UK Bars China General Nuclear (CGN) Engineers from Working on New Nuclear Power Plant, Confining CGN’s Role to Investment Only

Source: Apple Daily #Dec19

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UK Bars China General Nuclear (CGN) Engineers from Working on New Nuclear Power Plant, Confining CGN’s Role to Investment Only
 
After banning Huawei from taking part in the development of UK’s 5G infrastructure, Whitehall sources have indicated that UK plans to ban Chinese engineers from participating in the construction of Sizewell Nuclear Plant, according to UK’s Daily Mail, adding that if China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGN) were to engage in any part of the project, investment from CGN would also be denied.
 
Sizewell Nuclear Power Plant is a sister project to another nuclear power plant at Hinkley Point, each on a construction budget of £20 billion.  The construction at Hinkley Point has begun in 2018 where 33% of the finance and 40 staff members are provided by CGN. 
 
Sources have pointed out that although the project of building a nuclear plant in Sizewell is still at a preliminary stage, UK is already in discussion with French energy company EDF, aiming to confine CGN to the role of an investor and not take part in the construction of the power plant. CGN has expressed their willingness to cover 20% of the cost of the Sizewell plant construction as well as sending more engineers to UK to discuss the possibility of building new nuclear reactors in Bradwell.
 
#UK #China #CGN #Huawei #NuclearPowerPlant #Sizewell #HinkleyPoint #Bradwell
 
Source: Apple Daily #Dec19

https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20201219/IT4HAZ4HHRAR3I2PJGA6ZHH2NY/

#CallforAction
#HongKongWatch: Elections in Hong Kong Do Not Represent the Vox Populi of #Hongkongers

Hong Kong Watch is organising a social media campaign to call for people's attention to Hong Kong political issues, which include the upcoming #LegCoElections on #Dec19 2021 and the 47 pro-democracy activists and legislators imprisoned or under trial due to the pro-democracy primaries in 2020.

The organisation called for people to upload photos onto social media with the hashtags #ReleaseMyCandidate and/or #釋放我的候選人, stating that it could not represent the vox populi of Hongkongers.

Shortly after the campaign, many activists and politicians have started their participation, including Lord Alton of Liverpool, MEP Engin Eroglu, human rights activist Laura Harth and Hong Kong artiste Joe Tay.

To learn more about the campaign: https://twitter.com/hk_watch/status/1470428393057488903?s=21

Source: Hong Kong Watch
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#Campaign #LegCo #Election #Primaries #NSL

#PoliceState #LegCoElection
HK Police Intimidates Reporter and Warns of "Loitering" Charges in Polling Station

Source: InMedia #Dec19

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https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/31656

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HK Police Intimidates Reporter and Warns of "Loitering" Charges in Polling Station

On December 19, 2021, the Legislative Council Election took place in Hong Kong, after being postponed by the authorities for over a year.

In the Tin Sui polling station in Tin Shui Wai, very few voters turned up, unlike the long queue and the crowd during the Pro-democracy Primary Election in the summer of 2020.

Back then, the average waiting time of the polling station is one hour where the queue always consists of several hundreds of citizens.

In the 2021 LegCo Election, there were at least 4 uniform police patrolling the area. An InMedia reporter was confronted by the patrolling officers outside and the police inside the polling station.

Not that the police recorded the personal details of the reporter, an officer accused the reporter of being a "fake reporter." "Never heard of InMedia. Who is your boss?" the police said.

The police ordered the reporter to show the photos that were taken. The police also claimed that they have already arrested some people who took photos in other polling station for "loitering".

In another polling station in Wanchai, the police forbade a InMedia reporter from conducting interview in the unrestricted area outside the polling station. The police claimed that "only iCable and another outlet" can cover the election news.

Source: InMedia #Dec19
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https://bit.ly/3EbtYZ5

#PressFreedom #InMedia

#LegCoElection
How Hongkongers Respond to "Patriots-Only" #Election

After having been postponed for more than a year by the authorities, the Legislative Election took place in Hong Kong on December 19, 2021, when the majority of the city's pro-democracy camp are detained, jailed, or exiled. Prior to the election, public polls have shown that Hong Kong citizens expressed little interest in the "Patriots-Only" election.

Read more:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/31651

While the authorities have sent at least one SMS to the population (including non-voters) encouraging them to vote, at least ten civilians have been arrested for "inciting" others to cast #BlankVote or invalid vote. In addition, at least five exiled activists are wanted by the Hong Kong government for encouraging the public to boycottt the election.

