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#FirstHand #Feb8
Lest We Forget: 3 Months After the Decease of 22-year-old Student Chow Tsz-lok

20:38 | Tseung Kwan O
Citizens held memorials for 15-year-old girl Chan Yin-lam and 22-year-old Chow Tsz-lok.

Today marks 3 months after the passing of Chow, after he fell off from height a car park during police action in Tseung Kwan O. The cause of Chow's and Chan's deaths remain a mystery.

At the scene, citizens also held signs in support of medics on strike.
#Strike
MTR Workers’ Union May Strike For Full Closures of Borders to Stop Transporting Virus

New coronavirus continues to spread and a few local cases were reported in Hong Kong. Following the strike initiated by the Hospital Authority Employees Alliance, the railway workers’ union Railway Power held a meeting yesterday to vote on industrial actions to combat the coronavirus. The poll had passed “in favor of a strike” as a resolution with 118 votes. NG King-cheung, vice-chairman of the Union, said if the MTR Corporation did not take actions, the railway may be responsible to the transportation of the virus throughout the city.

The Union requested to negotiate with the Corporation first, including pushing the government for a complete closure of the borders and requiring the Corporation to provide suitable protection equipment to employees. If the company refused to answer, the Union would call for a strike action together with those who signed the “declaration of strike”. NG said the Union would go public with the strike timetable to reduce public inconvenience.

Source: Inmedia
#Feb8 #HealthCrisis #ChinesePneumonia
#PressFreedom
#852Post Founder Relocated to Taiwan to Speak on Hong Kong Matters

#YauChingYuen, the founder of 852 Post, a pro-democracy news platform, revealed in a Youtube video released on February 8, 2022 that he has left Hong Kong for Taiwan on January 17, 2022. His wife just arrived in Taiwan and was currently in quarantine.

Yau revealed that he received a visa issued by the Taiwan government last February, but he thought he could stay in Hong Kong for a longer while.

The authorities' suppression of Stand News, an independent news outlet in Hong Kong, changed his mind.

Yau described the situation in Hong Kong as "Cultural Revolution" alike. He realised that he could only leave Hong Kong in order to speak up.

Source: Youtube #Feb8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUS3p_cyOSw