#DailyUpdate #May26 #COVID19
COVID-19 Updates (May 26)
At the time of writing, 5,518,905 cases of the coronavirus had been confirmed with 346,700 deaths.
Singapore confirmed 344 new coronavirus cases on Monday as Singapore has yet been able to contain within the foreign worker population.
Brazil reports more than 11,000 new coronavirus cases as the country reports 374,898 nationwide.
Peru reports 4,020 new cases of COVID-19 as the country now confirms 123,979 cases of COVID-19 nationwide.
France's President Macron pledges "massive" support for the country's hard-hit auto industry.
China - Wuhan performed 6.5 million coronavirus tests in 9 days, Chinese state media reports.
UK government minister resigns over lockdown controversy surrounding Boris Johnson's aide.
Almost 200 schools in the South Korean capital of Seoul and the country's North Gyeongsang province will postpone school reopening.
A South Korean court sentenced a man to 4 months in prison for refusing to adhere to quarantine rules.
Singapore cuts its economic forecast for the third time this year.
South Korea has identified almost 250 coronavirus cases linked to a cluster from the nightclub district.
US - The White House's travel ban for Brazil starts tomorrow.
Source: CNN, John Hopkins Univeristy
COVID-19 Updates (May 26)
At the time of writing, 5,518,905 cases of the coronavirus had been confirmed with 346,700 deaths.
Singapore confirmed 344 new coronavirus cases on Monday as Singapore has yet been able to contain within the foreign worker population.
Brazil reports more than 11,000 new coronavirus cases as the country reports 374,898 nationwide.
Peru reports 4,020 new cases of COVID-19 as the country now confirms 123,979 cases of COVID-19 nationwide.
France's President Macron pledges "massive" support for the country's hard-hit auto industry.
China - Wuhan performed 6.5 million coronavirus tests in 9 days, Chinese state media reports.
UK government minister resigns over lockdown controversy surrounding Boris Johnson's aide.
Almost 200 schools in the South Korean capital of Seoul and the country's North Gyeongsang province will postpone school reopening.
A South Korean court sentenced a man to 4 months in prison for refusing to adhere to quarantine rules.
Singapore cuts its economic forecast for the third time this year.
South Korea has identified almost 250 coronavirus cases linked to a cluster from the nightclub district.
US - The White House's travel ban for Brazil starts tomorrow.
Source: CNN, John Hopkins Univeristy
#SanctionsProposal #HKGETV
HKGETV have been informed that an overseas team has completed a civil sanctions report in light of the legal provisions under the HKHRDA.
This report contains a list of individuals (the “Gang of 30”) who should be sanctioned for committing acts that violate internationally-recognized human rights in Hong Kong in the years leading up to the protests as they still do today.
The report ran to 180 pages, included information regarding the Gang of 30, such as their background, their offending words/actions (and supporting evidence thereof) and even information on people closely associated with them. The report cited 440 pieces of evidential exhibits
As far as We know, the report has been submitted to @realDonaldTrump, @marcorubio, @SpeakerPelosi, @SecPompeo, U.S. Secretary of State, members of the U.S. Congress, and the All-Party Parliamentary Group Hong Kong (APPG) within the UK Parliament, etc.
Source: HKGETV #May26
https://twitter.com/hkgetv/status/1265282325924810752
HKGETV have been informed that an overseas team has completed a civil sanctions report in light of the legal provisions under the HKHRDA.
This report contains a list of individuals (the “Gang of 30”) who should be sanctioned for committing acts that violate internationally-recognized human rights in Hong Kong in the years leading up to the protests as they still do today.
The report ran to 180 pages, included information regarding the Gang of 30, such as their background, their offending words/actions (and supporting evidence thereof) and even information on people closely associated with them. The report cited 440 pieces of evidential exhibits
As far as We know, the report has been submitted to @realDonaldTrump, @marcorubio, @SpeakerPelosi, @SecPompeo, U.S. Secretary of State, members of the U.S. Congress, and the All-Party Parliamentary Group Hong Kong (APPG) within the UK Parliament, etc.
