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A 30-year-old security guard who lives at Yat Kwai House said he feared being forced into quarantine more than catching the disease. “I constantly worry that I will have to be quarantined just for being at the wrong place at the wrong time."
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There’s now a digital #LennonWall where #HongKongProtesters can post memos, many support medics going on strike and demand a full closure of the border. “We can’t sacrifice our medics. If anyone should die, it’s Carrie Lam and govt officials.” hkpetitions.com
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One woman, who is being stopped and searched, got emotional while debating with the officer. “Why are we not even allowed to commemorate the incident?”
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This came after Chief Executive Carrie Lam said Education Secretary would take this up with university leaders and if they can’t handle the matter, law enforcement would be asked to intervene. twitter.com/elson_tong/sta…
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UK Foreign Secretary @DominicRaab: UK is suspending extradition treaty with #HongKong immediately and indefinitely. "We will not consider reactivating those arrangements unless and until there is clear, robust safeguard, which can prevent extradition treaties from being misused."
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And whom do we sue if we are affected by coronavirus because #HongKong govt failed to close the border? twitter.com/rthk_enews/sta…
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“Si fu, how long must I keep sweeping leaves?”
“You’re not sweeping leaves. This is ‘dynamic zero’, understand?”
A cartoon in Mingpao by Zunzi.
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“I come every year. But this is the only year where I can finally relate to June Fourth. In the past, we sympathised with mainlanders, who are under crackdown. But now the crackdown is happening right before our eyes,” says Tang, who made a greener electronic candlelight.
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Vote counting at the #HongKong Public Opinion Research Institute continues after 610,000 casted their ballots at the two-day primary elections organised by pro-democratic politicians.
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“Promise me, you will only go out at night after 6pm and be home by 5am. Pinky swear, okay?”
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Yellow cafe Jiegenge offers free bleach outside their restaurant for citizens, provided that they bring their own containers. Disinfectant products’re flying off shelves in #HongKong amid #coronavirus scare.
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“I will live well. I will love this home and its people. I don’t see darkness for the light is in my heart. Your honour, you see, I am a free man.”
Justin Wong’s latest illustration in his series That City in Mingpao.
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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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It seems the government ban of the #TiananmenVigil did not deter anyone, and only helped spread it across town. twitter.com/cwylilian/stat… twitter.com/cwylilian/stat…
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The attack on the HK protester, who was dragged inside the Chinese consulate in Manchester and beaten, isn't an isolated incident, said @ajwsmall. Chinese embassies have played roles in intimidating protesters, a behaviour that is increasingly normalised. vice.com/en/article/93a…
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There’ve been many spinoffs of the movie poster for #HongKong film Beyond the Dream. Even Big Waster, mascot of environmental protection department joined in at one point.
But we now have a winner, I think. “I don’t mind the handover, do you?”
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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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Twitter’s lack of presence in China means it’s been largely free from the country’s vast censorship apparatus. But if his acquisition of Twitter goes through, Elon Musk could be the missing link Beijing is looking for to exert pressure on the company. vice.com/en/article/93b…
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To the ire of passengers, MTR staff are closing certain exits after police set up an unmanned cordon line.
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Police prepared to kettle protesters and pedestrians from both ends of Shan Tung Street. But it seems officers have trouble coordinating and directing their own squad.
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Immortalised on #AnimalCrossing, which has fast become the only space for protest graffiti in Hong Kong.
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Last year, hundreds showed up at the Victoria Park, defying a ban to commemorate the #TiananmenSquareMassacre. This year, police sealed off the park, blocked cross harbour tunnels and reportedly deploy up to 7,000 officers across the city, to ensure it wouldn’t happen again.
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Saw one of the journalists who was hit by a pepper ball above the ear, though he had a helmet on. It swelled into a huge lump. twitter.com/rthk_enews/sta…
Journalist based in Hong Kong. Formerly @VICEWorldNews, @SCMPNews. Words in @WPReview, @latimes and @AJEnglish
Contact: rachel_cheung1@protonmail.com