Forwarded from 📡Guardians of Hong Kong
#Feb1 #ChinesePneumonia #WARS
#GlobalUpdate on Coronavirus Outbreak in China
⁃ Confirmed coronavirus cases in China amount to over 10,000 with a death toll over 200. The medical doctor who first revealed the epidermic in China was confirmed infected.
⁃ British and U.S. Consulate evacuate staff and their families from China
⁃ U.S. ban the entry of foreign nationals who have travelled to China within 14 days.
⁃ Australia bans the entry of mainland Chinese for at least 14 days (effective on Feb 1)
⁃ Papua New Guinea bans visitors from Asia amid coronavirus outbreak
⁃ Taiwan has decided bar recidence of Guangdong province to enter Taiwan. While requiring anyone who travel to Guangdong to be quarantined for 14 days.
⁃ Vietnam suspends issuing VISA for Chinese citizens, also including Maccu SAR citizens and Hong Kong citizens.
⁃ United Suspends Flights to Hong Kong between February 01-08 from two hubs: Newark (EWR) – on February 1st – UA179/180 ; San Francisco (SFO) – on February 4th and 6th – UA869/878
⁃ Airlines suspend China flights, for details information please read:
https://arynews.tv/en/theses-airlines-have-curbed-or-cancelled-china-flights/
Source: New York Times, Apple Daily, Yahoo! News
#GlobalUpdate on Coronavirus Outbreak in China
⁃ Confirmed coronavirus cases in China amount to over 10,000 with a death toll over 200. The medical doctor who first revealed the epidermic in China was confirmed infected.
⁃ British and U.S. Consulate evacuate staff and their families from China
⁃ U.S. ban the entry of foreign nationals who have travelled to China within 14 days.
⁃ Australia bans the entry of mainland Chinese for at least 14 days (effective on Feb 1)
⁃ Papua New Guinea bans visitors from Asia amid coronavirus outbreak
⁃ Taiwan has decided bar recidence of Guangdong province to enter Taiwan. While requiring anyone who travel to Guangdong to be quarantined for 14 days.
⁃ Vietnam suspends issuing VISA for Chinese citizens, also including Maccu SAR citizens and Hong Kong citizens.
⁃ United Suspends Flights to Hong Kong between February 01-08 from two hubs: Newark (EWR) – on February 1st – UA179/180 ; San Francisco (SFO) – on February 4th and 6th – UA869/878
⁃ Airlines suspend China flights, for details information please read:
https://arynews.tv/en/theses-airlines-have-curbed-or-cancelled-china-flights/
Source: New York Times, Apple Daily, Yahoo! News
Forwarded from 📡Guardians of Hong Kong
#Interesting
Pro-Democracy and Pro-Beijing Newspapers Unite Against Government's Apathetic Stance
Apple Daily and Oriental Daily are known to be direct competitors of each other in the journalism industry of Hong Kong. Both of these newspapers report news often in a tabloid-like manner, with Apple Daily taking a pro-democracy stance, and Oriental Daily take a pro-Beijing stance. Despite their bitter rivalry and difference in political stance, which has intensified owing to the now 8-month-movement, both castigated the government for taking an apathetic stance towards this potential health crisis and epidemic, and Carrie Lam's refusal to close all ports connected to China. They even used the exact wordings to describe the inaction of the government.
In face of an apathetic and ruthless government, even sworn enemies can become allies. Perhaps Lam will be ultimate uniting force in healing the rift and bridging the chasm between different groups in societies.
#Feb1 #HealthCrisis #ChinesePneumonia
Pro-Democracy and Pro-Beijing Newspapers Unite Against Government's Apathetic Stance
Apple Daily and Oriental Daily are known to be direct competitors of each other in the journalism industry of Hong Kong. Both of these newspapers report news often in a tabloid-like manner, with Apple Daily taking a pro-democracy stance, and Oriental Daily take a pro-Beijing stance. Despite their bitter rivalry and difference in political stance, which has intensified owing to the now 8-month-movement, both castigated the government for taking an apathetic stance towards this potential health crisis and epidemic, and Carrie Lam's refusal to close all ports connected to China. They even used the exact wordings to describe the inaction of the government.
In face of an apathetic and ruthless government, even sworn enemies can become allies. Perhaps Lam will be ultimate uniting force in healing the rift and bridging the chasm between different groups in societies.
#Feb1 #HealthCrisis #ChinesePneumonia
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Government Officials suspected for hoarding masks arouses heavy public criticism
Shortage of masks in Hong Kong is increasingly severe. However, the CSI masks that are produced by female inmates and are solely for government bureaux were allegedly used as "new year gifts", causing criticism and controversy.
On February 1, a civilian surnamed Lee drove by Ta Chuen Ping Street in Kwai Chung, he saw a driver in a private car handed out 2 boxes of CSI masks and red packets for a lady, as if presenting her new year gifts.
Many people challenged government officials for being self-serving and thoughtless, refusing to share CSI masks with the public to solve their urgent needs, particularly with the elderly.
A senior supervisor of Food and Hygiene Department, surnamed Kong showed-off numerous boxes of masks on his Facebook with a comment, bragging “shortage? I don’t think so”. Yielding to heavily criticism, he later apologised that the masks did not belong to him, but these were 6-month stocks for all front-line colleagues of his team.
Source: Apple Daily #Feb1
http://bit.ly/2OhPEvf
#FaceMask #Healthcrisis #ChinesePneumonia #CSI
Shortage of masks in Hong Kong is increasingly severe. However, the CSI masks that are produced by female inmates and are solely for government bureaux were allegedly used as "new year gifts", causing criticism and controversy.
On February 1, a civilian surnamed Lee drove by Ta Chuen Ping Street in Kwai Chung, he saw a driver in a private car handed out 2 boxes of CSI masks and red packets for a lady, as if presenting her new year gifts.
Many people challenged government officials for being self-serving and thoughtless, refusing to share CSI masks with the public to solve their urgent needs, particularly with the elderly.
A senior supervisor of Food and Hygiene Department, surnamed Kong showed-off numerous boxes of masks on his Facebook with a comment, bragging “shortage? I don’t think so”. Yielding to heavily criticism, he later apologised that the masks did not belong to him, but these were 6-month stocks for all front-line colleagues of his team.
Source: Apple Daily #Feb1
http://bit.ly/2OhPEvf
#FaceMask #Healthcrisis #ChinesePneumonia #CSI