#HongKongPolice to lower residency requirement for new recruits
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#HongKongPolice to lower residency requirement for new recruits
//The Hong Kong Police Force has announced that it will no longer require applicants for certain positions to have been living in the city for at least seven years, although they will still have to be permanent residents.
As per the city’s immigration regulations, Chinese citizens born in Hong Kong, people born outside the city to a parent that is both a Chinese citizen and Hong Kong permanent resident, and those born locally to a parent who has the right of abode before the child turns 21 can be permanent residents without living continuously in Hong Kong for at least seven years.
According to the response by the Secretary for Security Chris Tang, the police had 5,706 vacancies as of December 31, 2021, which was 8.5 per cent more than the 5,258 open positions in February last year.
The Force had targeted to hire 1,545 more officers between March 2021 and February 2022. At the end of last year, actual recruitment numbers stood at 542.//
Source: Hong Kong Free Press #Mar31
https://hongkongfp.com/2022/03/31/hong-kong-police-to-lower-residency-requirement-for-new-recruits/
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//The Hong Kong Police Force has announced that it will no longer require applicants for certain positions to have been living in the city for at least seven years, although they will still have to be permanent residents.
As per the city’s immigration regulations, Chinese citizens born in Hong Kong, people born outside the city to a parent that is both a Chinese citizen and Hong Kong permanent resident, and those born locally to a parent who has the right of abode before the child turns 21 can be permanent residents without living continuously in Hong Kong for at least seven years.
According to the response by the Secretary for Security Chris Tang, the police had 5,706 vacancies as of December 31, 2021, which was 8.5 per cent more than the 5,258 open positions in February last year.
The Force had targeted to hire 1,545 more officers between March 2021 and February 2022. At the end of last year, actual recruitment numbers stood at 542.//
Source: Hong Kong Free Press #Mar31
https://hongkongfp.com/2022/03/31/hong-kong-police-to-lower-residency-requirement-for-new-recruits/
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Hong Kong police to lower residency requirement for new recruits
The Hong Kong Police Force has announced that it will no longer require applicants for certain positions to have been living in the city for at least seven years, although they will still have to b…
#Poll: One out of four #Hongkonger wants to emigrate; #CarrieLam: Not interested
Source: Inmediahk; #Mar26
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#Poll: One out of four #Hongkonger wants to emigrate; #CarrieLam: Not interested
On March 25, 2022, the Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute (#HKPORI) announced some alarming survey findings that a quarter of the city population plans to emigrate, citing political uncertainty as the key reason.
Reporters took this issue to the #ChiefExecutive, Carrie Lam and asked whether measures are in place to retain talents.
Lam brushed the question aside as she responded in contempt, "I am not interested in these surveys in general. So I am not going to comment."
Lam asked Hong Kong people to stay confident as she foresees the #COVID19 pandemic receding in 4 weeks.
Lam's colleague, a member of the Executive Council, Bernard Charnwut Chan, apparently has a different view.
Chan expressed concerns over Hong Kong's role as the financial center in Asia when multinational corporations are moving their Asia Pacific headquarters away from Hong Kong.
Chan told reporters on a radio talk show that chances for these headquarters to be relocated back to Hong Kong are slim.
Although Hong Kong has lifted flight bans against 9 countries, inbound restrictions remained in force while many countries have removed COVID-19 restrictions altogether.
Source: Inmediahk; #Mar26
https://bit.ly/3tEWzDW
#BernardChan #FailedState #BrainDrain #EmigrationWave
#Exodus
On March 25, 2022, the Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute (#HKPORI) announced some alarming survey findings that a quarter of the city population plans to emigrate, citing political uncertainty as the key reason.
Reporters took this issue to the #ChiefExecutive, Carrie Lam and asked whether measures are in place to retain talents.
Lam brushed the question aside as she responded in contempt, "I am not interested in these surveys in general. So I am not going to comment."
Lam asked Hong Kong people to stay confident as she foresees the #COVID19 pandemic receding in 4 weeks.
Lam's colleague, a member of the Executive Council, Bernard Charnwut Chan, apparently has a different view.
