#Newspaper
Xi Jinping urges for disease control; face masks in China sold out in a day
(21 Jan) As the new Chinese pneumonia spread across regions and cities, General Secretary Xi Jinping spoke for the first time yesterday, urging officials to take adequate measures to halt its outbreak. Shortly after his speech, netizens realized that just within a day, almost all face masks on #Taobao were sold out. Sales jumped by more than ten times compared to when the new coronavirus was first reported.
Even before Xi’s speech, as the severity of the epidemic worsened, specialised medical masks and 3M brand masks were sold out in a day. Most items, including anti-pollen respirators, were out of stock in the 3M Tmall flagship store. Product webpages displayed “out of stock” and “sold out in your district” messages.
A similar situation where almost all masks were sold out was found on JD and Suning, two other online shopping platforms. Suning went a step further, imploring citizens to take preventative measures against the epidemic with a slogan, “Wear a mask, stay away from the virus.”
Hong Kong’s online shopping platform, #HKTVmall, also experienced a shortage of medical masks.
Source: Unwire
https://bit.ly/2G88dO8
#WuhanPneumonia #Xi
Xi Jinping urges for disease control; face masks in China sold out in a day
(21 Jan) As the new Chinese pneumonia spread across regions and cities, General Secretary Xi Jinping spoke for the first time yesterday, urging officials to take adequate measures to halt its outbreak. Shortly after his speech, netizens realized that just within a day, almost all face masks on #Taobao were sold out. Sales jumped by more than ten times compared to when the new coronavirus was first reported.
Even before Xi’s speech, as the severity of the epidemic worsened, specialised medical masks and 3M brand masks were sold out in a day. Most items, including anti-pollen respirators, were out of stock in the 3M Tmall flagship store. Product webpages displayed “out of stock” and “sold out in your district” messages.
A similar situation where almost all masks were sold out was found on JD and Suning, two other online shopping platforms. Suning went a step further, imploring citizens to take preventative measures against the epidemic with a slogan, “Wear a mask, stay away from the virus.”
Hong Kong’s online shopping platform, #HKTVmall, also experienced a shortage of medical masks.
Source: Unwire
https://bit.ly/2G88dO8
#WuhanPneumonia #Xi
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Three arrested for money laundering after raising $1.8 million in support of the Hong Kong protests in the name of HKTVmall staff
(16 Jul) Three HKTVmall former and current employees were arrested for allegedly raising $1.8 million online since last year, claiming that the funds were used to buy supplies to support the protests. The incident involves a telegram channel named “HKTVmall employee voluntary support scheme”.
Officers from the Hong Kong Narcotics Bureau and Financial Investigation discovered unusual cash transactions involving around $1.1 million in a man’s bank account last year. The 26-year-old man, Lau, was arrested in December last year on suspicion of "money laundering". Investigations revealed that the man was suspected of being involved in an online fundraising campaign, claiming that the money would be used to buy supplies for supporting illegal assemblies.
Police continued to trace the man’s source of funds and found that there were also unusual and large cash transactions involving a total of $1.8 million in the accounts of another man and woman, of which $500,000 was later deposited into Lau’s account. Police arrested a 23-year-old man, Cheung, and a 25-year-old woman, Tam, in Hung Hom and Sheung Shui yesterday (15 Jul) on suspicion of money laundering.
It is understood that the arrestees are current and former employees of HKTVmall. All of them have been released on bail pending investigation, and will have to report to the police in early August and mid-September. The Telegram channel in question, which stopped operating late last year, issued a message in January condemning a former administrator for using the channel's name to raise funds.
Source: MingPao
Translated by: HongKongEcho
#Hongkongprotest #HKTVmall #Funds #moneylaundering #PoliceState #fundraisingcampaign
Three arrested for money laundering after raising $1.8 million in support of the Hong Kong protests in the name of HKTVmall staff
(16 Jul) Three HKTVmall former and current employees were arrested for allegedly raising $1.8 million online since last year, claiming that the funds were used to buy supplies to support the protests. The incident involves a telegram channel named “HKTVmall employee voluntary support scheme”.
Officers from the Hong Kong Narcotics Bureau and Financial Investigation discovered unusual cash transactions involving around $1.1 million in a man’s bank account last year. The 26-year-old man, Lau, was arrested in December last year on suspicion of "money laundering". Investigations revealed that the man was suspected of being involved in an online fundraising campaign, claiming that the money would be used to buy supplies for supporting illegal assemblies.
Police continued to trace the man’s source of funds and found that there were also unusual and large cash transactions involving a total of $1.8 million in the accounts of another man and woman, of which $500,000 was later deposited into Lau’s account. Police arrested a 23-year-old man, Cheung, and a 25-year-old woman, Tam, in Hung Hom and Sheung Shui yesterday (15 Jul) on suspicion of money laundering.
It is understood that the arrestees are current and former employees of HKTVmall. All of them have been released on bail pending investigation, and will have to report to the police in early August and mid-September. The Telegram channel in question, which stopped operating late last year, issued a message in January condemning a former administrator for using the channel's name to raise funds.
Source: MingPao
Translated by: HongKongEcho
#Hongkongprotest #HKTVmall #Funds #moneylaundering #PoliceState #fundraisingcampaign
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以HKTVmall員工名義眾籌180萬支援示威 3人涉洗黑錢被捕 (21:47) - 20200716 - 港聞
3名HKTVmall的員工及前員工去年及今年先後被捕，涉嫌自去年起在網上眾籌約180萬元，聲稱用以購買物資，支援示威活動。據悉，事件涉及一個名為「HKTVmall員工自發助養計劃」的Telegram頻道。
#GoogleTrends
2020 Annual Search Trend: "US President Election" was searched most in Hong Kong; COVID-19 comes first in local news
Google published its annual search trend for 2020. The hottest search in 2020 Hong Kong is the #USPresidentElection, followed by the local online shopping platform #HKTVmall and The Observatory, as well as several TV dramas.
The US election also appeared in the “people” and “International news” category.
“COVID-19” is also a hot search, ranking first under the category “local news” and second in “International news”.
Source: HKGETV; Google Trend #Dec27
https://trends.google.com/trends/yis/2020/HK/
#COVID19 #USElection
2020 Annual Search Trend: "US President Election" was searched most in Hong Kong; COVID-19 comes first in local news
Google published its annual search trend for 2020. The hottest search in 2020 Hong Kong is the #USPresidentElection, followed by the local online shopping platform #HKTVmall and The Observatory, as well as several TV dramas.
The US election also appeared in the “people” and “International news” category.
“COVID-19” is also a hot search, ranking first under the category “local news” and second in “International news”.
Source: HKGETV; Google Trend #Dec27
https://trends.google.com/trends/yis/2020/HK/
#COVID19 #USElection