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The demonstrators rise as the #HongKongProtests anthem Glory for #HongKong was being played, holding up a hand to express their #5DemandsNot1Less towards the Govt
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The preparation work has been “suspended”, says the #HongKong Govt #WuhanCoronavirus #China #coronavirus #VirusChina #pneumonia twitter.com/vernon_yuen/st…
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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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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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#NOW JUST IN: the new union representing medical professionals at public hospitals, #HAEA, says they’re cancelling the meeting this afternoon with management over tomorrow’s planned strike becuz #HongKong leader #CarrieLam is not attending
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Protesters at busy IFC mall in Central are staging a protest in support of medical workers on strike. “Close the border to stop the virus is the only way out”, they chant #HongKong #nCov2019 #WuhanCoronavirus #WuhanVirus
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After singing the protest anthem #GlorytoHongKong, the protesters at IFC mall in #Central chant “close the border, say no to #China” #nCoV2019 #WuhanCoronavirus #WuhanVirus #HongKong
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#HongKongPolice warn that those on the bridge were suspicious of taking part in an unlawful assembly as the crowd exceeded 50 people & they didn’t inform the police chief about the action. Most protesters then left with just smaller crowds staying around to heckle cops or chant
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#NOW: #HongKong leader #CarrieLam announces tighter border control measures, closing ALL land and sea borders except Shenzhen Bay & the Bridge to Macau & Zhuhai, starting midnight tonight
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As #CarrieLam left after the end of the presser, reporters asked 1) why she didn’t wear a mask, 2) why she’s leaving loopholes in the two still-open borders. The #HongKong leader simply walked away
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#NOW: #HongKong leader #CarrieLam says she’s not wearing a mask to save them for those who need them in light of a global supply shortage. Says she’s told her ministers the same that if they are not sick or met with high risk groups/went to crowded places they should take em off
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One by one, #HongKong public hospital workers who are on strike demanding a full border seal from non-locals submit a petition to the Hospital Authority at it’s HQ #HAEA #nCoV2019 #WuhanCoronovirus #WuhanVirus #China
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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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Question: does anyone in #HongKong get to violate the law three times, get a warning for the first two offenses, & then only get arrested the third time round?
Say, those involved in #HongKongProtests? twitter.com/XinqiSu/status…
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#RTHK has stood by its satirical Cantonese TV programme Headliner for mocking #HongKongPolice, which wrote to the broadcaster expressing extreme regret about the programme for “upending right & wrong” by ignoring officers’ work in fighting epidemic.....
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#BREAKING #HongKong’s have the second death case of #coronavirus, the 70 year old man died at Princess Margaret Hospital. He’s the 55th confirmed case in #HK
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.@HKDemocrats lawmaker Helena Wong says even though there’s more money planned for the Hospital Authority in the #Budget2020, the HA also issued letters to staff who took part in the #HAEA strike at the start of this month demanding border seal. “Is this settling score or what?”
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The pro-#Beijing #DAB’s lawmakers will hold a press conference tomorrow, saying the mom of Chan Yin-lam, who mysteriously died last year amid the #HongKongProtests, opposes a pro-democracy district councillors’ proposal to name a Tseung Kwan O park after Chan. Photo: @StandNewsHK
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#HongKongPolice warned & yelled at an old woman with a (purple) banner "God wipe out the CCP" that if "I see u in Tai Po again, I'll arrest u for unlawful assembly", as crowd gathers in district 2 oppose the plan 2 have a designated #Covid clinic there #HongKongProtests #HongKong
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After #HongKongPolice made a Facebook post thanking 300,000 people/accounts liking their page, people apparently unliked it en masse, the figure dipped below 300,000. Some users note that people can follow instead of liking a page to get info #HongKong
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#JUSTIN: #HongKong's High Court has ordered the #MTR to disclose CCTV footages at Prince Edward & Lai Chi Kok stations of August 31 last year to the lawyers of the Edu University's student union president #831attacks
Full judgement here: legalref.judiciary.hk/doc/judg/word/…
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8 months ago today in #YuenLong, a dagger was put into the already deep wounds of #HongKong society, when two #HongKongPolice officers walked away from an indiscriminate mob attack by white-shirted armed men, some are triads. #721YuenLongAttack #721attack
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Quite a cool illustration on why it's important to #StayHomeSaveLives during #CoronavirusPandemic
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#HongKong radio journalist. Views here are my own. Retweet ≠ endorsement.