Chan expressed concerns over Hong Kong's role as the financial center in Asia when multinational corporations are moving their Asia Pacific headquarters away from Hong Kong.
Chan told reporters on a radio talk show that chances for these headquarters to be relocated back to Hong Kong are slim.
Although Hong Kong has lifted flight bans against 9 countries, inbound restrictions remained in force while many countries have removed COVID-19 restrictions altogether.
Source: Inmediahk; #Mar26
https://bit.ly/3tEWzDW
#BernardChan #FailedState #BrainDrain #EmigrationWave
#Exodus
Scientists demand new investigation of COVID-19 origins ahead of Beijing Olympics
With the Beijing Olympics set to begin, a group of international scientists is once more calling for a "comprehensive international investigation" into the origins of COVID-19.
It's the latest in a series of strongly worded letters demanding more transparency from the Chinese government, once again stoking a contentious debate that's been ongoing throughout the pandemic's many months.
Source: ABC News #Feb04
#Beijing #Olympic #COVID19
https://t.co/Z8W4yZuWnI
With the Beijing Olympics set to begin, a group of international scientists is once more calling for a "comprehensive international investigation" into the origins of COVID-19.
It's the latest in a series of strongly worded letters demanding more transparency from the Chinese government, once again stoking a contentious debate that's been ongoing throughout the pandemic's many months.
Source: ABC News #Feb04
#Beijing #Olympic #COVID19
https://t.co/Z8W4yZuWnI
#FailedState #CovidResilience
Hong Kong ranks last on COVID Resilience Ranking among 53 countries
Hong Kong declines to the last spot in Bloomberg's COVID Resilience Ranking among the 53 economies after its outbreak became the deadliest in the world in March, 2022.
According to the report, the Asian financial hub also scored poorly on Flight Capacity and Community Mobility.
Next to Hong Kong is Russia (ranks No. 52), which is weighed down by a slow vaccine rollout and the worst GDP growth outlook among all the ranked places in 2022 largely due to its invasion of Ukraine.
Since November 2020, the Covid Resilience Ranking has provided a monthly snapshot of where the pandemic is being handled the most effectively with the least upheaval to people and business.
#WuhanPneumonia #Bloomberg
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Hong Kong ranks last on COVID Resilience Ranking among 53 countries
Hong Kong declines to the last spot in Bloomberg's COVID Resilience Ranking among the 53 economies after its outbreak became the deadliest in the world in March, 2022.
According to the report, the Asian financial hub also scored poorly on Flight Capacity and Community Mobility.
Next to Hong Kong is Russia (ranks No. 52), which is weighed down by a slow vaccine rollout and the worst GDP growth outlook among all the ranked places in 2022 largely due to its invasion of Ukraine.
Since November 2020, the Covid Resilience Ranking has provided a monthly snapshot of where the pandemic is being handled the most effectively with the least upheaval to people and business.
#WuhanPneumonia #Bloomberg
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https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/covid-resilience-ranking/
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A 19-year-old Hongkonger wins National Poetry Competition
#EricYip #NationalPoetryCompetition #Fricatives #Freedom #Emigration
Source: Initial Media #Mar31
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A 19-year-old Hongkonger wins National Poetry Competition
#EricYip #NationalPoetryCompetition #Fricatives #Freedom #Emigration
Source: Initial Media #Mar31
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A 19-year-old Hongkonger wins National Poetry Competition
#EricYip, who is from Hong Kong, won for his poem #Fricatives in the #NationalPoetryCompetition. The 19-year-old economics student from the University of Cambridge has become the youngest person to ever win the competition.
The poem plays with ideas about language to also comment on colonialism, race, migration, belonging and the guilt of leaving one’s home behind.
Yip’s work was chosen by judges Fiona Benson, David Constantine and Rachel Long, who read all the entries anonymously.
Benson said: “Fricatives is an immensely ambitious and beautifully achieved poem. It puts its reader into the position of a student of English as a second language, the fricative consonants tangling our mouths as we speak the poem, and intriguing us with the alternate meanings that rest precariously on the pronunciation. ‘Proper’ achievements – the correct pronunciation, the good education abroad, and the proud parents – are countered by an underworld of political prisoners and risky, grim sex.”
