#Solidarity #GlobalSupport
#US Consulate and #EU Office Join #Hongkongers to Mourn on June 4th

On the evening of June 4, 2021, candles are placed on the window side of both the American Consulate General and the European Union Office
in Hong Kong in commemoration of those deceased in the June Fourth #TiananmenMassacre.

Source: Stand News #Jun4
https://www.facebook.com/710476795704610/posts/4228075777278010/

#Hongkongers
Pro-democracy media chief: “We’ve tried and enjoyed media freedom in the past. We have no regrets.”

#LouiseWong Lai-Sheung, editor-in-chief of the #NextMagazine in Hong Kong wrote an open letter on the magazine’s Facebook on June 23, 2021 to bid farewell to readers.

Wong wrote that the Magazine has gone through many tough times in the past, including deep profit losses in 2016. Back then, vocal media tycoon, #JimmyLai Chee-yin, owner of the Next Magazine “warned” to roll-off the magazine and set a timeline to put pressure on his staff to work hard. Wong wrote, “He knows we are “attached” to the magazine. Not letting it fold is our biggest motivation.”

Wong continued in her letter, it took them 3 years to “remodel it” from traditional magazine to online media when readership and profits gradually picked up and meeting new highs. When subscription model was first put in place in Next Magazine in 2019, they were surprised to acquired over 100,000 subscribers. Despite that the magazine could not turn around its profits, but reduce loss.

Until June 21, “the editorial believes the big era has come to an end.”

Wong expressed in the letter that she is a sentimental person. But she didn’t shed tears. In the office that filled with shocks and anxieties, she told herself to remain calm and get on to an exit plan. Facing those staff who are still hopeful to continue operating the Magazine, she couldn’t help but told them to cut it off. “We’ve tried in the past and enjoyed media freedom. We have no regrets.”

Source: Apple Daily, #Jun23
https://bit.ly/3gVDndz

#SaveAppleDaily #ProtectAppleDaily #Journalism #PressFreedom

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Apple Daily Journalist: Hongkongers will not give up, journalists will never give up

Apple Daily local news journalist received flowers from supportive citizens, as he returned to the newspaper office.

Chan has worked for Apple Daily for over 3 years. He said he would miss "the Hong Kong with Apple Daily".

The 26-year-old top-selling pro-democracy newspaper will cease operation under the authorities' suppression. The last edition will be released after midnight on June 24, 2021.

Chan said all his colleagues are very busy and doing their best in their posts until the final moment of the newspaper.

"I also want to continuing my work at Apple Daily and that Next Digital can go on operating," Chan said. "But it is not we can have what we want."

Chan described Apple Daily as a place for media workers to pursue beliefs and ideals. Seeing editors and journalists getting arrested by the Hong Kong police, Chan said he could see the risk of being a journalist and asked fellow media workers and Hongkongers not to give up.

For its last edition, the newspaper will print 1 million copies. Chan reminded fellow Hongkongers, "Do get a copy of Apple Daily tomorrow!"

Source: Stand News; InMedia #Jun23

https://bit.ly/3vKjGuN

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https://publielectoral.lat/guardiansofhongkong/30201

Apple Daily Staff: "We will all become a sturdy apple tree"

https://publielectoral.lat/guardiansofhongkong/30205

News Anchor Wishes Hongkongers Safe
https://publielectoral.lat/guardiansofhongkong/30177

Former Staff Bids Farewell to the Newspaper
https://publielectoral.lat/guardiansofhongkong/30179

#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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Staff of Hong Kong's Pro-domocracy Newspaper #AppleDaily and Hongkongers Thank Each Other

https://publielectoral.lat/guardiansofhongkong/30213

#SupportAppleDaily #Hongkongers
#AppleDaily Staff Bow to Thank Fellow Hongkongers for their Support

Before dawn on Thursday, June 24, 2021, the staff of Apple Daily across different news beat stood solemnly at the entrance of this once most popular newspaper outlet in Hong Kong.

They held in their hand the last print run of Apple Daily and took group photos together.

Then, they bowed to thank HongKongers who came to show their support in the rain.

Photo: Oiyan Chan
Source: Stand News #Jun24
https://bit.ly/3wVUjra

#BeWater #Solidarity #LastDay

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Hongkongers Proudly Hold Onto the City's Last Printed Copy of Apple Daily

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#Solidarity #Hongkongers
Pro-democracy Optical shop claims no surprise to nuisance and vows no regrets to exhibiting support to #AppleDaily

ipoint Optical is an optical shop in Hong Kong, known for its voluntary service and free eyewear to detained and arrested pro-democracy protesters.

On June 20, 2021, the shop placed a front-page advertisement on Apple Daily, following the police's raid, arrests and the freezing of assets.

Soon after that, the shop has been spitefully harassed, receiving nearly a hundred anonymous phone calls in one morning.

Without much alternative, the shop must stop answering all phone calls which impacted badly on their business operation. The shop called for their customers to contact them via other means.

Owner of the optical shop, Michael expressed that someone put up pro-government posters outside their shop to indicate disagreement, so he was not surprised and concerned about more nuisance.

He reiterated that he took no regrets in putting up an advertisement on Apple Daily. There were also new customers visiting them after seeing the ad, Michael said.

Source: Apple Daily, #Jun20
https://bit.ly/3gGScC3

#YellowEconomy #Optician #Ipoint

Police Accuse Commemorating Civilians of "Inciting Onlookers"

Since the morning of July 2, 2021, police has been stopping citizens from commemorating the man who died yesterday by reportedly stabbing himself after knifing a policeman.

At 3pm, Mr Wu was intercepted by the police while laying down flowers. Mr Wu said to the policeman, "do you want me to pay HKD1,500 [the penalty of violating the gathering ban]? It's fine with me!"

The police warned Mr Wu of committing "misconduct in public space" or "inciting the onlookers" and that Mr Wu would be fined for "littering".

Mr Wu insisted it was his right to pay tribute to the dead. The police then asked for his relationship with the man.

Mr Wu said, "Being fined is not an issue. Paying tribute is all I want to do."

Source: InMedia #July1

#Hongkongers #July1Protest #Sacrifice #Martyr #Death

https://bit.ly/3qH5P7r

#TokyoOlympics #Sprint #Bronze
Olympic Medalist #SarahLee Tells Fellow #Hongkongers: "When we have done my best, there is no regret"

Hong Kong’s track cyclist Sarah Wai-sze Lee on August 8, 2021, won her second bronze medal in the women’s track cycling sprint event in 2020 Tokyo Olympic, becoming, after her bronze medal in the kirin conpetitionin the 2012 London Olympics. Lee is the first local athlete to win medals in two different games and two separate Olympic Games.

In the bronze medal match in Tokyo, Lee beat Germany’s Emma Hinze 2-0 in a best-of-three match up.

Lee said after the match that her goal is to capture two medals in her last Olympic Games. She has mixed feeling after winning one bronze, "Life is like this: You work hard on one thing, but the outcome is not ideal. At least, when we have done my best, there is no regret."

Lee said she learnt to take good care of herself during the competition, "I always tell myself to cherish myself more, in order to go forward. I realise I can become the one who loves me the most."

Source: Stand News #Aug8

https://bit.ly/3lHqBTX

#Sport #HongkongAthlete