#FirstHand #Feb3
HK Governmemt Enforces Three More Lockdowns across the Territory Despite Public Outcry
On Feb 3, 2021, the Hong Kong government enforced more than one ambush-style lockdowns in multiple districts for the third day.
The affected buildings include May Wah House of Hing Wah Estate in Chai Wan, Tower 1 of Goodview Garden in Tuen Mun and Honour Building Block D in To Kwa Wan.
The photos show how the police cordoned off the housing estate in Chai Wan.
#ChaiWanLockdown #PoliceState
HK Governmemt Enforces Three More Lockdowns across the Territory Despite Public Outcry
On Feb 3, 2021, the Hong Kong government enforced more than one ambush-style lockdowns in multiple districts for the third day.
The affected buildings include May Wah House of Hing Wah Estate in Chai Wan, Tower 1 of Goodview Garden in Tuen Mun and Honour Building Block D in To Kwa Wan.
The photos show how the police cordoned off the housing estate in Chai Wan.
#ChaiWanLockdown #PoliceState
#FirstHand #Feb3
HK Government Imposes Last-minute Lockdown in To Kwa Wan
At around 20:30 on Feb 3, 2021, the Hong Kong government enlisted one more location, Block D of Honour Building in To Kwa Wan, for mandatory lockdown.
At 19:00, the authorities ordered two immediate lockdowns in Chai Wan and Tuen Mun.
Read more:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28384
With the closure of local business in the restricted area, the street was filled with officers from disciplinary forces, government staff and medical personnel. The cordon has also caused traffic jam in the nearby block.
#ToKwaWanLockdown #FailedState
HK Government Imposes Last-minute Lockdown in To Kwa Wan
At around 20:30 on Feb 3, 2021, the Hong Kong government enlisted one more location, Block D of Honour Building in To Kwa Wan, for mandatory lockdown.
At 19:00, the authorities ordered two immediate lockdowns in Chai Wan and Tuen Mun.
Read more:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28384
With the closure of local business in the restricted area, the street was filled with officers from disciplinary forces, government staff and medical personnel. The cordon has also caused traffic jam in the nearby block.
#ToKwaWanLockdown #FailedState
#FirstHand #Feb3
HK Government Sends At Least 50 Staff to Check Out Empty Flats in Lockdown Building
On Feb 3, 2021, the Hong Kong authorities enforced lockdowns in three districts, namely Tuen Mun, Chai Wan and To Kwa Wan.
At the moment the photos were taken in Tuen Mun, the government was deploying at least 50 staff to enter a private residential building and check out the empty flats.
A few days ago, the government claimed that they have plans to force in flats which has not answered the door.
At around 7am on Feb 4, 2021, the government has tested 241 and 1,820 people respectively in To Kwa Wan and Chai Wan without finding any positive case.
See photos in To Kwa Wan:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28391
See photos in Chai Wan:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28384
#TuenMunLockdown #PoliceState #FailedState
HK Government Sends At Least 50 Staff to Check Out Empty Flats in Lockdown Building
On Feb 3, 2021, the Hong Kong authorities enforced lockdowns in three districts, namely Tuen Mun, Chai Wan and To Kwa Wan.
At the moment the photos were taken in Tuen Mun, the government was deploying at least 50 staff to enter a private residential building and check out the empty flats.
A few days ago, the government claimed that they have plans to force in flats which has not answered the door.
At around 7am on Feb 4, 2021, the government has tested 241 and 1,820 people respectively in To Kwa Wan and Chai Wan without finding any positive case.
See photos in To Kwa Wan:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28391
See photos in Chai Wan:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28384
#TuenMunLockdown #PoliceState #FailedState
#Oppression
#HKU Student Union presses on showing pro-democracy documentary despite threat of possible National Security breach
Source: Stand News; Apple Daily #Feb3
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#HKU Student Union presses on showing pro-democracy documentary despite threat of possible National Security breach
Source: Stand News; Apple Daily #Feb3
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#HKU Student Union presses on showing pro-democracy documentary despite threat of possible National Security breach
Student organizers at the University of Hong Kong (#HKU) said they will continue with a screening of “Lost in the Fumes,” a documentary about the jailed activist #EdwardLeung, despite warnings from school administrators that the event could violate the national security law.
At around 6pm on Feb 3, 2021, about 50 students gradually arrived at the theatre and the documentary was shown at 6:30pm.
Earlier last week, in a letter to the HKU student union, university administrators said that the documentary included elements that will “invite the undesirable attention of the opposition party and law enforcement agencies.”
“The current [national security law] environment is fundamentally different from Oct, Nov 2020. It’s far more stringent and taxing,” the school said in the letter.
The student union had planned to show the film on Feb 3, 5 and 8, 2021 on campus. After seeking legal advice, the student union believed that the screening was lawful, said president Edy Jeh.
