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#StandWithHongKong #NeverGiveUp
Hongkongers Tell the World Their Fight for Freedom and Democracy Continues
Hongkongers climbed all the way to the local hill Lion Rock that overlooks the city and displayed the words "Save HK" and "Save 12" on the top.
"Save 12" is the short form for
#Save12HKYouths, a call to rescue the 12 pro-democracy Hongkongers who have been detained by the Chinese authorities for over 40 days since the end of August 2020.
More photo:
https://publielectoral.lat/guardiansofhongkong/25809
Source: Resistance Live Media #Oct3
#SaveHK #Save12 #LionRock #NeverGiveUp
Hongkongers Tell the World Their Fight for Freedom and Democracy Continues
Hongkongers climbed all the way to the local hill Lion Rock that overlooks the city and displayed the words "Save HK" and "Save 12" on the top.
"Save 12" is the short form for
#Save12HKYouths, a call to rescue the 12 pro-democracy Hongkongers who have been detained by the Chinese authorities for over 40 days since the end of August 2020.
More photo:
https://publielectoral.lat/guardiansofhongkong/25809
Source: Resistance Live Media #Oct3
#SaveHK #Save12 #LionRock #NeverGiveUp
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#FirstHand #Nov8
#LastYearToday
One Year Since the Passing of Pro-democracy Student Alex Chow
On November 4, 2019 in Tseung Kwang O, Alex Chow Tsz-lok, a 22-year-old pro-democracy university student, fell from the third floor of Sheung Tak Carpark during a police operation.
On November 8, 2019, Chow passed away in a hospital at 8:09am. The cause of Chow's fatal fall remains unknown.
The coroner's court is scheduled to be held for 5 weeks, beginning on November 16, 2020. The court is expected to summon 60 witnesses (including 20 police officers, firemen, paramedics, voluntary first aiders and medical doctors) and analysts.
Since the passing of Chow, Hongkongers mourned Chow on the 8th day of every month across Hong Kong, despite police intervention. Today, on the one-year mark of Chow's death, netizens called for a memorial at Tseung Kwang O at 1930.
Armed police officers have been deployed in the area.
#NeverForget #NeverGiveUp
#Remembrance #AlexChow #ChowTszLok #HongKongChronicles
#LastYearToday
One Year Since the Passing of Pro-democracy Student Alex Chow
On November 4, 2019 in Tseung Kwang O, Alex Chow Tsz-lok, a 22-year-old pro-democracy university student, fell from the third floor of Sheung Tak Carpark during a police operation.
On November 8, 2019, Chow passed away in a hospital at 8:09am. The cause of Chow's fatal fall remains unknown.
The coroner's court is scheduled to be held for 5 weeks, beginning on November 16, 2020. The court is expected to summon 60 witnesses (including 20 police officers, firemen, paramedics, voluntary first aiders and medical doctors) and analysts.
Since the passing of Chow, Hongkongers mourned Chow on the 8th day of every month across Hong Kong, despite police intervention. Today, on the one-year mark of Chow's death, netizens called for a memorial at Tseung Kwang O at 1930.
Armed police officers have been deployed in the area.
#NeverForget #NeverGiveUp
#Remembrance #AlexChow #ChowTszLok #HongKongChronicles
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#HongkongersVoice #NeverGiveUp #Save12HKYouths
Hongkongers Send Christmas Cards to Support 12 Pro-democracy Protesters Detained by China; HK Student: We Shoulder the Pain Together
The "Save 12 Hong Kong Youths Concern Group" recently launched a campaign to send Christmas cards to the 12 Hongkongers who have been detained by the Chinese authority for over 100 days.
Yau Tsim Mong District Councilor Chu Kong-wai organized the Christmas card station on December 18, 2020 in Mong Kok, hoping that Hong Kong people would keep paying attention to the 12 detainees to protect them from inhuman treatment.
Candice, a secondary school student who joined the campaign said that she hopes to shoulder the pain experienced by the 12 HongKongers, so that they know that Hong Kong people have always been by their side,
"I hope that they can insist on their ideas, they have done nothing wrong." The HKSAR government earlier stated that the Liber Studies subject should be reformed. Candice said that the Liberal Studies teacher mentioned the 12 Hongkongers before in class but did not discuss it in depth, "I could feel the pressure borne by the Liberal Studies teacher, but s/he told us that s/he would teach us until nothing was allowed to teach."
Mr. Ho, who is in his 50s and works in the air transport industry wrote on the Christmas card the words, "May Heaven destroy the CCP".
