Hong Kong police arrested a man claimed to took part in #YuenLong721Attack
An 87-year-old man was arrested on Thursday (19 Aug) in connection with the 721 Yuen Long Attack in 2019. The man, surnamed Wong, visited a street booth set up by Alex Yeung Kwun-wah, a pro-police KOL. During the visit, Wong said ‘I hit them too’ referring to the Yuen Long attack.
Wong was arrested on Thursday for taking part in riot and conspiracy to wound with intent, police said. He was detained for further investigation.
Alex Yeung apologized to Wong through his Facebook page "Wah Kee Channel": "Sorry! … It’s really my fault! Very Sorry! Sorry!"
Source: Stand News #Aug20
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#YuenLong721
An 87-year-old man was arrested on Thursday (19 Aug) in connection with the 721 Yuen Long Attack in 2019. The man, surnamed Wong, visited a street booth set up by Alex Yeung Kwun-wah, a pro-police KOL. During the visit, Wong said ‘I hit them too’ referring to the Yuen Long attack.
Wong was arrested on Thursday for taking part in riot and conspiracy to wound with intent, police said. He was detained for further investigation.
Alex Yeung apologized to Wong through his Facebook page "Wah Kee Channel": "Sorry! … It’s really my fault! Very Sorry! Sorry!"
Source: Stand News #Aug20
https://bit.ly/3sy8p0z
#YuenLong721
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#China delays implementing Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law in Hong Kong
The 4-day meeting of China's CCP Standing Committee of the National People's Congress was ended on August 20, 2021. It was reported earlier that the Committee will deliberate over adding the Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law into the Annex III of the Hong Kong Basic Law in the Congress meeting.
The decision, however, has been delayed.
Alibaba-owned South China Morning Post (#SCMP) cited sources who said the sudden decision to postpone the deliberation was that the Committee "could consider more views".
The Pro-Beijing newspaper Sing Tao Daily slso published an "analysis” based on an internal memo of #XinHua news agency, a CCP mouthpiece. It hinted that including the Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law into the Annex III of the Hong Kong Basic Law “may not be among motions to be passed.”
Responding to media inquiry, Hong Kong senior delegate Tam Yiu-chun, a pro-Beijing figure, said that the Stand Committee did review the agenda item, but decided not to take a vote on it.
The Hong Kong SAR Government issued a statement stating that the Central People's Congress is "concerned about the well-being of Hong Kong people". The statement continued saying decisions of the Standing Committee on Hong Kong matters are "based on local interests", and the SAR Government is determined to give its full support.
#CCP #1C1S #AntiSanctionsLaw
Source: Stand News; #Aug20
https://www.thestandnews.com/china/%E5%8F%8D%E5%A4%96%E5%9C%8B%E5%88%B6%E8%A3%81%E6%B3%95%E7%B4%8D%E5%85%A5%E9%99%84%E4%BB%B6%E4%B8%89%E7%8F%BE%E8%AE%8A%E6%95%B8-%E8%AD%9A%E8%80%80%E5%AE%97%E6%8C%87%E4%BA%BA%E5%A4%A7%E5%B8%B8%E5%A7%94%E6%8A%BC%E5%BE%8C%E8%A1%A8%E6%B1%BA
#China delays implementing Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law in Hong Kong
The 4-day meeting of China's CCP Standing Committee of the National People's Congress was ended on August 20, 2021. It was reported earlier that the Committee will deliberate over adding the Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law into the Annex III of the Hong Kong Basic Law in the Congress meeting.
The decision, however, has been delayed.
Alibaba-owned South China Morning Post (#SCMP) cited sources who said the sudden decision to postpone the deliberation was that the Committee "could consider more views".
The Pro-Beijing newspaper Sing Tao Daily slso published an "analysis” based on an internal memo of #XinHua news agency, a CCP mouthpiece. It hinted that including the Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law into the Annex III of the Hong Kong Basic Law “may not be among motions to be passed.”
Responding to media inquiry, Hong Kong senior delegate Tam Yiu-chun, a pro-Beijing figure, said that the Stand Committee did review the agenda item, but decided not to take a vote on it.
