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Hong Kong Government Paralyses the Operation of Pro-Democracy District Council
Citing pandemic prevention as a reason, the government's Home Affairs Bureau (#HAB) has restricted the District Council, which are generated through direct elections, to convene only one meeting of less than 2 hours every week. Likewise, the government's secretariat will only provide secretarial services to the Council once a week.
The government's secretary to the Yuen Long District Council has, for instance, changed the meeting schedule of the District Facility Committee without prior consultation and notification. Pro-democracy district councillor, Ben Wai-pan Ho, who is also the chairperson to the Healthcare and Food Safety Committee, condemned the behaviour for impairing the function and operation of the district council, “without the authorisation of the commitee chairperson, it’s ultra vires for the secretary to change the meeting schedule."
Ho originally had planned a meeting for the Healthcare and Food Safety Committee on Aug 20; however, due to the clash of schedule, the meeting had to take place at a councillor’s office, instead of a formal venue provided by the government.
Similarly, the Sai Kung District Council called for a meeting for the Community Building and Innovative Committee. Since the government has restricted the District Council to use meeting room only once a week, the meeting venue had to change from the Government Complex in Tseung Kwan O to the village hall of the Tin Ha Wan Village.
Sai Kung district council chairperson, Chung Kam-Lun, criticised that the government has been made moves without prior consultation and these new regulations and arrangements were not “logical”. He said, “we don’t have any support, even when district council meeting is by law exempted from group gathering ban”.
Source: InMedia #Aug20
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Hong Kong Government Paralyses the Operation of Pro-Democracy District Council
Citing pandemic prevention as a reason, the government's Home Affairs Bureau (#HAB) has restricted the District Council, which are generated through direct elections, to convene only one meeting of less than 2 hours every week. Likewise, the government's secretariat will only provide secretarial services to the Council once a week.
The government's secretary to the Yuen Long District Council has, for instance, changed the meeting schedule of the District Facility Committee without prior consultation and notification. Pro-democracy district councillor, Ben Wai-pan Ho, who is also the chairperson to the Healthcare and Food Safety Committee, condemned the behaviour for impairing the function and operation of the district council, “without the authorisation of the commitee chairperson, it’s ultra vires for the secretary to change the meeting schedule."
Ho originally had planned a meeting for the Healthcare and Food Safety Committee on Aug 20; however, due to the clash of schedule, the meeting had to take place at a councillor’s office, instead of a formal venue provided by the government.
Similarly, the Sai Kung District Council called for a meeting for the Community Building and Innovative Committee. Since the government has restricted the District Council to use meeting room only once a week, the meeting venue had to change from the Government Complex in Tseung Kwan O to the village hall of the Tin Ha Wan Village.
Sai Kung district council chairperson, Chung Kam-Lun, criticised that the government has been made moves without prior consultation and these new regulations and arrangements were not “logical”. He said, “we don’t have any support, even when district council meeting is by law exempted from group gathering ban”.
Source: InMedia #Aug20
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HK Government Allegedly Pressures Foreign Domestic Workers to Join COVID19 Universal Testing
In his Facebook post on September 7, pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong revealed a screen capture of a whatsapp conversation, showing how the Hong Kong authorities allegedly incentivize the public to join the so-called “voluntary” COVID-19 universal testing scheme.
The controversies concerning the scheme included the Hong Kong government's commission of three Chinese companies, unlicensed in Hong Kong, to run COVID19 tests for the population; government official's refusal to disclose the budget of the extended scheme; and the genuine effectiveness of the scheme.
The whatsapp conversation was recorded by a person working at a Domestic Helper Agency. The person received a special request from the government's Home Affairs Bureau, asking her to arrange 50 domestic helpers to get the COVID-19 test in the City Hall during a planned visit of a senior government official.
The person was told that she would be offered a “bonus money” of HKD200 for every 10 domestic helpers she brings to the test.
From this incident, Joshua Wong raised two important queries:
• How much taxpayers' money has been used by the government just to “pump up” the overall number of participants of the test?
• How many participants of the voluntary testing scheme run by the government are genuinely “volunteers”?
