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From Sai Wan to Mei Foo: District-based Protests Continue in Hong Kong
21:06 | Mei Foo Sun Chuen, Mei Foo
More citizens joined the march, chanting, “No quarantine camp in Mei Foo!”
21:50 |
Hundreds of riot police stood-by at the bus stop across the protest site in Mei Foo Sun Chuen.
Source: HK Citizens' Media; Eggs' Club #Feb6
21:06 | Mei Foo Sun Chuen, Mei Foo
More citizens joined the march, chanting, “No quarantine camp in Mei Foo!”
21:50 |
Hundreds of riot police stood-by at the bus stop across the protest site in Mei Foo Sun Chuen.
Source: HK Citizens' Media; Eggs' Club #Feb6
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#ChinesePneumonia
People from China rushing through Hong Kong borders by flights during “window period”, suspected to avoid mandatory quarantine
The Hong Kong government announced on Feb 5 that from
February 8 all visitors from China must undergo a mandatory quarantine for 14 days in Hong Kong.
A source from Hong Kong Airlines revealed that the reservation of flights from China to Hong Kong have risen remarkably to 76-85% on February 6 and overbooked to 102-105% on February 7.
In other words, February 6 and 7 has become a “window period" for people to leave China while avoiding mandatory quarantine in Hong Kong.
Source: Apple Daily #Feb6 #Borders
People from China rushing through Hong Kong borders by flights during “window period”, suspected to avoid mandatory quarantine
The Hong Kong government announced on Feb 5 that from
February 8 all visitors from China must undergo a mandatory quarantine for 14 days in Hong Kong.
A source from Hong Kong Airlines revealed that the reservation of flights from China to Hong Kong have risen remarkably to 76-85% on February 6 and overbooked to 102-105% on February 7.
In other words, February 6 and 7 has become a “window period" for people to leave China while avoiding mandatory quarantine in Hong Kong.
Source: Apple Daily #Feb6 #Borders
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#Breaking
#PoliticalOppression #Censorship
HK Government Bans Pro-democracy Group's Flower Stall in Lunar New Year Market
Founded in Hong Kong in 1989, The Alliance in Support of Democratic Patriotic Movements in China organizes the annual June Fourth candlelight vigil at Hong Kong's Victoria Park, in commemoration of the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre in China.
The Alliance has been running a flower stall at the annual Lunar New Year Market in Hong Kong since 1990 for more than 30 years.
However, after midnight on Feb 6, 2021, the Hong Kong government suddenly terminated the contract for their stall, claiming that they have displayed "irrelevant banners".
In the evening before, the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (#FEHD) had ordered the Alliance to remove "banners with political messages" within 2 hours, but without naming them.
The Alliance told Apple Daily that they had no idea which banner carries "political message" in the eye of the government. In the end, they covered the word "donation" and the slogans "Vindicate June Fourth" and "For Freedom, Fight Together".
Despite their willingness to co-operate, the authorities decided to ban the stall completely before they could open. At around 8:30am on Feb 6, the government sent staff to cordon off the area with plastic tape, leaving no ground for discussion.
The chairman of the Alliance Lee Cheuk-yan said that in the past 32 years, the Alliance was able to display similar messages.
Source: Apple Daily; RTHK #Feb6
https://bit.ly/2Ln5K8J
#CNYMarket #VictoriaPark #PoliceState #JuneFourth #FlowerStall #LeeCheukYan
#PoliticalOppression #Censorship
HK Government Bans Pro-democracy Group's Flower Stall in Lunar New Year Market
Founded in Hong Kong in 1989, The Alliance in Support of Democratic Patriotic Movements in China organizes the annual June Fourth candlelight vigil at Hong Kong's Victoria Park, in commemoration of the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre in China.
The Alliance has been running a flower stall at the annual Lunar New Year Market in Hong Kong since 1990 for more than 30 years.
However, after midnight on Feb 6, 2021, the Hong Kong government suddenly terminated the contract for their stall, claiming that they have displayed "irrelevant banners".
In the evening before, the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (#FEHD) had ordered the Alliance to remove "banners with political messages" within 2 hours, but without naming them.
The Alliance told Apple Daily that they had no idea which banner carries "political message" in the eye of the government. In the end, they covered the word "donation" and the slogans "Vindicate June Fourth" and "For Freedom, Fight Together".
Despite their willingness to co-operate, the authorities decided to ban the stall completely before they could open. At around 8:30am on Feb 6, the government sent staff to cordon off the area with plastic tape, leaving no ground for discussion.
