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Famous Hong Kong comic artist starts new life in the UK
In the recent emigration wave in Hong Kong, local comic artist “Maggie” announced on social media that she has immigrated to the UK. Although the reason for the move was not provided, netizens expressed regret.
“Maggie” Lau Ho Yan is a famous comic artist in Hong Kong. Some of her popular comic works include “My silly way” and “Our silly wedding”. Online game “Hong Kong-style cafe” is also based on her comics.
On the afternoon of April 2, 2021, Maggie posted on social media that she and her family have already arrived in the UK and cleared the 10-day self-isolation period. They are starting to adjust to their new life. She felt “limitlessly nostalgic, excessively worried, and a little excited” about her new life, and will continue to work in the new country; Maggie, however, did not talk about the reason for the move.
Source: Stand News #Apr2
https://www.thestandnews.com/society/%E6%88%91%E7%9A%84%E4%BD%8E%E8%83%BD%E4%B9%8B%E9%81%93-%E4%BD%9C%E8%80%85-%E6%BC%AB%E7%95%AB%E5%AE%B6%E9%A6%AC%E4%BB%94%E5%AE%A3%E5%B8%83%E7%A7%BB%E6%B0%91%E8%8B%B1%E5%9C%8B/
#Maggie #MySillyWay #MySillyWedding #ComicArtist
Famous Hong Kong comic artist starts new life in the UK
In the recent emigration wave in Hong Kong, local comic artist “Maggie” announced on social media that she has immigrated to the UK. Although the reason for the move was not provided, netizens expressed regret.
“Maggie” Lau Ho Yan is a famous comic artist in Hong Kong. Some of her popular comic works include “My silly way” and “Our silly wedding”. Online game “Hong Kong-style cafe” is also based on her comics.
On the afternoon of April 2, 2021, Maggie posted on social media that she and her family have already arrived in the UK and cleared the 10-day self-isolation period. They are starting to adjust to their new life. She felt “limitlessly nostalgic, excessively worried, and a little excited” about her new life, and will continue to work in the new country; Maggie, however, did not talk about the reason for the move.
Source: Stand News #Apr2
https://www.thestandnews.com/society/%E6%88%91%E7%9A%84%E4%BD%8E%E8%83%BD%E4%B9%8B%E9%81%93-%E4%BD%9C%E8%80%85-%E6%BC%AB%E7%95%AB%E5%AE%B6%E9%A6%AC%E4%BB%94%E5%AE%A3%E5%B8%83%E7%A7%BB%E6%B0%91%E8%8B%B1%E5%9C%8B/
#Maggie #MySillyWay #MySillyWedding #ComicArtist
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Former Political Satire Host Leaves Hong Kong for #Taiwan: "Sorry for Not Being Able to Say Goodbye"
On July 11, 2021, Tsang Chi-ho, a radio and TV host who was suddenly sacked by the public broadcaster #RTHK in June 2021, announced on Facebook that he has left Hong Kong for Taiwan. Tsang apologized for not being able to tell and say goodbye to his friends in advance.
Tsang wrote, "I woke up and realised that a 'Hong Kong' that is not Hong Kong anymore." He said he missed his friends a lot.
"In each of our heart, there lie many people, happenings and thousands of words. The path thereafter we will continue to walk," Tsang wrote in his post.
Many netizens left words of encouragement to Tsang: "Safety comes first," "As long as you and your family are well," and "Thank you for what you have done for Hong Kong" among others.
Taiwanese netizens also told Tsang "Welcome to Taiwan".
[Editor's note: #TsangChiHo is one of the hosts of the famous political satire #Headliner produced by RTHK. Under political pressure, the long-running popular program has been suspended. The public broadcaster RTHK termimated Tsang's contract with immediate effect in June 2021, despite the popularity of another radio show he was hosting.]
Source: Stand News #Jul11
https://bit.ly/2UCGq30
#PoliticalSuppression #Exile #Migration
On July 11, 2021, Tsang Chi-ho, a radio and TV host who was suddenly sacked by the public broadcaster #RTHK in June 2021, announced on Facebook that he has left Hong Kong for Taiwan. Tsang apologized for not being able to tell and say goodbye to his friends in advance.