The Hong Kong SAR Government issued a statement stating that the Central People's Congress is "concerned about the well-being of Hong Kong people". The statement continued saying decisions of the Standing Committee on Hong Kong matters are "based on local interests", and the SAR Government is determined to give its full support.
#CCP #1C1S #AntiSanctionsLaw
Source: Stand News; #Aug20
https://www.thestandnews.com/china/%E5%8F%8D%E5%A4%96%E5%9C%8B%E5%88%B6%E8%A3%81%E6%B3%95%E7%B4%8D%E5%85%A5%E9%99%84%E4%BB%B6%E4%B8%89%E7%8F%BE%E8%AE%8A%E6%95%B8-%E8%AD%9A%E8%80%80%E5%AE%97%E6%8C%87%E4%BA%BA%E5%A4%A7%E5%B8%B8%E5%A7%94%E6%8A%BC%E5%BE%8C%E8%A1%A8%E6%B1%BA
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Another Talk Show Host Replaced after Pro-China Management Takes Over #NowTV in Hong Kong
Source: Stand News; #Aug20
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Source: Stand News; #Aug20
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Another Talk Show Host Replaced after Pro-China Management Takes Over #NowTV in Hong Kong
Now TV News has seen yet another personnel change since Bill Chan Tit-piu, former managing editor of the pro-China TVB News, took over as the head of Now News last June. The latest change involved Max Wong, host of the current affairs programme “News Magazine”.
Jacqueline Pang, a co-host of the programme, posted a photo of Wong and herself on her Facebook page, confirming that Wong will no longer host the programme.
Sources claimed that the newly-arrived Bill Chan once tried to persuade a guest host, Jacky Fung Chi-chen, to reprimand the Council of HKU for tabling a motion to mourn #LeungKinFai who knifed himself after stabbing a police officer on 1 July this year.
Fung refused to comply with Chan's demand, and was soon replaced by Dr Xu Jin of HK University Centre for Asian Studies.
Source: Stand News; #Aug20
https://www.thestandnews.com/politics/a-now-%E6%96%B0%E8%81%9E%E6%99%82%E4%BA%8B%E5%85%A8%E6%96%B9%E4%BD%8D%E5%86%8D%E6%8F%9B%E4%B8%BB%E6%8C%81-%E6%99%82%E4%BA%8B%E8%A9%95%E8%AB%96%E5%93%A1%E7%8E%8B%E6%85%A7%E9%BA%9F%E9%9B%A2%E4%BB%BB
Another Talk Show Host Replaced after Pro-China Management Takes Over #NowTV in Hong Kong
Now TV News has seen yet another personnel change since Bill Chan Tit-piu, former managing editor of the pro-China TVB News, took over as the head of Now News last June. The latest change involved Max Wong, host of the current affairs programme “News Magazine”.
Jacqueline Pang, a co-host of the programme, posted a photo of Wong and herself on her Facebook page, confirming that Wong will no longer host the programme.
Sources claimed that the newly-arrived Bill Chan once tried to persuade a guest host, Jacky Fung Chi-chen, to reprimand the Council of HKU for tabling a motion to mourn #LeungKinFai who knifed himself after stabbing a police officer on 1 July this year.
Fung refused to comply with Chan's demand, and was soon replaced by Dr Xu Jin of HK University Centre for Asian Studies.
Source: Stand News; #Aug20
https://www.thestandnews.com/politics/a-now-%E6%96%B0%E8%81%9E%E6%99%82%E4%BA%8B%E5%85%A8%E6%96%B9%E4%BD%8D%E5%86%8D%E6%8F%9B%E4%B8%BB%E6%8C%81-%E6%99%82%E4%BA%8B%E8%A9%95%E8%AB%96%E5%93%A1%E7%8E%8B%E6%85%A7%E9%BA%9F%E9%9B%A2%E4%BB%BB
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Strict Covid-19 curbs leave Hong Kong 'indefinitely trapped', #EUchamber says
Source: Straits Times #Aug20
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Strict Covid-19 curbs leave Hong Kong 'indefinitely trapped', #EUChamber says
//The European Chamber of Commerce (#ECC) in Hong Kong sent the letter to Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Thursday, Aug 19, 2020, calling the city's newly tightened quarantine rules a "significant setback" following a quickly abandoned attempt to relax some of the world's strictest requirements for inbound travellers.
