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Statement of Medical Workers on Strike for the 5th day Demanding the Goverment to Close the Borders: "Ruthless Management and their Heartbroken Staff"

//The Hospital Authority Employees Alliance (HAEA) set up a station at the Hospital Authority (HA) Building at 10am today for strike members to sign it. A huge crowd turned out in support. Members were furious at how the HA has yet to respond to our Five Demands, and everyone demanded another public meeting with the senior management. Yet, the HA once again chose to ignore the outcry of their staff. After two hours of waiting, the management continued to hide behind their closed offices, refusing to even talk to their employees.

The HAEA and our members decided to wait outside the office doors instead, yet we were barricaded by human resources and security staff. At one time, one of our colleagues even kneeled to beg for an audience with the management level. It pains us tremendously to witness such a scene. It is beyond outrageous for our management to shut their staff outside of their office doors, while remaining blind and deaf to our beseeching cries. We find it hard to believe that this cruelty is the management initiative of the HA towards their employees.

During the lunch time of our senior management, a colleague fainted after waiting for more than three hours. Multiple members performed first aid on him. When he regained consciousness, the first sentence he uttered was agonizing to hear, ā€œI have been serving the government (HA) for more than a decade, why do they treat me so?ā€ Are our colleagues who exhausted themselves working in hospitals exploding with patients so undeserving, that they are not even worth a meeting with our management? While our senior management enjoyed their lunch, their staff fell down due to low blood sugar. The irony is heart-wrenchingly painful.

The HAEA implores the management of the HA to find the limited capacity in their cold-blooded heart, to reflect whether they are worthy of our colleagues.//

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#HKEA #Feb7
Medical Worker Fainted, Hospital Authority Refuses Dialogue

Hospital Authority Employees Alliance (HKEA) hopes to meet the Hospital Authority (HA) managenent to restate their demands to close Hong Kong-China borders; however, the HA responded by shutting down the lift and staircase to prevent medical workers from showing up.

Some frontline medical workers who are on strike kneeled and cried, calling for the management to understand their demands. At some point, a medical staff fainted, but the management still refused to respond.

Source: Flash Media; InMedia #Feb7
Medical Experts Demand Complete Border Shutdown Amidst Influx of Visitors from China Before Compulsory Quarantine

Dr. Gabriel Matthew Leung, the Dean of the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong explained how the novel coronavirus is different from SARS: The infected can spread the virus before exhibiting any obvious symptoms. In order to prevent carriers from entering Hong Kong, a total border shutdown is necessary.

He also said the best option for quarantine is a campsite. If the campsite becomes over-crowded, the next option is an entire hotel building but he reiterates a hotel is not an ideal choice for quarantine.

He also talked about the possibility of existing Super Carrier, which might be for the case for the Diamond Princess Cruise, containing at least 60 infected passengers.

While people travelling from China to Hong Kong will be quarantined for 14 days from Feb 8, 82,000 people entered HK from China on Feb 6, a 40% increase within a day.

Source: InMedia; RTHK #Feb7
#Borders #HealthCrisis
Pneumonia Patient Entered Hong Kong from China before the Compulsory Quarantine Becomes Effective

At 07:46 on Feb 7, a 8-year-old boy crossed the borders from China to Hong Kong. He then fell instantly ill and was rushed to the hospital's isolation ward in an ambulance. It is still unclear whether he is infected with the novel coronavirus.

According to the medical staff in Tuen Mun hospital, the boyā€™s family told the hospital he was being treated in a Fujian hospital and had to undergo intubation. After hearing about the compulsory quarantine to take place in Hong Kong on Feb 8, they stopped the treatment and rushed him across the border at Shenzhen Bay, one of the three ports that are open.

The X-ray images of the boyā€™s lungs indicated that he suffered from severe pneumonia. He also has a condition of Congenital heart defect.

Source: Apple Daily #Feb7
https://s.nextmedia.com/realtime/a.php?i=20200207&s=10829391&a=60570732
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#Strike
Hospital Authority Head Refuses to Meet Medics on Strike; Medics Vote to Resume Duty Next Week As Outbreak Worsens

While the strike organized by the Hospital Authority Employees Alliance (HKEA) goes onto its 5th and last day on Feb 7, the Hospital Authority (HA) has yet made any concrete response to the demands of the medics, which include adequate supply of protective gears and complete border closure.

