#Coronavirus #Border
Mainland Chinese Woman Awaiting Deportation in Hong Kong is Found Postive for Covid After Contacting 23 Officers
According to the Health authorities in Hong Kong, on November 1, they found 7 imported cases of Covid19 in the city.
Among them, a 42-year-old mainland woman awaiting deportation was found positive with Covid-19. The woman was arrested on October 28 during an anti-prostitution operation.
The police said 23 officers were in contact with her and four officers need to be quarantined, due to close contact.
Source: RTHK #Nov1
Image: Cupid News
#Deportation #quarantine
Mainland Chinese Woman Awaiting Deportation in Hong Kong is Found Postive for Covid After Contacting 23 Officers
According to the Health authorities in Hong Kong, on November 1, they found 7 imported cases of Covid19 in the city.
Among them, a 42-year-old mainland woman awaiting deportation was found positive with Covid-19. The woman was arrested on October 28 during an anti-prostitution operation.
The police said 23 officers were in contact with her and four officers need to be quarantined, due to close contact.
Source: RTHK #Nov1
Image: Cupid News
#Deportation #quarantine
#Save12HKYouths
Over 33 U.K. Lawmakers Write to Chinese Embassy, Demanding the Release of 12 Pro-democracy Hongkongers Jailed by China
In a letter addressing the Chinese Ambassador in the U.K. Liu Xiao-ming, over 33 British lawmakers express their concern at China's treatment of the 12 pro-democracy Hongkongers who were arrested by the Chinese authorities in August and since then detained in China.
The co-signed letter condemned the Chinese government for barring the detainees from family visits and meeting the lawyers appointed by their family. Among the 12, Andy Li is a BNO passport holder.
Source: Stand News #Nov1
Image: Nathan Law
#HongKong12 #UK
Over 33 U.K. Lawmakers Write to Chinese Embassy, Demanding the Release of 12 Pro-democracy Hongkongers Jailed by China
In a letter addressing the Chinese Ambassador in the U.K. Liu Xiao-ming, over 33 British lawmakers express their concern at China's treatment of the 12 pro-democracy Hongkongers who were arrested by the Chinese authorities in August and since then detained in China.
The co-signed letter condemned the Chinese government for barring the detainees from family visits and meeting the lawyers appointed by their family. Among the 12, Andy Li is a BNO passport holder.
Source: Stand News #Nov1
Image: Nathan Law
#HongKong12 #UK
Hongkonger Cosplays #CarrieLam on #Halloween
On this year's Halloween, Jimmy, a freelancer, dressed up as Hong Kong's chief executive (#CE) Carrie Lam and appeared in Lan Kwai Fong.
Jimmy carried a pile of paper mimicking the "Policy Address", which Lam as the CE was supposed to announce every year; however, Lam postponed the government's policy directives for next year just two weeks ago, citing the need to seeking for China's opinion as a reason.
Source: InMedia #Nov1
#Halloween #LanKwaiFong #LFK
On this year's Halloween, Jimmy, a freelancer, dressed up as Hong Kong's chief executive (#CE) Carrie Lam and appeared in Lan Kwai Fong.
Jimmy carried a pile of paper mimicking the "Policy Address", which Lam as the CE was supposed to announce every year; however, Lam postponed the government's policy directives for next year just two weeks ago, citing the need to seeking for China's opinion as a reason.
Source: InMedia #Nov1
#Halloween #LanKwaiFong #LFK
#HKLivesMatter #BringThemBack
Detainee's Sister Shoots Video, Calling International Community to #Save12HKYouths
Beatrice Li, the sister of Andy Li, one of the Hongkongers detained in China, went public demanding the release of all 12 Hongkongers.
Activists in exile Sunny Cheung and Ray Wong Toi-yeung and Benedict Rogers of Hong Kong Watch spoke in the video, condemning China for the humanitarian crisis and reiterating the demands of the detainees' families:
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=799913507242689
Cartoonist Badiucao, Australian lawmakers Tim Wilson and Andrew Hastie, UK's Arise Foundation director Luke de Pulford, Radicali Italiani's member Patrizia de Grazia were also present in the video. They all said together: "Save the 12 Hong Kong Youths, and bring them home".
They also want to send a clear message to countries around the world that how China is treating Hongkongers right now can also happen to anyone living in other parts of the world.