Regarding whether his Christmas card can be delivered to the 12 Hongkoners, Mr. Ho said, "I didn’t expect this card could be successfully delivered when I wrote these words, but I will still say what I want to say.".
Mr. Ho said that his friend had been unjustly imprisoned in China for eight months, which has made him no longer believe in the judicial system of China.
Source: InMediahk #Dec19
https://bit.ly/3arkxcM
#Christmas2020 #Save12 #BringThemBack
Hongkongers Send Christmas Cards to Support 12 Pro-democracy Protesters Detained by China; HK Student: We Shoulder the Pain Together
The "Save 12 Hong Kong Youths Concern Group" recently launched a campaign to send Christmas cards to the 12 Hongkongers who have been detained by the Chinese authority for over 100 days.
Yau Tsim Mong District Councilor Chu Kong-wai organized the Christmas card station on December 18, 2020 in Mong Kok, hoping that Hong Kong people would keep paying attention to the 12 detainees to protect them from inhuman treatment.
Candice, a secondary school student who joined the campaign said that she hopes to shoulder the pain experienced by the 12 HongKongers, so that they know that Hong Kong people have always been by their side,
"I hope that they can insist on their ideas, they have done nothing wrong." The HKSAR government earlier stated that the Liber Studies subject should be reformed. Candice said that the Liberal Studies teacher mentioned the 12 Hongkongers before in class but did not discuss it in depth, "I could feel the pressure borne by the Liberal Studies teacher, but s/he told us that s/he would teach us until nothing was allowed to teach."
Mr. Ho, who is in his 50s and works in the air transport industry wrote on the Christmas card the words, "May Heaven destroy the CCP".
Regarding whether his Christmas card can be delivered to the 12 Hongkoners, Mr. Ho said, "I didn’t expect this card could be successfully delivered when I wrote these words, but I will still say what I want to say.".
Mr. Ho said that his friend had been unjustly imprisoned in China for eight months, which has made him no longer believe in the judicial system of China.
Source: InMediahk #Dec19
https://bit.ly/3arkxcM
#Christmas2020 #Save12 #BringThemBack
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#Interview #HongKongersVoice
Transcending Fear: Hong Kong Social Worker Vows for the Quest for Freedom, Out of His Love for Hong Kong
Reflecting on the year-long anti-ELAB movement in Hong Kong in 2019, social worker Hendick Lui Chi-Hang said, “I have been increasingly involved and more and more forth coming in each protest. For many times, I told myself that this time is going to be the last time and I have to overcome my limit.”
Despite that, there has been “next time”. Lui said, “Probably, it is out of my love to this land.”
It could also be rage. Lui elaborated, “You might also see it as ‘I can’t stand it’. There are some small things that we could do, though these things might not be useful, we should continue doing it.”
What if one day he was arrested and being sent to China for trial?
It seems that Lui was sharing his thoughts to the reporter, but also talking in melancholy, “it doesn’t matter. I believe as long as there are Hongkongers, there will be a pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong, fighting for freedom.”
Source: InMedia, #Jan22
https://bit.ly/3p87xgt
#LuiChiHang #SocialWorker #HKProtest #NeverGiveUp
Transcending Fear: Hong Kong Social Worker Vows for the Quest for Freedom, Out of His Love for Hong Kong
Reflecting on the year-long anti-ELAB movement in Hong Kong in 2019, social worker Hendick Lui Chi-Hang said, “I have been increasingly involved and more and more forth coming in each protest. For many times, I told myself that this time is going to be the last time and I have to overcome my limit.”
Despite that, there has been “next time”. Lui said, “Probably, it is out of my love to this land.”
It could also be rage. Lui elaborated, “You might also see it as ‘I can’t stand it’. There are some small things that we could do, though these things might not be useful, we should continue doing it.”
What if one day he was arrested and being sent to China for trial?
It seems that Lui was sharing his thoughts to the reporter, but also talking in melancholy, “it doesn’t matter. I believe as long as there are Hongkongers, there will be a pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong, fighting for freedom.”