On Feb 7, the medics on strike gathered at the Hospital Authority Headquarter Office (HAHO), seeking a meeting with HA Chief Executive Dr. Tony Ko. Instead of meeting the medics, HA locked elevators and blocked staircase to stop the medical personnels on strike from accessing.

Medics refused to leave and occupied several areas in HAHO. Disgruntled civilians joined in, urging HA management to understand the work environment of the frontline staff and to handle the risk that frontline medics have been exposed to every day.

Despite this, HA issued a statement, stating that the gathering in HAHO was unauthorized and had been affecting other staff in the building, hence putting their lives in danger. HA asked the medics to leave the building and take note of their own safety when staying in the building. HA also 'reminded' those heading to the gathering to be mindful of potential risks.

Editorā€™s note:
In the eyes of the Hospital Authority, it is considered ā€œan unauthorized gatheringā€ where the medical staff being HA employees ā€œforced themselves inā€ while demanding to meet the HA management being the employer.

Some frontline medical staff were on their knees, some even fainted, in order to get an audience with Dr. Ko, the HA Chief Executive. This was, however, considered as ā€œseverely affecting their operationā€.

Having waited for 5 hours for an honest conversation about masks, hazmat suits and clean uniforms is considered ā€œendangering other staffersā€ , in the eyes of the HA management.

Source: RTHK #Feb7 #HKEA #HA

Medical Worker Fainted, Hospital Authority Refuses Dialogue
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#DailyUpdate #Feb7

2019-nCoV in China Updates (7/2):

āƒ According to Tencent real time data, up to 7 Feb at 22:17, total infected case is 31261 and total deaths is 637 in China.

āƒ Guangzhou is lockdown starting from 7 Feb; Shenzhen will implement restrictions starting from 8 Feb 0:00, vehicles must apply for declaration in advance and pass the "vehicle epidemic checkpoint" for the first time before they can get in or out of Shenzhen; Chengdu is also lockdown. Up to now there are at least 70 cities in China is lockdown.

āƒ Li Wenliang, one of the 8 Wuhan doctors who were targeted by police for trying to sound the alarm in December, died of the coronavirus on Thursday night.

āƒ Public anger in China is rising over hospitals struggling to find enough supplies, despite the Red Cross -- and other organizations -- having received millions of dollars in donations.

āƒ Several Asian countries have seen worrying spikes in cases in recent days, sparking fears of self-sustaining outbreak clusters. Japan has 86 cases, including the cases on a cruise ship docked near Tokyo, the highest number in a country outside China; Singapore has 33; Thailand has 25; South Korea and Hong Kong have 24 each. The death toll is now at 638, 2 being in the Philippines and 1 being in Hong Kong.

āƒ Eleven Americans from the cruise ship Diamond Princess, currently docked and quarantined near Tokyo, have tested positive for the Wuhan coronavirus

āƒ A section of Copenhagen airport was closed on Friday morning after an Asian woman presented flu symptoms upon arrival.

āƒ Australia will use a mining camp to quarantine patients suspected of having the Wuhan coronavirus, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said today.

āƒ Two American flights from Wuhan, China -- the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak -- have landed in the US and Canada, officials have confirmed.

āƒ The world is facing a "chronic shortage" of equipment that could shield individuals from coronavirus, World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a briefing in Geneva on Friday. Ghebreyesus added that he will be speaking to the Pandemic Supply Chain Network to identify the bottlenecks, find solutions and "push with fairness in the distribution of equipment."

Source : CNN, Tencent, Apply Daily TW, FTVNews TW
#Strike
Hong Kong Medics Decide to Put Strike on Hold to Stand Guard for Enormous Crowds Squeezing Through Borders to Avoid Mandatory Quarantine

Stepping into the 5th also the last day of medics strike initiated by the Hospital Authority Employees Alliance (#HAEA) to put pressure on the Government to lockdown all Hong Kong borders with China, in order to curb the deadly Coronavirus from spreading across the border; otherwise, a community outbreak can crumble the already-overloaded medical facilities in Hong Kong.