Tsang wrote, "I woke up and realised that a 'Hong Kong' that is not Hong Kong anymore." He said he missed his friends a lot.
"In each of our heart, there lie many people, happenings and thousands of words. The path thereafter we will continue to walk," Tsang wrote in his post.
Many netizens left words of encouragement to Tsang: "Safety comes first," "As long as you and your family are well," and "Thank you for what you have done for Hong Kong" among others.
Taiwanese netizens also told Tsang "Welcome to Taiwan".
[Editor's note: #TsangChiHo is one of the hosts of the famous political satire #Headliner produced by RTHK. Under political pressure, the long-running popular program has been suspended. The public broadcaster RTHK termimated Tsang's contract with immediate effect in June 2021, despite the popularity of another radio show he was hosting.]
Source: Stand News #Jul11
https://bit.ly/2UCGq30
#PoliticalSuppression #Exile #Migration
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Hong Kong #DemocraticParty's Vice Chairman Leaves the City for UK
On August 7, 2021, Wen Wei Po, a newspaper controlled by China's Liaison Office in Hong Kong, claimed that the Vice Chairman of the Democratic Party in Hong Kong #LEEWingTat were seen in the airport boarding a Cathay Pacific flight to London on August 6. The pro-China newspaper said Lee "will not return shortly".
LEE's wife #CHANShuYing confirmed the news but didn't give more details. CHAN said Lee would speak for himself, when necessary, "I won't speak on his behalf, even though I am his family". Chan is currently in Hong Kong..
LEE, aged 65, is a former legislative and district councilor in Hong Kong. He was also a co-founder of the United Democrats of Hong Kong, an initial body of Democratic Party, in 1991, together with SZETO Wah and HO Chun-yan Albert,
Lee was a legislative councilor until 2012, when he lost in the election repesenting the New Territories West. The defeat marked his step-down from his previous prominent position.
In April 2019, LEE was convicted for one count of "Incitement to Public Nuisance" during the Occupy Central Movement in 2014. He was sentenced to a 8-month imprisonment, with a 2-year suspension.
In June 2021, LEE "returned" yo the political scene by taking up the Vice Chairman role of the Democracy Party. He said he wanted to stablize the Party and its members.
Lee opposed the Democratic Party to organize candidates to participate in the coming Legco election in December 2021. In the political sphere, it was rumoured that Lee's return aims at barring the few young members of the Party from candidating themselves in the election.
Source: Stand News #Aug7
https://www.thestandnews.com/politics/a-%E6%93%9A%E5%A0%B1%E6%9D%8E%E6%B0%B8%E9%81%94%E9%9B%A2%E6%B8%AF%E8%B5%B4%E8%8B%B1-%E5%A6%BB%E5%AD%90%E9%99%B3%E6%A8%B9%E8%8B%B1%E5%90%91%E9%BB%A8%E5%8F%8B%E8%AD%89%E5%AF%A6%E6%B6%88%E6%81%AF
#LegCo #LegCoElection #Migration #Exile #WhiteTerror
Hong Kong #DemocraticParty's Vice Chairman Leaves the City for UK
On August 7, 2021, Wen Wei Po, a newspaper controlled by China's Liaison Office in Hong Kong, claimed that the Vice Chairman of the Democratic Party in Hong Kong #LEEWingTat were seen in the airport boarding a Cathay Pacific flight to London on August 6. The pro-China newspaper said Lee "will not return shortly".
LEE's wife #CHANShuYing confirmed the news but didn't give more details. CHAN said Lee would speak for himself, when necessary, "I won't speak on his behalf, even though I am his family". Chan is currently in Hong Kong..
LEE, aged 65, is a former legislative and district councilor in Hong Kong. He was also a co-founder of the United Democrats of Hong Kong, an initial body of Democratic Party, in 1991, together with SZETO Wah and HO Chun-yan Albert,
Lee was a legislative councilor until 2012, when he lost in the election repesenting the New Territories West. The defeat marked his step-down from his previous prominent position.