Last but not least, Wong called on the Home Affairs Bureau to look into the case and the Ombudsman to be involved in the investigation.
Source: Joshua Wong’s Facebook #Sept4
https://www.facebook.com/200976479994868/posts/3309114989180986/?extid=8c8BoAvCWXEZe4lv&d=n
#COVID19Test #FailedState #HAB #Staging
HK Government Allegedly Pressures Foreign Domestic Workers to Join COVID19 Universal Testing
In his Facebook post on September 7, pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong revealed a screen capture of a whatsapp conversation, showing how the Hong Kong authorities allegedly incentivize the public to join the so-called “voluntary” COVID-19 universal testing scheme.
The controversies concerning the scheme included the Hong Kong government's commission of three Chinese companies, unlicensed in Hong Kong, to run COVID19 tests for the population; government official's refusal to disclose the budget of the extended scheme; and the genuine effectiveness of the scheme.
The whatsapp conversation was recorded by a person working at a Domestic Helper Agency. The person received a special request from the government's Home Affairs Bureau, asking her to arrange 50 domestic helpers to get the COVID-19 test in the City Hall during a planned visit of a senior government official.
The person was told that she would be offered a “bonus money” of HKD200 for every 10 domestic helpers she brings to the test.
From this incident, Joshua Wong raised two important queries:
• How much taxpayers' money has been used by the government just to “pump up” the overall number of participants of the test?
• How many participants of the voluntary testing scheme run by the government are genuinely “volunteers”?
Last but not least, Wong called on the Home Affairs Bureau to look into the case and the Ombudsman to be involved in the investigation.
Source: Joshua Wong’s Facebook #Sept4
https://www.facebook.com/200976479994868/posts/3309114989180986/?extid=8c8BoAvCWXEZe4lv&d=n
#COVID19Test #FailedState #HAB #Staging
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Chaos Continue in Lockdown Area: HK Police Refuse to Let Resident Go Home Despite Promise
A resident in Tsim Sha Tsui told the press of the irresponsible arrangement by the police in the lockdown area on Feb 1, 2021.
The man lives with his wife in a building in the restricted area. As he was away when the police cordoned off the area, he asked if the police can let him go home.
The police clearly told him that civilian can enter but not leave the restricted area, which the man agreed. Nevertheless, the police refused to let him in, claiming that he needed to wait for the staff of the government's Home Affairs Bureau (#HAB) to decide on an "entrance".
The man expressed frustration towards the pointless conversation he had with the police. He also had the impression that the police and different government's departments were shifting responsibility to one another.
#FailedState #AsiasFinest #HongKongPolice #TSTLockdown
Chaos Continue in Lockdown Area: HK Police Refuse to Let Resident Go Home Despite Promise
A resident in Tsim Sha Tsui told the press of the irresponsible arrangement by the police in the lockdown area on Feb 1, 2021.
The man lives with his wife in a building in the restricted area. As he was away when the police cordoned off the area, he asked if the police can let him go home.
The police clearly told him that civilian can enter but not leave the restricted area, which the man agreed. Nevertheless, the police refused to let him in, claiming that he needed to wait for the staff of the government's Home Affairs Bureau (#HAB) to decide on an "entrance".
The man expressed frustration towards the pointless conversation he had with the police. He also had the impression that the police and different government's departments were shifting responsibility to one another.
#FailedState #AsiasFinest #HongKongPolice #TSTLockdown
#FirstHand #Feb2
HK Authorities Refuses to Let Non-resident Leave the Lockdown Site: "You Hong Kong Citizens are Unreasonable!"
A woman who worked in Shum Shui Po expressed her utmost frustration and disappointment towards the Hong Kong government's organization at the lockdown zone.
On the evening of Feb 2, 2021, the woman found herself suddenly in the "restricted area" after the government ambushed 17 buildings in Shum Shui Po for a mandatory lockdown.
She spent hours talking to different officers from the disciplinary force to the Home Affairs Bureau (#HAB), hoping to leave the site after being tested negative. After all, she is not a resident of the area and has nowhere to stay until the end of the government's operation at 7am the next day. Worse still, she has 2 hamsters to feed at home.