Source: InMedia, #Jan22
https://bit.ly/3p87xgt
#LuiChiHang #SocialWorker #HKProtest #NeverGiveUp
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【大搜捕後】勇氣背後的恐懼 呂智恆：每一次抗爭，我都覺得自己去到極限 | 獨媒報導 | 獨立媒體
（獨媒報導） 2021 年 1 月 6 日，警方出動逾千警力，以《港區國安法》「顛覆國家政權罪」拘捕去年參與民主派初選的 53 人。在新界東排名第八、未能出線的呂智恆亦是被捕的其中一人。回顧過去的抗爭經歷，他說：「我諗我係越走越前，我本身好多時都諗住：唉！呢次係最後一次喇」，「覺得我做嘅嘢可能已經去到我嘅極限。」 雖是這麼說，但他往往都還有「下一次
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#PrisonVisit: #EddieChu Studying Vietnamese from Fellow Inmate, Says Wife
In Hong Kong, former pro-democracy legislator Eddie Chu remains in detention in Stanley Prison after being arrested in the 47 Democrats case.
His wife Au Pui-fun and daughter visited him at the prison last week; Au sported a red scarf to fend off the cold morning, and waited in line to register for their visit.
Chu had been studying Vietnamese, his wife relayed, and had been learning it from free apps since a month before his arrest. "He had been working very hard at it. The learning app has 5 levels, and he's ranked the 2nd fastest learner worldwide on it!"
After being sent to Stanley Prison, Chu had befriended a Vietnamese prisoner who taught him Vietnamese; in return, Chu taught the man Cantonese.
As mandatory work for prisoners, Chu was assigned to manufacture file folders. "He said he was so slow at the beginning; others made 50 folders in the time he made 5," his wife recalled with a chuckle. "I don't know about now; I haven't asked in a while."
During his detention, Chu noticed he woke up with discomfort under his left eye. Fortunately, examinations showed that it was only a natural degradation of his eye, and was not serious; he could manage it with regular eye drops. When asked, Chu said with a frown, "Of course, I looked at my phone too much when laying down. But it should be better now!" He said.
#PoliticalPrisoner #47Democrats #NeverGiveUp
Source: InMedia #Apr5
https://bit.ly/31NxtE8
In Hong Kong, former pro-democracy legislator Eddie Chu remains in detention in Stanley Prison after being arrested in the 47 Democrats case.
His wife Au Pui-fun and daughter visited him at the prison last week; Au sported a red scarf to fend off the cold morning, and waited in line to register for their visit.
Chu had been studying Vietnamese, his wife relayed, and had been learning it from free apps since a month before his arrest. "He had been working very hard at it. The learning app has 5 levels, and he's ranked the 2nd fastest learner worldwide on it!"
After being sent to Stanley Prison, Chu had befriended a Vietnamese prisoner who taught him Vietnamese; in return, Chu taught the man Cantonese.
As mandatory work for prisoners, Chu was assigned to manufacture file folders. "He said he was so slow at the beginning; others made 50 folders in the time he made 5," his wife recalled with a chuckle. "I don't know about now; I haven't asked in a while."
During his detention, Chu noticed he woke up with discomfort under his left eye. Fortunately, examinations showed that it was only a natural degradation of his eye, and was not serious; he could manage it with regular eye drops. When asked, Chu said with a frown, "Of course, I looked at my phone too much when laying down. But it should be better now!" He said.
#PoliticalPrisoner #47Democrats #NeverGiveUp
Source: InMedia #Apr5
https://bit.ly/31NxtE8
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#NeverGiveUp
Hong Kong Pro-democracy Activist #GwynethHo: Don’t let “suffering” retaliate the movement
The following is an excerpt of a #letter written by former journalist and currently detained activist Gwyneth Ho:
"It is human nature to be afraid of prison, but we should not think of imprisonment as a form of suffering imposed by the government to activists, where activists’ freedom is being completely restricted in a passive state.
If we interpret 'suffering' as a passive state, the 'sufferers' will become the 'victims'.
We should not see the experience of suffering as failure or an end to the movement. Otherwise, it will retaliate and wear us down. I hope everyone keeps in mind that the years 2019, 2020 and 2021 go hand in hand and cannot be considered individually. To suffer or the acknowledgement of the risk of suffering has always been a part of the political movement. As long as the state of 'suffering' is not over, our movement goes on."
Source: Stand News #May3
https://bit.ly/3gUCjIt
Hong Kong Pro-democracy Activist #GwynethHo: Don’t let “suffering” retaliate the movement
The following is an excerpt of a #letter written by former journalist and currently detained activist Gwyneth Ho:
"It is human nature to be afraid of prison, but we should not think of imprisonment as a form of suffering imposed by the government to activists, where activists’ freedom is being completely restricted in a passive state.
