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HKgers Worry Over China's Acquisition of Hongkongers' DNA Data Through COVID19 Test
Pro-democracy district councilor #RoyTam demands the HKSAR Government to declare that Hongkongers' DNA Data will not be shared with any Chinese agency, and explained why HKgers are scared:
"…Unfortunately, Hong Kong already has an office of National Security Agency [in Causeway Bay], and DNA data does not actually need to be sent to mainland China. Will the government revise its statement to specify in more details that the data will not be disclosed to any official Chinese government agency or its branches?
In the final analysis, the people of Hong Kong have experienced hardships from the Hong Kong government and the Chinese government over the years, and have drawn the atitude that the Chinese government and Chinese-funded companies are untrustworthy. Who can blame this? Those in power should reflect, rather than blame the doubtful HongKongers."
Source: Roy Tam's Facebook #Aug3
HKgers Worry Over China's Acquisition of Hongkongers' DNA Data Through COVID19 Test
Pro-democracy district councilor #RoyTam demands the HKSAR Government to declare that Hongkongers' DNA Data will not be shared with any Chinese agency, and explained why HKgers are scared:
"…Unfortunately, Hong Kong already has an office of National Security Agency [in Causeway Bay], and DNA data does not actually need to be sent to mainland China. Will the government revise its statement to specify in more details that the data will not be disclosed to any official Chinese government agency or its branches?
In the final analysis, the people of Hong Kong have experienced hardships from the Hong Kong government and the Chinese government over the years, and have drawn the atitude that the Chinese government and Chinese-funded companies are untrustworthy. Who can blame this? Those in power should reflect, rather than blame the doubtful HongKongers."
Source: Roy Tam's Facebook #Aug3
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District Councilors Protest Against Government's Reliance on China Despite Doubts on Quality and Worry over Mass Surveilance
On August 5, a number of pro-democracy district councillors protested at the Metropark Hotel in Kowloon, condemning the authorities for over-relying on China and diminishing the local medical sector. The hotel is where where the seven personnel from China said to assist Hong Kong in Nucleic Acid Testing were staying.
Tsuen Wan District Councillor Roy Tam pointed out that the government purchased nucleic acid testing services from the China companies Huasheng Diagnostic Center and China National Inspection Co., Ltd. in the middle of last month. However, the two companies have many issues and the public is also worried that DNA data will be collected by China for mass surveillance.
Roy Tam: Huasheng's company helps China with Mass Surveillance in Xinjiang
Tam further pointed out that Hua Shouen, director of the Huasheng Diagnostic Center, was testified in the DR laboratory poison injection case, and the mother company, BGI (Beijing Genomics Institute) has been blacklisted by the United States for its DNA collection in Xinjiang. It is suspected that the comprehensive COVID-19 test on the Hong Kong population is actually a covet collection of Hongpongers’ DNA.
Tam criticized the government’s failure to locate contractors through public bidding. He also pointed out that another company Zhonglong Inspection and any China-based 'certification' has no relevant medical laboratory licenses. Tam believes that "the government knew it way early," so that after the appointment, China Inspections established the China Inspection Medical Inspection Co., Ltd. on July 23 and added medical laboratory technologists as directors to comply with legal requirements.
Tai Po District Councillor Tam Yee-pui believes that Hong Kong has sufficient manpower and resources in the medical sector and there is no need to seek help from China. He also pointed out that Hong Kong's medical standards are higher than China's and the government has been dwarfing Hong Kong's medical system. After all, "Hongkongers can handle all thesd by themselves."
Sai Kung District Councillor Gary Fan criticized that the government used politics to override the lives of Hongkongers, and that the open borders and the exemption from quarantine continued to increase the burden on Hong Kong medical staff. As the government has introduced Chinese companies to Hong Kong "their quality is doubted by everyone."