The chairman of the Alliance Lee Cheuk-yan said that in the past 32 years, the Alliance was able to display similar messages.
Source: Apple Daily; RTHK #Feb6
https://bit.ly/2Ln5K8J
#CNYMarket #VictoriaPark #PoliceState #JuneFourth #FlowerStall #LeeCheukYan
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#Banner on Hong Kong's Mountain Reads: "National Security Dog Devours the Blood of the Children"
A gigantic black banner that is approximately 30m long and 3m wide was sighted on Kowloon Peak, Hong Kong on the morning of Feb 6, 2021.
The words were written in white. The first part of the message is encoded with a homonym for "national security dog". The second part means "devour the blood of the children".
In the past few days, the Education Bureau of Hong Kong has announced plan to include "national security education" into the Liberal Studies subject. The Secretary for Education Kevin Yeung even blatantly said that with the reformed curriculum, the subject could be called "National Education".
Source: Apple Daily #Feb6
#KowloonPeak #NationalSecurityLaw #Children #Education #LiberalStudies #NationalEducation
A gigantic black banner that is approximately 30m long and 3m wide was sighted on Kowloon Peak, Hong Kong on the morning of Feb 6, 2021.
The words were written in white. The first part of the message is encoded with a homonym for "national security dog". The second part means "devour the blood of the children".
In the past few days, the Education Bureau of Hong Kong has announced plan to include "national security education" into the Liberal Studies subject. The Secretary for Education Kevin Yeung even blatantly said that with the reformed curriculum, the subject could be called "National Education".
Source: Apple Daily #Feb6
#KowloonPeak #NationalSecurityLaw #Children #Education #LiberalStudies #NationalEducation
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#FreeAgnes #Japan
Agnes Chow Mentioned in the Entrance Exam of a Prestigious Japanese Junior High schoo
Recently, many private junior high schools in Japan are holding entrance exams. An exam question at the Seiko Gakuin Junior & Senior High School, a prestigious school in Yokohama, sparked discussions between netizens in Hong Kong and Japan because the question mentioned Agnes Chow, the National Security Law and Keyakizaka46’s song “Fukyōwaon”.
The question appeared in the Social Studies paper, where an Asahi Shimbun newspaper article published on August 2020 was chosen and the candidates needed to answer questions accordingly. The article narrates how Agnes Chow was arrested and released, and the fact that she mentioned the song “Fukyōwaon” (means discordant sound) kept coming to her mind when she was held in custody, making her determined to protect her home. This article has attracted a lot of attention at that time.
Apart from asking where it happened and who was involved in the exam question, it also mentioned “be water”, one of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement slogan, quoting Xunzi (a Chinese Confucian philosopher) on his saying “water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn a boat”, subsequently asking the student candidate to define the meaning of “water”. The fourth question asked the candidates to answer in one sentence how they have experienced having denied their freedom. The last question linked Agnes’s arrest to Article 21 of the Japanese Constitution and asked the candidate to fill in what freedom is protected under this law.
Source: Stand News #Feb6
#AgnesChow #BeWater #EntranceExam
Agnes Chow Mentioned in the Entrance Exam of a Prestigious Japanese Junior High schoo
Recently, many private junior high schools in Japan are holding entrance exams. An exam question at the Seiko Gakuin Junior & Senior High School, a prestigious school in Yokohama, sparked discussions between netizens in Hong Kong and Japan because the question mentioned Agnes Chow, the National Security Law and Keyakizaka46’s song “Fukyōwaon”.
The question appeared in the Social Studies paper, where an Asahi Shimbun newspaper article published on August 2020 was chosen and the candidates needed to answer questions accordingly. The article narrates how Agnes Chow was arrested and released, and the fact that she mentioned the song “Fukyōwaon” (means discordant sound) kept coming to her mind when she was held in custody, making her determined to protect her home. This article has attracted a lot of attention at that time.
Apart from asking where it happened and who was involved in the exam question, it also mentioned “be water”, one of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement slogan, quoting Xunzi (a Chinese Confucian philosopher) on his saying “water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn a boat”, subsequently asking the student candidate to define the meaning of “water”. The fourth question asked the candidates to answer in one sentence how they have experienced having denied their freedom. The last question linked Agnes’s arrest to Article 21 of the Japanese Constitution and asked the candidate to fill in what freedom is protected under this law.
Source: Stand News #Feb6
#AgnesChow #BeWater #EntranceExam