If we interpret 'suffering' as a passive state, the 'sufferers' will become the 'victims'.
We should not see the experience of suffering as failure or an end to the movement. Otherwise, it will retaliate and wear us down. I hope everyone keeps in mind that the years 2019, 2020 and 2021 go hand in hand and cannot be considered individually. To suffer or the acknowledgement of the risk of suffering has always been a part of the political movement. As long as the state of 'suffering' is not over, our movement goes on."
Source: Stand News #May3
https://bit.ly/3gUCjIt
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#PoliticalProsecution #PoliticalPrisoner
#Letter from Jailed Activist #FigoChan: "As long as we keep our faith, we can advance through adversity together"
Figo Chan, League of Social Democrats committee member and vice-convener of Civil Human Rights Front, was handed a heavy sentence of 18 months for organising a march on Oct 1 2019, which the police deemed an unlawful assembly.
Before his sentence was announced, Chan wrote an open letter to Hong Kongers to thank them for giving their all to fight for democracy, freedom, human rights and justice.
He also said that, although Hong Kongers have a tough road ahead, “don’t forget, the seeds we've sown will certainly lead to a harvest in the future."
In the letter he wrote on May 22, 2021, Chan thanked Hong Kongers for their effort that raised worldwide attention to the Anti-ELAB movement and forced the government to withdraw the act. He felt “proud and touched”.
He also mentioned, although more and more activists are sentenced to prison for violating the National Anthem Ordinance and the National Security Law, Hong Kongers should persist in their belief.
“The road to democracy is very long. As long as we keep our faith, we can advance through adversity together. One day, we will meet again under the pot (Legislature Council Complex)."
Now that Civil Human Rights Front (#CHRF) is facing the risk of being banned by the government, Chan said that although he is being imprisoned, “I still insist that CHRF will not disband until the end. I also hope everyone will still keep fighting for Hong Kong, and speak up on June 4, July 1, etc on behalf of the arrested, exiled, in the name of freedom”.
In closing, he wrote: “There is hope as long as we are still here. Five demands, not one less! May glory be to Hong Kong.”
Source: Apple Daily #May28
https://bit.ly/2RQxGVP
#PoliceState #Court #NeverGiveUp #AntiELAB #HongKongProtests
#Letter from Jailed Activist #FigoChan: "As long as we keep our faith, we can advance through adversity together"
Figo Chan, League of Social Democrats committee member and vice-convener of Civil Human Rights Front, was handed a heavy sentence of 18 months for organising a march on Oct 1 2019, which the police deemed an unlawful assembly.
Before his sentence was announced, Chan wrote an open letter to Hong Kongers to thank them for giving their all to fight for democracy, freedom, human rights and justice.
He also said that, although Hong Kongers have a tough road ahead, “don’t forget, the seeds we've sown will certainly lead to a harvest in the future."
In the letter he wrote on May 22, 2021, Chan thanked Hong Kongers for their effort that raised worldwide attention to the Anti-ELAB movement and forced the government to withdraw the act. He felt “proud and touched”.
He also mentioned, although more and more activists are sentenced to prison for violating the National Anthem Ordinance and the National Security Law, Hong Kongers should persist in their belief.
“The road to democracy is very long. As long as we keep our faith, we can advance through adversity together. One day, we will meet again under the pot (Legislature Council Complex)."
Now that Civil Human Rights Front (#CHRF) is facing the risk of being banned by the government, Chan said that although he is being imprisoned, “I still insist that CHRF will not disband until the end. I also hope everyone will still keep fighting for Hong Kong, and speak up on June 4, July 1, etc on behalf of the arrested, exiled, in the name of freedom”.
In closing, he wrote: “There is hope as long as we are still here. Five demands, not one less! May glory be to Hong Kong.”
Source: Apple Daily #May28
https://bit.ly/2RQxGVP
#PoliceState #Court #NeverGiveUp #AntiELAB #HongKongProtests
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#SupportAppleDaily #NeverGiveUp
News Anchor Wishes Hongkongers Safe on the Last Night of the #AppleDaily News Broadcast
The parent company of the pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, #NextDigital, held a board meeting on June 21, 2021 to decide the fate of the newspaper in the face of the Hong Kong government's suppression.
The board past the motion of sending a letter to the Secretary for Security, #JohnLee Ka-chiu to demand a reply on Friday, June 25, 2021--the company asked whether part of the Apple Daily’s funds can be unfrozen for salary payment.