“We are just playing a video, we don’t think it will touch any ‘red lines,’” she said. The event will also include crowd control measures to comply with social distancing laws.
[Notes to editor:
Directed by Nora Lam, “Lost in the Fumes” premiered in Nov. 2017 and documents the Legislative Council campaign of localist activist Edward Leung, who called for forceful resistance. The documentary also showed Leung chanting the now-banned slogan “Liberate Hong Kong, the revolution of our times.”]
Source: Apple Daily; Stand News #Feb3
https://hk.appledaily.com/news/20210203/I3KBJNCB5RAQ7DZTQEVTB7CIA4/
#HKU Student Union presses on showing pro-democracy documentary despite threat of possible National Security breach
Student organizers at the University of Hong Kong (#HKU) said they will continue with a screening of “Lost in the Fumes,” a documentary about the jailed activist #EdwardLeung, despite warnings from school administrators that the event could violate the national security law.
At around 6pm on Feb 3, 2021, about 50 students gradually arrived at the theatre and the documentary was shown at 6:30pm.
Earlier last week, in a letter to the HKU student union, university administrators said that the documentary included elements that will “invite the undesirable attention of the opposition party and law enforcement agencies.”
“The current [national security law] environment is fundamentally different from Oct, Nov 2020. It’s far more stringent and taxing,” the school said in the letter.
The student union had planned to show the film on Feb 3, 5 and 8, 2021 on campus. After seeking legal advice, the student union believed that the screening was lawful, said president Edy Jeh.
“We are just playing a video, we don’t think it will touch any ‘red lines,’” she said. The event will also include crowd control measures to comply with social distancing laws.
[Notes to editor:
Directed by Nora Lam, “Lost in the Fumes” premiered in Nov. 2017 and documents the Legislative Council campaign of localist activist Edward Leung, who called for forceful resistance. The documentary also showed Leung chanting the now-banned slogan “Liberate Hong Kong, the revolution of our times.”]
Source: Apple Daily; Stand News #Feb3
https://hk.appledaily.com/news/20210203/I3KBJNCB5RAQ7DZTQEVTB7CIA4/
#FailedState #HybridRegime
#GlobalDemocracyIndex: Hong Kong Ranks 87 out of 167 Places
Source: Apple Daily #Feb3
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#GlobalDemocracyIndex: Hong Kong Ranks 87 out of 167 Places
Source: Apple Daily #Feb3
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#GlobalDemocracyIndex: Hong Kong Ranks 87 out of 167 Places
The Economist Intelligence Unit (#EIU) published its latest Global Democracy Index 2020 on 3 February, 2021. The Index measures the state of democracy in 167 countries.
Norway topped the Index with Iceland, Sweden, New Zealand and Canada making up the top five.
Taiwan ranked the highest among Asian countries at the 11th place while China was ranked 151.
"With the imposition of the National Security Law and the postponement of the Legislative Council election, Hong Kong’s score slipped rapidly for the second year to 5.57, the lowest since the launch of the index in 2006. In terms of rate of decline, it accounted the second largest in the Asia-Pacific region, after Myanmar,” the EIU said.
Hong Kong was previously classified as a “flawed democracy” for eight years along with countries such as the U.S., France, Belgium and Brazil. In its latest report in 2020, the EIU moved Hong Kong into “hybrid regimes” as its ranking slumped by 12 places to 87.
The city’s ranking is lower than many Asia-Pacific countries like Bangladesh, Thailand, and the Philippines.
[Editor's Notes:
Out of 167 countries, the Democracy Index classifies 23 countries as "full democracies", 52 as "flawed democracies", 35 as "hybrid regimes" and 57 as "authoritarian regimes".]
Source: Apple Daily, #Feb3
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20210203/65OFFTD7HJEWBDF7WT55M244HU/
#Index #Democracy
#GlobalDemocracyIndex: Hong Kong Ranks 87 out of 167 Places
The Economist Intelligence Unit (#EIU) published its latest Global Democracy Index 2020 on 3 February, 2021. The Index measures the state of democracy in 167 countries.
Norway topped the Index with Iceland, Sweden, New Zealand and Canada making up the top five.
Taiwan ranked the highest among Asian countries at the 11th place while China was ranked 151.
"With the imposition of the National Security Law and the postponement of the Legislative Council election, Hong Kong’s score slipped rapidly for the second year to 5.57, the lowest since the launch of the index in 2006. In terms of rate of decline, it accounted the second largest in the Asia-Pacific region, after Myanmar,” the EIU said.
Hong Kong was previously classified as a “flawed democracy” for eight years along with countries such as the U.S., France, Belgium and Brazil. In its latest report in 2020, the EIU moved Hong Kong into “hybrid regimes” as its ranking slumped by 12 places to 87.