Source: InMedia #Aug5
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#COVID19 #DNA #MassSurveillance
District Councilors Protest Against Government's Reliance on China Despite Doubts on Quality and Worry over Mass Surveilance
On August 5, a number of pro-democracy district councillors protested at the Metropark Hotel in Kowloon, condemning the authorities for over-relying on China and diminishing the local medical sector. The hotel is where where the seven personnel from China said to assist Hong Kong in Nucleic Acid Testing were staying.
Tsuen Wan District Councillor Roy Tam pointed out that the government purchased nucleic acid testing services from the China companies Huasheng Diagnostic Center and China National Inspection Co., Ltd. in the middle of last month. However, the two companies have many issues and the public is also worried that DNA data will be collected by China for mass surveillance.
Roy Tam: Huasheng's company helps China with Mass Surveillance in Xinjiang
Tam further pointed out that Hua Shouen, director of the Huasheng Diagnostic Center, was testified in the DR laboratory poison injection case, and the mother company, BGI (Beijing Genomics Institute) has been blacklisted by the United States for its DNA collection in Xinjiang. It is suspected that the comprehensive COVID-19 test on the Hong Kong population is actually a covet collection of Hongpongers’ DNA.
Tam criticized the government’s failure to locate contractors through public bidding. He also pointed out that another company Zhonglong Inspection and any China-based 'certification' has no relevant medical laboratory licenses. Tam believes that "the government knew it way early," so that after the appointment, China Inspections established the China Inspection Medical Inspection Co., Ltd. on July 23 and added medical laboratory technologists as directors to comply with legal requirements.
Tai Po District Councillor Tam Yee-pui believes that Hong Kong has sufficient manpower and resources in the medical sector and there is no need to seek help from China. He also pointed out that Hong Kong's medical standards are higher than China's and the government has been dwarfing Hong Kong's medical system. After all, "Hongkongers can handle all thesd by themselves."
Sai Kung District Councillor Gary Fan criticized that the government used politics to override the lives of Hongkongers, and that the open borders and the exemption from quarantine continued to increase the burden on Hong Kong medical staff. As the government has introduced Chinese companies to Hong Kong "their quality is doubted by everyone."
Source: InMedia #Aug5
#RoyTam #GaryFan
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Police confiscate speaker and issue “gathering ban” tickets at Protest against Health Code and Mass Surveillance
Source: InMedia #Aug16
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Police confiscate speaker and issue “gathering ban” tickets at Protest against Health Code and Mass Surveillance
Source: InMedia #Aug16
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Police confiscate speaker and issue “gathering ban” tickets at Protest against Health Code and Mass Surveillance
The Hong Kong SAR government has established a laboratory run by China-owned Beijing Genomics Institute (#BGI) at Hong Kong's Sun Yat Sen Memorial Park for universal voluntary Covid-19 testing without consultation from the public and requested private clinics assisting sample collection.
Neo Democrats members of Roy Tam Hoi-pong and Gary Fan Kwok-wai and Central and Western District lawmaker of Napo Wong Weng-Chi protested outside the stadium on August 16, 2020.
More than 30 police on the scene issued tickets for violation of “group gathering ban” and confiscated the speaker.
District Councilor Roy Tam stated civilians may lose confidence in private clinics if samples are passed to the China-owned companies for Covid-19 testing. He urged private doctors not to join the plan and criticised that the government ingratiated the Chinese Communist Party (#CCP) by sacrificing Hong Kongers.
The pro-Beijing camp has not only promoted the “Hong Kong Heath QR Code” system, but has also proposed only allowing those with the green “Heath QR code” to dine-in at restaurants. Gary Fan challenged that the reason behind this wired policy is for surveillance to restrict civilians’ freedom of movement.
Source: InMedia #Aug16
https://bit.ly/312GdXE
#RoyTam #GaryFan #NapoWong #NeoDemocrats #DistrictCouncillors #HKMedics
#PersonalPrivacy
Police confiscate speaker and issue “gathering ban” tickets at Protest against Health Code and Mass Surveillance
The Hong Kong SAR government has established a laboratory run by China-owned Beijing Genomics Institute (#BGI) at Hong Kong's Sun Yat Sen Memorial Park for universal voluntary Covid-19 testing without consultation from the public and requested private clinics assisting sample collection.