According to sources, many Apple Daily’s employees expect Saturday, June 26, 2021 to be the last publishing day of Apple Daily. There is also sayings that the newsaper could be shut down as soon as on Wednesday.
As for the “21:30 Apple Daily News Broadcast”, it had its last screening on the evening of June 21. The headline inquired the whereabouts of Next Digital.
At the end of the programme, anchor #TseHingYi said that it is a hard way forward and wished everyone safe and sound.
Tse also sent a message to all media workers in Hong Kong, encouraging them to hang on and stand strong.
“Even though our platform is disappearing, Hong Kong journalists will hold onto their posts and defend the truth,” said Tse.
Watch the video here:
https://youtu.be/BsvcMNoGHqQ
Source: Stand News; InMedia; Apple Daily #Jun21
https://bit.ly/3gRQMTU
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News Anchor Wishes Hongkongers Safe on the Last Night of the #AppleDaily News Broadcast
The parent company of the pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, #NextDigital, held a board meeting on June 21, 2021 to decide the fate of the newspaper in the face of the Hong Kong government's suppression.
The board past the motion of sending a letter to the Secretary for Security, #JohnLee Ka-chiu to demand a reply on Friday, June 25, 2021--the company asked whether part of the Apple Daily’s funds can be unfrozen for salary payment.
According to sources, many Apple Daily’s employees expect Saturday, June 26, 2021 to be the last publishing day of Apple Daily. There is also sayings that the newsaper could be shut down as soon as on Wednesday.
As for the “21:30 Apple Daily News Broadcast”, it had its last screening on the evening of June 21. The headline inquired the whereabouts of Next Digital.
At the end of the programme, anchor #TseHingYi said that it is a hard way forward and wished everyone safe and sound.
Tse also sent a message to all media workers in Hong Kong, encouraging them to hang on and stand strong.
“Even though our platform is disappearing, Hong Kong journalists will hold onto their posts and defend the truth,” said Tse.
Watch the video here:
https://youtu.be/BsvcMNoGHqQ
Source: Stand News; InMedia; Apple Daily #Jun21
https://bit.ly/3gRQMTU
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https://publielectoral.lat/guardiansofhongkong/30175
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#Hongkongers #NeverGiveUp
Apple Daily Staff: "We will all become a sturdy apple tree"
The following is excerpted from an open letter written by an #AppleDaily staff:
"Dear colleagues at Apple Daily who stay until the last,
Dear fellow Hongkongers,
The perseverence and truth-seeking spirit of Apple Daily has long been seeded in our hearts.
Despite the turbulences of the time that try to disperse us, we have absorbed enough nutrients to grow wherever we are.
We will all become a sturdy apple tree.
I hope we all will never give up. We shall remember all the facts and true happenings. We will not let our present become the past rewritten. We will strengthen and better equip ourselves, so that we will be strong enough to face darkness in the future.
From an Apple Daily Staff"
The image comes from an overseas Hongkongers' group in San Francisco. It writes: "They try to bury us, without knowing that we are seeds."
https://publielectoral.lat/guardiansofhongkong/30204
Text: Tin Shui Wai Connection #Jun22
Image: San Francisco Hongkongers
https://www.facebook.com/SFHKers/photos/a.117623882943094/548582659847212/
https://publielectoral.lat/tswconnection/2416
#BeWater #AppleTree #PressFreedom #FightforHongKong
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Apple Daily Journalist: Hongkongers will not give up, journalists will never give up
https://publielectoral.lat/guardiansofhongkong/30203
#NextMegazine chief: “We’ve tried and enjoyed media freedom in the past. We have no regrets.”
https://publielectoral.lat/guardiansofhongkong/30201
News Anchor Wishes Hongkongers Safe
https://publielectoral.lat/guardiansofhongkong/30177
Former Staff Bids Farewell to the Newspaper
https://publielectoral.lat/guardiansofhongkong/30179
Staff of Hong Kong's Pro-domocracy Newspaper #AppleDaily and Hongkongers Thank Each Other
https://publielectoral.lat/guardiansofhongkong/30213
Apple Daily Staff: "We will all become a sturdy apple tree"
The following is excerpted from an open letter written by an #AppleDaily staff:
"Dear colleagues at Apple Daily who stay until the last,
Dear fellow Hongkongers,
The perseverence and truth-seeking spirit of Apple Daily has long been seeded in our hearts.
Despite the turbulences of the time that try to disperse us, we have absorbed enough nutrients to grow wherever we are.