HAEA members were asked to cast their votes on February 7 on whether to extend the strike, which requires support from 6,000 members.

More than 7,000 members casted their votes. Winnie Yu Wai-ming, chair of HAEA said in the evening that about 3,000 members supported continuing the strike while 3,600 voted to resume work. She therefore announced to put the strike on hold but stressed the pursuit for five demands would continue.

Turning a deaf ear to many expertsā€™ advice to seal borders with China, Carrie Lam's Administration announced implementation of a mandatory 14-day quarantine period effective on February 8 for Chinese travelers, which created a 2.5-day-window period on February 6 and 7. Crowds of people appeared in airport and land ports attempting to enter Hong Kong before the new restriction takes effect. The chaotic situation at the borders was compared to fleeing soldiers in the movie "Dunkirk".

Watch video: https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/16807

During the "window period", several flights of Hong Kong Airlines from Chinese cities to Hong Kong were unusually full of booking up to 105%. Large crowds flowing through Shenzhen Bay border caused serious congestions which could risk triggering wider spread of the epidemic.

Source: Apple Daily
#Feb7 #ChinesePneumonia #GlobalOutbreak #MandatoryQuarantine
#FreedomofSpeech
Li Wenliangā€™s death stirred up intense discussions on Weibo, questing for freedom of speech

As the topic on Li Wenliang's death gradually dropped out from "hot search" and confirmation of his death, a wave of discussions calling for "freedom of speech" quickly spread on Weibo and netizens started circulating ā€œDo you hear the people singā€. As at 0112 on February 7, the topic "I Want Freedom of Speech" received 2,025,000 views and 8,000 comments on Weibo, which was quickly deleted.

Many netizens expressed that, ā€œif spreading rumours was his crime, we can only mourn by telling the truth.ā€ Some posted old photos of 1989 movement and added, ā€œEven if you and I understand that it will not make any change, but we should still speak up.ā€ Some mimicked the 5 demands raised in the Anti-extradition movement in Hong Kong and asked the government to ā€œwithdraw the admonitions against Li Wenliang, withdraw all orders made to delete posts, withdraw all allegations of conviction for his crimes, establish an independent commission of inquiry to hold accountability of officials involved, and immediately return freedom of speech to people of China.ā€

Source: Initium Media
#Feb7 #ChinesePneumonia #GlobalOutbreak
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Didnā€™t the government promise to provide masks to medical staff despite shortage?

Shortage of filter mask is affecting all walks of life in Hong Kong, and Chief Executive, Carrie Lam, urged her Administration to prioritize distribution of government manufactured masks to medical staff. However, this seems to be an empty promise as a video captured a long line of medics, including doctors, nurse and other supporting staff, waited for masks selling at a public hospital.

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#Feb7 #ChinesePneumonia #Masks
#Quarantine
Director of Infection Control rejected staffā€™s proposal to force patients to declare travel history and pneumonia-related symptoms

As Wuhan Pneumonia outbreak continued to spread from city to city in China and the Hong Kong government still refused to seal its borders.

Several departments of Princess Margaret Hospital took the initiative to request patients to declare their travel history and pneumonia-related symptoms. However, an email revealed that the Director of Infection Control at Kowloon West Hospital network rejected the initiative, insisting that "only temperature check is required at low-risk areaā€.

Front-line staff are concerned that carriers of the novel coronavirus may not exhibit fever, checking temperature alone could be putting other patients, including newborn babies and the elderly, at risk of infection.

Source: Factwire News Agency
https://bit.ly/375vdZ8

#Feb7 #ChinesePneumonia #GlobalOutbreak
#ChinesePneumonia
Chinese visitors afraid of outbreak in China seek visa extension to stay in HK; Another HK-China frequent traveller Contracts Coronavirus

Crowds of Chinese mainlanders appeared at the Immigration Building for visa extension as the counter for the last batch of visas applicants under the Individual Travel Scheme will close on February 7.

A visitor from Anhui, China said that the outbreak in his hometown is severe, and local traffic has been paralyzed. He plans to extend his visa so that he can stay in Hong Kong for a longer period.

