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The embarrassing moment at Triathlon World Cup in Hong Kong for playing the wrong national anthem (Spanish). Sian Rainsley of UK won the gold medal.
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Secretary for security Chris Tang’s eyelids when CE John Lee speaks after passage of Art 23 legislation
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Hong Kong government has confirmed an office manager of its London ETO was allegedly involved in the UK police's arrest, and the Hong Kong govt has "seriously demanded the UK side to fairly handle the matter", plus to ensure ETO's work is not affected.
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Breaking: two leading UK judges Lord Sumption and Lord Collins have resigned from the Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal.
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Activist Chow Hang-Tung and her mother are among the six arrested under sedition, marking the first arrest since Article 23 legislation is passed and max penalty for the offence increased to 7 years.
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Hong Kong has rolled out new scheme for transgender persons to change identification on HKID, but the Director of Immigration reserves discretionary power to decide upon all 5 conditions have been met.
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After a short break, govt’s angry letter is back. Secretary Chris Tang has condemned Maya Wang’s op-ed on NYT for “extremely misleading”.
While not explicitly spelt out, the piece has drawn parallels between Uyghurs and Hongkongers for disposing dangerous books and T-shirts.
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UN experts cautioned offences under Article 23 legislation are broad and vague, and likely go against int’l human rights laws, calling for thorough review & reconsideration of the new law.
HK govt responded protection of rights is spelt out in the law.
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Breaking: Hong Kong’s Legco has passed Article 23 legislation, which included revamped offences on state secrets and external interference, and new powers to authorities for longer detention of arrestees.
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While Hong Kong is busy holding mega events, local busker Elvis was arrested for busking in Mong Kok without a license. The area was briefly cordoned off and handcuffs applied. He was later released on police bail, per another local musician.
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@tomgrundy
Lucky that it’s the Spanish anthem. God knows what will happen if the French national anthem is played…
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NEW: Resignation of UK judges is “most regrettable” but it’s important to “move forward with commitment”, Hong Kong’s first chief justice Andrew Li said in a statement to
@mingpaocom
.
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Linda Lam, one of the senior DOJ law officer involved in the 2019 extradition bill, will be the next chairwoman of equality watchdog Equal Opportunities Commission.
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NEW: UK minister
@annietrev
will visit Hong Kong as part of her visit to China starting today, UK Foreign Office has announced.
She said she will “raise concerns on passage and implementation of national security laws”, as well as to discuss UK-HK trade links.
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Describing Hong Kong has entered a “new stage of..stability, prosperity and good governance, Li said HK would welcome int’l community, including Americans to come and invest in Hong Kong to “share more development opportunity and create more economic miracles”.
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Lord Hoffmann, non-permanent judge of HKCFA and several officials from
@biztradegovuk
were also on the list. Hoffmann did not respond to enquiry.
Meanwhile, curious to note no local UK/HK press were invited to TDC's dinner in London. Only Chinese state media invited.
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NEW:
@HKJA_Official
is forced to move a fund-raising concert scheduled this Sunday online, citing “force majeure factor(s) at the final preparatory stage”.
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In Dec 2018, Suffiad has written to Liaison Office (copying then CE Carrie Lam), expressing concern on reports on “re-education” of Chinese Muslims. Despite that, IU, like other Islamic groups, has maintained good relations with HK and Chinese govt.
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NEW: Govt conceded the proposed waste charging scheme is considered disturbances (擾民) to citizens.
DAB the largest party in Legco meanwhile has called for suspending the scheme.
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While Smithsonian
@NatAsianArt
maintained it has no present partnership with HK Economic and Trade Office and not seeking their support, the museum’s director is in Hong Kong at least twice over past 12 months, both for govt-funded WKCDA fora.
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Suffiad now claimed having seen the situation in Xinjiang himself, he said “I am satisfied that Uyghurs in Xinjiang live a normal life and are not being persecuted or discriminated.”
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Pang and Chan, who previously and currently lead the Law Society, told
@mingpaocom
that LAWASIA's statement "does not represent [their] personal view". They criticised, without giving names, those who attempted to put pressure on LawSoc's investigation.
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NEW: Prisoners jailed for national security offences will generally not be given 1/3 reduction in sentences, said CE John Lee.
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ICYMI: Govt chief information officer Tony Wong has written to music streaming platform and online forums, reminding them to observe court injunction against protest anthem Glory to Hong Kong,
@mingpaocom
reports.
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Chinese MFA’s commissioner office in HK meanwhile condemned the arrest and suggested the UK NSA as “vaguely defined”, “blatantly politically manipulated” to interfere with Hong Kong affairs.