In an interview, Eric Yip told reporters that he was shocked to have won. “Poetry is definitely one of the arts where you get better with age because you have more lived experiences and you read more and you write more.”
Yip, who cites Ocean Vuong as a writer who made him realise he “had a right” to be heard, speaks Cantonese and Mandarin, but writes poetry in English.
Yip won £5,000 for the first prize. The National Poetry Competition also named nine other winners, including 92-year-old MR Peacocke for her poem Out of School.
#EricYip #NationalPoetryCompetition #Fricatives #Freedom #Emigration
Source: Initial Media #Mar31
https://t.me/theinitiumnews/79
A 19-year-old Hongkonger wins National Poetry Competition
#EricYip, who is from Hong Kong, won for his poem #Fricatives in the #NationalPoetryCompetition. The 19-year-old economics student from the University of Cambridge has become the youngest person to ever win the competition.
The poem plays with ideas about language to also comment on colonialism, race, migration, belonging and the guilt of leaving one’s home behind.
Yip’s work was chosen by judges Fiona Benson, David Constantine and Rachel Long, who read all the entries anonymously.
Benson said: “Fricatives is an immensely ambitious and beautifully achieved poem. It puts its reader into the position of a student of English as a second language, the fricative consonants tangling our mouths as we speak the poem, and intriguing us with the alternate meanings that rest precariously on the pronunciation. ‘Proper’ achievements – the correct pronunciation, the good education abroad, and the proud parents – are countered by an underworld of political prisoners and risky, grim sex.”
In an interview, Eric Yip told reporters that he was shocked to have won. “Poetry is definitely one of the arts where you get better with age because you have more lived experiences and you read more and you write more.”
Yip, who cites Ocean Vuong as a writer who made him realise he “had a right” to be heard, speaks Cantonese and Mandarin, but writes poetry in English.
Yip won £5,000 for the first prize. The National Poetry Competition also named nine other winners, including 92-year-old MR Peacocke for her poem Out of School.
#EricYip #NationalPoetryCompetition #Fricatives #Freedom #Emigration
Source: Initial Media #Mar31
https://t.me/theinitiumnews/79
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【史上最年輕冠軍！ 19歲香港學生獲英國國家詩比賽冠軍】
2021年英國國家詩比賽（National Poetry Competition）昨（31日）公布獲獎名單。來自香港的劍橋大學經濟系學生Eric Yip憑藉《Fricatives》一詩奪冠，年僅19歲的他成為該獎項有史以來最年輕的冠軍。
在詩中，Eric Yip以一個留學生的視角，結合香港政治環境背景，討論了殖民主義、種族、移民、歸屬感及背井離鄉的負罪感等議題。
「《Fricatives》是一首極其雄心勃勃、非常優美的詩歌，它將讀者置於…
2021年英國國家詩比賽（National Poetry Competition）昨（31日）公布獲獎名單。來自香港的劍橋大學經濟系學生Eric Yip憑藉《Fricatives》一詩奪冠，年僅19歲的他成為該獎項有史以來最年輕的冠軍。
在詩中，Eric Yip以一個留學生的視角，結合香港政治環境背景，討論了殖民主義、種族、移民、歸屬感及背井離鄉的負罪感等議題。
「《Fricatives》是一首極其雄心勃勃、非常優美的詩歌，它將讀者置於…
BREAKING: Carrie Lam will not run in Hong Kong’s small-circle chief executive election
Carrie Lam, Hong Kong’s current chief executive, has said she will not not run in the upcoming small-circle leadership election.
Lam announced that she would not enter the race on Monday, a day after the nomination period for candidates, which lasts until April 16, opened.
She thanked the central authorities for supporting her throughout her five-year term, saying she faced “unprecedented pressure” from handling the anti-extradition bill protests, “interference from foreign forces,” and the Covid-19 pandemic.
“I will not run in the sixth chief executive elections,” Lam said. “In other words, I will complete my five-year chief executive term on June 30, and will officially end my 42-year career in government.”
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https://www.facebook.com/102393808857815/posts/161439069619955/
Full Article: Hong Kong Free Press
https://bit.ly/38q3g4J
#SmallCircleElection #CarrieLam
Carrie Lam, Hong Kong’s current chief executive, has said she will not not run in the upcoming small-circle leadership election.