The woman recounted the mistreatment by the officers on site and the ridiculous conversations she had with different government officials:
One staff from HAB claimed that she can call the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (#SPCA) and ask them to "go to her place and feed her pet".
Video:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28357
Moreover, a customs officer claimed that she can sue him if anything happened to her hamsters. While almost all government's staff she talked to refused to show their pass and give their name, a female staff from the HAB surnamed Cheng proclaimed as the head of the Bureau. In reality, the Secretary for Home Affairs is Casper Tsui Ying-wei.
At some point, the government staff yelled back at the woman, "you Hong Kong citizens are unreasonable!". The woman said to the press, "Who is the unreasonable one here? It is the Hong Kong government!"
#FailedState #ShumShuiPoLockdown
#Hamster #Hate
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Residents Frustrated by Government's Arbitrary Lockdown Measures Hurl Insults at Carrie Lam
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28356
HK Authorities Refuses to Let Non-resident Leave the Lockdown Site: "You Hong Kong Citizens are Unreasonable!"
A woman who worked in Shum Shui Po expressed her utmost frustration and disappointment towards the Hong Kong government's organization at the lockdown zone.
On the evening of Feb 2, 2021, the woman found herself suddenly in the "restricted area" after the government ambushed 17 buildings in Shum Shui Po for a mandatory lockdown.
She spent hours talking to different officers from the disciplinary force to the Home Affairs Bureau (#HAB), hoping to leave the site after being tested negative. After all, she is not a resident of the area and has nowhere to stay until the end of the government's operation at 7am the next day. Worse still, she has 2 hamsters to feed at home.
The woman recounted the mistreatment by the officers on site and the ridiculous conversations she had with different government officials:
One staff from HAB claimed that she can call the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (#SPCA) and ask them to "go to her place and feed her pet".
Video:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28357
Moreover, a customs officer claimed that she can sue him if anything happened to her hamsters. While almost all government's staff she talked to refused to show their pass and give their name, a female staff from the HAB surnamed Cheng proclaimed as the head of the Bureau. In reality, the Secretary for Home Affairs is Casper Tsui Ying-wei.
At some point, the government staff yelled back at the woman, "you Hong Kong citizens are unreasonable!". The woman said to the press, "Who is the unreasonable one here? It is the Hong Kong government!"
#FailedState #ShumShuiPoLockdown
#Hamster #Hate
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Residents Frustrated by Government's Arbitrary Lockdown Measures Hurl Insults at Carrie Lam
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28356
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Students Trapped in Tutorial School During HK Government's #SuddenLockdown
Mrs Ng came into a heated argument with the staff of Hong Kong government's Home Affairs Bureau (#HAB).
Her 15-year-old daughter and three other students went for after-school classes in a building in Jordan and were trapped as the Hong Kong government imposed a sudden lockdown at 7pm on Feb 1, 2021, to enforce #COVID19 mandatory test.
The government staff told Mrs Ng that her daughter would be released after being tested, but without letting her know an estimated time.
In distress, Mrs Ng expressed, “Of course I am angry. They don't let us know when the test will be done.” Worrying about her daughter, she said “Does it mean that my daughter has to sleep overnight on the floor or in the corridor?”
Source: InMedia #Feb3
https://bit.ly/3j8hTLn
#Tutorial #Students #JordanLockdown
Students Trapped in Tutorial School During HK Government's #SuddenLockdown
Mrs Ng came into a heated argument with the staff of Hong Kong government's Home Affairs Bureau (#HAB).
Her 15-year-old daughter and three other students went for after-school classes in a building in Jordan and were trapped as the Hong Kong government imposed a sudden lockdown at 7pm on Feb 1, 2021, to enforce #COVID19 mandatory test.
The government staff told Mrs Ng that her daughter would be released after being tested, but without letting her know an estimated time.
In distress, Mrs Ng expressed, “Of course I am angry. They don't let us know when the test will be done.” Worrying about her daughter, she said “Does it mean that my daughter has to sleep overnight on the floor or in the corridor?”
Source: InMedia #Feb3
https://bit.ly/3j8hTLn
#Tutorial #Students #JordanLockdown