#FirstHand #Feb24
#JordanLockdown
"The Government Does Not Even Know There Are Cats in the Market": District Councillors Speak Up For Civilians in Lockdown Area
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"The Government Does Not Even Know There Are Cats in the Market": District Councillors Speak Up For Civilians in Lockdown Area
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"The Government Does Not Even Know There Are Cats in the Market": District Councillors Speak Up For Civilians in Lockdown Area
Directly elected district councillors working for the lockdown district talked to the press on the afternoon of Jan 24, 2021, responding to the authorities' intention to step up the lockdown measures in other areas, after the last-minute announcement of a compulsory lockdown at 4am on Jan 23, 2021.
The district councillors demanded the Hong Kong government to consider the obstruction and the loss caused to the affected residents and business operators, despite the authorities' denial.
The district councillors shared their concerns and the difficulties faced by the residents, workers and business owners in the restricted area.
For instance, in addition to many residents' complaints about the quality and the quantity of food provided by the government, some residents living at No. 40 Reclamation Street did not receive any food supply at all. To make it worse. the government's Home Affairs Department did not provide adequate support.
In another incident, a street stall operator asked the district council for help, as her two cats were locked up in the stall located in the restricted area. In the end, the firemen broke the padlock and released her two cats. Otherwise, her two cats, aged 10 and 25, could have starved to death after the two-day lockdown.
These incidents revealed the government's failure to understand the need of the civilians and the everyday operation of the community on the district level.
On behalf of the affected community, the district councillors demand the government to apologize and make corresponding compensation.
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HK Government Finds Only 13 Cases After Testing 7,000 Civilians in Lockdown Area
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28151
Civilians in Lockdown Area to Brace Themselves for the Next 48 Hours
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28134
#DistrictCouncillor #FailedState
#JordanLockdown
"The Government Does Not Even Know There Are Cats in the Market": District Councillors Speak Up For Civilians in Lockdown Area
Directly elected district councillors working for the lockdown district talked to the press on the afternoon of Jan 24, 2021, responding to the authorities' intention to step up the lockdown measures in other areas, after the last-minute announcement of a compulsory lockdown at 4am on Jan 23, 2021.
The district councillors demanded the Hong Kong government to consider the obstruction and the loss caused to the affected residents and business operators, despite the authorities' denial.
The district councillors shared their concerns and the difficulties faced by the residents, workers and business owners in the restricted area.
For instance, in addition to many residents' complaints about the quality and the quantity of food provided by the government, some residents living at No. 40 Reclamation Street did not receive any food supply at all. To make it worse. the government's Home Affairs Department did not provide adequate support.
In another incident, a street stall operator asked the district council for help, as her two cats were locked up in the stall located in the restricted area. In the end, the firemen broke the padlock and released her two cats. Otherwise, her two cats, aged 10 and 25, could have starved to death after the two-day lockdown.
These incidents revealed the government's failure to understand the need of the civilians and the everyday operation of the community on the district level.
On behalf of the affected community, the district councillors demand the government to apologize and make corresponding compensation.
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HK Government Finds Only 13 Cases After Testing 7,000 Civilians in Lockdown Area
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28151
Civilians in Lockdown Area to Brace Themselves for the Next 48 Hours
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28134
#DistrictCouncillor #FailedState
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#FirstHand #Feb1
#DistrictCouncillor Demands the Government to Take Real Actions to Aid Civilians Disturbed by Lockdowns
Ho Cheuk-Hin Isaac, a directly elected district councillor in Yau Tsim Mong District, spoke to the media near the lockdown area in Tsim Sha Tsui on Feb 1, 2021.
He expressed that although the government expected the lockdown operation to be finished at 7am, in reality not all residents attended a nine-to-five work schedule, especially those who do not work at the office.
Hoi criticized that the government's verbal "encouragement" to employers to "better understand the employees" affected by the lockdowns was way too superficial and lacks actual effects.
#FailedState #Lockdown #Obstruction #IssacHo
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The Desperation of Small Business Owner in Lockdown Area: The Government Never Helps
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28152
#DistrictCouncillor Demands the Government to Take Real Actions to Aid Civilians Disturbed by Lockdowns
Ho Cheuk-Hin Isaac, a directly elected district councillor in Yau Tsim Mong District, spoke to the media near the lockdown area in Tsim Sha Tsui on Feb 1, 2021.
