#FailedState #Border
HK Government Suspends Local School and Welcomes HK-China Border-Crossers With Quarantine Exemption

The Health Authorities in Hong Kong announced on November 20, 2020 that face-to-face classes for primary 1-3 students will be suspended for two weeks starting on Nov 23.

With more new cases confirmed in the city, the Heath Secretary said the coronavirus situation has worsened.

Nevertheless, on the same day that primary schools will partially be suspended in Hong Kong, the Hong Kong government is opening the Hong Kong-China border and exempting the border-crossing people from the 14-day quarantine.

The government called it the "Return2HK" scheme, which will allow registered people to leave Macau and Southern China and go to Hong Kong without the need to undergo 14 days of quarantine. 

The daily quota is initially set to be 5,000 people. Among them, up to 3,000 people will be allowed to enter through the Shenzhen Bay and 2,000 via the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge per day.

According to pro-Beijing newspaper Sing Tao Daily, the government has plans to increase the quota, and extend the quarantine-free arrangement to other provinces in China, even before the scheme is launched.

Source: RTHK #Nov18 #Nov20

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HK Government Exempts Border Crosser from China from Compulsory Quarantine and Hands Out Cash to "Those Struggling" Positive COVID Cases

Source: RTHK #Nov22; Apple Daily #Nov20 ; Nov News #Nov23

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HK Government Exempts Border Crosser from China from Compulsory Quarantine and Hands Out Cash to "Those Struggling" Positive COVID Cases

On November 22, 2020, Hong Kong's Health Secretary Sophia Chan says the government will hand out a one-off sum of HK$5,000 to everyone who tests positive for the coronavirus. However, on Nov 23, Secretary for Labour and Welfare Law Chi-kwong said that the cash hand-out is only for "those struggling".

Just a few days ago on November 19, one confirmed Covid-19 case with an then-unknown source was found to be a 75-year-old wealthy merchant called Ng Wong Ching-yee.

According to sources, she dined with nearly 10 relatives and friends on Nov 15 at the Deep Water Bay Golf Club. The merchant reportedly hid her activities, so that her companions would not be traced by the health authorities. They went throuht private test on their own. The son of infected woman went on quarantine on a private yacht.

According to sources, the 75-year-old female merchant had visited a dance club called Heavenly in Sheung Wan. Currently, the dance club cluster involves 14 dance clubs and has pushed the number of confirmed cases to three-month high in Hong Kong, as identified by the health authorities on Nov 22, 2020.

On Nov 23, more confirmed cases were found linked to the dance cluster, whereas the Hong Kong government rolled out the "Return2HK" scheme for the first day where registered people can travel from China to Hong Kong without the need to undergo 14-day quarantine.

According to Now News, as at 18:00 on Nov 23, around 2,140 people had crossed the border to Hong Kong.

Source: RTHK #Nov22; Apple Daily #Nov20 ; Nov News #Nov23

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#WuhanPneumonia #CoronavirusPandemic #Cash #Merchant #DanceClub #DeepWaterBay #GolfClub

#WuhanPneumonia #FailedState #MassTesting
Medical Practitioner: False Positive COVID-19 Cases by China-funded Lab are Medical Malpractice

Source: Apple Daily #Nov20

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Medical Practitioner: False Positive COVID-19 Cases by China-funded Lab are Medical Malpractice

A testing laboratory designated by Hong Kong government produced a series of false positive COVID-19 test results.

The lab involved is KingMed Diagnostics, a China-funded company which was designated by the authorities to undertake testing by the government’s mass screening project. The false positive cases involved four professional drivers.

Dr. David S.C. Hui, an expert adviser to the government and a professor of respiratory systems at the Chinese University medical school, suspected that these were the result of sample contamination at the lab.

The four drivers tested negative after being hospitalized, and no COVID-19 antibodies were detected in their bodies.

A registered medical lab technologist said that the incident constitutes medical malpractice. He pointed out that re-testing a sample would take only 1–2 days, yet the government had not made any announcement about the false positive, and only stated that they tested negative and were released. He questioned whether the government is trying to cover up this malpractice by the Chinese-funded testing lab.

Source: Apple Daily #Nov20
https://hk.appledaily.com/local/20201120/42BXNGN7HJCIDJMRBVE5VYYJOU/

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Biden on Sanctioning China: Punishment not the focus, but more about following rules

President-elect Joe Biden spoke at a recent press conference about his decision on the US Treasury secretary candidate, which will be announced around the Thanksgiving holiday. Biden also spoke about his intention to ensure China play by the rules, and "it's not so much about punishing China."

When asked about his stance on sanctions against China after taking office, Biden said "it's not so much about punishing China," but making sure China understands they have to play by the international rules. As such, his administration will rejoin the World Health Organisation and the Paris Climate Accord, which aims to show China that there are consensus on common topics globally and it is for China to understand where that line is.