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UPDATE: Chief Justice Andrew Cheung has expressed regret on two UK judges’ resignation but nevertheless said thanked them and other NPJs.
In a slight departure from past statement, Cheung is issuing the statement on behalf of himself and 3 other permanent judges.
In a statement issued at 23.59pm, Hong Kong judiciary confirmed both judges have tendered their resignation to the HK chief executive.
@UKSupremeCourt
meanwhile said both are former UKSC judges so it’s not in a position to comment.
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Tang also confirmed the social media page alleged of publishing seditious post as 小彤群抽會, which has consecutively been publishing post on FB since April 30.
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Deputy secretary for justice Horace Cheung defended Article 23 at the UN HRC meeting, where he named US, UK, Canada and Singapore have their laws and attacked certain countries for “demonstrating nothing more than double standard and sophistry”.
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Several UK officials' names were also on TDC HK Dinner's guest list. Per
@mingpaocom
, that include Dan Chugg from FCDO and
@MontagnonGiles
, who's now with the Cabinet Office. TDC confirmed rep from UK gov attended but didn't spell out who.
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Lord Briggs has visited Hong Kong to attend a lecture at HKU yesterday,
@mingpaocom
reports, which makes him the first UK
@UKSupremeCourt
sitting judge to visit Hong Kong since 2022.
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Secretary for Security confirmed a certain movement restriction order empowered under Article 23 legislation was earlier invoked, but has stopped short to say if several arrestees on bail were explicitly prevented from entering Victoria Park on June 4.
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BREAKING: Hong Kong govt may consider regulating supply of paracetamol, health secretary CM Lo said.
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There is limited if not no interaction between president Zhang Xiang and Council chair Priscilla Wong during and after the ceremony. Zhang previous told Council the tension between Wong and him, owing to different views on uni management. They did pose for a photo together.
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UPDATE: PCR test 48 hours before travel between both places required, CS Eric Chan announced.
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The new law will be gazetted and come into effect this Sat (March 23), said CE John Lee.
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@ryanl_hass
said Chinese leaders are unwilling to allow Hong Kong’s participation at APEC to undermine the goal of stabilising US-China relations.
“This decision offers a reminder that Beijing can be ruthlessly pragmatic when it judges its interests are best served by doing so.“
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FWIW, PRC’s law stipulated that “villagers committee shall be elected directly by the villagers”. No members should be designated or appointed, the law reads.
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Chinese foreign ministry’s office in Hong Kong refuted
@WSJ
’s editorial for suggesting the city becoming more dangerous following the passage of Article 23.
“You have been doomsaying about China maybe hundreds of times for the past decades, but the accuracy is pathetic.”
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Former Australian judge James Allsop AC will join Hong Kong’s top court as a non-permanent judge, pending Legco approval.
The former chief justice of the Federal Court will be the 10th overseas judge on HKCFA’s roster.
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New hurdle for candidates running for directly-elected seats: 3 nominations from each of area committees, fire safety committees, and fight crime committees, or total 9 nominations.
Candidates will also be vetted, and National Security Committee could be consulted if necessary.
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Noting the lack of independent review mechanism, the experts also called for a reviewer like UK
@terrorwatchdog
or similar Australian model to conduct regular review of the law, noting the significant implication to rights and powers.
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DC members will not only be vetted before election/appointment, but will also be subject to investigation for alleged misconduct.
Govt district officer, which is a civil servant, will become head of District Councils to ensure “executive-led”, CE John Lee said.
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Legco unanimously passed with 89 vote for the bill. Legco president Andrew Leung has departed from long-standing convention and casted his vote on the draft bill.
(One seat not filled so it’s only 89 votes.)
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If tested positive, travellers could also temporarily leave quarantine premises to seek medical attention, including from private hospitals.
Non-residents to be treated by public hospitals will require pay upfront before receiving medical care.
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Isn’t that just beautiful
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Going from clauses to clauses, the 6 UN rapporteurs noted UN mechanisms could be covered under “external interference”, which they argue the uncertainty could affect cooperation with the UN, “contrary to the international obligations and practice of the PRC”.
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Hong Kong’s first CE Tung Chee-hwa, via spokesperson, made no comment on the passage of Art 23.
Tung’s administration made an unsuccessful attempt to legislate Art 23 in 2003. He stepped down in 2005.
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@ianjamesyoung70
Worth noting international arrivals to Hong Kong will still need to satisfy vaccine requirement. Seems no such requirement for mainland arrivals.
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In gist, the actual daily no of travel between Hong Kong and mainland would be:
- NO CAP on residents returning to respective places (eg HKers->HK, mainlanders->mainland)
- 50K non-residents via land
- 10K via ferry pier, airports and HK-Zhuhai-Macau bridge
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At presser, govt played a brief promotional video, alleging DC was “ill” under pan-democrats leadership since 2020.