He expressed that although the government expected the lockdown operation to be finished at 7am, in reality not all residents attended a nine-to-five work schedule, especially those who do not work at the office.
Hoi criticized that the government's verbal "encouragement" to employers to "better understand the employees" affected by the lockdowns was way too superficial and lacks actual effects.
#FailedState #Lockdown #Obstruction #IssacHo
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The Desperation of Small Business Owner in Lockdown Area: The Government Never Helps
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28152
#FailedState #StateMachine
Hong Kong Government Set Aside HK$8 billion for National Secutity Expenses
Source: RTHK; Stand News #Feb24
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Hong Kong Government Set Aside HK$8 billion for National Secutity Expenses
Source: RTHK; Stand News #Feb24
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Hong Kong Government Set Aside HK$8 billion for National Secutity Expenses
On Feb 24, 2021, Hong Kong's Financial Secretary Paul Chan announced the Financial Budget for 2021/2022. HK$8 billion will be allocated to "safeguarding national security", without giving further details.
What Chan calldd “special fund”
for national security purposes in Hong Kong reaches one-third of China's annual "national security" expenditure in Xinjiang. Meanwhile, the amount currently budgeted in Hong Kong is excluded from the expenses of the National Security Police.
The Financial Secretary in Hong Kong refused to disclose details of how the authorities arrived at the figure. Chan claimed that he had discussed with the national security authorities.
Meanwhile, the police force is set to receive a 7.7 percent budget raise in the coming financial year, following an increase of 25 percent last year.
Source: RTHK; Stand News #Feb24
www.news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1577245-20210224.htm
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#FinancialBudget #NationalSecurityLaw #TaxpayersMoney #PaulChan
Hong Kong Government Set Aside HK$8 billion for National Secutity Expenses
On Feb 24, 2021, Hong Kong's Financial Secretary Paul Chan announced the Financial Budget for 2021/2022. HK$8 billion will be allocated to "safeguarding national security", without giving further details.
What Chan calldd “special fund”
for national security purposes in Hong Kong reaches one-third of China's annual "national security" expenditure in Xinjiang. Meanwhile, the amount currently budgeted in Hong Kong is excluded from the expenses of the National Security Police.
The Financial Secretary in Hong Kong refused to disclose details of how the authorities arrived at the figure. Chan claimed that he had discussed with the national security authorities.
Meanwhile, the police force is set to receive a 7.7 percent budget raise in the coming financial year, following an increase of 25 percent last year.
Source: RTHK; Stand News #Feb24
www.news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1577245-20210224.htm
https://bit.ly/3aQ7scR
#FinancialBudget #NationalSecurityLaw #TaxpayersMoney #PaulChan
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Govt reserves HK$8b 'to safeguard national security'
Financial Secretary Paul Chan has revealed that the government has set aside HK$8 billion for "safeguarding national security in the coming years", without giving further details. A breakdown of the figures provided in Chan’s latest financial blueprint said…
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Judge Slams Prosecution of #YuenLong721 a wasting of the court’s time
On July 21 in 2019, a large group of white-clad mobsters stormed into a West Rail train station in Yuen Long, Hong Kong and indiscriminately assaulted black-clad pro-democracy protesters and passers-by on their way home.
6 white-clad who pleaded not guilty of rioting appeared in the district court for hearing on February 24.
#NeverForget #NeverForgive
Source: Stand News; #Feb24
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Judge Slams Prosecution of #YuenLong721 a wasting of the court’s time
On July 21 in 2019, a large group of white-clad mobsters stormed into a West Rail train station in Yuen Long, Hong Kong and indiscriminately assaulted black-clad pro-democracy protesters and passers-by on their way home.
6 white-clad who pleaded not guilty of rioting appeared in the district court for hearing on February 24.
#NeverForget #NeverForgive
Source: Stand News; #Feb24
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Judge Slams Prosecution of #YuenLong721 a wasting of the court’s time
The magistrate Eddie Yip Chor-man spent the morning questioning the prosecution’s opening statement, in which the prosecution mentioned multiple times that a “violent confrontation took place” between the while-clad and black-clad, but did not provide any detail of the confrontation.
Yip questioned that, “Does 'violent confrontation' mean the two parties fought each other?” and “who fought whom first” in the “violent confrontation”.
In response, the prosecution clarified that it was the white-clad who hit the black-clad with rattan canes and wooden sticks while the black-clad counter-attacked.