Source: Stand News #Nov20

#US #Biden #WHO #ParisClimateAccorrd #Sanctions

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UK sourced Protective Gowns from Chinese factories that secretly use North Koran slave labour

Source: The Guardian #Nov20

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UK sourced Protective Gowns from Chinese factories that secretly use North Koran slave labour

Chinese factories in Dandong are using forced labour from North Korea to produce protective gowns PPE for export to countries including UK, US, Italy, Germany, South Africa, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines and Myanmar.

The use of North Korea workers in China breaches UN sanctions which aim to halt foreign export earnings being used to support the regime’s prohibited nuclear and ballistic missile programs.

Most of North Korea workers in Dandong are women. Besides working for over 18 hours, they are under surveillance and are unable to leave the factories freely. And sources indicate 70% of wages of these works in PPE factories seized by the North Korean state.

Dandong has become a global centre of production for gown and coveralls because factories in Dandong can produce at the lowest by employing cheap North Korea labour for labour-intensive production.

Source: The Guardian #Nov20

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/nov/20/uk-sourced-ppe-from-factories-secretly-using-north-korean-slave-labour

#China #NorthKoreaSanction #PPE #UK #NorthKorea #Covid19

#FilmScreening
New York to Hold World's first public screening of Hong Kong protest documentary “Revolution of our Times”

Source: Stand News, #Nov20

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New York to Hold World's first public screening of Hong Kong protest documentary “Revolution of our Times”

Directed by Hong Kong director #KiwiChow, the documentary “Revolution of our Times” chronicled the months-long pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong in 2019 and 2020 following the Government’s attempt to promulgate the extradition law.

The documentary offered an up-close and personal account of what happened on the protest frontlines.

First debuted in a surprise screeening in Cannes Film Festiv in July 2021, the controversial film soon found resonance in Taiwan’s Golden Horse Film Festival and Japan’s Filmex in subsequent months.

On November 10, 2021, the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2021 (#IDFA) also announced the screening of #RevolutionOfOurTimes under the Festival's Best of Fests selection.

A Hongkonger residing in #Netherlands told reporter that many audiences sobbed as they watched the film and the rustling sound of tissue paper could be heard throughout the screening.

He carried on saying that at the end of second screening, audiences applauded incessantly for nearly half a minute to show their respect. Many of them are indeed locals.

Some audiences even chanted protest slogan, “Liberate Hong Kong, Revolution of Our Time” as the film ends.

The documentary is also set for its first public screening in New York City from December 10 to 18, with more screenings in other US cities to be announced.

#KiwiChow #HongKongMovie #NationalSecurityLaw #Censorship #Art

Source: Stand News, #Nov20
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#PTSD #Exile
2 Years Since #PolyUSiege: Pro-Democracy Protester who Fled Hong Kong Missed Relative's Funeral, Fears Retribution from #Regime

#PolyU #PoylUSiege #Trauma #HKPoliceState

Source: In-Media HK; #Nov20

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2 Years Since #PolyUSiege: Pro-Democracy Protester who Fled Hong Kong Missed Relative's Funeral, Fears Retribution from #Regime

When "A" (pseudonym) heard that a close relative had passed away earlier this year, she immediately made plans to fly back to Hong Kong for the funeral. She quickly picked an airline and a date for the flight; but when it came to selecting her seat, a sense of dread and anxiety suddenly struck her: "I'm really scared of being arrested."

In the end, she did not take the flight.

"A" was working overseas when the the 2019 #ANTIELAB movement broke out. She was not a frequent participant, and had only taken up back-end support roles when she visited her family in Hong Kong.

In November 2019, she went to Hong Kong Polytechnic University (#PolyU) to support the pro-democracy protesters inside, and was trapped when police laid siege to the campus.

She attempted to escape on two occasions without success; in the end, police took her information, and she was taken away by ambulance.

Afterwards, she returned overseas to work. She had thought that she wasn't affected much by what she experienced.

She never imagined that her fears of retribution would only worsen, rather than fade away over time. "When the time came that I needed to return to Hong Kong, I found out that I was too afraid to do so."

"If a family funeral wasn't enough of a reason to come back, then what else is there in Hong Kong worth coming back for?" "A" had never considered emigration; but now, she knows she could not return to her hometown in the foreseeable future.

She considers herself half an exile, and she could only acquiesce with her predicament: "You can't take back what has happened."

In November 2019, pro-democracy protesters declared a city-wide strike in Hong Kong. Roadblocks were set up across the city, and protesters occupied the PolyU campus in order to blockade the nearby Cross-Harbour Tunnel in Hung Hom.

Police surrounded the camlus from November 17, 2019 on, trapping protesters and citizens alike, and blocking multiple escape attempts by protesters.

Large crowds of civilians answered calls online to "break the siege", advancing towards the university from nearby districts. Police made mass arrests in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hung Hom, and Jordan; over 200 citizens were arrested on rioting charges.

Though many were released without being charged after the maximum 48-hour detention period, some of them are arrested again from their homes by police two years after in 2021.

#PolyU #PoylUSiege #Trauma #HKPoliceState

Source: In-Media HK; #Nov20
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