Neo Democrats members of Roy Tam Hoi-pong and Gary Fan Kwok-wai and Central and Western District lawmaker of Napo Wong Weng-Chi protested outside the stadium on August 16, 2020.
More than 30 police on the scene issued tickets for violation of “group gathering ban” and confiscated the speaker.
District Councilor Roy Tam stated civilians may lose confidence in private clinics if samples are passed to the China-owned companies for Covid-19 testing. He urged private doctors not to join the plan and criticised that the government ingratiated the Chinese Communist Party (#CCP) by sacrificing Hong Kongers.
The pro-Beijing camp has not only promoted the “Hong Kong Heath QR Code” system, but has also proposed only allowing those with the green “Heath QR code” to dine-in at restaurants. Gary Fan challenged that the reason behind this wired policy is for surveillance to restrict civilians’ freedom of movement.
Source: InMedia #Aug16
https://bit.ly/312GdXE
#RoyTam #GaryFan #NapoWong #NeoDemocrats #DistrictCouncillors #HKMedics
#PersonalPrivacy
#HealthCode #FailedState #SocialCreditSystem #MassSurveillance
District Councillors: Universal COVID-19 Test is a tool for mass surveillance and suppression
The Hong Kong SAR Government announced that the voluntary universal COVID-19 Test will take place starting from 1 September, 2020. Many Hong Kong Citizens have been worried that their personal information might be collected and sent to China. Pro-democracy district councillors have been opposing this plan of the government.
In a street both held on 21 August, Tsuen Wan district councillor Roy Tam Hoi-pong, of New Democrats, pointed out that the Hong Kong government has appointed a China owned company, Sunrise Diagnostics Center (#SCD), for running the test. As a Chinese company, they are not qualified for Hong Kong standard and they do not have a valid license to handle the COVID-19 testing. Tam said the government's intention is to achieve its political agenda in the name of “public health concern”.
Tsuen Wan district councillor, Roy Pun Long-Chung, also stated that the government has borrowed several Caritas Community Centers as temporary testing centers. Many community centers are equipped with an elderly home. He worried that this would increase the infection risk of the elderly, “the Government has completely ignored their lives.” Pun has received many residents’ complaints and was told that many employers has requested their employees to provide COVID-test result before going to the work.
Sai Kung district councillor Gary Fan Kwok-wai criticised the government for failing to put public health as the first priority. Instead, the authorities has postponed the LegCo election and suppressed civilians' rights in the name of pandemic prevention. He described the universal COVID-19 test is a needle in a haystack. The test is not an effective pandemic prevention measure due to its high cost and low efficiency. Moreover, civilians worry that the government may collect and send their DNA sample to China.
Moreover, the “Health Code” might be transformed into a “social credit system” as in China for mass surveillance and further suppression of rights.
Fan said, “China has set many bad examples. With a health code, the code of a healthy reporter changed to yellow and red. (In the health code, yellow means medium risk and red means high risk.) Thus, he couldn’t go anywhere or get onto any transportation. The hotel became his prison.” He called for civilians to boycott the universal testing scheme.
Jeff Au, Strategy Director of the think tank Community Development Initiative (#CDI), said that the current privacy ordinance doesn’t include DNA and biometrics data and Privacy Commission for Personal Data Hong Kong should extend the ordinance to cover these areas. He has recommended the establishment of an independent committee to monitor the testing procedure, technology management and laboratory operation.
Source: Stand News #Aug23
#RoyTam #RoyPun #GaryFan #JeffAu #NeoDemocrats
District Councillors: Universal COVID-19 Test is a tool for mass surveillance and suppression
The Hong Kong SAR Government announced that the voluntary universal COVID-19 Test will take place starting from 1 September, 2020. Many Hong Kong Citizens have been worried that their personal information might be collected and sent to China. Pro-democracy district councillors have been opposing this plan of the government.