The rules include mandatory quarantine hotel stays of as long as 21 days, as well as rigid testing and isolation policies that require infected people to be hospitalised and most close contacts sent to quarantine facilities. Most visitors, whether for business or tourism, are not allowed.
"We are of the view that Hong Kong must open itself sooner rather than later or this new quarantine regime could lead many in the international community to question if they want to remain indefinitely trapped in Hong Kong when the rest of the world is moving on," Mr #FrederikGollob, chairman of the chamber's board of directors, wrote.
"This concern amongst the international business community could pose, undoubtedly, a growing threat to Hong Kong's status as an international business centre."//
Source: Straits Times #Aug20
www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/strict-covid-19-curbs-leave-hong-kong-indefinitely-trapped-eu-chamber-says
#Pandemic #Covid19 #Quarantine
Strict Covid-19 curbs leave Hong Kong 'indefinitely trapped', #EUChamber says
//The European Chamber of Commerce (#ECC) in Hong Kong sent the letter to Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Thursday, Aug 19, 2020, calling the city's newly tightened quarantine rules a "significant setback" following a quickly abandoned attempt to relax some of the world's strictest requirements for inbound travellers.
The rules include mandatory quarantine hotel stays of as long as 21 days, as well as rigid testing and isolation policies that require infected people to be hospitalised and most close contacts sent to quarantine facilities. Most visitors, whether for business or tourism, are not allowed.
"We are of the view that Hong Kong must open itself sooner rather than later or this new quarantine regime could lead many in the international community to question if they want to remain indefinitely trapped in Hong Kong when the rest of the world is moving on," Mr #FrederikGollob, chairman of the chamber's board of directors, wrote.
"This concern amongst the international business community could pose, undoubtedly, a growing threat to Hong Kong's status as an international business centre."//
Source: Straits Times #Aug20
www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/strict-covid-19-curbs-leave-hong-kong-indefinitely-trapped-eu-chamber-says
#Pandemic #Covid19 #Quarantine
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Strict Covid-19 curbs leave Hong Kong 'indefinitely trapped', EU chamber says
The EU chamber called on Hong Kong to create and communicate a clear exit plan for the pandemic.
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State Media Calls on Hong Kong to Compensate For Tide of Emigration
Net departures from Hong Kong hit nearly 90,000 in the year following the imposition of the national security law by Beijing, according to recent figures from the city's census and statistics department.
In the biggest decline in the city's population since records began in 1961, Hong Kong saw a net outflow of 89,200 residents in June 2021. The departures have led to a 1.2 percent drop in the city's population, the Census and Statistics Department reported.
Until now, Hong Kong and Chinese officials have sought to play down the scale of the exodus, brushing aside the impact on the city's economic and professional life.
But on Monday, a Chinese state media organization, CRNTT, was the first to acknowledge that highly skilled people are leaving in large numbers.
Source: RFA #Aug20
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/emigrate-08302021135106.html
#HongKong #NationalSecurityLaw #Beijing #CRNTT
Net departures from Hong Kong hit nearly 90,000 in the year following the imposition of the national security law by Beijing, according to recent figures from the city's census and statistics department.
In the biggest decline in the city's population since records began in 1961, Hong Kong saw a net outflow of 89,200 residents in June 2021. The departures have led to a 1.2 percent drop in the city's population, the Census and Statistics Department reported.
Until now, Hong Kong and Chinese officials have sought to play down the scale of the exodus, brushing aside the impact on the city's economic and professional life.
But on Monday, a Chinese state media organization, CRNTT, was the first to acknowledge that highly skilled people are leaving in large numbers.
Source: RFA #Aug20
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/emigrate-08302021135106.html
#HongKong #NationalSecurityLaw #Beijing #CRNTT
Protests in Pakistan erupt against China’s belt and road plan
Protests have erupted in Pakistan’s port city Gwadar against a severe shortage of water and electricity and threats to livelihoods, part of a growing backlash against China’s multibillion-dollar belt and road projects in the country.