Magistrate Yip expressed dissatisfaction, blasting the prosecution, “Are you writing a flashback or a time-travelling novel? We’re not making a film. It looks like you have edited that film!”
He later concluded that, “It turns out that the 6 (Chinese) characters (violent confrontation taken place) have encapsulated a lot.”
The Magistrate also questioned why the prosecution detailed a screening event on 16 Jul in the first 2 paragraphs of the statement.
The prosecution ended up admitting that the screening event was irrelevant and was slammed by Yip of wasting time.
#NeverForget #NeverForgive
Source: Stand News; #Feb24
https://www.thestandnews.com/court/%E5%85%83%E6%9C%97-7-21-%E5%AE%98%E6%80%92%E6%89%B9%E6%8E%A7%E6%96%B9%E9%96%8B%E6%A1%88%E9%99%B3%E8%A9%9E%E5%90%AB%E7%B3%8A%E4%B8%8D%E6%B8%85-%E8%BF%BD%E5%95%8F%E4%B8%8B%E5%A7%8B%E8%AA%8D%E7%99%BD%E8%A1%A3%E4%BA%BA%E5%85%88%E8%A5%B2%E6%93%8A/
Judge Slams Prosecution of #YuenLong721 a wasting of the court’s time
The magistrate Eddie Yip Chor-man spent the morning questioning the prosecution’s opening statement, in which the prosecution mentioned multiple times that a “violent confrontation took place” between the while-clad and black-clad, but did not provide any detail of the confrontation.
Yip questioned that, “Does 'violent confrontation' mean the two parties fought each other?” and “who fought whom first” in the “violent confrontation”.
In response, the prosecution clarified that it was the white-clad who hit the black-clad with rattan canes and wooden sticks while the black-clad counter-attacked.
Magistrate Yip expressed dissatisfaction, blasting the prosecution, “Are you writing a flashback or a time-travelling novel? We’re not making a film. It looks like you have edited that film!”
He later concluded that, “It turns out that the 6 (Chinese) characters (violent confrontation taken place) have encapsulated a lot.”
The Magistrate also questioned why the prosecution detailed a screening event on 16 Jul in the first 2 paragraphs of the statement.
The prosecution ended up admitting that the screening event was irrelevant and was slammed by Yip of wasting time.
#NeverForget #NeverForgive
Source: Stand News; #Feb24
https://www.thestandnews.com/court/%E5%85%83%E6%9C%97-7-21-%E5%AE%98%E6%80%92%E6%89%B9%E6%8E%A7%E6%96%B9%E9%96%8B%E6%A1%88%E9%99%B3%E8%A9%9E%E5%90%AB%E7%B3%8A%E4%B8%8D%E6%B8%85-%E8%BF%BD%E5%95%8F%E4%B8%8B%E5%A7%8B%E8%AA%8D%E7%99%BD%E8%A1%A3%E4%BA%BA%E5%85%88%E8%A5%B2%E6%93%8A/
Japan urges China to take 'positive' actions over Hong Kong and Uyghurs
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi on Tuesday urged China to take “positive” actions to protect human rights and freedom in Hong Kong and its Xinjiang region amid allegations of abuses against pro-democracy protestors in the former and members of the Muslim Uyghur minority in the latter.
“Japan is deeply concerned about the recent situation in these areas and strongly urges China to take positive concrete actions,” Motegi said in a video message to a high-level meeting of the U.N. Human Rights Council, referring to Hong Kong and Xinjiang, a far-northwestern region in China.
Source: JapanTimes #Feb24
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/02/24/national/japan-china-hong-kong-uyghurs/
#Japan #China #HongKong #Uyghurs
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi on Tuesday urged China to take “positive” actions to protect human rights and freedom in Hong Kong and its Xinjiang region amid allegations of abuses against pro-democracy protestors in the former and members of the Muslim Uyghur minority in the latter.
“Japan is deeply concerned about the recent situation in these areas and strongly urges China to take positive concrete actions,” Motegi said in a video message to a high-level meeting of the U.N. Human Rights Council, referring to Hong Kong and Xinjiang, a far-northwestern region in China.
Source: JapanTimes #Feb24
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/02/24/national/japan-china-hong-kong-uyghurs/
#Japan #China #HongKong #Uyghurs
US and allies to build 'China-free' tech supply chain
U.S. President Joe Biden is set to sign an executive order as early as this month to accelerate efforts to build supply chains for chips and other strategically significant products that are less reliant on China, in partnership with the likes of Taiwan, Japan and South Korea.