In a street both held on 21 August, Tsuen Wan district councillor Roy Tam Hoi-pong, of New Democrats, pointed out that the Hong Kong government has appointed a China owned company, Sunrise Diagnostics Center (#SCD), for running the test. As a Chinese company, they are not qualified for Hong Kong standard and they do not have a valid license to handle the COVID-19 testing. Tam said the government's intention is to achieve its political agenda in the name of “public health concern”.
Tsuen Wan district councillor, Roy Pun Long-Chung, also stated that the government has borrowed several Caritas Community Centers as temporary testing centers. Many community centers are equipped with an elderly home. He worried that this would increase the infection risk of the elderly, “the Government has completely ignored their lives.” Pun has received many residents’ complaints and was told that many employers has requested their employees to provide COVID-test result before going to the work.
Sai Kung district councillor Gary Fan Kwok-wai criticised the government for failing to put public health as the first priority. Instead, the authorities has postponed the LegCo election and suppressed civilians' rights in the name of pandemic prevention. He described the universal COVID-19 test is a needle in a haystack. The test is not an effective pandemic prevention measure due to its high cost and low efficiency. Moreover, civilians worry that the government may collect and send their DNA sample to China.
Moreover, the “Health Code” might be transformed into a “social credit system” as in China for mass surveillance and further suppression of rights.
Fan said, “China has set many bad examples. With a health code, the code of a healthy reporter changed to yellow and red. (In the health code, yellow means medium risk and red means high risk.) Thus, he couldn’t go anywhere or get onto any transportation. The hotel became his prison.” He called for civilians to boycott the universal testing scheme.
Jeff Au, Strategy Director of the think tank Community Development Initiative (#CDI), said that the current privacy ordinance doesn’t include DNA and biometrics data and Privacy Commission for Personal Data Hong Kong should extend the ordinance to cover these areas. He has recommended the establishment of an independent committee to monitor the testing procedure, technology management and laboratory operation.
Source: Stand News #Aug23
#RoyTam #RoyPun #GaryFan #JeffAu #NeoDemocrats
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Arrested Pro-Democracy Figures tell Hongkongers: "Hang in there", "Be a Human, be yourself"
Source: InMedia #Feb28
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Arrested Pro-Democracy Figures tell Hongkongers: "Hang in there", "Be a Human, be yourself"
On Sunday, Feb 28, 2021, in Hong Kong, Tsuen Wan district councillor #RoyTam Hoi-pong of Neo-democrat and former lawmaker #WanSiuKin of Democractic Party reported to the Tsuen Wan Police Station in the afternoon, as instructed by the Hong Kong Police 2 days ago.
They are among the 55 pro-democracy activists who were arrested on Jan 5, 2021 on suspicion of "subverting state powers" and violating the #NationalSecurityLaw.
As the group was ordered to report to the police over 1 month ahead of the scheduled date, many had prepared for the worst. It was proven to be the case, as on the afternoon of Feb 28, the Hong Kong police announced charging 47 pro-democracy figures with "conspiracy to subverting state powers", and that they would be detained overnight before sending them to court the next day.
Before walking into the Tsuen Wan Police Station to face whatever plans the authorities have for them, Roy Tam, who came hand in hand with his wife, hugged his friends and families. He told the media that he would "face it with a calm spirit". Tam raised his fists high and said, "Hongkongers, hang in there!"
Wan Siu-kin arrived moments later. He said he was not surprised, as arbitrary arrests are nothing new in Hong Kong. A former lawmaker himself, he firmly believed that he did not violate the #NationalSecurityLaw, nor the Hong Kong's Basic Law. He told his friends that he is not afraid and will embrace the challenges. He hopes all the pro-democracy figures arrested would show the same fighting spirit.
Wan added, "To be frank, I don't know what to tell you, if you ask me for methods to resist against the authoritarian regime. But there is one thing you can do: Be a human-being, be yourself."
When asked to comment on Beijing's reported plan to amend Hong Kong's electoral system, Wan said, "I cannot comprehend the logic of the authoritarian regime, and do not want to."
