2001
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6/ HK’s medical supplies are drying up this time. One of the reasons for this is connected to the HK democracy movement over the past seven months. Since it began, the Beijing government has classified all types of mask products as “sensitive items”, including surgical masks.
2002
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5/ They argued that decision is political rather than based on feasibility concern. As lockdown is dismissed, gov finds itself trapped in legitimacy crisis. It begs question as to whether HK can still maintain its distinction with China. The situation is worse than Sars outbreak.
2003
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4/ Nevertheless, in the face of mounting calls for a full shutdown, Carrie Lam has repeatedly dismissed public demands, just like how she handles call for an investigation into police & political reforms. Her decision is disputed by public policy experts & Pro-Beijing parties.
2004
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3/ The call is actually supported by public & experts. From latest poll, 80% population support sealing borders entirely. It's backed by several HK doctors & microbiologists, including Prof Yuen, leading expert in infectious diseases who discovered the agent causing coronavirus.
2005
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1/ When the coronavirus outbreak hit several cities in China, it also dealt another blow to HK‘s autonomy. Fear & anxiety are growing as cases in China have more than tripled over the past week.
2006
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2/ The adjacent province of Guangdong has become the second hardest-hit after Hubei province and, in a bid to fend off the spread in communities, HKers are calling for the closure of the border with China that tens of thousands of commuters use every day.
2007
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[My op-ed in @Independent：Hong Kong's response to coronavirus is another blow to its liberty]
Carrie Lam's refusal to shut down Hong Kong's border with China proves she has lost touch with what her society wants and needs.
independent.co.uk/voices/coronav…
2008
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#hongkongers own them our deep gratitude for their generous support. When #HKGov is reducing into a failed state and completely mishandles #coronavirus, it proves once again that a robust civil society with strong international networks is the only way out for #HongKong.
2009
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2010
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As #coronavirus rages, 🇨🇳 merchants snap up masks in almost all countries, which makes us difficult to buy one. As HK's stock is drying up, @demosisto has just bought 100000 masks from the #US. We will continue to find mask supplies worldwide & bring more good news to #HKers
2011
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HKGov has mishandled the virus. In short term, it may reduce the number of protests. But over long term it will just encourage more moderate, maybe even pro-Beijing people, to come out & criticize gov over things such as shortage of surgical masks. @tg2rai tg2.rai.it/dl/RaiTV/progr…
2012
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7/ @demosisto now invites the world to join our petition to call upon #Frenchgovernment to suspend the export of tactical suits to HK police. We urge #EuropeanCommission to pass all necessary legislation to control exports to countries, including HK, that violate basic rights.
2013
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6/ The world will probably cast doubts on the French government's determination in safeguarding human rights worldwide since the resolution was supported by the majority of @Europarl_EN in the first place.
2014
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3/ Countless reports show HK police used excessive force during over the past seven months when suppressing protests in HK. According to @amnesty, police deployed reckless & indiscriminate violence against protesters with arbitrary arrests, brutal beatings, torture in detention.
2015
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1/ Hong Kong police force has just announced to import 3,932 sets of tactical suits from a French company #Protecop. With its headquarters in Paris, Protecop is a defence manufacturer, who provides tailor-made protective equipment for police officers worldwide.
2016
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2/ In July 2019, the @Europarl_EN passed a resolution on the situation in HK & called for the EU, its Member States & international community to impose "appropriate export control mechanisms to deny China, & in particular, HK, access to technologies used to violate basic rights."
2017
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[Please join the petition!] I am calling on @EmmanuelMacron and the French Government to suspend the sales of tactical suits to HK Police: chng.it/RQ9DLR4tcT
2018
@joshuawongcf
"The Rest of the world to pay close heed to what is happening in East Asia, as the infinity war that has ravaged HK for years may soon be coming to a political theatre near you."
#UnfreeSpeech by Joshua & @Jasonyng is published by @PenguinBooks: hyperurl.co/unfreespeech
2019
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[Today’s Hong Kong is the rest of the world’s tomorrow.]
As much as HK needs the international community, the international community needs HK. Joshua says that HK’s fight against the CCP is an “infinity war”.
irishtimes.com/culture/books/…
2020
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4/ Even civil servants slam the new order as ineffective, not to mention that many arrivers frankly told reporters today that they will not follow the rules.
2021
@joshuawongcf
5/ With tens of thousands of travellers crossing the border every day, it is expected that such weak quarantine policy cannot fend off the #coronavirus spread. Without a full border seal with #China, #Hongkong is doomed to be sealed by the world.
2022
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3/ Although #HKgov warns to impose imprisonment and fines on violators, such punitive measures are only supported by daily phone calls and random checks. Even if quarantined people violate the rules, they will be only warned verbally.
2023
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2/ Even though #HKgov claims that 14days quarantine is mandatory, new arrivers are told that they can “go out” during the quarantine periods so long as they wear masks. It puts into doubt the effectiveness of quarantine policy as it means #coronavirus can spread in communities.
2024
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#Hongkong’s new #quarantine rules are entirely toothless! New measures rely heavily on the self-discipline of the targeted people? #WuhanCoronavirusOutbreak
1/ Even though the rule has been put in place today, there is no staff informing newcomers about the new measure.
2025
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15/ We are in a global health emergency, but spreading hatred would not help but create more problems. If you are really afraid of being infected, wearing a mask and improving personal hygiene would be more helpful than attacking anyone.
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