Source: HKGETV #May26
https://twitter.com/hkgetv/status/1265282325924810752
Daughter of police officer caught carrying drugs, kicked officer’s groin during arrest
On May 25 at 2 AM, police officers conducted a stop and search on a group drinking in Aberdeen. One 18-year-old girl was not cooperative and hurled verbal insults at the officers.
One officer ignored her cursing and she subsequently threw her beer at him. The officer dodged it and the commanding officer stepped in, issued the girl a warning, and demanded to inspect her purse, subsequently found a plastic bag containing 44 pills.
The girl claimed the pills were prescribed by doctors, and that “it will make you feel high”. The officers demanded further explanation from her, and she went rampant, shouting “Cops aren’t above everything! My father is a cop!” She then kicked the commanding officer in the groin. Three officers were hospitalized afterwards.
The police believed the girl had consumed narcotics prior the incident and is currently examining the recovered pills.
Source: Apple Daily #May26
On May 25 at 2 AM, police officers conducted a stop and search on a group drinking in Aberdeen. One 18-year-old girl was not cooperative and hurled verbal insults at the officers.
One officer ignored her cursing and she subsequently threw her beer at him. The officer dodged it and the commanding officer stepped in, issued the girl a warning, and demanded to inspect her purse, subsequently found a plastic bag containing 44 pills.
The girl claimed the pills were prescribed by doctors, and that “it will make you feel high”. The officers demanded further explanation from her, and she went rampant, shouting “Cops aren’t above everything! My father is a cop!” She then kicked the commanding officer in the groin. Three officers were hospitalized afterwards.
The police believed the girl had consumed narcotics prior the incident and is currently examining the recovered pills.
Source: Apple Daily #May26
#Censorship #SelfCensorship
HKU Crops a Group Photo to Allegedly "Dis-appear" Pro-democracy Activist
Macau casino tycoon Stanley Ho died on May 26 at the age of 98. While the Hong Kong University released a group photo taken during Ho's visit to the university mourning his decease, Edward Leung, the famed imprisoned localist pro-democracy activist who was a then-student, was cut out from the photo.
Many netizens suspected the move was out of fear of the National Security Law, that the Chinese Communist Party may crack down on the university as Leung advocated for an anti-Beijing agenda.
Source: Stand News #May26
#EdwardLeung #StanleyHo #HKU #NationalSecurityLaw
HKU Crops a Group Photo to Allegedly "Dis-appear" Pro-democracy Activist
Macau casino tycoon Stanley Ho died on May 26 at the age of 98. While the Hong Kong University released a group photo taken during Ho's visit to the university mourning his decease, Edward Leung, the famed imprisoned localist pro-democracy activist who was a then-student, was cut out from the photo.
Many netizens suspected the move was out of fear of the National Security Law, that the Chinese Communist Party may crack down on the university as Leung advocated for an anti-Beijing agenda.
Source: Stand News #May26
#EdwardLeung #StanleyHo #HKU #NationalSecurityLaw
Taiwan says China blocked deal with BioNTech for COVID-19 shots
Taiwan directly accused China for the first time on Wednesday of blocking a deal with Germany's BioNTech SE (22UAy.DE) for COVID-19 vaccines, in an escalating war of words after Beijing offered the shots to the island via a Chinese company.
Taiwan has millions of shots on order, from AstraZeneca Plc (AZN.L) and Moderna Inc (MRNA.O), but has received only slightly more than 700,000 to date, and has only been able to vaccinate about 1% of its population as COVID-19 cases surge.
While Taiwan has previously said it had been unable to sign a final contract with BioNTech, it had only implied that Chinese pressure was to blame
Source: Reuters #May26
https://t.co/FaxIblSll1
#Taiwan #China #BioNTech #Covid19
Taiwan directly accused China for the first time on Wednesday of blocking a deal with Germany's BioNTech SE (22UAy.DE) for COVID-19 vaccines, in an escalating war of words after Beijing offered the shots to the island via a Chinese company.
Taiwan has millions of shots on order, from AstraZeneca Plc (AZN.L) and Moderna Inc (MRNA.O), but has received only slightly more than 700,000 to date, and has only been able to vaccinate about 1% of its population as COVID-19 cases surge.
