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Comedian Vivek Mahbubani, an Indian born & raised in #HongKong, says the city is defined by the people’s spirit & the values Hongkongers love by, & not race, religion or skin colour. He’s trying hard to explain the #AntiELAB movement to ppl his community who don’t speak Cantonese
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Singer @hoccgoomusic Denise Ho: I don’t personally think there’s much difference for myself with imminent passage of #NationalSecurityLaw, “I’m on some sort of target list anyway....I kind of expected (to go to jail, even to mainland) after coming out to the streets in 2014 & 19”
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#HongKong protesters start blocking traffic on Connaught Road Central, some saying they need to do this to “rescue” fellow protesters at Polytechnic University across the harbour. Parts of the traffic in Central paralyzed #HongKongProtests
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The Standard: no broadcast of the Oscars this year in #HongKong, the first blank in 52 years
Report cites the nomination of Do Not Split for best short documentary on #HongKongProtests, as a possible reason
thestandard.com.hk/section-news/s…
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.@HKDemocrats lawmaker Roy Kwong said he asked #DAB’s Ann Chiang before a Legco meeting if her mask she’s wearing had been steamed, & she said yes. Chiang had posted on Facebook teaching people to steam masks for reuse, which doctors say is a disastrous move
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Earlier on, agitated #HongKongPolice officers fire pepper bombs at the feet of a group of #HongKong journalists. Video copyright: @StandNewsHK #HongKongProtests
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#CUHK president of student union Jacky So said he’s disappointed with the ruling, but he thinks whether or not violence would escalate depends on #HongKongPolice actions, not the protesters. So has a right to appeal to Appeal Court, but he will discuss with lawyers on next step
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No local legislation. No more James Tien saying no at the last minute circa 2003.
#Beijing apparently decides to do it all by themselves twitter.com/krislc/status/…
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Another nurse who spoke to us said she’s worked at public hospitals for 20+ years, & situation now is worse than SARS. “The problem now is that most patients we treat are non-locals, they conceal their travel history or illness. It’s not us trying to discriminate mainlanders....”
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Nearly 400 medical professionals serving in medical wards of public hospitals in the #HongKong West Cluster have signed a petition demanding the Govt to close the border, as they threaten to go on strike if the demand’s not met. Source say more outside these wards will join tmr
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At least one girl was fined for HK$2,000 for allegedly violating the #HongKong Govt’s public gathering ban, as dozens of #HongKongPolice surrounded a group in busy #MongKok. The people were giving out masks & sanitisers, as their street booth had items of #HongKongProtests
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#HongKongPolice confirm they got a report from a lawyer last month that a client alleged she was raped in Tsuen Wan police station on Sep 27. Police say so far their investigations do not match with the allegations made, but the NT south regional crime unit will keep probing
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.@civicpartyhk lawmaker Dennis Kwok (L) @cpdenniskwok says it’s ridiculous if @Reuters report that non-Chinese judges will be barred from trying #NationalSecurity cases in future, saying that would be the end of judicial independence & One Country Two Systems in #HongKong
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Yau Tsim Mong district councillor Ben Lam, circled, among more than 50 arrested in Mong Kok just now, after the #HongKongPolice earned people of taking part in unauthorised assembly in the area
The arrests followed online appeals for march against #NationalSecurityLaw #HongKong
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Before #HongKongPolice moved in to stop & search people, some protesters in a Yuen Long mall to mark 1st anniversary of #721YuenLongAttack held up pieces of white paper, meaning white terror in #HongKong.
They chanted “disband the police immediately”
#HongKongProtests
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Health minister Sophia Chan announces mandatory masking at indoor public places & outdoor transport hubs
This makes #HongKong a place where an anti-mask law & a mask law are in effect at the same time
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Activists unfurl a giant #AntiELAB banner on the song Glory to #HongKong at Pacific Place mall in Admiralty, after the banner was previously placed in Time Square & a mall in Lok Fu #HongKongProtests
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#RTHK understands that the national legislature has amended the draft #NationalSecurityLaw for #HongKong, with bans of “behavior” endangering national security extended to “activities”. Mainland lawyers say this means not only individuals, but organizations will also be targetted
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In submitting his bid to run in #HongKong #Legco2020 Kowloon East, @joshuawongcf says the decision to #DQ him or not is one that involves foreign diplomacy & the geo-political environment. “It’s up to the Chinese Communist Party officials” to consider these factors
#HongKong radio journalist. Views here are my own. Retweet ≠ endorsement.