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Liaison Office owns 757 property units, worth an estimated value of 3.4 billion. Worth noting besides properties, the office also controls SUP, whic owns more than half of book stores in Hong Kong and 30 joint publishing houses. twitter.com/richardjpyne/s…
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A Mingpao reporter followed a former news anchor and flight attendant, who was fired from his job this February and became a food delivery guy. He walked 7km that day, earning HK$30 per delivery and HK$450 in total. m.mingpao.com/pns/%e6%b8%af%…
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I suppose this is how one covers #HongKongProtest in 2020. Grab a ladder, ask for a code and fly to an island on #AnimalCrossing
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Sorry, you aren't paid HK$5.21 million a year to watch digital concert at work. twitter.com/alvinllum/stat…
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I tagged along a group of volunteers who installed hand sanitiser dispenser at old tenement buildings in #HongKong. Seems like an easy task, but the team actually have to go door to door to find a resident that’ll lend their support and refill the bottle. asia.nikkei.com/Life-Arts/Hong…
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This spectacular piece of protest art by Lau Kwong Shing, one of the most talented comic artists in #HongKong. His caption: “Fact-checked”
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Bloody arrests have become a norm in Hong Kong twitter.com/KongTsungGan/s…
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Legislator Roy Kwong was also pepper sprayed by police in Yuen Long earlier tonight while observing the protest and monitoring police actions. The police chief should explain why the force is out of control, he told @StandNewsHK
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The retaliation itself is shocking enough, but the fact that it also includes Hong Kong, which used to be an exception and where reporters can cover China from. The impact is also significant, because while protests have come to a halt, its only temporary wsj.com/articles/china…
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A group of volunteers have installed hand sanitizer dispensers at over 300 old tenement buildings in #HongKong and deliver regular supply for refill. Their goal is to reach 2000 buildings and keep them supplied for at least two months.
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Photos from the travel section of @appledaily_hk. With flights suspended and cancelled, heres a rare scene of planes neatly parked at the airport apron.
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Two people among 17 arrested for bomb plots this weekend suffered bone fractures during police arrests and were admitted to hospital. But this is not isolated case. Since June, at least 100 defendants missed first hearing as they were still being treated thestandnews.com/politics/%E5%8…
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A relative, who works at the airport in Boston, can’t wear masks to work because her supervisor says it would cause panic. She doesn’t dare wear it on the streets either, fearing it would draw the wrong attention and even assault. twitter.com/TMclaughlin3/s…
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Mapping the #COVID19 outbreak. Confirmed cases of #coronavirus outside of China starting from late January.
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United Social Press posted an album of police "respecting" the press as they claim. Here are some of them, or as USP puts it, the tip of the iceberg.
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Unsure why the elderly man was being arrested, but he was not showing any signs of resistance and riot police officer tackled him to the ground. Video from Hong Kong Economic Journal.
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"Murderer," says a banner hung in the neighbourhood. Photo by @appledaily_hk captures the size of the crowd at the event tonight. Police accused them of participating in an illegal assembly and later cordoned off hundreds at the scene.
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Hundreds who attend a memorial for Alex Chow - a university student who died in November - in Tseung Kwan O are stopped and searched by police, who use the same tactic of mass arrests to intimidate demonstrators and thwart protests.
Photos from USP and CUHK Campus Radio.
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Photos by photographer 蘇文傑 from AM730 of riot police making arrests and pepper spraying press members at a protest against virus clinic plans in Tai Po today.
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“Thanks to my hard work, the number of infection remains low.”
“Um, Chief Executive, this shows your popularity rating...”
Work by VA Wong Sir.
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Masks, glasses are banned at this church cult. Followers attend even when they’re sick, sit tightly together during services, are taught not to be afraid of illness.
Now 150 members test positive for #coronavirus and authorities can’t locate the rest.
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Both @appledaily_hk and @StandNewsHK report that a senior police officer, member of the riot squad, tested positive for coronavirus this evening. An ambulance was sent to pick him up from his flat at the disciplined service quarters in Yau Tong.
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Not your regular souvenir. #HongKong tycoon Li Ka-shing, who just returned from New Zealand, brought back 5,115 set of protective coveralls, to be donated to medical staff at hospitals.
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Citizen News spoke to a postman, who took up extra shifts to deliver parcels - most of them masks - to citizens after postal service resumed on Monday. Some wept when they received the parcels. One immediately opened it and gave some masks to the postman. hkcnews.com/article/27028/…
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Mask heist in Japan. 6000 masks stolen from the Red Cross Kobe Hospital. japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/02/1…
Journalist based in Hong Kong. Formerly @VICEWorldNews, @SCMPNews. Words in @WPReview, @latimes and @AJEnglish
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