Wan emphasized that the crux of the problem is the erosion of the social, economic, and political structure of the city. He concluded that the "#OneCountryTwoSystems" policy should be genuinely practiced, but "not by way of any twisted interpretation".
Source: InMedia #Feb28
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Arrested Pro-Democracy Figures tell Hongkongers: "Hang in there", "Be a Human, be yourself"
On Sunday, Feb 28, 2021, in Hong Kong, Tsuen Wan district councillor #RoyTam Hoi-pong of Neo-democrat and former lawmaker #WanSiuKin of Democractic Party reported to the Tsuen Wan Police Station in the afternoon, as instructed by the Hong Kong Police 2 days ago.
They are among the 55 pro-democracy activists who were arrested on Jan 5, 2021 on suspicion of "subverting state powers" and violating the #NationalSecurityLaw.
As the group was ordered to report to the police over 1 month ahead of the scheduled date, many had prepared for the worst. It was proven to be the case, as on the afternoon of Feb 28, the Hong Kong police announced charging 47 pro-democracy figures with "conspiracy to subverting state powers", and that they would be detained overnight before sending them to court the next day.
Before walking into the Tsuen Wan Police Station to face whatever plans the authorities have for them, Roy Tam, who came hand in hand with his wife, hugged his friends and families. He told the media that he would "face it with a calm spirit". Tam raised his fists high and said, "Hongkongers, hang in there!"
Wan Siu-kin arrived moments later. He said he was not surprised, as arbitrary arrests are nothing new in Hong Kong. A former lawmaker himself, he firmly believed that he did not violate the #NationalSecurityLaw, nor the Hong Kong's Basic Law. He told his friends that he is not afraid and will embrace the challenges. He hopes all the pro-democracy figures arrested would show the same fighting spirit.
Wan added, "To be frank, I don't know what to tell you, if you ask me for methods to resist against the authoritarian regime. But there is one thing you can do: Be a human-being, be yourself."
When asked to comment on Beijing's reported plan to amend Hong Kong's electoral system, Wan said, "I cannot comprehend the logic of the authoritarian regime, and do not want to."
Wan emphasized that the crux of the problem is the erosion of the social, economic, and political structure of the city. He concluded that the "#OneCountryTwoSystems" policy should be genuinely practiced, but "not by way of any twisted interpretation".
Source: InMedia #Feb28
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Former Pro-democracy Councilor #RoyTam Denied Bail Again for Taking Part in Primary Election
Former Hong Kong pro-democracy district councilor Roy Tam Hoi-Pong, was denied bail by the High Court on Monday, 23 August, 2021.
Roy Tam was detained for nearly half a year for taking part in the 2020 legislative primary election in the pro-democracy camp, and his bail application was rejected 3 times already.
The bail application was heard by Justice Esther Toh Lye-ping, one of the judges chosen by the Chief Executive Carrie Lam to handle cases related to the National Security Law. Esther Toh rejected the bail application after the hearing.
Before he left the court, Roy Tam called out to those attending the hearing: "It doesn’t matter! Hold On!" The attendees waved back to him, replying: "Roy, hold on!"
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Source: Stand News #Aug23
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Former Pro-democracy Councilor #RoyTam Denied Bail Again for Taking Part in Primary Election
Former Hong Kong pro-democracy district councilor Roy Tam Hoi-Pong, was denied bail by the High Court on Monday, 23 August, 2021.
Roy Tam was detained for nearly half a year for taking part in the 2020 legislative primary election in the pro-democracy camp, and his bail application was rejected 3 times already.
The bail application was heard by Justice Esther Toh Lye-ping, one of the judges chosen by the Chief Executive Carrie Lam to handle cases related to the National Security Law. Esther Toh rejected the bail application after the hearing.
Before he left the court, Roy Tam called out to those attending the hearing: "It doesn’t matter! Hold On!" The attendees waved back to him, replying: "Roy, hold on!"
#NationalSecurityLaw
Source: Stand News #Aug23
https://bit.ly/3B11no4