
The Barrister later asked if the handle of the fire door had been scanned for fingerprints, Yuen said that the handle was not attended to, so no such action was taken.
Source: DB Channel #Jan4
https://bit.ly/3rPv5Zn
#Solidarity #HongKongProtest
Hong Kong Former Lawmaker Runs “Wall-fare” Office Next to Detention Center to Supporting Protesters and Families
Source: InMedia #Dec26
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Hong Kong Former Lawmaker Runs “Wall-fare” Office Next to Detention Center to Supporting Protesters and Families
Source: InMedia #Dec26
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Hong Kong Former Lawmaker Runs “Wall-fare” Office Next to Detention Center to Supporting Protesters and Families
After his resignation as the representative of the social welfare sector in the city's legislature, Bottle Shiu Ka-Chun focuses on improving prisoners’ rights and rented an office for a newly established organisation, “Wall-fare”, in a commercial building next to the Lai Chi Kok Reception Center.
On top of supporting people in jail, he also supports pro-democracy protestors and their families. His long-term goal is to develop a resources center for prisoners.
Shiu picked the location as he hopes families of protestors can make contact quickly and directly. He has disclosed to the landlord that this office's functions are to provide services for neighbourhood, offer emotional support, serve as a venue for client meetings and group discussions.
“Wall-fare” has two part-time staff sorting and handing letters from the event called “Writing with You”. Almost a year since 24 Jan 2020, they handled more than 6,000 letters received via the “Writing with You” initiative. Shiu fully understands how essential letters are to people in jail. “As prisoners, they can only wait for letters anxiously,” he said.
Source: InMedia #Dec26
https://bit.ly/38EovMs
#Wallfare #BottleShiu #SocialWorker #InmatesRights
Hong Kong Former Lawmaker Runs “Wall-fare” Office Next to Detention Center to Supporting Protesters and Families
After his resignation as the representative of the social welfare sector in the city's legislature, Bottle Shiu Ka-Chun focuses on improving prisoners’ rights and rented an office for a newly established organisation, “Wall-fare”, in a commercial building next to the Lai Chi Kok Reception Center.
On top of supporting people in jail, he also supports pro-democracy protestors and their families. His long-term goal is to develop a resources center for prisoners.
Shiu picked the location as he hopes families of protestors can make contact quickly and directly. He has disclosed to the landlord that this office's functions are to provide services for neighbourhood, offer emotional support, serve as a venue for client meetings and group discussions.
“Wall-fare” has two part-time staff sorting and handing letters from the event called “Writing with You”. Almost a year since 24 Jan 2020, they handled more than 6,000 letters received via the “Writing with You” initiative. Shiu fully understands how essential letters are to people in jail. “As prisoners, they can only wait for letters anxiously,” he said.
Source: InMedia #Dec26
https://bit.ly/38EovMs
#Wallfare #BottleShiu #SocialWorker #InmatesRights
#Statement
#EU Condemns Govt's Crackdown in HK
The EU defends the legislative primaries partaken by the pro-democratic population in Hong Kong as "political activity that should be entirely legitimate in any political system that respects basic democratic principles".
The EU condemns the Hong Kong and the Chinese authorities for using the #NationalSecurityLaw to "stifle political pluralism ... and the exercise of human rights and political freedoms".
The EU calls for the release of the arrestees and urges the authorities to "respect Hong Kong’s rule of law, human rights, democratic principles and high degree of autonomy under the ‘One Country, Two Systems’ principle, as enshrined in the Hong Kong Basic Law and in line with domestic and international obligations".
Source: European Union #Jan7
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2021/01/07/hong-kong-declaration-by-the-high-representative-on-behalf-of-the-eu-on-the-mass-arrest-of-people-involved-in-the-july-2020-pro-democracy-primary-elections/
#EU Condemns Govt's Crackdown in HK
The EU defends the legislative primaries partaken by the pro-democratic population in Hong Kong as "political activity that should be entirely legitimate in any political system that respects basic democratic principles".