Source: Stand News #Nov1
#ChinaThreat
Detainee's Sister Shoots Video, Calling International Community to #Save12HKYouths
Beatrice Li, the sister of Andy Li, one of the Hongkongers detained in China, went public demanding the release of all 12 Hongkongers.
Activists in exile Sunny Cheung and Ray Wong Toi-yeung and Benedict Rogers of Hong Kong Watch spoke in the video, condemning China for the humanitarian crisis and reiterating the demands of the detainees' families:
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=799913507242689
Cartoonist Badiucao, Australian lawmakers Tim Wilson and Andrew Hastie, UK's Arise Foundation director Luke de Pulford, Radicali Italiani's member Patrizia de Grazia were also present in the video. They all said together: "Save the 12 Hong Kong Youths, and bring them home".
They also want to send a clear message to countries around the world that how China is treating Hongkongers right now can also happen to anyone living in other parts of the world.
Source: Stand News #Nov1
#ChinaThreat
Mocking Xi Jinping with Winnie the Pooh Costume on #Halloween;
Hongkongers in #US: We Shall Stand up to China Despite Fear for National Security Law
Source: Apple Daily #Nov1
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Hongkongers in #US: We Shall Stand up to China Despite Fear for National Security Law
Source: Apple Daily #Nov1
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Mocking Xi Jinping with Winnie the Pooh Costume on #Halloween;
Hongkongers in #US: We Shall Stand up to China Despite Fear for National Security Law
'Project Black Mask HK', an organization of American Hongkongers, donned #WinniethePooh costumes for Halloween to mock Chinese communist leader Xi Jinping.
About a dozen people assembled and dressed up as Winnie the Pooh to raise awareness for China's racial oppression, as well as to express support for Hongkongers, Kazakhs, and Uyghurs.
The participants waved flags that read 'Liberate Hong Kong, Revolution of Our Times' and 'Glory to Hong Kong', and chanted slogans such as 'Stand with Hong Kong'. Representatives of minority groups gave speeches describing the oppression they faced in China.
A Hongkonger who attended the assembly admitted that Hong Kong's National Security Law still worried him even he was now in the US. Despite the chilling effect of the law, he felt obliged to stand up to the oppression, saying, 'Liking posts behind the keyboard is not enough.'
Source: Apple Daily #Nov1
#GlobalSupport #WorldAgainstCCP #NationalSecurityLaw #Xi #ProjectBlackMask
Hongkongers in #US: We Shall Stand up to China Despite Fear for National Security Law
'Project Black Mask HK', an organization of American Hongkongers, donned #WinniethePooh costumes for Halloween to mock Chinese communist leader Xi Jinping.
About a dozen people assembled and dressed up as Winnie the Pooh to raise awareness for China's racial oppression, as well as to express support for Hongkongers, Kazakhs, and Uyghurs.
The participants waved flags that read 'Liberate Hong Kong, Revolution of Our Times' and 'Glory to Hong Kong', and chanted slogans such as 'Stand with Hong Kong'. Representatives of minority groups gave speeches describing the oppression they faced in China.
A Hongkonger who attended the assembly admitted that Hong Kong's National Security Law still worried him even he was now in the US. Despite the chilling effect of the law, he felt obliged to stand up to the oppression, saying, 'Liking posts behind the keyboard is not enough.'
Source: Apple Daily #Nov1
#GlobalSupport #WorldAgainstCCP #NationalSecurityLaw #Xi #ProjectBlackMask
#Court #PoliceLies
Hong Kong Police denies brutal assault of pro-democracy protesters in court hearing despite video evidence
Source: Stand News #Nov1
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Hong Kong Police denies brutal assault of pro-democracy protesters in court hearing despite video evidence
Source: Stand News #Nov1
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Hong Kong Police denies brutal assault of pro-democracy protesters in court hearing despite video evidence
Journalist Tam Wai-wan wrote about what she witnessed during the court hearing in Hong Kong:
"…people were shocked by the excessive amount of blood on the forehead of the 6th defendant when videos were shown in the court room.
While the police officer acknowledged that the defendant was bleeding, he claimed that he 'did not know why.'
In the live broadcast footage shown in the court, which captured how the defendant was arrested at the protest scene, it showed 5-6 riot police charging towards the defendant, aggressively hitting him with their batons.
Blatantly making claims contrary to the evidence, the police officer responsible for the arrest claimed that he was not aware of the doings of his colleagues.