This week, demonstrators including fishers and other local workers blocked the roads in Gwadar, a coastal town in Balochistan. They burned tyres, chanted slogans and largely shut down the city, to demand water and electricity and a stop to Chinese trawlers illegally fishing in the nearby waters and then taking the fish to China. Two people were injured when the authorities cracked down on the protesters.
Source: The Guardian #Aug20
https://t.co/IT95SLk3Xq
Protests have erupted in Pakistan’s port city Gwadar against a severe shortage of water and electricity and threats to livelihoods, part of a growing backlash against China’s multibillion-dollar belt and road projects in the country.
This week, demonstrators including fishers and other local workers blocked the roads in Gwadar, a coastal town in Balochistan. They burned tyres, chanted slogans and largely shut down the city, to demand water and electricity and a stop to Chinese trawlers illegally fishing in the nearby waters and then taking the fish to China. Two people were injured when the authorities cracked down on the protesters.
Source: The Guardian #Aug20
https://t.co/IT95SLk3Xq
South Koreans Now Dislike China More Than They Dislike Japan
The list of election issues set to define South Korea’s presidential race next year is long. The runaway housing prices, the pandemic, North Korea and gender inequality are a start. But an unlikely addition has also emerged in recent weeks: China.
South Korea’s decision to let the American military deploy a powerful antimissile radar system on its soil in 2017 has been the subject of frequent criticism from China. And last month, a presidential hopeful, Yoon Seok-youl, told the country to stop complaining, unless it wanted to remove its own radar systems near the Korean Peninsula.
Source: NY Times #Aug20
https://t.co/293E8RZfzp
#SouthKorea #China #Japan
The list of election issues set to define South Korea’s presidential race next year is long. The runaway housing prices, the pandemic, North Korea and gender inequality are a start. But an unlikely addition has also emerged in recent weeks: China.
South Korea’s decision to let the American military deploy a powerful antimissile radar system on its soil in 2017 has been the subject of frequent criticism from China. And last month, a presidential hopeful, Yoon Seok-youl, told the country to stop complaining, unless it wanted to remove its own radar systems near the Korean Peninsula.
Source: NY Times #Aug20
https://t.co/293E8RZfzp
#SouthKorea #China #Japan
[Special] Taiwanese students living in HK under National Security Law - some got back to Taiwan, some stay.
Translated by Guardians of Hong Kong
In the past ten years, many Taiwanese further their post-secondary education and stay for career development in Hong Kong which has comparatively more international exposure than studying in Taiwan.
This year, among the many crying and hugging scenes in the Hong Kong International Airport, there were some Taiwanese friends. Wing-Yan (pseudonym), a Taiwanese who completed her bachelor degree in the University of Hong Kong (HKU) and stayed for 7 years, left Hong Kong in Aug 2021 and returned to Taiwan.
Read our fully translated story here:
https://telegra.ph/Special-Taiwanese-students-living-in-HK-under-National-Security-Law---some-got-back-to-Taiwan-some-stay-12-31
Source: The Stand News #Aug20
Reporter: KWAN Kwun-kei
#NSL #ChinaTaiwan #TaiwaneseInHK #Taiwan
Translated by Guardians of Hong Kong
In the past ten years, many Taiwanese further their post-secondary education and stay for career development in Hong Kong which has comparatively more international exposure than studying in Taiwan.
This year, among the many crying and hugging scenes in the Hong Kong International Airport, there were some Taiwanese friends. Wing-Yan (pseudonym), a Taiwanese who completed her bachelor degree in the University of Hong Kong (HKU) and stayed for 7 years, left Hong Kong in Aug 2021 and returned to Taiwan.
Read our fully translated story here:
https://telegra.ph/Special-Taiwanese-students-living-in-HK-under-National-Security-Law---some-got-back-to-Taiwan-some-stay-12-31
Source: The Stand News #Aug20
Reporter: KWAN Kwun-kei
#NSL #ChinaTaiwan #TaiwaneseInHK #Taiwan