While Taiwan has previously said it had been unable to sign a final contract with BioNTech, it had only implied that Chinese pressure was to blame
Source: Reuters #May26
https://t.co/FaxIblSll1
#Taiwan #China #BioNTech #Covid19
#PoliticalProsecution #Injustice
Hong Kong #Court Sends More Pro-demoracy Activists to Jail: At Least 20 Months for Jimmy Lai and 22 Months for '#LongHair'
Source: Stand News #May26
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Hong Kong #Court Sends More Pro-demoracy Activists to Jail: At Least 20 Months for Jimmy Lai and 22 Months for '#LongHair'
Source: Stand News #May26
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#PoliticalProsecution #Injustice
Hong Kong #Court Sends More Pro-demoracy Activists to Jail: At Least 20 Months for Jimmy Lai and 22 Months for '#LongHair'
Ten Hong Kong pro-democracy politicians and activists were sentenced to jail for 14 to 18 months on May 28, 2021, after the court convicted them of organizing and joining an "unauthorised protest" on October 1, 2019, which was the national day of the People's Republic of China. Back then, the participating pro-democracy ptotesters described the day as the "#NationalMourningDay".
District Court judge Amanda Woodcock claimed that the defendants' wish for a peaceful protest is "naive" and "unrealistic".
Former legislators #AlbertHo, #LeeCheukYan and 'Long Hair' #LeungKwokHung and Civil Human Rights Front (#CHRF) convenor #FigoChan received a 18-month jail term.
AppleDaily founder #JimmyLai, former legislators #CydHo and #YeungSum, and former League of Social Democrats (#LSD) chairman #AveryNg were sentenced to 14 months in jail.
Only former legislator #SinChungKai and activist #RichardTsoi received suspended jail terms.
With their existing prison terms from other cases, Jimmy Lai and Lee Cheuk-yan are currently serving 20 months in prison in total while that of Leung Kwok-hung has accumulated to 22 months at the moment.
In the courtroom, some pro-democracy supporters chanted "fight on". From the defendants' seats, Leung Kwok-hung called out "Remember June 4th [Tiananmen Massacre]", while Figo Chan shout "mourn on June 4, speak out on July 1".
Source: Stand News #May26
https://bit.ly/3yL3FqT
#PoliticalPrisoner #Sentence #PoliceState #June4 #TiananmenMassacre #NationalDay
Hong Kong #Court Sends More Pro-demoracy Activists to Jail: At Least 20 Months for Jimmy Lai and 22 Months for '#LongHair'
Ten Hong Kong pro-democracy politicians and activists were sentenced to jail for 14 to 18 months on May 28, 2021, after the court convicted them of organizing and joining an "unauthorised protest" on October 1, 2019, which was the national day of the People's Republic of China. Back then, the participating pro-democracy ptotesters described the day as the "#NationalMourningDay".
District Court judge Amanda Woodcock claimed that the defendants' wish for a peaceful protest is "naive" and "unrealistic".
Former legislators #AlbertHo, #LeeCheukYan and 'Long Hair' #LeungKwokHung and Civil Human Rights Front (#CHRF) convenor #FigoChan received a 18-month jail term.
AppleDaily founder #JimmyLai, former legislators #CydHo and #YeungSum, and former League of Social Democrats (#LSD) chairman #AveryNg were sentenced to 14 months in jail.
Only former legislator #SinChungKai and activist #RichardTsoi received suspended jail terms.
With their existing prison terms from other cases, Jimmy Lai and Lee Cheuk-yan are currently serving 20 months in prison in total while that of Leung Kwok-hung has accumulated to 22 months at the moment.
In the courtroom, some pro-democracy supporters chanted "fight on". From the defendants' seats, Leung Kwok-hung called out "Remember June 4th [Tiananmen Massacre]", while Figo Chan shout "mourn on June 4, speak out on July 1".
Source: Stand News #May26
https://bit.ly/3yL3FqT
#PoliticalPrisoner #Sentence #PoliceState #June4 #TiananmenMassacre #NationalDay
#Education #Poll
Drop-out Rate Surges in Schools as Parents lose confidence in Hong Kong's Education System
Source: Stand News #May26
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Drop-out Rate Surges in Schools as Parents lose confidence in Hong Kong's Education System
Source: Stand News #May26
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#Education #Poll
Drop-out Rate Surges in Schools as Parents lose confidence in Hong Kong's Education System
On May 26, 2021, Hong Kong's Professional Teachers' Union (#PTU) published a recent poll result, revealing that both primary and secondary schools in Hong Kong are losing their students.