When the defending lawyer asked whether he hit the defendant with a baton, causing him to bleed profusely, the officer claimed that he 'only hit his arms'..."
Source: Stand News #Nov1
#PoliceBrutality #PoliceState
Hong Kong Police denies brutal assault of pro-democracy protesters in court hearing despite video evidence
Journalist Tam Wai-wan wrote about what she witnessed during the court hearing in Hong Kong:
"…people were shocked by the excessive amount of blood on the forehead of the 6th defendant when videos were shown in the court room.
While the police officer acknowledged that the defendant was bleeding, he claimed that he 'did not know why.'
In the live broadcast footage shown in the court, which captured how the defendant was arrested at the protest scene, it showed 5-6 riot police charging towards the defendant, aggressively hitting him with their batons.
Blatantly making claims contrary to the evidence, the police officer responsible for the arrest claimed that he was not aware of the doings of his colleagues.
When the defending lawyer asked whether he hit the defendant with a baton, causing him to bleed profusely, the officer claimed that he 'only hit his arms'..."
Source: Stand News #Nov1
#PoliceBrutality #PoliceState
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Local Groups Support Protest Documentary 'Inside the Red Brick Wall',
Filmmaker: Rethinking Life in the 'New Norm' under National Security Law
Source: Stand News #Nov1
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Local Groups Support Protest Documentary 'Inside the Red Brick Wall',
Filmmaker: Rethinking Life in the 'New Norm' under National Security Law
Source: Stand News #Nov1
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Local Groups Support Protest Documentary 'Inside the Red Brick Wall',
Filmmaker: Rethinking Life in the 'New Norm' under National Security Law
The documentary film 'Inside the Red Brick Wall' recorded the police siege of the Polytechnic University of Hong Kong (#PolyU) in November 2019. The screening of the film was supported by the local organization at Hong Kong Arts Centre on October 31, 2020.
The authorities OFNAA has rated the film as Category III, meaning that underage audience are not permitted into the screening. Compulsory warnings have been inserted into the opening of the film, stating 'some of those descriptions or acts may constitute criminal offences under prevailing laws', and 'some of the contents of or commentaries in the film may be unverified or misleading'.
Vincent Chui, the art director of the NGO Ying E Chi which distributed the film clarified that the warnings were prescribed by the authorities, and such act has set the alarm bells of freedom of speech ringing in Hong Kong.
Eric Poon, the associate professor of practice of School of Journalism and Communism at Chinese University of Hong Kong (#CUHK), and the former director of the #RTHK program 'Hong Kong Connection', spoke in the sharing session. Poon said that though protest documentaries are now under pressure in Hong Kong, the situation here is still not comparable to that in China, in which electricity is often cut during film screenings.
Poon then referred to Chinese documentary filmmaker Ai Xiao-ming, who carries on screening her films despite the lack of equipment. Poon remarked that in the 'new norm' of Hong Kong's National Security Law, apart from planning currency exchange and immigration, Hongkongers should also think about how to keep on living.
'We cannot expect that the next social movement will emerge soon, but in between the periods there are still a lot of things we can do," Poon reminded the audience.
Poon also mentioned that the themes and the visions of the documentaries of his era in Hong Kong did not reflect the taste of the Western countries, thus it was hard for them to get into the international market.
However, this time 'Inside the Red Brick Wall' has been shortlisted at the International Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), indicating that Hongkongers can now proudly present their own perspective to the world, 'The stories of Hong Kong are now told by us, not by the others.'
Source: Stand News #Nov1
#InsidetheRedBrickWall #PolyUSiege #VincentChui #EricPoon #StoryofHongKong #HKDocumentary
Local Groups Support Protest Documentary 'Inside the Red Brick Wall',
Filmmaker: Rethinking Life in the 'New Norm' under National Security Law
The documentary film 'Inside the Red Brick Wall' recorded the police siege of the Polytechnic University of Hong Kong (#PolyU) in November 2019. The screening of the film was supported by the local organization at Hong Kong Arts Centre on October 31, 2020.
The authorities OFNAA has rated the film as Category III, meaning that underage audience are not permitted into the screening. Compulsory warnings have been inserted into the opening of the film, stating 'some of those descriptions or acts may constitute criminal offences under prevailing laws', and 'some of the contents of or commentaries in the film may be unverified or misleading'.