We will all become a sturdy apple tree.
I hope we all will never give up. We shall remember all the facts and true happenings. We will not let our present become the past rewritten. We will strengthen and better equip ourselves, so that we will be strong enough to face darkness in the future.
From an Apple Daily Staff"
The image comes from an overseas Hongkongers' group in San Francisco. It writes: "They try to bury us, without knowing that we are seeds."
https://publielectoral.lat/guardiansofhongkong/30204
Text: Tin Shui Wai Connection #Jun22
Image: San Francisco Hongkongers
https://www.facebook.com/SFHKers/photos/a.117623882943094/548582659847212/
https://publielectoral.lat/tswconnection/2416
#BeWater #AppleTree #PressFreedom #FightforHongKong
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https://publielectoral.lat/guardiansofhongkong/30203
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https://publielectoral.lat/guardiansofhongkong/30201
News Anchor Wishes Hongkongers Safe
https://publielectoral.lat/guardiansofhongkong/30177
Former Staff Bids Farewell to the Newspaper
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Hong Kong Singers Respond to Difficult Times and Encourage #Hongkongers Not to Give Up Their Beliefs
In the annual Ultimate Song Chart Awards Presentation organized by Commercial Radio Hong Kong on January 1, 2022, several singers expressed words of encouragement to Hongkongers in their thank you speech, addressing the difficult times faced by the locals.
Vincy Chan whose song was named to one of the Top Ten in 2021, said on stage, "As long as we can cross over, there is a future. Uphold our beliefs, never give up -- we must hang on."
Stephanie Cheng, whose song titled "Drink more water" was named Top 4 in the 2021 music chart, expressed that the past year was a difficult one. She then said, "[we need to] be strong in order to overcome... It doesn't mean there is nothing one can do when in a fragile state. Take good care of ourself, then we will find hope. Hope everyone will not give up."
In response to the immigration wave out of Hong Kong, RubberBand, a local band, received the grand award for a song about farewell called "Ciao". While the drummer Ah Wai said the song is deidicated to all Hongkongers whenever they are, his fellow band member Lai Man added, "the truth will prevail." Ah Wai also expressed hope for reunion one day, despite having said goodbye. At last, vocal "no. 6" Mau Hou Cheong said, "We must live on, no matter you are staying in Hong Kong or you choose to leave. This song is dedicated to all Hongkongers. Thank you, Hongkongers. We are always Hongkongers."
At last, MC $OHO and KidNey, a two-men rapper group which was awarded the Silver Prize in the newcomer (band) catergory, said they need to thank the management of their agency. They continued, "because management is very important. There are so many problems in Hong Kong all because it is not well managed."
Source: CNews #Jan1
#Cantopop #HongKongMusic #HongKongSingers #NeverGiveUp #RubberBand #Trial&Error #VincyChan #StephanieChiang
Hong Kong Singers Respond to Difficult Times and Encourage #Hongkongers Not to Give Up Their Beliefs
In the annual Ultimate Song Chart Awards Presentation organized by Commercial Radio Hong Kong on January 1, 2022, several singers expressed words of encouragement to Hongkongers in their thank you speech, addressing the difficult times faced by the locals.
Vincy Chan whose song was named to one of the Top Ten in 2021, said on stage, "As long as we can cross over, there is a future. Uphold our beliefs, never give up -- we must hang on."
Stephanie Cheng, whose song titled "Drink more water" was named Top 4 in the 2021 music chart, expressed that the past year was a difficult one. She then said, "[we need to] be strong in order to overcome... It doesn't mean there is nothing one can do when in a fragile state. Take good care of ourself, then we will find hope. Hope everyone will not give up."
In response to the immigration wave out of Hong Kong, RubberBand, a local band, received the grand award for a song about farewell called "Ciao". While the drummer Ah Wai said the song is deidicated to all Hongkongers whenever they are, his fellow band member Lai Man added, "the truth will prevail." Ah Wai also expressed hope for reunion one day, despite having said goodbye. At last, vocal "no. 6" Mau Hou Cheong said, "We must live on, no matter you are staying in Hong Kong or you choose to leave. This song is dedicated to all Hongkongers. Thank you, Hongkongers. We are always Hongkongers."
At last, MC $OHO and KidNey, a two-men rapper group which was awarded the Silver Prize in the newcomer (band) catergory, said they need to thank the management of their agency. They continued, "because management is very important. There are so many problems in Hong Kong all because it is not well managed."
Source: CNews #Jan1
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