Commentary “Repower Hkers: Reviving Civic Rights for Hongkongers,” a seven-session forum held in a school in Hayes, London on June 11 and 12, 2022, hosted by the newly founded Association of Overseas Hong Kong Media Professionals, discussed the disintegration of civil society in Hong Kong and the ways Hongkongers might face such changes. It was…
Restructuring Hong Kong’s Civil Society: From the Perspective of Food Trucks
Carrie Lam Acknowledged No Foreseeable Traveller Clearance to Mainland in the Short Term
Hong Kong government has been following the “Zero-COVID” policy from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which has caused a tremendous impact on the city’s economy. Outgoing Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has been trying in her tenure to communicate with the mainland for the resumption of normal traveller clearance between Hong Kong and mainland. But…
Required to Pledge Allegiance by Oath, 129 Public Servants and 535 Contractors Have Left the Government Last Year
Over a hundred (129 to be exact) Hong Kong civil servants and 535 non-civil servant government employees have left or resigned last year, refusing to comply with the newly introduced oath-taking declaration-signing requirement by the Hong Kong government. The Hong Kong government requires civil servants to take an oath or sign a declaration of allegiance to the…
Young Girl Contracted Myocarditis after Receiving Chinese-German Vaccine; 3 Elderly Also Got Vaccinated Before Death
Earlier in June 2022, an 11-year-old girl in Hong Kong fell ill with myocarditis three weeks after getting vaccinated. She is currently in a stable condition after completing heart surgery. According to the reports which Hong Kong’s Department of Health (DH) received, three elderly citizens had taken the same vaccination within 14 days before they…
Implication From China’s Four Scissors
Commentary China released a series of May economic data; all are better than expected and some show improvement from the previous month. But a month’s change right after massive lockdown is certainly not confirming a change of downtrend (to flat or up). Whether there will be a structural change is hard to judge simply from…
Hong Kong IPO Volumes Tumbled 92 Percent, PwC Cuts HK IPO Forecast by Half
PricewaterhjouseCoopers (PwC) noted Hong Kong’s IPO fund raising activities slowed down in the first half of this year. The total fund-raising amount reached HK$ 17.1 billion (about $2.2 billion) and is expected to contract by 92 percent year on year. Due to factors that contribute to increasing uncertainty, including the continued outbreak of COVID, geopolitical…
Director Interview: ‘Love in the Time of Revolution’ Documentary, to be Screened in Melbourne
June 18, 2022
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With the theme of “Like Water We Meet Again, Don’t Lose and Don’t Forget,” the “Melbourne Hong Kong Film Festival” was opened on the third anniversary of “612.” On June 18, Ngan Chi-sing (顔志昇), director of “Love in the Time of Revolution,” talked on “Precious Dialogue (珍言真語),” that the film mainly records the stories and…
‘Wandering Hong Kong’ Art Exhibition Opens in New York
June 18, 2022
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As the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) intensifies its control over Hong Kong, more and more Hong Kong people are emigrating overseas. On the third anniversary of the anti-Extradition Movement, organizations of Hong Kongers in different countries are holding exhibitions and community activities to mark the occasion. Joseph Lian Yizheng (練乙錚), professor of economics and media…
Hong Kong Football Team Advance to Asian Cup Finals After 54 Year Wait
June 18, 2022
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The Hong Kong Football Team has once again succeeded to book a spot in next year’s Asian Cup finals. This is the first time for 54 years, as the last time Hong Kong qualified was in 1968. The venue for the finals is yet to be decided following China’s withdrawal from hosting the event. In…
Anti-Extradition 3rd Anniversary: Exiled Hongkongers Set Up Community Networks to Help Fellow Overseas Citizens
As Hongkongers commemorate the 3rd anniversary of the anti-extradition movement, freedom and democracy have completely burned to the ground under the Hong Kong National Security Law. What are those exiled Hongkongers doing now? What are their plans? Alex Chow Yong-Kang, Director of a Washington-based organization, Hong Kong Democracy Council, (HKDC), run by Hongkongers, and Anna…
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