On the same day, a new confirmed case of Coronavirus was reported in Hong Kong. The patient is a 58-year-old man who resides in Zhuhai and Hong Kong and travels in between Macau and Hong Kong for work. He has a fever in Zhuhai on Feb 4 and entered Hong Kong via the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge on Feb 5. He took the Airport bus to Sheung Shui and a taxi to seek medical treatment at a private clinic and the North District Hospital.

Source: NOW news#Feb7
News on Whistleblower Dr. Li 's death suddenly withdrawn in China's Internet, queries among netizens suspecting ā€œpolitical resuscitationā€ to deflect public anger

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https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/16835

Source: Weibo #Feb7
Protest-friendly Restaurant Distributes Masks in Hope to Repay Citizenā€™s Support for Yellow Economic Circle

Several branches of a restaurant chain (å…‰ę¦®å†°å®¤) were distributing masks to citizens outside their stores, hoping to fight the epidemic together. During the distribution outside their restaurants, there were long queues with mostly elderly citizens. They had to stop citizens from joining the queue in the evening since there were only limited number of masks, however, many citizens still insisted on waiting in line. The restaurant owner decided to increase the number of masks to be distributed, hoping to satisfy more citizens in need.

The owner told the reporters that his restaurant has won the support of many Hong Kong citizens during the anti-extradition movement, he was hoping that the money he earned can be given back to the community. He also mentioned that he was able to order 300,000 masks for distribution.

Source: USP United Social Press

#Feb7 #ChinesePneumonia #Masks #Masks
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The Plight of Medical Workers in Hong Kong: Risking Their Lives to Save Lives Amidst Mask Shortage

On Feb 7, the Hospital Authority Employees Alliance (#HKEA) hoped to meet the Hospital Authority (HA) managenent to demand adequate supply of protective equipment and the complete closure of Hong Kong-China borders.

The management refused to meet the frontline medical workers, even when one of their employees had fainted.

Source: Stand News #Feb7
#FailedState #HKMedics #HA
#Newspaper
Passengers Entering Hong Kong from China Say in Mandarin They Won't Follow Self-Quarantine Rule as They are "Not Sick"

The Hong Kong Government has been enforcing the 14-day self-quarantine measure since Feb 8. Many people from China rushed through Shenzhen Bay port to enter Hong Kong on Feb 7 before the "deadline". The Shenzhen Bay Port was crowded.

When entering Hong Kong, people speaking only Mandarin said that as they were "not sick", self-segregation would not be unnecessary and they would not follow such rule.

Ms. Zeng, who came from Jiangmen, Guangdong in China, said, ā€œI drove over alone today, as the public transportation in China has stopped.ā€ Ms. Zeng wanted to stay in China for a few more days, but as she learned that Hong Kong is preparing to implement new anti-epidemic measures, she immediately went to Hong Kong with her two sons. She visits China on every public holiday and she criticized the governmentā€™s new proposals. "Isnā€™t China advocating 14-day quarantine at home? I didnā€™t go there. China is well sealed! You see, there are many human contacts".

When asked about the customs clearance dispute, she thinks it was enough to block people from Hubei. And as she was from Guangdong, there is no need for her to be quarantined. She even pointed out that it was unnecessary to quarantine for 14 days and for home quarantine persons to wear electronic tracking bracelets. Data show that Guangdong has the second most diagnosed cases after Hubei Province in China.

Continue reading:
https://telegra.ph/Putonghua-citizens-from-China-dont-think-wearing-electronic-bracelets-is-unnecessary-02-17

Source: Apple Daily #Feb7
https://bit.ly/2Hxtl0V

#ShenzhenBay #WuhanPneumonia #Selfishness #Quarantined #Electronicbracelets
#Rumour
Mafia state: Hong Kong Police allegedly feasted with mob bosses

Watch video: https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/17456

Next Magazine revealed that on #Feb7, high-level officials of the Hong Kong Police Force booked a room for a banquet in a Chinese cuisine restaurant in Whampoa, Hong Kong.

The crowd included Chief Superintendents John Tse Chun-Chung, Kwok Ka-Chuen as well as Senior Superintendent Kong Wing-Cheng of the Police Public Relations Branch. In the same evening, 3 mob bosses of the Hong Kong-based Triad group the "14K" entered the room next to the police's.

