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Joseph Gordon-Levitt Calls For Hong Kong Voices: "Freedom fighters/ With faces of pain/ And voices that will be heard"
On Oct 21, 2020, U.S. actor #JosephGordonLevitt is looking for people in Hong Kong to recite a poem titled "Hong Kong Never Sleeps".
The poem describes Hong Kong by the image of water including "fire on water" and "weeping tears of rain". The work also highlights the pro-democracy protests in the city by "bringing together people in the streets" and calling Hongkongers "freedom fighters".
The poem in full reads:
"Hong Kong, she never sleeps
A beauty in the orient
A smiling dragon that breathes
She is fire on water
A city of spirited souls and passing ships
Hong Kong, a world of its own
Where we write our own history
Upon pathways unknown,
But never alone
We forever stand as one
Hong Kong, weeping tears of rain
Bringing together people in the streets
Freedom fighters
With faces of pain
And voices that will be heard
Hong Kong, a home to us all
With layers of landscapes, harbors and hills
Between blue skies and blue seas
On clear days
You can see forever
Hong Kong, our sacred city
Walking and talking through avenues
So full of life
The place we settle in to sleep
And fill with dreams in the night"
Gordon-Levitt urged the interested person to send their recording to:
https://hitrecord.app.link/hongkong_voiceactors
Gordon-Levitt was known for his roles in critically-acclaimed movies including 500 Days of Summer, Inception and Chicago 7. The platform Hitrecord is founded by him and his brother.
Source: Stand News #Oct22
#Art #HongKongNeverSleeps #GlobalSupport
Joseph Gordon-Levitt Calls For Hong Kong Voices: "Freedom fighters/ With faces of pain/ And voices that will be heard"
On Oct 21, 2020, U.S. actor #JosephGordonLevitt is looking for people in Hong Kong to recite a poem titled "Hong Kong Never Sleeps".
The poem describes Hong Kong by the image of water including "fire on water" and "weeping tears of rain". The work also highlights the pro-democracy protests in the city by "bringing together people in the streets" and calling Hongkongers "freedom fighters".
The poem in full reads:
"Hong Kong, she never sleeps
A beauty in the orient
A smiling dragon that breathes
She is fire on water
A city of spirited souls and passing ships
Hong Kong, a world of its own
Where we write our own history
Upon pathways unknown,
But never alone
We forever stand as one
Hong Kong, weeping tears of rain
Bringing together people in the streets
Freedom fighters
With faces of pain
And voices that will be heard
Hong Kong, a home to us all
With layers of landscapes, harbors and hills
Between blue skies and blue seas
On clear days
You can see forever
Hong Kong, our sacred city
Walking and talking through avenues
So full of life
The place we settle in to sleep
And fill with dreams in the night"
Gordon-Levitt urged the interested person to send their recording to:
https://hitrecord.app.link/hongkong_voiceactors
Gordon-Levitt was known for his roles in critically-acclaimed movies including 500 Days of Summer, Inception and Chicago 7. The platform Hitrecord is founded by him and his brother.
Source: Stand News #Oct22
#Art #HongKongNeverSleeps #GlobalSupport
hitrecord.app.link
Founded and led by actor and artist Joseph Gordon-Levitt, HITRECORD is an open online community for creative collaboration. Users work together on a variety of art and media projects that they couldn’t have completed on their own.
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#BelatedJustice
Foul-mouthed pro-CCP lawyer could be “kicked-out” from UK lawyers’ register for suggesting “killing” HK independence advocates “without mercy”
CCP-loyal lawmaker and lawyer #JuniusHo is facing a hearing by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal in London in December this year, over remarks he made in 2017 about killing Hong Kong independence advocates 'without mercy'.
The UK's Solicitors Regulation Authority said Ho remarks at the rally and subsequently on his Facebook could be perceived as inciting violence against opponents and could cause offense. The Tribunal will decide whether to remove Ho from the UK register after the hearing.
At a pro-establishment rally in September 2017, Chairman of the Ping Shan Rural Committee, Tsang Shu-wo said on stage that Hong Kong independence advocates should be killed. Ho went along supporting him and shouted “without mercy” into his microphone.
Source: Stand News #Oct22
Foul-mouthed pro-CCP lawyer could be “kicked-out” from UK lawyers’ register for suggesting “killing” HK independence advocates “without mercy”
CCP-loyal lawmaker and lawyer #JuniusHo is facing a hearing by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal in London in December this year, over remarks he made in 2017 about killing Hong Kong independence advocates 'without mercy'.
The UK's Solicitors Regulation Authority said Ho remarks at the rally and subsequently on his Facebook could be perceived as inciting violence against opponents and could cause offense. The Tribunal will decide whether to remove Ho from the UK register after the hearing.
At a pro-establishment rally in September 2017, Chairman of the Ping Shan Rural Committee, Tsang Shu-wo said on stage that Hong Kong independence advocates should be killed. Ho went along supporting him and shouted “without mercy” into his microphone.
Source: Stand News #Oct22
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#FailedState #ChinesePneumonia
5 Unaccredited Labs Appointed for Hong Kong's COVID-19 Mandatory Testing
The Hong Kong Government has been requesting specific high-risk groups to undergo mandatory COVID-19 testing. An investigation by Apple Daily revealed that among 69 high-risk groups, 35 were tested by 5 appointed testing laboratories. However, none of these 5 providers were accredited under the Hong Kong Laboratory Accreditation Scheme (HOKLAS).
More alarming is the fact that some of these laboratories boasted of having “hospital-level laboratory equipment”. This is potentially misleading.
A staff member at one of the appointed laboratories acknowledged that the company is seeking ISO accreditation, although he insisted its operation is “meeting the requirements”.