The EU condemns the Hong Kong and the Chinese authorities for using the #NationalSecurityLaw to "stifle political pluralism ... and the exercise of human rights and political freedoms".
The EU calls for the release of the arrestees and urges the authorities to "respect Hong Kong’s rule of law, human rights, democratic principles and high degree of autonomy under the ‘One Country, Two Systems’ principle, as enshrined in the Hong Kong Basic Law and in line with domestic and international obligations".
Source: European Union #Jan7
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2021/01/07/hong-kong-declaration-by-the-high-representative-on-behalf-of-the-eu-on-the-mass-arrest-of-people-involved-in-the-july-2020-pro-democracy-primary-elections/
#WuhanPneumonia #PoliceState
Professor claims HK Government may train disciplined offiers in coronavirus test sampling
Source: Stand News #Jan2
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Professor claims HK Government may train disciplined offiers in coronavirus test sampling
Source: Stand News #Jan2
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Professor claims HK Government may train disciplined offiers in coronavirus test sampling
With the outbreak of the Wuhan Pneumonia hitting the one-year -mark, most of the specimen sampling works in #HongKong have sofar been conducted by medical personnel.
Yet Prof. David SC Hui, Professor of Respiratory Medicine of the Chinese University of Hong Kong,
revealed in his interview with the #RTHK, that the government's #FoodandHealthBureau was exploring the possibilities of temporarily transferring personnel from the Immigration Department and the Customs and Excise Department for specimen #sampling training work.
He then clarified later, that the transfer was mainly aimed to help with case tracing, instead of sampling.
Hui said, it was the most ideal to have medical personnel handling specimen sampling work at the moment. It was believed the services were mainly in charge of case tracing work, and that the chances of them being involved in specimen sampling ‘are slim’. But he added, the possibility of the services being trained to handle specimen sampling should not be eliminated under a huge outbreak, in which private laboratory and government sampling services reached saturation.
Source: Stand News #Jan2
#Sampling #CovidTest #DisciplinedOfficers
Professor claims HK Government may train disciplined offiers in coronavirus test sampling
With the outbreak of the Wuhan Pneumonia hitting the one-year -mark, most of the specimen sampling works in #HongKong have sofar been conducted by medical personnel.
Yet Prof. David SC Hui, Professor of Respiratory Medicine of the Chinese University of Hong Kong,
revealed in his interview with the #RTHK, that the government's #FoodandHealthBureau was exploring the possibilities of temporarily transferring personnel from the Immigration Department and the Customs and Excise Department for specimen #sampling training work.
He then clarified later, that the transfer was mainly aimed to help with case tracing, instead of sampling.
Hui said, it was the most ideal to have medical personnel handling specimen sampling work at the moment. It was believed the services were mainly in charge of case tracing work, and that the chances of them being involved in specimen sampling ‘are slim’. But he added, the possibility of the services being trained to handle specimen sampling should not be eliminated under a huge outbreak, in which private laboratory and government sampling services reached saturation.
Source: Stand News #Jan2
#Sampling #CovidTest #DisciplinedOfficers
National Security Officers request a senior in 4 local media outlets to sign the Production Order and to submit the National Security Law-related document within 7 days.
#MassArrest #PressFreedom #ProductionOrder #GoHKGraphics
#MassArrest #PressFreedom #ProductionOrder #GoHKGraphics
Pompeo Urges U.S. University To Scrutinize Chinese Students To Avoid Stealing And Brainwashing
Source: Apple Daily #Dec10
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Pompeo Urges U.S. University To Scrutinize Chinese Students To Avoid Stealing And Brainwashing
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday urged U.S. universities to scrutinize China's assistance and students, warning that Beijing was set on to steal American innovations.
Speaking at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Pompeo said the United States welcomes Chinese who "genuinely" want study in the country, but also cited two cases of Chinese students who were charged with spying and some cases of Beijing harassing of students abroad. “If we don’t educate ourselves, if we’re not honest about what’s taking place, we’ll get schooled by Beijing,” he said. “The Chinese Communist Party knows it can never match our innovation, that’s why it sends 400 thousand students a year to the United States of America to study,” he added.