Vincent Chui, the art director of the NGO Ying E Chi which distributed the film clarified that the warnings were prescribed by the authorities, and such act has set the alarm bells of freedom of speech ringing in Hong Kong.
Eric Poon, the associate professor of practice of School of Journalism and Communism at Chinese University of Hong Kong (#CUHK), and the former director of the #RTHK program 'Hong Kong Connection', spoke in the sharing session. Poon said that though protest documentaries are now under pressure in Hong Kong, the situation here is still not comparable to that in China, in which electricity is often cut during film screenings.
Poon then referred to Chinese documentary filmmaker Ai Xiao-ming, who carries on screening her films despite the lack of equipment. Poon remarked that in the 'new norm' of Hong Kong's National Security Law, apart from planning currency exchange and immigration, Hongkongers should also think about how to keep on living.
'We cannot expect that the next social movement will emerge soon, but in between the periods there are still a lot of things we can do," Poon reminded the audience.
Poon also mentioned that the themes and the visions of the documentaries of his era in Hong Kong did not reflect the taste of the Western countries, thus it was hard for them to get into the international market.
However, this time 'Inside the Red Brick Wall' has been shortlisted at the International Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), indicating that Hongkongers can now proudly present their own perspective to the world, 'The stories of Hong Kong are now told by us, not by the others.'
Source: Stand News #Nov1
#InsidetheRedBrickWall #PolyUSiege #VincentChui #EricPoon #StoryofHongKong #HKDocumentary
#MassSurveillance
Government Makes #LeaveHomeSafe app Compulsory in Hong Kong Starting from Nov 1; Police Makes Arrests
Source: InMedia; RTHK #Nov1
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Government Makes #LeaveHomeSafe app Compulsory in Hong Kong Starting from Nov 1; Police Makes Arrests
Source: InMedia; RTHK #Nov1
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Government Makes #LeaveHomeSafe app Compulsory in Hong Kong Starting from Nov 1; Police Makes Arrests
The Hong Kong SAR Government implemented yet another controversial rule on November 1, 2021, mandating the population to check in with the LeaveHomeSafe tracking app when entering government premises. These locales include libraries, wet markets, courts, and sports facilities.
On the first day of its implementation, the Hong Kong Police arrested at least 5 people in the morning at Immigration Tower in Wan Chai, accusing them of using a fake app.
RTHK reported that the arrestees included two immigration officers, one staff member of the Audit Commission and two contractors.
Although exemptions are given to children, the elderly and disabled people, they are still required to submit their personal details.
Civil Service Secretary #PatrickNip claimed the government will "exercise flexibility"; however, according to InMedia, outside the Tai Po Municipal Complex, many domestic helpers and elderly had difficulties in adapting to the policy. Some had to download the app on the site, while some left for the street market instead.
As the people of Hong Kong expressed concern over the privacy issue of the government-monitored app, many citizens bought a new phone just for installing the app and to prevent personal information from being tracked.
Source: InMedia; RTHK #Nov1
https://bit.ly/3EsNyAq
#FailedState #BigData #Privacy #Obstruction #Elderly #Regime
Government Makes #LeaveHomeSafe app Compulsory in Hong Kong Starting from Nov 1; Police Makes Arrests
The Hong Kong SAR Government implemented yet another controversial rule on November 1, 2021, mandating the population to check in with the LeaveHomeSafe tracking app when entering government premises. These locales include libraries, wet markets, courts, and sports facilities.
On the first day of its implementation, the Hong Kong Police arrested at least 5 people in the morning at Immigration Tower in Wan Chai, accusing them of using a fake app.
RTHK reported that the arrestees included two immigration officers, one staff member of the Audit Commission and two contractors.
Although exemptions are given to children, the elderly and disabled people, they are still required to submit their personal details.
Civil Service Secretary #PatrickNip claimed the government will "exercise flexibility"; however, according to InMedia, outside the Tai Po Municipal Complex, many domestic helpers and elderly had difficulties in adapting to the policy. Some had to download the app on the site, while some left for the street market instead.
As the people of Hong Kong expressed concern over the privacy issue of the government-monitored app, many citizens bought a new phone just for installing the app and to prevent personal information from being tracked.
Source: InMedia; RTHK #Nov1
https://bit.ly/3EsNyAq
#FailedState #BigData #Privacy #Obstruction #Elderly #Regime
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