In April 2019, LEE was convicted for one count of "Incitement to Public Nuisance" during the Occupy Central Movement in 2014. He was sentenced to a 8-month imprisonment, with a 2-year suspension.
In June 2021, LEE "returned" yo the political scene by taking up the Vice Chairman role of the Democracy Party. He said he wanted to stablize the Party and its members.
Lee opposed the Democratic Party to organize candidates to participate in the coming Legco election in December 2021. In the political sphere, it was rumoured that Lee's return aims at barring the few young members of the Party from candidating themselves in the election.
Source: Stand News #Aug7
https://www.thestandnews.com/politics/a-%E6%93%9A%E5%A0%B1%E6%9D%8E%E6%B0%B8%E9%81%94%E9%9B%A2%E6%B8%AF%E8%B5%B4%E8%8B%B1-%E5%A6%BB%E5%AD%90%E9%99%B3%E6%A8%B9%E8%8B%B1%E5%90%91%E9%BB%A8%E5%8F%8B%E8%AD%89%E5%AF%A6%E6%B6%88%E6%81%AF
#LegCo #LegCoElection #Migration #Exile #WhiteTerror
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Hong Kong Immigrants in Britain are showing a flair for protest
//Between January and September last year [2021] 88,000 Hong Kongers applied to move to Britain under the British National (Overseas) visa route, which was created by the government in response to the crackdown on democracy in Hong Kong. Many of them have been quick to stage in their adopted home the traditions of their old one.
The protest in Edinburgh was one of at least ten held across Britain in January alone. Some demonstrations in London have attracted almost 1,000 people. For a modest-sized group of new immigrants, the speed and scale with which the Hong Kongers have taken to the streets is striking.
Hong Kongers say that the main reason they keep protesting is because objectionable things keep happening. January’s protests have been focused on the issue of press freedom: in December and January two of Hong Kong’s last remaining independent news outlets closed after their offices were raided by police and journalists were arrested. Further protests will probably be held in February to call for a boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics, which start on February 4th...
Hong Kongers who have fled the Chinese Communist Party’s crackdown on the city were specifically driven to leave by sudden restrictions on their rights of free speech and free assembly. The point of moving was to regain those freedoms for themselves and their children. Although many Hong Kongers in Britain still fear the Communist Party, failing to protest in Britain would be cowardly, argues Ken: “If I am silent here I am just helping them.”//
Read the full article:
https://t.co/u1j42pubny
Source: Economist #Feb22
#BNO #Protest #AntiELAB
Hong Kong Immigrants in Britain are showing a flair for protest
//Between January and September last year [2021] 88,000 Hong Kongers applied to move to Britain under the British National (Overseas) visa route, which was created by the government in response to the crackdown on democracy in Hong Kong. Many of them have been quick to stage in their adopted home the traditions of their old one.
The protest in Edinburgh was one of at least ten held across Britain in January alone. Some demonstrations in London have attracted almost 1,000 people. For a modest-sized group of new immigrants, the speed and scale with which the Hong Kongers have taken to the streets is striking.
Hong Kongers say that the main reason they keep protesting is because objectionable things keep happening. January’s protests have been focused on the issue of press freedom: in December and January two of Hong Kong’s last remaining independent news outlets closed after their offices were raided by police and journalists were arrested. Further protests will probably be held in February to call for a boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics, which start on February 4th...
Hong Kongers who have fled the Chinese Communist Party’s crackdown on the city were specifically driven to leave by sudden restrictions on their rights of free speech and free assembly. The point of moving was to regain those freedoms for themselves and their children. Although many Hong Kongers in Britain still fear the Communist Party, failing to protest in Britain would be cowardly, argues Ken: “If I am silent here I am just helping them.”//
Read the full article:
https://t.co/u1j42pubny
Source: Economist #Feb22
#BNO #Protest #AntiELAB
The Economist
Britain’s newest immigrants are showing a flair for protest
Keeping up the old traditions