According to the report, the restaurant had only very few customers that night, as opposed to being usually crowded with bustle staff running around in normal days.

A notice which read ā€œDurians for our guestsā€ was stuck onto the door of one banquet room. The 14K mob boss ā€œPeterā€ entered the room next door short after the police officers entered the room.

When asked about the incident, the restaurant said the Organized Crime and Triad Bureau, instead of the Public Relations Branch, of the police made the booking for the banquet. The restaurant staff refused to answer any other question.

During the dinner, a staff member took a few bottles of champagne into the room, where laughter and screaming could be heard subsequently.

On a press conference, the police condemned the report, describing it as canard and chicanery. They explained the banquet was privately-held, and the officers involved need not work afterwards. They didnā€™t have any knowledge about the identity of other customers in the restaurant nor had any contact with them.

Source: New Magazine, Stand News

Editorā€™s note: In Chinese restaurants, especially in Hong Kong, owing to limited space, rooms could usually be combined if needed.
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Radio Host in Hong Kong Arrested by National Security Police for the Second time, Accused of ā€œActing with a Seditious Intentionā€

Source: Stand News #Feb7

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Radio Host in Hong Kong Arrested by National Security Police for the Second time, Accused of ā€œActing with a Seditious Intentionā€

In November 2020, 'Giggs' Wan Yiu-sing, a #D100Radio host, was accused by the Hong Kong police of "money laundering and providing funds in secession of the country" through organising a crowdfunding project to cover educational costs for protestors who left Hong Kong to Taiwan.

#Giggs was granted bail after the arrest. However, on Feb 7, 2021, he was arrested by the National Security Police again for the violation of section 10 of the Crimes Ordinance ā€œact with a seditious intentionā€. His case has been scheduled to be trialed on Monday, Feb 8, 2021, at the West Kowloon Magistratesā€™ Courts.

During his arrest in November 2020, the Hong Kong police indicated that Giggs, his wife and assistant were all arrested by the National Security Department for "money laundering and providing financial help to others in secessions of the country".

Giggs organised a crowdfunding project on social media to provide financial aid to prp-democracy activists who had left Hong Kong, and provided his bank account information to collect funds. Upon further investigation, said the police, the arrest was made because they discovered the funds were "unlawfully appropriated and mishandled by the arrestees", and that the funds were going to help individuals and organisations that were involved in secession of the country.

Giggs first introduced his crowdfunding project in his radio show on Feb 22, 2020. He said, a lot of young activists were being charged because of their involvement in the Anti-ELAB movement, and some of them decided to move to Taiwan. He said, ā€œWe canā€™t just give them up. Hong Kongers are responsible for helping our own comradesā€ He also hoped not to put that responsibility on Taiwanā€™s shoulders. Giggs emphasised that the project was not intended to encourage, direct others to abscond or to tell activists to escape from legal responsibilities by leaving Hong Kong; but if there were any activists who had already arrived in Taiwan, he hoped to support them through the project.

Source: Stand News #Feb7
#ProtestArt #Suppression
Pro-democracy street artist expelled in Hong Kong

Source: Luminance HK; #Feb7

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Pro-democracy street artist expelled in Hong Kong


Hong Kong authorities earlier denied a visa extension for a Ukraine-born street artist, Vladimir Grankovsky (aka Vladi or Hidobo), and ordered him to leave Hong Kong by the end of January 2022.

Read more about Hidobo
https://t.me/BeWaterHK/63

On February 7, 2022, it was reported that Vladiā€™s Instagram account has gone disappeared. Until late evening on the same day, Vladi wrote again on his IG page, saying that he was arrested the night before and was escorted to a plane and deported by immigration officers.

Vladiā€™s arrest was suspected to be related to his artwork selling at iSquare in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong.

Vladi wrote on his IG page that he will release details about his arrest later. He also apologized to his supporters for the artwork delivery delays.

Follow Hidobo on Instagram: IG@hidobo and support "Yellow Art".

#StreetArtist #UkraineArtist #YellowArt #StandWithHK #Hidobo

Source: Luminance HK; #Feb7
https://t.me/luminanthk/5280