Out of 130 primary and 53 secondary schools that joined the survey, all of them recorded the departure of students in the school year 2021/2022.
70% of these schools have lost 1 to 20 students, while 30% have lost 21 or more. Among them, three schools saw more than 50 students leaving. Nearly one-fifth of the primary schools have to shrink the class of Primary One in the 2022/2023 school year.
More than 30% of the primary schools and more than 40% of the secondary schools stated the majority of the reasons for dropping out are emigration and pursuing education overseas.
The chairperson of the Professional Teachers' Union, Fung Wai-wah, said many parents in Hong Kong are very concerned about the political pressure, the introduction of national education and the government's changing education policy among others. Under the circumstances, more and more parents lost confidence in Hong Kong's education system, and chose to move out of Hong Kong with their children.
Source: Stand News #May26
https://beta.thestandnews.com/politics/教協調查指多間學校有學生退學-兩成小學面臨縮班-馮偉華-家長對香港教育信心減
#School #Confidence #BrainDrain #MigrationWave #NextGeneration #HongKongStudents #Parenting
Drop-out Rate Surges in Schools as Parents lose confidence in Hong Kong's Education System
On May 26, 2021, Hong Kong's Professional Teachers' Union (#PTU) published a recent poll result, revealing that both primary and secondary schools in Hong Kong are losing their students.
Out of 130 primary and 53 secondary schools that joined the survey, all of them recorded the departure of students in the school year 2021/2022.
70% of these schools have lost 1 to 20 students, while 30% have lost 21 or more. Among them, three schools saw more than 50 students leaving. Nearly one-fifth of the primary schools have to shrink the class of Primary One in the 2022/2023 school year.
More than 30% of the primary schools and more than 40% of the secondary schools stated the majority of the reasons for dropping out are emigration and pursuing education overseas.
The chairperson of the Professional Teachers' Union, Fung Wai-wah, said many parents in Hong Kong are very concerned about the political pressure, the introduction of national education and the government's changing education policy among others. Under the circumstances, more and more parents lost confidence in Hong Kong's education system, and chose to move out of Hong Kong with their children.
Source: Stand News #May26
https://beta.thestandnews.com/politics/教協調查指多間學校有學生退學-兩成小學面臨縮班-馮偉華-家長對香港教育信心減
#School #Confidence #BrainDrain #MigrationWave #NextGeneration #HongKongStudents #Parenting
#Solidarity #June4
Tiananmen vigil events across globe in solidarity with Hong Kong
"The Chinese government’s concerted efforts to erase the Tiananmen crackdown from history have spread to Hong Kong since the national security law was enacted in the city in 2020. But the atrocities of 4 June 1989 must never be forgotten,” Hana Young, Amnesty International’s East Asia deputy regional director, said in a statement.
Amnesty International and other rights groups have planned events and memorials overseas. Vigils will be held in cities such as San Francisco and Washington DC in the US, Seoul in South Korea, Taipei in Taiwan, Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia, Sydney in Australia, Oslo in Norway, Paris in France, Amsterdam in the Netherlands and London in the UK.
#TiananmenMassacre
Source: Amnesty International; #May26
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/05/china-tiananmen-vigil-events-across-globe-in-solidarity-with-hong-kong/
Tiananmen vigil events across globe in solidarity with Hong Kong
"The Chinese government’s concerted efforts to erase the Tiananmen crackdown from history have spread to Hong Kong since the national security law was enacted in the city in 2020. But the atrocities of 4 June 1989 must never be forgotten,” Hana Young, Amnesty International’s East Asia deputy regional director, said in a statement.
Amnesty International and other rights groups have planned events and memorials overseas. Vigils will be held in cities such as San Francisco and Washington DC in the US, Seoul in South Korea, Taipei in Taiwan, Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia, Sydney in Australia, Oslo in Norway, Paris in France, Amsterdam in the Netherlands and London in the UK.
#TiananmenMassacre
Source: Amnesty International; #May26
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/05/china-tiananmen-vigil-events-across-globe-in-solidarity-with-hong-kong/