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#FirstHand #Feb26
District Councillor: Many Elderly and Ethinic Minorities Live in the Restricted Area
District councillors in Yau Tsim Mong district met with the press next to the "restricted area" in Yau Ma Tei on the evening of Jan 26, 2021.
District councillor Lee Wai-fung points out that many elderly and ethnic minorities live in the buildings in the restricted area. Lee hoped that the government had considered their needs and difficulties.
Read more:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28193
Lee also expressed concern about the government's plans to extend mandatory testing and the "restricted area" to other parts of Hong Kong, which will likely to obstruct more citizens.
#DistrictCouncillor #LeeWaiFung #YauMaTeiLockdown
#Elderly #EthnicGroups
District Councillor: Many Elderly and Ethinic Minorities Live in the Restricted Area
District councillors in Yau Tsim Mong district met with the press next to the "restricted area" in Yau Ma Tei on the evening of Jan 26, 2021.
District councillor Lee Wai-fung points out that many elderly and ethnic minorities live in the buildings in the restricted area. Lee hoped that the government had considered their needs and difficulties.
Read more:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28193
Lee also expressed concern about the government's plans to extend mandatory testing and the "restricted area" to other parts of Hong Kong, which will likely to obstruct more citizens.
#DistrictCouncillor #LeeWaiFung #YauMaTeiLockdown
#Elderly #EthnicGroups
#FailedState #WuhanPheumonia
Hong Kong’s COVID Rules Are Screwing Over The Poor At Every Turn
//The effects of the pandemic had driven almost a hundred people into homelessness, a survey by the local advocacy group Society for Community Organization (#SOCO) found in May.
[These cases are] ... among at least a thousand homeless people in Hong Kong who have been pushed deeper into the abyss by government efforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, in a stark illustration of how the crisis is disproportionately hurting the poor and worsening inequality in one of the world’s richest cities.
In response to questions from VICE World News about what the government has done to aid rough sleepers during the pandemic, a spokesperson said it “stepped up their efforts to proactively reach out to street sleepers, providing them with up-to-date health related information and in-kind assistance such as face masks and hand sanitizers as well as referring them to hostels.”
Such a response highlighted how little Hong Kong officials understood the needs of people who don’t have a home. //
Source: Vice #Feb2
Read full article:
https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7aky8/hong-kong-covid-economic-inequality
#covid19 #MandatoryLockdown #Elderly #Inequality
Hong Kong’s COVID Rules Are Screwing Over The Poor At Every Turn
//The effects of the pandemic had driven almost a hundred people into homelessness, a survey by the local advocacy group Society for Community Organization (#SOCO) found in May.
[These cases are] ... among at least a thousand homeless people in Hong Kong who have been pushed deeper into the abyss by government efforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, in a stark illustration of how the crisis is disproportionately hurting the poor and worsening inequality in one of the world’s richest cities.
In response to questions from VICE World News about what the government has done to aid rough sleepers during the pandemic, a spokesperson said it “stepped up their efforts to proactively reach out to street sleepers, providing them with up-to-date health related information and in-kind assistance such as face masks and hand sanitizers as well as referring them to hostels.”
Such a response highlighted how little Hong Kong officials understood the needs of people who don’t have a home. //
Source: Vice #Feb2
Read full article:
https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7aky8/hong-kong-covid-economic-inequality
#covid19 #MandatoryLockdown #Elderly #Inequality
Vice
Hong Kong’s COVID Rules Screw Over The Poor At Every Turn
Talk about unintended consequences. And oversights.
#PoliceState #2Years
Hong Kong Police Intercept 70-year-old Elderly for Donning Black and Wearing Yellow Facemask on Protest Anniversary
On June 12, 2021, 70-year-old Mr. Au Yeung walking with a cane was intercepted by the Hong Kong police in the shopping district Causeway Bay.
Read More:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/30068
Mr. Au Yeung said the police has been monitoring him and his two friends. The police accused them of violating the gathering ban in the peopled district.
Mr. Au Yeung donned a black shirt that read "No Fear, Fight On" and wore a yellow facemask that read #FDNOL.
The day June 12, 2021 marks two years since the first large-scale police-civilian clash in the 2019 #AntiELAB movement in Hong Kong. The police use of excessive force including #TearGas grenades and #RubberBullets at unarmed civilians on June 12, 2019 had sparked criticism worldwide and the local population's outcry.
Source: InMedia #Jun12
https://bit.ly/3pLsX4c
#Elderly #HongKongProtests #FightHongKong #NeverForget
Hong Kong Police Intercept 70-year-old Elderly for Donning Black and Wearing Yellow Facemask on Protest Anniversary
On June 12, 2021, 70-year-old Mr. Au Yeung walking with a cane was intercepted by the Hong Kong police in the shopping district Causeway Bay.
Read More:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/30068
Mr. Au Yeung said the police has been monitoring him and his two friends. The police accused them of violating the gathering ban in the peopled district.
Mr. Au Yeung donned a black shirt that read "No Fear, Fight On" and wore a yellow facemask that read #FDNOL.
The day June 12, 2021 marks two years since the first large-scale police-civilian clash in the 2019 #AntiELAB movement in Hong Kong. The police use of excessive force including #TearGas grenades and #RubberBullets at unarmed civilians on June 12, 2019 had sparked criticism worldwide and the local population's outcry.