Once again, he called on U.S. universities to shut down all Confucius Institutes, “We cannot allow this tyrannical regime to steal our stuff, to build their military might and brainwash our people, or buy off our institutions to help them cover up these activities… We need administrators to close Confucius Institutes and investigate what so-called ‘student groups’ backed by the CCP money are actually up to on their campuses,” he declared.
Source: Apple Daily #Dec10
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20201210/OQD4ET54EZF6BIRJZHCSJUGAJY/
#US #China #MikePompeo #ConfuciusInstitutes #University #USChinaRelation #ChineseStudents
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday urged U.S. universities to scrutinize China's assistance and students, warning that Beijing was set on to steal American innovations.
Speaking at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Pompeo said the United States welcomes Chinese who "genuinely" want study in the country, but also cited two cases of Chinese students who were charged with spying and some cases of Beijing harassing of students abroad. “If we don’t educate ourselves, if we’re not honest about what’s taking place, we’ll get schooled by Beijing,” he said. “The Chinese Communist Party knows it can never match our innovation, that’s why it sends 400 thousand students a year to the United States of America to study,” he added.
Once again, he called on U.S. universities to shut down all Confucius Institutes, “We cannot allow this tyrannical regime to steal our stuff, to build their military might and brainwash our people, or buy off our institutions to help them cover up these activities… We need administrators to close Confucius Institutes and investigate what so-called ‘student groups’ backed by the CCP money are actually up to on their campuses,” he declared.
Source: Apple Daily #Dec10
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20201210/OQD4ET54EZF6BIRJZHCSJUGAJY/
#US #China #MikePompeo #ConfuciusInstitutes #University #USChinaRelation #ChineseStudents
China formalises cut to Australian coal imports, state media reports
The Chinese state reported that China has formalised import restrictions targeting Australia’s $14bn coal exports and China would prioritise imports from Mongolia, Indonesia and Russia. Also, power companies will share inventory to ensure prices do not exceed 640 yuan ($97.8) per ton.
The National Development and Reform Commission met 10 major power companies on the weekend and granted approval for them to import coal without clearance restrictions, except for Australia.
Due to China’s import restrictions, at least 60 bulk carriers holding hundreds of millions tonnes of Australian coal stranded off the Chinese coast.
Source: The Guardian #Dec14
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/dec/14/china-formalises-cut-to-australias-coal-imports-state-media-reports?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
#AustraliaChina #Coal #TradeRestriction #AustralianCoal
The Chinese state reported that China has formalised import restrictions targeting Australia’s $14bn coal exports and China would prioritise imports from Mongolia, Indonesia and Russia. Also, power companies will share inventory to ensure prices do not exceed 640 yuan ($97.8) per ton.
The National Development and Reform Commission met 10 major power companies on the weekend and granted approval for them to import coal without clearance restrictions, except for Australia.
Due to China’s import restrictions, at least 60 bulk carriers holding hundreds of millions tonnes of Australian coal stranded off the Chinese coast.
Source: The Guardian #Dec14
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/dec/14/china-formalises-cut-to-australias-coal-imports-state-media-reports?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
#AustraliaChina #Coal #TradeRestriction #AustralianCoal
‘Politics come first’ as ban on Australian coal worsens China’s power cuts
Source: Financial Times #Dec23
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‘Politics come first’ as ban on Australian coal worsens China’s power cuts
Mid of December, more than a dozen Chinese cities have imposed restrictions on electricity use as growing demand for energy owing to the country’s post-coronavirus economic recovery collides head on with a shortage of thermal coal. The shortage underscores the dilemma Chinese authorities face in balancing their muscular approach to international diplomacy with the needs of the economy.
Authorities in at least four Chinese provinces have recently asked residents and businesses to cut electricity consumption, according to public announcements.
“The import curb is enough to change the industry landscape,” said a director at China Huadian Corporation, one of the nation’s largest energy groups. “Many local power plants depend on Australian coal due to its higher efficiency and now they are having trouble finding an alternative.”
