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Hongkongers Close Down Business Rather Than Collecting Data for the Authorities: "There is no room for compromise"
Source: Stand News
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Hongkongers Close Down Business Rather Than Collecting Data for the Authorities: "There is no room for compromise"
Source: Stand News
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#Interview #SayNo #NeverGiveUp
Hongkongers Close Down Business Rather Than Collecting Data for the Authorities: "There is no room for compromise"
Part 1
Citing the #CoronavirusPandemic as a reason, the Hong Kong government has suspended the entire fitness industry for more than 100 days.
On Feb 10, 2021, the government announced the permission of reopening facilities such as fitness centres, only if the facilities register customers with either the authorities' #LeaveHomeSafeApp or their personal information.
The government's decision sparked the city questions and criticisms in the city, as worries about #MassSurveillance arose. “It’s funny how they [the government officials] are not ashamed of their decisions”, said the owners of Wild Gym Fitness and Therapy.
The owners Mr and Mrs Tong were arrested by the police after helping out a girl to stand up near a protest site during the Anti-ELAB movement in 2019. The couple and the girl they helped were all charged with rioting, but finally acquitted.
Tong Wai-hung said he would rather close down the gym than colluding with the government to collect personal data. He also said that businesses are just going to lose more in the end if they betray customers' trust in exchange for making a living. “When are you going to stop selling out yourself?” he questioned.
Tong said, Hong Kong citizens and local businesses have been using effective measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus ever since the beginning of 2020. Nevertheless, they still suffered under the difficult times because the Hong Kong government refused to close the border with China to stop the source of the virus.
“We have already done the best we could in terms of preventive measures, but the government failed to protect our borders. I’m forced to close my business because of the pandemic now, while some people are still allowed to cross the border without being tested and undergoing quarantine”.
[Editor's note: From Feb 18, 2021 onwards, the Hong Kong government allows restaurants to re-open in the evening, but requires them to ask customers to register their personal information through the Leave Home Safe App or manually.]
Source: Stand News #Feb15
https://bit.ly/3tZqODM
#WildGymFitnessandTherapy #TongWaiHung
Hongkongers Close Down Business Rather Than Collecting Data for the Authorities: "There is no room for compromise"
Part 1
Citing the #CoronavirusPandemic as a reason, the Hong Kong government has suspended the entire fitness industry for more than 100 days.
On Feb 10, 2021, the government announced the permission of reopening facilities such as fitness centres, only if the facilities register customers with either the authorities' #LeaveHomeSafeApp or their personal information.
The government's decision sparked the city questions and criticisms in the city, as worries about #MassSurveillance arose. “It’s funny how they [the government officials] are not ashamed of their decisions”, said the owners of Wild Gym Fitness and Therapy.
The owners Mr and Mrs Tong were arrested by the police after helping out a girl to stand up near a protest site during the Anti-ELAB movement in 2019. The couple and the girl they helped were all charged with rioting, but finally acquitted.
Tong Wai-hung said he would rather close down the gym than colluding with the government to collect personal data. He also said that businesses are just going to lose more in the end if they betray customers' trust in exchange for making a living. “When are you going to stop selling out yourself?” he questioned.
Tong said, Hong Kong citizens and local businesses have been using effective measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus ever since the beginning of 2020. Nevertheless, they still suffered under the difficult times because the Hong Kong government refused to close the border with China to stop the source of the virus.
“We have already done the best we could in terms of preventive measures, but the government failed to protect our borders. I’m forced to close my business because of the pandemic now, while some people are still allowed to cross the border without being tested and undergoing quarantine”.
[Editor's note: From Feb 18, 2021 onwards, the Hong Kong government allows restaurants to re-open in the evening, but requires them to ask customers to register their personal information through the Leave Home Safe App or manually.]
Source: Stand News #Feb15
https://bit.ly/3tZqODM
#WildGymFitnessandTherapy #TongWaiHung
#FirstHand #Feb28
Student and Hospital Workers Call for Boycott of Govt Tracking App and Support for Arrested Pro-Dem Candidates
1730 | Mong Kok
Photos:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28812
On Feb 28, 2021 in Hong Kong, pro-democracy students and hospital workers held a street booth in Mongkok, to call for Hongkongers to boycott the government's "#LeaveHomeSafe" mobile app, rejecting the regime's surveillance and tracking. They also call on Hongkongers to resist to the end.
The booth is held by #StudentPoliticism together with Hospital Authority Employees Alliance (#HAEA).
In addition to calling for the boycott of the tracking app, they also call attention to the police's political persecution of the participants in the "35+" pro-democracy primary elections in 2020.
On Feb 28, 2021, the police announced that the arrestees are charged for sedition under the National Security Law, and will be brought to court on the morning of the next day on March 1.
Spokesperson of Student Politicism Wong Yat-Chin encouraged citizens to attend the court hearing to show support for the pro-democracy camp.
In Mongkok, thd police deployed over 30 officers to surround the small street booth; at one point, the officers occupied two-thirds of the pedestrian walkway. They left after recording personal details of the activists, and warned them not to be too loud.
In less than an hour later, the police hoisted the "#purpleflag" warning civilians in the area of potentially "violating the #NationalSecurityLaw".
Hong Kong Police Violently Subdue a Civilian in Downtown Mongkok on a Sunday
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28806
#FirstHand #Feb28 #PoliceState #SurveillanceState #SayNo
Student and Hospital Workers Call for Boycott of Govt Tracking App and Support for Arrested Pro-Dem Candidates
1730 | Mong Kok
Photos:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28812
On Feb 28, 2021 in Hong Kong, pro-democracy students and hospital workers held a street booth in Mongkok, to call for Hongkongers to boycott the government's "#LeaveHomeSafe" mobile app, rejecting the regime's surveillance and tracking. They also call on Hongkongers to resist to the end.
The booth is held by #StudentPoliticism together with Hospital Authority Employees Alliance (#HAEA).
In addition to calling for the boycott of the tracking app, they also call attention to the police's political persecution of the participants in the "35+" pro-democracy primary elections in 2020.
On Feb 28, 2021, the police announced that the arrestees are charged for sedition under the National Security Law, and will be brought to court on the morning of the next day on March 1.
Spokesperson of Student Politicism Wong Yat-Chin encouraged citizens to attend the court hearing to show support for the pro-democracy camp.
In Mongkok, thd police deployed over 30 officers to surround the small street booth; at one point, the officers occupied two-thirds of the pedestrian walkway. They left after recording personal details of the activists, and warned them not to be too loud.
In less than an hour later, the police hoisted the "#purpleflag" warning civilians in the area of potentially "violating the #NationalSecurityLaw".
Hong Kong Police Violently Subdue a Civilian in Downtown Mongkok on a Sunday
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28806
#FirstHand #Feb28 #PoliceState #SurveillanceState #SayNo
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