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Hong Kong health chief has said that 7,000 medical workers who went on strike earlier this year over the government’s response to Covid-19 will be “handled with an established mechanism.” Secretary for Food and Health Sophia Chan said in the Legislative Council on Wednesday that the Hospital (...)
The case for a Hong Kong left internationalism in the wake of the pandemic and Black liberation movement
Zhao reassesses the Hong Kong movement’s right-wing elements, not least of which is the fact that the silence of the left has in no way been exceptional to Hong Kong. The international left, (...)
Nearly all of Hong Kong’s opposition lawmakers (or 19 out of 21) resigned after the government disqualified their four colleagues for “breaching their oath to the Basic Law” and failing to uphold China’s sovereignty over Hong Kong. This is just a further development following on from August’s (...)
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced the immediate disqualification of four pro-democracy lawmakers-on Wednesday 11 – Kwok Ka-ki, Alvin Yeung, Kenneth Leung and Dennis Kwok. Lam said they were in violation of their duties as legislators and oaths of loyalty to the HKSAR government (...)
Hong Kong’s parliamentary opposition has just ground to a total halt, as a result of the government’s decision to disqualify four members of the Legislative Council from pro-democracy political parties. The four include Alvin Yeung, Kwok Ka-ki and Dennis Kwok from the pro-democracy Civic Party, (...)
Beijing has condemned the mass resignation of democrats from the legislature after four pro-democracy lawmakers were ousted by the government. In a statement issued on Thursday 12, the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office (HKMAO) said the move is a blatant challenge to the central government’s (...)
All Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmakers are to resigned from the legislature after Beijing passed a resolution allowing the Hong Kong government to unseat four democrats with immediate effect.
On Wednesday 11, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPCSC) delivered a decision (...)
A labor organizer’s letter to the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (HKCTU) from prison Editor’s note: On September 1, 2020, Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (HKCTU) organizer Leo Tang was found guilty of “possession of an offensive weapon” in an October 2019 protest against the (...)
Wong, 23, and long-time activist Koo Sze-yiu, 74, are both charged with taking part in an unauthorised assembly last October 5. The younger opposition figure also faces a charge related to an alleged violation of the government’s mask ban last year.
Hong Kong opposition activist Joshua Wong (...)
The 2019 uprising through the eyes of a veteran Hong Kong leftist organizer
Against the popular perception that Hong Kong is good for nothing other than “laying golden eggs” for its colonial masters, Au Loong-yu’s fundamental assessment of Hong Kong’s past year is this: “For the first time its (...)
Interviewer’s note :
Hong Kong’s protest movement has seen a major setback with the introduction of the National Security Laws in July (1). In this atmosphere, continuing to archive, analyze, and humanize the political choices protestors made is no retreat. Rather, it’s a necessary part of (...)
An interview with activist To Chi-kuen of Borderless Movement
‘It was natural for us to look out for each other and defend one another’s interests in our workplace’
Promise Li: Hong Kong burst into the international spotlight with the 2014 Umbrella Movement and the 2019 anti-extradition bill (...)
Hong Kong Hospital Authority demands answers from radiologists after unit head refuses to name medics who went on strike by Kelly HO (HKFP) https://hongkongfp.com/2020/10/14/covid-19-hong-kong-hospital-authority-demands-answers-from-radiologists-after-unit-head-refuses-name-medics-who-went-on-strike
Charlie Hore looks at two recent additions to the literature on the 2019 revolt in Hong Kong. Au Loong-Yu’s Hong Kong in revolt is a compelling and informative narration of the revolt for a broad international audience, while The Art of Rebellion gives further insight through an effective (...)
National Day : Hong Kong police deploy livestream ‘presenters’ at protest sites after tightening controls on media.
https://hongkongfp.com/2020/10/01/national-day-hong-kong-police-deploy-livestream-presenters-at-protest-sites-after-tightening-controls-on-media/
by Rachel Wong (HKFP) - 17:09 (...)
The Beijing-imposed national security law is reshaping Hong Kong’s political landscape as authorities clamp down on acts deemed to violate its broad provisions.
This month, Chief Secretary Matthew Cheung took to the international stage to praise the controversial legislation for restoring (...)
The Hong Kong government has warned its workers not to take part in a banned demonstration on China’s National Day on October 1, saying authorities have “zero tolerance” for civil servants who violate the law. In a letter addressed to all government employees on Wednesday, Secretary for Civil (...)
Security law has largely stamped out anti-government protests, but the opposition is finding new ways to fight
Tony Chung spends his days in fear and solitude. For the 19-year-old activist, who became the first political figure to be arrested under Hong Kong’s national security law, the spectre (...)
When a group of protesters staged a sit-in at the government headquarters of Hong Kong in March 2019, little did they know that their actions would kick off the most significant wave of struggles in Hong Kong’s history. The sit-in was in opposition to the anticipated implementation of the (...)
by Danny Mok (South China morning Post)
https://www.scmp.com/print/news/hong-kong/society/article/3103263/rthk-seeks-extend-probation-period-hong-kong-journalist
Journalist Nabela Qoser came to prominence for her sharp questioning of officials over their handling of last year’s protests. She (...)
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