The city’s ranking is lower than many Asia-Pacific countries like Bangladesh, Thailand, and the Philippines.
[Editor's Notes:
Out of 167 countries, the Democracy Index classifies 23 countries as "full democracies", 52 as "flawed democracies", 35 as "hybrid regimes" and 57 as "authoritarian regimes".]
Source: Apple Daily, #Feb3
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20210203/65OFFTD7HJEWBDF7WT55M244HU/
#Index #Democracy
#FailedState
Students Trapped in Tutorial School During HK Government's #SuddenLockdown
Mrs Ng came into a heated argument with the staff of Hong Kong government's Home Affairs Bureau (#HAB).
Her 15-year-old daughter and three other students went for after-school classes in a building in Jordan and were trapped as the Hong Kong government imposed a sudden lockdown at 7pm on Feb 1, 2021, to enforce #COVID19 mandatory test.
The government staff told Mrs Ng that her daughter would be released after being tested, but without letting her know an estimated time.
In distress, Mrs Ng expressed, “Of course I am angry. They don't let us know when the test will be done.” Worrying about her daughter, she said “Does it mean that my daughter has to sleep overnight on the floor or in the corridor?”
Source: InMedia #Feb3
https://bit.ly/3j8hTLn
#Tutorial #Students #JordanLockdown
Students Trapped in Tutorial School During HK Government's #SuddenLockdown
Mrs Ng came into a heated argument with the staff of Hong Kong government's Home Affairs Bureau (#HAB).
Her 15-year-old daughter and three other students went for after-school classes in a building in Jordan and were trapped as the Hong Kong government imposed a sudden lockdown at 7pm on Feb 1, 2021, to enforce #COVID19 mandatory test.
The government staff told Mrs Ng that her daughter would be released after being tested, but without letting her know an estimated time.
In distress, Mrs Ng expressed, “Of course I am angry. They don't let us know when the test will be done.” Worrying about her daughter, she said “Does it mean that my daughter has to sleep overnight on the floor or in the corridor?”
Source: InMedia #Feb3
https://bit.ly/3j8hTLn
#Tutorial #Students #JordanLockdown
#CO2 #ClimateChange #Coal
China Has Coal-fired power Capacity Three Times Higher than the Rest of the World
Source: Reuters #Feb3
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https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28630
China Has Coal-fired power Capacity Three Times Higher than the Rest of the World
Source: Reuters #Feb3
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https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28630
#CO2 #ClimateChange #Coal
China Has Coal-fired power Capacity Three Times Higher than the Rest of the World
//China put 38.4 gigawatts (GW) of new coal-fired power capacity into operation in 2020, according to new international research, more than three times the amount built elsewhere around the world and potentially undermining its short-term climate goals.
The country won praise last year after Xi Jinping pledged to make the country “carbon neutral” by 2060. But regulators have since come under fire for failing to properly control the coal power sector, a major source of climate-warming greenhouse gas.
Including decommissions, China’s coal-fired fleet capacity rose by a net 29.8 GW in 2020, even as the rest of the world made cuts of 17.2 GW, according to research released by Global Energy Monitor (#GEM), a U.S. think tank, and the Helsinki-based Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (#CREA). //
Source: Reuters #Feb3
Read full article:
https://www.reuters.com/article/china-coal/chinas-new-coal-power-plant-capacity-in-2020-more-than-3-times-rest-of-worlds-study-idUKL4N2K81R0?edition-redirect=uk
https://twitter.com/business/status/1356983319892791297
#Environment
China Has Coal-fired power Capacity Three Times Higher than the Rest of the World
//China put 38.4 gigawatts (GW) of new coal-fired power capacity into operation in 2020, according to new international research, more than three times the amount built elsewhere around the world and potentially undermining its short-term climate goals.
The country won praise last year after Xi Jinping pledged to make the country “carbon neutral” by 2060. But regulators have since come under fire for failing to properly control the coal power sector, a major source of climate-warming greenhouse gas.
Including decommissions, China’s coal-fired fleet capacity rose by a net 29.8 GW in 2020, even as the rest of the world made cuts of 17.2 GW, according to research released by Global Energy Monitor (#GEM), a U.S. think tank, and the Helsinki-based Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (#CREA). //
Source: Reuters #Feb3
Read full article:
https://www.reuters.com/article/china-coal/chinas-new-coal-power-plant-capacity-in-2020-more-than-3-times-rest-of-worlds-study-idUKL4N2K81R0?edition-redirect=uk
https://twitter.com/business/status/1356983319892791297
#Environment
Reuters
China's new coal power plant capacity in 2020 more than 3 times rest of world's - study
China put 38.4 gigawatts (GW) of new coal-fired power capacity into operation in 2020, according to new international research, more than three times the amount built elsewhere around the world and potentially undermining its short-term climate goals.