Source: Financial Times #Dec23
https://www.ft.com/content/e83fffeb-3ef2-4b67-8989-6d17f153d8d4
#AustraliaChina #Coal #ElecricityChina
Mid of December, more than a dozen Chinese cities have imposed restrictions on electricity use as growing demand for energy owing to the country’s post-coronavirus economic recovery collides head on with a shortage of thermal coal. The shortage underscores the dilemma Chinese authorities face in balancing their muscular approach to international diplomacy with the needs of the economy.
Authorities in at least four Chinese provinces have recently asked residents and businesses to cut electricity consumption, according to public announcements.
“The import curb is enough to change the industry landscape,” said a director at China Huadian Corporation, one of the nation’s largest energy groups. “Many local power plants depend on Australian coal due to its higher efficiency and now they are having trouble finding an alternative.”
Source: Financial Times #Dec23
https://www.ft.com/content/e83fffeb-3ef2-4b67-8989-6d17f153d8d4
#AustraliaChina #Coal #ElecricityChina
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‘Politics come first’ as ban on Australian coal worsens China’s power cuts
Factories and street lights shut down to save energy as embargo contributes to shortages
#Cantopop #HongKongMusic
Local Musicians Encourage Hongkongers to Hang On
Source: Stand News #Jan1
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Local Musicians Encourage Hongkongers to Hang On
Source: Stand News #Jan1
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Local Musicians Encourage Hongkongers to Hang On
The Hong Kong Commercial Radio held the annual Ultimate Song Chart Awards Presentation on the first day of 2021 in the Kowloon Bay International Trade and Exhibition Centre.
Under the menace of the coronavirus pandemic, no audience was admitted to the venue, and the ceremony was broadcast live online.
The local band Rubber Band took home the Silver Group Award, and “My Favourite Group” Award for the second consecutive year.
One of the band's member Nai Mang expressed gratitude to HongKongers, and the goal of bringing hope through their music. “In the past year with COVID-19, we seemed to have lost a lot, and injustice is still happening under the pandemic. I believe that as creative workerd, we have the responsibility to give you hope, and tell you that now is yet the time for despair. HongKongers, hang on!”
The band vocal Luk Ho, during their performance of the song “Endless”, said that the piece was not just a song of encouragement, but also of company. “This song is a record of what everyone has been through during 2019-20. Even though tough times feel endless, we will always be with you.”
In another acceptance speech, he quoted lyrics from the song "All we have is now" which he co-wrote with another local singer Charmaine Fong: "Take a deep breath and keep going”, to encourage fellow HongKongers. “We must take a deep breath now. No matter how things will change in 2021, 2022... We will keep going.”
Source: Stand News #Jan1
#Rubberband #CharmaineFong #MusicAward #HongkongersVoice
Local Musicians Encourage Hongkongers to Hang On
The Hong Kong Commercial Radio held the annual Ultimate Song Chart Awards Presentation on the first day of 2021 in the Kowloon Bay International Trade and Exhibition Centre.
Under the menace of the coronavirus pandemic, no audience was admitted to the venue, and the ceremony was broadcast live online.
The local band Rubber Band took home the Silver Group Award, and “My Favourite Group” Award for the second consecutive year.
One of the band's member Nai Mang expressed gratitude to HongKongers, and the goal of bringing hope through their music. “In the past year with COVID-19, we seemed to have lost a lot, and injustice is still happening under the pandemic. I believe that as creative workerd, we have the responsibility to give you hope, and tell you that now is yet the time for despair. HongKongers, hang on!”
The band vocal Luk Ho, during their performance of the song “Endless”, said that the piece was not just a song of encouragement, but also of company. “This song is a record of what everyone has been through during 2019-20. Even though tough times feel endless, we will always be with you.”
In another acceptance speech, he quoted lyrics from the song "All we have is now" which he co-wrote with another local singer Charmaine Fong: "Take a deep breath and keep going”, to encourage fellow HongKongers. “We must take a deep breath now. No matter how things will change in 2021, 2022... We will keep going.”
Source: Stand News #Jan1
#Rubberband #CharmaineFong #MusicAward #HongkongersVoice