Source: InMedia #Jun12
https://bit.ly/3pLsX4c
#Elderly #HongKongProtests #FightHongKong #NeverForget
#PoliceState #WhiteTerror
HK Police Intercept #Elderly in Wheelchair
On July 1, 2021, a 50-year-old Hong Kong man, #LeungKinFai, passed away after kniving a policeman and stabbing himself in Causeway Bay. One week after, police were still stationed in the area, in order to stop citizens from paying tribute to Leung.
On July 7, 2021, an elderly lady in wheelchair was selling some small packets of white champaca outside the Sogo Department Store. She told InMedia that she has "read the news" and felt sorry for the incident. She said Leung died innocently and his sacrifice was in vain.
The elderly lady said she is not afraid of the police, "The police should be fear of the citizens, but not the other way round."
She said, "Hong Kong is getting worse and worse". She hoped that the city can "become as free as before" and encouraged Hongkongers to hang on and persevere, in order to welcome hope.
Source: InMedia #Jul7
https://bit.ly/3qPubvK
#AsiasFinest
HK Police Intercept #Elderly in Wheelchair
On July 1, 2021, a 50-year-old Hong Kong man, #LeungKinFai, passed away after kniving a policeman and stabbing himself in Causeway Bay. One week after, police were still stationed in the area, in order to stop citizens from paying tribute to Leung.
On July 7, 2021, an elderly lady in wheelchair was selling some small packets of white champaca outside the Sogo Department Store. She told InMedia that she has "read the news" and felt sorry for the incident. She said Leung died innocently and his sacrifice was in vain.
The elderly lady said she is not afraid of the police, "The police should be fear of the citizens, but not the other way round."
She said, "Hong Kong is getting worse and worse". She hoped that the city can "become as free as before" and encouraged Hongkongers to hang on and persevere, in order to welcome hope.
Source: InMedia #Jul7
https://bit.ly/3qPubvK
#AsiasFinest
#MassSurveillance
Government Makes #LeaveHomeSafe app Compulsory in Hong Kong Starting from Nov 1; Police Makes Arrests
The Hong Kong SAR Government implemented yet another controversial rule on November 1, 2021, mandating the population to check in with the LeaveHomeSafe tracking app when entering government premises. These locales include libraries, wet markets, courts, and sports facilities.
On the first day of its implementation, the Hong Kong Police arrested at least 5 people in the morning at Immigration Tower in Wan Chai, accusing them of using a fake app.
RTHK reported that the arrestees included two immigration officers, one staff member of the Audit Commission and two contractors.
Although exemptions are given to children, the elderly and disabled people, they are still required to submit their personal details.
Civil Service Secretary #PatrickNip claimed the government will "exercise flexibility"; however, according to InMedia, outside the Tai Po Municipal Complex, many domestic helpers and elderly had difficulties in adapting to the policy. Some had to download the app on the site, while some left for the street market instead.
As the people of Hong Kong expressed concern over the privacy issue of the government-monitored app, many citizens bought a new phone just for installing the app and to prevent personal information from being tracked.
Source: InMedia; RTHK #Nov1
https://bit.ly/3EsNyAq
#FailedState #BigData #Privacy #Obstruction #Elderly #Regime
Government Makes #LeaveHomeSafe app Compulsory in Hong Kong Starting from Nov 1; Police Makes Arrests
The Hong Kong SAR Government implemented yet another controversial rule on November 1, 2021, mandating the population to check in with the LeaveHomeSafe tracking app when entering government premises. These locales include libraries, wet markets, courts, and sports facilities.
On the first day of its implementation, the Hong Kong Police arrested at least 5 people in the morning at Immigration Tower in Wan Chai, accusing them of using a fake app.
RTHK reported that the arrestees included two immigration officers, one staff member of the Audit Commission and two contractors.
Although exemptions are given to children, the elderly and disabled people, they are still required to submit their personal details.
Civil Service Secretary #PatrickNip claimed the government will "exercise flexibility"; however, according to InMedia, outside the Tai Po Municipal Complex, many domestic helpers and elderly had difficulties in adapting to the policy. Some had to download the app on the site, while some left for the street market instead.
As the people of Hong Kong expressed concern over the privacy issue of the government-monitored app, many citizens bought a new phone just for installing the app and to prevent personal information from being tracked.
Source: InMedia; RTHK #Nov1
https://bit.ly/3EsNyAq
#FailedState #BigData #Privacy #Obstruction #Elderly #Regime
獨立媒體
街市排長龍填紙仔 長者批「安心出行」麻煩寧改去街邊買餸 | 獨媒報導 | 獨立媒體
【獨媒報導】市民今日起須強制用「安心出行」應月程式進出政府大樓，包括街市、體育館、圖書館等，12歲以下和65歲或以上人士，及使用有困難的殘疾人士可獲豁免，但須登記個人資料。《獨媒》記者今早到大埔綜合大樓視察，不少長者及外傭未適應新政策，需即場下載程式，或在保安協助下填紙仔；亦有市民「怕麻煩」，寧改到其他地方買餸。有街市商戶指今早人流明顯減少
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
https://bit.ly/3wVogu8
#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