Lam announced that she would not enter the race on Monday, a day after the nomination period for candidates, which lasts until April 16, opened.
She thanked the central authorities for supporting her throughout her five-year term, saying she faced “unprecedented pressure” from handling the anti-extradition bill protests, “interference from foreign forces,” and the Covid-19 pandemic.
“I will not run in the sixth chief executive elections,” Lam said. “In other words, I will complete my five-year chief executive term on June 30, and will officially end my 42-year career in government.”
Photo Credit：寄寓記語
https://www.facebook.com/102393808857815/posts/161439069619955/
Full Article: Hong Kong Free Press
https://bit.ly/38q3g4J
#SmallCircleElection #CarrieLam
Pompeo Awarded Medal in Visit to Taiwan, Beijing Cries “Shameless and Futile”
Source: Hong Kong Economic Journal #Mar04
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Pompeo Awarded Medal in Visit to Taiwan, Beijing Cries “Shameless and Futile”
Former #US state secretary #MikePompeo was received by President #TsaiIngwen at her office on 3 March during his visit to #Taiwan.
In her meeting with the visitors, who came wearing a mask emblazoned with US and Taiwan flags, and Chinese words ‘firm as a rock’, Tsai thanked Pompeo on behalf of the Taiwan people for his contribution to multiple breakthroughs in #TaiwanUSRelations and supported Taiwan’s participation in the international community during his tenure as the US secretary of state. She also awarded him the Order of the Brilliant Star with Grand Cordon, Taiwan's top honours, for his efforts to elevate Taiwan-US relations, which includes lifting US restrictions on official interactions with Taiwan, regularising arms sales to Taiwan, and raising the level of mutual visits by senior officials between Taiwan and the US.
In #Beijing, spokesperson for the foreign ministry #WangWenbin called Pompeo’s visit “shameless” and “futile”.
Source: Hong Kong Economic Journal #Mar04
https://bit.ly/3CnfxS9
Former #US state secretary #MikePompeo was received by President #TsaiIngwen at her office on 3 March during his visit to #Taiwan.
In her meeting with the visitors, who came wearing a mask emblazoned with US and Taiwan flags, and Chinese words ‘firm as a rock’, Tsai thanked Pompeo on behalf of the Taiwan people for his contribution to multiple breakthroughs in #TaiwanUSRelations and supported Taiwan’s participation in the international community during his tenure as the US secretary of state. She also awarded him the Order of the Brilliant Star with Grand Cordon, Taiwan's top honours, for his efforts to elevate Taiwan-US relations, which includes lifting US restrictions on official interactions with Taiwan, regularising arms sales to Taiwan, and raising the level of mutual visits by senior officials between Taiwan and the US.
In #Beijing, spokesperson for the foreign ministry #WangWenbin called Pompeo’s visit “shameless” and “futile”.
Source: Hong Kong Economic Journal #Mar04
https://bit.ly/3CnfxS9
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#Censorship #ChinaInfluence
British publishers censor books for western readers to appease China
References to Taiwan and Hong Kong were reportedly deleted from works for Western readers, so that they can also be sold in China.
London-listed #Quarto, as well as #OctopusBooks, part of the literary empire #Hachette, have allowed the removal of sensitive content from books to be sold in the West on several occasions.
It is claimed the nationality of people mentioned in one book was also changed from Taiwanese to East Asian, while references to Tibet, a region annexed by China in 1951, were revised in two books to suggest it was Chinese territory.
Since 2020, Octopus has also reportedly removed references in at least two books to Taiwan, a democracy that the Chinese Communist Party claims as its own territory despite never having ruled there.
#CCP #Education
Source: RFA; #Mar16
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/al-03152022162948.html
British publishers censor books for western readers to appease China
References to Taiwan and Hong Kong were reportedly deleted from works for Western readers, so that they can also be sold in China.
London-listed #Quarto, as well as #OctopusBooks, part of the literary empire #Hachette, have allowed the removal of sensitive content from books to be sold in the West on several occasions.