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In a statement issued at 23.59pm, Hong Kong judiciary confirmed both judges have tendered their resignation to the HK chief executive.
@UKSupremeCourt
meanwhile said both are former UKSC judges so it’s not in a position to comment.
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Former MI6 chief John Sawers (in person) and former CIA chief David Petraeus (virtually) will be speaking at HSBC summit in Hong Kong next month,
@mingpaocom
reports, weeks after Article 23 legislation takes effect.
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The experts are also quite tough on expanding enforcement power. They argued extended detention could be arbitrary deprivation of liberty. Denial of legal access might violate “a significant number of int’l human rights norms and standards”
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There’s no hard cap on airport, pier and HK-Macau-Zhuhai bridge (as it depends on tix sales), but officials expect combined daily 10,000 people will use them.
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Chief justice Andrew Cheung has pledged Hong Kong courts will hear cases, including national security cases, "fairly and professionally". The remark comes just before the NSL47 verdicts during his visit to Shanghai.
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Appointed members could rectify politicising of DCs and avoid populism, to ensure members would look at bigger picture when handling local issues, said constitutional minister Erick Tsang.
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Cui Jianchun, the Chinese MFA commissioner in Hong Kong, has started meeting with consul generals in HK. Per his office’s website, the meetings come in following order:
Hungary
Russia
Indonesia (incoming)
Canada (outgoing)
US
At the last meeting with USCG, no pic was released.
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Asked if mentioning/commemorating on June 4 may be illegal, security for secretary Chris Tang said it’s not illegal to mention certain “sensitive date”, but it’s illegal to use relevant subject matter for seditious act.
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Asked if govt see US/UK as enemy, eg under Official Secrets Ordinance, Lee said the proposed law is not against any particular country but to “protect ourselves”. “We hope the world is in peace…but if anyone attack us, we have to have the legal basis [to counter]”.
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Full correspondence from UN experts here.
Shall see if govt will have a longer statement in response.
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The origin of the role is emergency laws in N Ireland, and as Hall puts it, the executive usually enjoys “monopoly of info” and sensitive info can’t really be open debate, or lawmakers might not have the requisite knowledge of the matter.
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The "firsts" under BL23 legislation three months down the road:
- arrests (no one charged yet)
- "fugitives" declared with passport cancelled
- movement restriction on arrestees
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N Korea, Nigeria, S Sudan, Eucatoria, Belarus and Venezuela are among those who criticised the West for interfering in China’s internal affairs in HK, Tibet, XJ.
Meanwhile, the EU, UK, Japan, Czech, Norway, and Ireland expressed concern on HK’s human rights condition.
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@tripperhead
Typical non-story from Sing Tao. Yau himself has attended rounds of ministerial meeting..
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Three land borders reopened but require prior registrations, but Lo Wu not reopened this round.
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@WSJopinion
has expressed support over barring Hong Kong CE John Lee to attend APEC Summit in the US
Hong Kong issues arrest warrants and offers bounties for eight pro-democracy advocates now living abroad.
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@hargreaves_s
@tomgrundy
Guess we’re talking about two things. The index of case summary is gone (I.e. part E), but the case summaries are always there.
So it becomes harder to find the cases, one will have to read the articles of the legislations.
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Lo also announced Hong Kong’s Covid situation has peaked, adding the (resurfaced) govt expert panel also agree with this observation.
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Apollonia Liu, deputy secretary from Security Bureau that leads Article 23 legislative exercise, will be the next Director of Information Services, who will oversee govt’s PR and media relation strategy.
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Health secretary CM Lo stressed again there is sufficient local supply of paracetamol, citing there is 756 brands of drugs containing the ingredient.
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Other than keeping colonial-era offences like treason and sedition, the proposed legislation will cast a wider net against disinformation, cybercrime, and what authorities call overseas territorial interference.
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Security Bureau said they won’t comment on activities of individual persons. HSBC meanwhile said it believes the summit can be a platform for investors to interact with global leaders.
FWIW, Bill Gates will also be speaking virtually.
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Nearly 300 People Arrested at Columbia, City College in Student-Protest Crackdown- NY mayor
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Former NBA star
@DwyaneWade
has taken a picture with Hong Kong chief executive John Lee and other guests during the welcoming dinner of govt-organised Wealth for Good in HK Forum.
Source: John Lee’s FB
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YouTube founder Steve Chen also weighed in and told
@mingpaocom
that he personally believed that "any global company should respect the laws of every country that it operates in."
The respect to local rules "is pertinent to how YouTube should operate in HK", he added.
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