Read more:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/31652

https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/31654

Around noon, it was reported that over 900 #ICAC staff were deployed in different polling stations to ensure that the election is conducted in a "just and fair" manner. Earlier, the authorities announced that polling staff were forbidden from wearing yellow masks and anyone wearing an outfit with phrases like "Add Oil Hong Kong" would be asked to remove or cover it.

Read more:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/31621

Ms Ng, in her sixties, told Stand News that "everyone knows" the agenda of the authorities behind offering free public transport on the Election Day. [Editor's note: Voters are always assigned to a polling station nearest to their residential address.] Regarding thd candidates in the nicknamed "Patriots-only" election, Ms Ng said, "I don't even know just one of them!"

Ms Ng added that the [goverment's] act would be futile, "Elderly like us only think about hiking, not voting."

Meanwhile, huge crowds were spotted at amusement parks like #DisneyLand and #OceanPark. Some tourists claimed that they have never seen so many people in the park.

This year, in Taikoo Shing, a residential area on Hong Kong Island East, the polling station was relatively 'empty' when compared to the 2016 LegCo Election and the 2019 District Council Election. Back then, voters had to line up and wait before casting their ballot. This year, there were more people queuing at the bus station.

Pro-Beijing figure Lo Man-sui, who occupied positions in CCP organizations like the All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese, said that "The winning of all 90 seats by the Pro-Establishment Camp would go against the original intent of the Central Government."

#TedHui, now-exiled former lawmaker in pro-democracy camp, answered the call by #HongKongWatch, uploading a photo of himself holding a sign that reads #ReleaseMyCandidate. Hui added that those who can represent Hongkongers' voices are in jail, and that ths only thing a Hongkonger can do is to boycott the election.

Read more:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/31644

Source: Stand News; InMedia #Dec19
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#FailedState #FakeElection #CCPStyle #Voter #PoliceState

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"Don't Vote" Banner Spotted on Lion Rock Mt. in Hong Kong

Source: Boomhead, LIHKG; #Dec19

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HK Drifters Received Calls Asking to Vote in the LegCo Election

The Hong Kong Government and a number of companies and organisations had been urging voters to vote in the recent Legislative Council Election. A number of Gangpiao (also known as Hong Kong drifters) told the Citizen News that they had constantly been urged to vote on Dec 19, 2021 (Polling Day) by Chinese-funded organisations and associations of Chinese fellow townsmen, describing it as a "soul-chasing call".

Some of them were worried about the authority treating them unfairly later on if they did not vote in the election. On the same day, a lot of posts on WeChat showed their participation in the election. Some of them were even suspected of breaking the law, as they took photos of their ballots.

A Gangpiao indicated that a number of them were afraid of the consequences if they were found not voting, as they experienced much more pressure than before, and that despite doing their best, would unfortunately go against the law in order to show their participation.

Editor’s Note: According to Cap. 541D(45)(2), a person who, on polling day, films or takes photographs or makes any audio or video recording within a polling station without the express permission of the Presiding Officer; or any member of the Commission; or the express permission, in writing, of the Returning Officer for the constituency or constituencies for which the polling station is used for polling, commits an offence.

Source: Citizen News #Dec19
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Kyiv's Independence Square, which formerly housed some of the most spectacular decorations, is now down to just one piece. A beautiful Christmas tree.

source: Telegram #Dec19

#Ukraine #IndependenceSquare

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Kyiv's Independence Square, which formerly housed some of the most spectacular decorations, is now down to just one piece. A beautiful Christmas tree.

A Twitter user shared images of the city's Christmas displays in the previous years: 2019, 2020, 2021, and - in stark contrast, 2022.

"Russians try to steal normal life away from our citizens, but we won’t give them a chance to steal the biggest holidays –- the New Year and Christmas -- from our children," the city's mayor Vitali Klitschko said when unveiling the tree.

Kyiv city hall had hesitated to put up the tree, the mayor said, not least because weeks of Russian attacks on energy infrastructures have worn down the Ukrainian power grid. But the city hall adapted, powering the tree's fairy lights with a diesel generator and reusing some decorations from previous years.

"We called it 'the Christmas tree of Ukrainian invincibility', since they are doing everything for the children to have a holiday despite difficult times."

source: Telegram #Dec19

https://twitter.com/ericlewan/status/1604244339978371073

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20221219-russia-won-t-steal-christmas-kyiv-mayor-unveils-festive-tree

#Ukraine #IndependenceSquare