Category: Hongkongers’ Story

Hong Kong District Councillor Disqualified Over Oath Validity

June 28, 2022
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On August 13, 2019, in the midst of the Anti-extradition Law Amendment Bill movement, the airport rally was suppressed by the police. Richard stood between the protesters and the policemen to mediate. That scene was photographed by many members of the press. Since then, many Hong Kong people have named him “Airport Uncle.” Chan participated…

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Story of a Cultural Revolution Sent-Down Survivor Who Escaped To Hong Kong For Freedom

June 28, 2022
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Wong Tung Hon is a 75-year-old rusticated survivor, who escaped China during the cultural revolution. He was one of the students who got sent down to the countryside. Wong gave an audience to the sounds of the bristly waves rippling at the reefs; on the opposite shore were the gravitating buildings of Shenzhen, gazing at…

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In Jail: Books Cure Cell Boredom, Exercise to Keep Fit

June 27, 2022
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What does one know about Avery Ng Man-yuen, apart from him being “the General” in the League of Social Democrats? He studied business in Australia and once mixed in commercial circles, where he was a consultant for a multinational company making US$127,437 a year. In order to help people lower down the social ladder and…

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Hongkongers Reflect on Taiwan, an Imperfect Exile

June 25, 2022
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TAIPEI, Taiwan—For Lam Wing-kee, a Hong Kong bookstore owner who was detained by police in China for five months for selling sensitive books about the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), coming to Taiwan was a logical step. An island just 640 kilometers (400 miles) from Hong Kong, Taiwan is close not just geographically but also linguistically…

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Support to Asylum Seekers Suffering Emotional Depression

June 22, 2022
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After implementation of the Hong Kong National Security Law in 2020, some Hong Kong people who were not eligible for the BNO passports went to the UK to seek asylum. KC (pseudonym), who had worked in the social welfare sector, and was physically fit, was one of them. But he became emotionally unstable during the…

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Father and Son Climb Highest Peak in North America

June 21, 2022
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An 18-year-old Hong Kong youth Bob Tsang Long-kit has climbed the six tallest peaks on seven continents. He completed Mt. Denali, the highest peak in North America at 6,190 metres (20,310 feet)) on June 12 2022. “Compared with other peaks, climbing Mt. Denali is the most exciting and most harsh, and it is also the…

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Hong Kong Musician’s Dream Fulfilled In London

June 21, 2022
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After bidding a rushed farewell to his family, Xavier Cheung came to London by himself a year ago, bringing with him a music dream. With no financial back-up nor outstanding academic qualification, Xavier, now 28, worked in a restaurant and real estate agency to earn money for rental. After sending tons of his CVs out,…

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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…

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‘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…

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‘Be Water, Be United,’ Hongkongers in UK to Pencil Your ‘No’te to Totalitarianism

June 14, 2022
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To mark the third Anniversary of June 12, more than 3,000 Hongkongers gathered on Parliament Square in London, attending rally “Be water, be united,” sharing their voice in the activities “Pencil Your ‘No’te.”  A lady and her daughter joined the activities writing down their voice: Free Hong Kong! Freedom! (Lisa Lee, Joann Chow/The Epoch Times)…

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