It is claimed the nationality of people mentioned in one book was also changed from Taiwanese to East Asian, while references to Tibet, a region annexed by China in 1951, were revised in two books to suggest it was Chinese territory.
Since 2020, Octopus has also reportedly removed references in at least two books to Taiwan, a democracy that the Chinese Communist Party claims as its own territory despite never having ruled there.
#CCP #Education
Source: RFA; #Mar16
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/al-03152022162948.html
#CCP #Hypocracy
China-Russia hails ties and scorns international sanctions against Moscow's invasion in Ukraine calling them "illegal" and "counter-productive"
#WangYi #SergeiLavrov #StoptheWar #StandwithUkraine
Source: Voice of America Chinese;
#Mar30
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China-Russia hails ties and scorns international sanctions against Moscow's invasion in Ukraine calling them "illegal" and "counter-productive"
#WangYi #SergeiLavrov #StoptheWar #StandwithUkraine
Source: Voice of America Chinese;
#Mar30
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China-Russian hails ties and scorns international sanctions against Moscow's invasion in Ukraine calling them "illegal" and "counter-productive"
At a time when Russia is being condemned by the international community for its all-out invasion in Ukraine, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on March 30, 2022 that the desire of China and Russia to develop bilateral relations has become even "stronger" so has the confidence to promote cooperation in various directions.
#WangYi and his Russian counterpart #SergeiLavrov emerged from their meetings with a show of unity, appearing to reaffirm their countries' friendship and criticising economic sanctions imposed by the West against Moscow for invading Ukraine as "illegal" and "counter-productive."
"China-Russia relations have withstood the new test of changing international landscape," Wang said after the meeting. "China is ready to work with Russia to take China-Russia relations to a higher level in the new era."
China has refused to condemn Russia's invasion outright, and it abstained from voting on United Nations resolutions demanding Moscow immediately stop its attack on Ukraine.
Instead, Beijing has accused the United States of intensifying tensions, while highlighting Moscow’s “legitimate security concerns” regarding the eastward expansion of #Nato.
#WangYi #SergeiLavrov #CCP #Moscow #StoptheWar #StandwithUkraine
Source: Voice of America Chinese; #Mar30
https://www.voachinese.com/a/china-russia-more-determined-to-boost-ties-beijing-says-20220330/6507885.html
China-Russian hails ties and scorns international sanctions against Moscow's invasion in Ukraine calling them "illegal" and "counter-productive"
At a time when Russia is being condemned by the international community for its all-out invasion in Ukraine, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on March 30, 2022 that the desire of China and Russia to develop bilateral relations has become even "stronger" so has the confidence to promote cooperation in various directions.
#WangYi and his Russian counterpart #SergeiLavrov emerged from their meetings with a show of unity, appearing to reaffirm their countries' friendship and criticising economic sanctions imposed by the West against Moscow for invading Ukraine as "illegal" and "counter-productive."
"China-Russia relations have withstood the new test of changing international landscape," Wang said after the meeting. "China is ready to work with Russia to take China-Russia relations to a higher level in the new era."
China has refused to condemn Russia's invasion outright, and it abstained from voting on United Nations resolutions demanding Moscow immediately stop its attack on Ukraine.
Instead, Beijing has accused the United States of intensifying tensions, while highlighting Moscow’s “legitimate security concerns” regarding the eastward expansion of #Nato.
#WangYi #SergeiLavrov #CCP #Moscow #StoptheWar #StandwithUkraine
Source: Voice of America Chinese; #Mar30
https://www.voachinese.com/a/china-russia-more-determined-to-boost-ties-beijing-says-20220330/6507885.html
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俄军入侵乌克兰后中俄外长首次会晤，王毅称双方发展关系意愿“更为坚定”
就在俄罗斯由于入侵主权国家乌克兰而遭到国际社会谴责之际，中国外交部长王毅却在星期三（3月30日）表示，中国和俄罗斯发展双边关系的意愿“更为坚定”，推进各领域合作的信心也“更为牢固”。
China insists on dynamic clearing, Netizens complain: the more you're clearing, the less it's working
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China insists on dynamic clearing, Netizens complain: the more you're clearing, the less it's working
In mid-March, Chinese President Xi Jinping said to insist on a scientific and precisive dynamic zero-covid strategy. Right after, government agencies and the media commented "not wavering" and "not relaxing", showing their support for the "#DynamicZeroCOVID" strategy one after another.