A professional medical technologist pointed out that HOKLAS accreditation is a basic-level requirement of testing laboratories. He opined that it is absurd for the government to appoint a testing lab without HOKLAS certification to carry out COVID-19 mandatory tests for citizens of Hong Kong.
Source: Apple Daily #Oct22
https://hk.appledaily.com/local/20201021/CMG3XWGKVBBUDHJ7JBRZZJZMNA/
5 Unaccredited Labs Appointed for Hong Kong's COVID-19 Mandatory Testing
The Hong Kong Government has been requesting specific high-risk groups to undergo mandatory COVID-19 testing. An investigation by Apple Daily revealed that among 69 high-risk groups, 35 were tested by 5 appointed testing laboratories. However, none of these 5 providers were accredited under the Hong Kong Laboratory Accreditation Scheme (HOKLAS).
More alarming is the fact that some of these laboratories boasted of having “hospital-level laboratory equipment”. This is potentially misleading.
A staff member at one of the appointed laboratories acknowledged that the company is seeking ISO accreditation, although he insisted its operation is “meeting the requirements”.
A professional medical technologist pointed out that HOKLAS accreditation is a basic-level requirement of testing laboratories. He opined that it is absurd for the government to appoint a testing lab without HOKLAS certification to carry out COVID-19 mandatory tests for citizens of Hong Kong.
Source: Apple Daily #Oct22
https://hk.appledaily.com/local/20201021/CMG3XWGKVBBUDHJ7JBRZZJZMNA/
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The US Listed Six more Chinese Media Companies as Foreign Missions,
Hu Xijin: China may Retaliate Against US Media in HK
The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Wednesday (October 21) that the State Department listed another six Chinese media companies in the US as foreign missions, estimated to make the US-China relations worsen. The Global Times editor Hu Xijin criticized that "the US has gone too far" and warned that "China must retaliate, and may implicate the US media companies in Hong Kong".
It was at least the fifth time to list Chinese organizations and media as foreign missions in six months. The Chinese media included the Yicai Global, Jiefang Daily, the Xinmin Evening News, Social Sciences in China Press, the Beijing Review, and the Economic Daily.
According to the Foreign Missions Act, foreign missions must obtain approval from the US for the list of declared personnel and their salary information, their assets owned or leased in the US, and the purchase or lease of any property.
#China #US #StateDepartment #ChineseCompanies #ChineseMedia #ForeignMissions #Pompeo
Source: Standnews #Oct22
https://bit.ly/2THDnTq
Hu Xijin: China may Retaliate Against US Media in HK
The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Wednesday (October 21) that the State Department listed another six Chinese media companies in the US as foreign missions, estimated to make the US-China relations worsen. The Global Times editor Hu Xijin criticized that "the US has gone too far" and warned that "China must retaliate, and may implicate the US media companies in Hong Kong".
It was at least the fifth time to list Chinese organizations and media as foreign missions in six months. The Chinese media included the Yicai Global, Jiefang Daily, the Xinmin Evening News, Social Sciences in China Press, the Beijing Review, and the Economic Daily.
According to the Foreign Missions Act, foreign missions must obtain approval from the US for the list of declared personnel and their salary information, their assets owned or leased in the US, and the purchase or lease of any property.
#China #US #StateDepartment #ChineseCompanies #ChineseMedia #ForeignMissions #Pompeo
Source: Standnews #Oct22
https://bit.ly/2THDnTq
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Brazil President Refused to Buy Chinese Vaccine
Brazil, where the COVID-19 epidemic is severe, plans to launch a national vaccination program. The authorities once stated that they would use a Chinese vaccine, but this action aroused public opposition. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said that he would not buy the Chinese vaccine.
BBC reported that a Bolsonaro supporter urged the authorities not to buy coronavirus vaccine from Sinovac, a Chinese company, on social media, to which Bolsonaro responded, "We will not buy the Chinese vaccine." He added that the Brazilian authorities have not yet approved the use of Sinovac vaccine.
São Paulo Governor João Doria once said the federal government would include CoronaVac, the vaccine from Sinovac, in National Vaccination Program, and agreed to purchase 46 million doses for the citizen of São Paulo. The vaccination program was planned to begin in January 2021. The Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello said on Tuesday (20 October) that the authorities would buy CoronaVac, but Bolsonaro directly rejected it.
#Brazil #NationalImmunizationProgram #Bolsonaro #JoãoDoria #EduardoPazuello #Sinovac #CoronaVac #BBC #COVID19 #ChineseVaccine
Source: The Stand News #Oct22
https://bit.ly/323uY0T
Brazil, where the COVID-19 epidemic is severe, plans to launch a national vaccination program. The authorities once stated that they would use a Chinese vaccine, but this action aroused public opposition. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said that he would not buy the Chinese vaccine.
BBC reported that a Bolsonaro supporter urged the authorities not to buy coronavirus vaccine from Sinovac, a Chinese company, on social media, to which Bolsonaro responded, "We will not buy the Chinese vaccine." He added that the Brazilian authorities have not yet approved the use of Sinovac vaccine.
São Paulo Governor João Doria once said the federal government would include CoronaVac, the vaccine from Sinovac, in National Vaccination Program, and agreed to purchase 46 million doses for the citizen of São Paulo. The vaccination program was planned to begin in January 2021. The Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello said on Tuesday (20 October) that the authorities would buy CoronaVac, but Bolsonaro directly rejected it.
#Brazil #NationalImmunizationProgram #Bolsonaro #JoãoDoria #EduardoPazuello #Sinovac #CoronaVac #BBC #COVID19 #ChineseVaccine
Source: The Stand News #Oct22
https://bit.ly/323uY0T