The document will order the development of a national supply chain strategy, and is expected to call for recommendations for supply networks that are less vulnerable to disruptions such as disasters and sanctions by unfriendly countries. Measures will focus on semiconductors, electric-vehicle batteries, rare-earth metals and medical products, according to a draft obtained by Nikkei.
Source : NikkeiAsia #Feb24
https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/Biden-s-Asia-policy/US-and-allies-to-build-China-free-tech-supply-chain
#China #US #ChinaFree' #JoeBiden #Taiwan #Japan #SouthKorea
U.S. President Joe Biden is set to sign an executive order as early as this month to accelerate efforts to build supply chains for chips and other strategically significant products that are less reliant on China, in partnership with the likes of Taiwan, Japan and South Korea.
The document will order the development of a national supply chain strategy, and is expected to call for recommendations for supply networks that are less vulnerable to disruptions such as disasters and sanctions by unfriendly countries. Measures will focus on semiconductors, electric-vehicle batteries, rare-earth metals and medical products, according to a draft obtained by Nikkei.
Source : NikkeiAsia #Feb24
https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/Biden-s-Asia-policy/US-and-allies-to-build-China-free-tech-supply-chain
#China #US #ChinaFree' #JoeBiden #Taiwan #Japan #SouthKorea
Dropout rate at Hong Kong schools soars as families flee territory
Hundreds of secondary school students in Hong Kong have dropped out since the imposition of a draconian national security law by Beijing on the former British colony.
At least 1,474 fewer pupils were enrolled in the system in the July-November period, with about half of them saying that they were withdrawing because they were emigrating with their families, according to a survey of almost 100 Hong Kong schools.
Several western nations, including Britain, have offered Hong Kong residents favourable resettlement terms after Beijing tried to crush pro-democracy protests by imposing a swingeing new security law that prohibits almost all dissent.
Source: Times #Feb24
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/dropout-rate-at-hong-kong-schools-soars-as-families-flee-territory-ng9jdqgrn
#HongKong #Student #NationalSecurityLaw #Beijing
Hundreds of secondary school students in Hong Kong have dropped out since the imposition of a draconian national security law by Beijing on the former British colony.
At least 1,474 fewer pupils were enrolled in the system in the July-November period, with about half of them saying that they were withdrawing because they were emigrating with their families, according to a survey of almost 100 Hong Kong schools.
Several western nations, including Britain, have offered Hong Kong residents favourable resettlement terms after Beijing tried to crush pro-democracy protests by imposing a swingeing new security law that prohibits almost all dissent.
Source: Times #Feb24
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/dropout-rate-at-hong-kong-schools-soars-as-families-flee-territory-ng9jdqgrn
#HongKong #Student #NationalSecurityLaw #Beijing
#WuhanPneumonia
Hong Kong invokes emergency powers to allow in China medics Without Local Certification
Hong Kong government invoked emergency powers on February 24 to allow doctors and nurses from China to practice in Hong Kong, citing its struggle against a coronavirus outbreak that is spiraling out of control.
Chief Secretary John Lee will be empowered to allow exemptions to existing rules governing overseas medics.
Prior to this, Chinese mainland medics had not been allowed to practice in Hong Kong without passing local exams and licensing regulations.
The emergency powers “exempt certain persons or projects from all relevant statutory requirements” to operate “so as to increase Hong Kong’s epidemic control capacity for containing the fifth wave within a short period of time,” the statement said.
#FailedState #DynamicZero #ZeroCovidStrategy
Sources: Inmediahk, HKFP; #Feb24
https://bit.ly/3v9iqEN
Hong Kong invokes emergency powers to allow in China medics Without Local Certification
Hong Kong government invoked emergency powers on February 24 to allow doctors and nurses from China to practice in Hong Kong, citing its struggle against a coronavirus outbreak that is spiraling out of control.
Chief Secretary John Lee will be empowered to allow exemptions to existing rules governing overseas medics.
Prior to this, Chinese mainland medics had not been allowed to practice in Hong Kong without passing local exams and licensing regulations.
The emergency powers “exempt certain persons or projects from all relevant statutory requirements” to operate “so as to increase Hong Kong’s epidemic control capacity for containing the fifth wave within a short period of time,” the statement said.
#FailedState #DynamicZero #ZeroCovidStrategy
Sources: Inmediahk, HKFP; #Feb24
https://bit.ly/3v9iqEN