The National Health Commission (NHC) of China re-emphasised at a teleconference on Friday (#Apr01) the need to firmly unify thoughts and actions with the important instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping and the decisions of the Party Central Committee and the State Council. It is to resolutely curb the spread of the epidemic to ensure that the goal of the "social zero-COVID" strategy can be achieved on time.
Many Chinese netizens asked, "How long would it last? How to achieve it on time?" in response to this target proposed by the NHC. Some other netizens used the recent Shanghai epidemic as an example to mock: "Dynamic zero-covid, the more you're clearing, the less it's working".
Source: Deutsche Welle #Apr02
#ZeroCovid #DynamicClearing #COVID19 #China #NationalHealthCommission #XiJinping
https://bit.ly/36Wxqfw
In mid-March, Chinese President Xi Jinping said to insist on a scientific and precisive dynamic zero-covid strategy. Right after, government agencies and the media commented "not wavering" and "not relaxing", showing their support for the "#DynamicZeroCOVID" strategy one after another.
The National Health Commission (NHC) of China re-emphasised at a teleconference on Friday (#Apr01) the need to firmly unify thoughts and actions with the important instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping and the decisions of the Party Central Committee and the State Council. It is to resolutely curb the spread of the epidemic to ensure that the goal of the "social zero-COVID" strategy can be achieved on time.
Many Chinese netizens asked, "How long would it last? How to achieve it on time?" in response to this target proposed by the NHC. Some other netizens used the recent Shanghai epidemic as an example to mock: "Dynamic zero-covid, the more you're clearing, the less it's working".
Source: Deutsche Welle #Apr02
#ZeroCovid #DynamicClearing #COVID19 #China #NationalHealthCommission #XiJinping
https://bit.ly/36Wxqfw
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中国坚持动态清零 网民抱怨：越清越不灵
中国官方坚持动态清零不动摇的态度，收获了拥护与叫好，但也招致了不少质疑和批评。而面对与官方宣传不同的声音，相关部门也采取了“清零”的措施。
#Crackdown #Censorship
Slogan dedicated to victims of Tiananmen crackdown has been painted over and lined with a row of potted plants in a Hong Kong University
#CUHK #LingnanU #HKU #PillarOfShame #Education #FreedomOfSpeech
Source: Inmediahk; #Mar31
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Slogan dedicated to victims of Tiananmen crackdown has been painted over and lined with a row of potted plants in a Hong Kong University
#CUHK #LingnanU #HKU #PillarOfShame #Education #FreedomOfSpeech
Source: Inmediahk; #Mar31
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Slogan dedicated to victims of Tiananmen crackdown has been painted over and lined with a row of potted plants in a Hong Kong University
Residents at Swire Hall of the University of Hong Kong (#HKU) painted a slogan on the bridge after the Tiananmen crackdown in 1989.
Every year since then, HKU students have retouched the slogan, which read: “Souls of martyrs shall forever linger despite the brutal massacre; Spark of democracy shall forever glow for the demise of evils.”
33 years later, the university cordoned off the bridge claiming for “regular maintenance works”. Later on the slogan was found covered with cement and on top of it, a row of flower pots was added.
The removal of the slogan was part of a wider clampdown on commemorations of the Tiananmen crackdown at universities across Hong Kong.
In December, HKU dismantled the Pillar of Shame statue – an eight-metre sculpture that depicts bloodied bodies bundled together – in the middle of the night.
The next day, also in the early hours, a Goddess of Democracy statue and a relief sculpture were taken down at Chinese University (#CUHK) and Lingnan University (#LingnanU).
#CUHK #LingnanU #HKU #PillarOfShame #Education #FreedomOfSpeech
Source: Inmediahk; #Mar31
https://bit.ly/3J16po2
Photo credit: HKFP
Slogan dedicated to victims of Tiananmen crackdown has been painted over and lined with a row of potted plants in a Hong Kong University
Residents at Swire Hall of the University of Hong Kong (#HKU) painted a slogan on the bridge after the Tiananmen crackdown in 1989.
Every year since then, HKU students have retouched the slogan, which read: “Souls of martyrs shall forever linger despite the brutal massacre; Spark of democracy shall forever glow for the demise of evils.”
33 years later, the university cordoned off the bridge claiming for “regular maintenance works”. Later on the slogan was found covered with cement and on top of it, a row of flower pots was added.
The removal of the slogan was part of a wider clampdown on commemorations of the Tiananmen crackdown at universities across Hong Kong.
In December, HKU dismantled the Pillar of Shame statue – an eight-metre sculpture that depicts bloodied bodies bundled together – in the middle of the night.
The next day, also in the early hours, a Goddess of Democracy statue and a relief sculpture were taken down at Chinese University (#CUHK) and Lingnan University (#LingnanU).
#CUHK #LingnanU #HKU #PillarOfShame #Education #FreedomOfSpeech
Source: Inmediahk; #Mar31
https://bit.ly/3J16po2
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Make vaccines mandatory for elderlies, Pro-Beijing lawmaker urges
Hong Kong's COVID-19 death toll soared to its highest at 7,612 on March 31, during the fifth-wave of Omicron outbreak.
Elderly care homes are reportedly facing the gravest threat, as too many elderly residents were not vaccinated due to chronic health issues. Staff shortages and lack of on-site isolation facilities also added to the soaring death rate.
During a Legislative Council Health Affairs Committee meeting, Holden Chow Ho-ding, vice-chairman of the pro-China Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Progress of Hong Kong (#DAB), urged the government to act “decisively” and make it mandatory for the city’s elderly to be vaccinated.
“Reduce deaths. Reduce severe cases. The government should act decisively, and make it legally required for seniors aged 70 and above to be vaccinated," said Chow.
Source: Inmediahk, #Apr1
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#WuhanPneumonia #Elderly #VaccineMandate
Hong Kong's COVID-19 death toll soared to its highest at 7,612 on March 31, during the fifth-wave of Omicron outbreak.
Elderly care homes are reportedly facing the gravest threat, as too many elderly residents were not vaccinated due to chronic health issues. Staff shortages and lack of on-site isolation facilities also added to the soaring death rate.
During a Legislative Council Health Affairs Committee meeting, Holden Chow Ho-ding, vice-chairman of the pro-China Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Progress of Hong Kong (#DAB), urged the government to act “decisively” and make it mandatory for the city’s elderly to be vaccinated.
“Reduce deaths. Reduce severe cases. The government should act decisively, and make it legally required for seniors aged 70 and above to be vaccinated," said Chow.
Source: Inmediahk, #Apr1
https://bit.ly/3wVogu8
#WuhanPneumonia #Elderly #VaccineMandate
News Corp cyber-attack: firm says it believes hack linked to China
Journalists working for Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp have had their email accounts hacked in what the company believes was an espionage operation linked to China, raising fears for the safety of confidential sources. The cyber-attack affected a limited number of individuals working for outlets including News UK – the publisher of the Times and the Sun – as well as the Wall Street Journal and the New York Post.
Source: The Guardian #Feb04
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/feb/04/new-corp-hack-murdoch-media-firm-believes-hackers-links-china?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
#NewsCorp #CyberAttack #Hack #China
Journalists working for Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp have had their email accounts hacked in what the company believes was an espionage operation linked to China, raising fears for the safety of confidential sources. The cyber-attack affected a limited number of individuals working for outlets including News UK – the publisher of the Times and the Sun – as well as the Wall Street Journal and the New York Post.
Source: The Guardian #Feb04
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/feb/04/new-corp-hack-murdoch-media-firm-believes-hackers-links-china?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
#NewsCorp #CyberAttack #Hack #China
#Court #PoliceState
More pro-democracy youngsters jailed for rioting in Hong Kong as the judge calls demonstration an infringement to other people's freedom
Source: Inmediahk, #Apr4
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More pro-democracy youngsters jailed for rioting in Hong Kong as the judge calls demonstration an infringement to other people's freedom
Source: Inmediahk, #Apr4
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