By Yik Lam and Jessie Pang
HONG KONG, June 29 (Reuters) - As documentary filmmaker Kiwi Chow walked through a pedestrian tunnel in Hong Kong on a recent day, he spotted a team of cleaners scraping off glue left by illegal ads and scrubbing the walls clean with mops.
It reminded him of the day he became an activist during the pro-democracy protests that galvanised this Chinese-ruled city in 2019. Back then, he had gathered with his young son and some friends to cover another tunnel wall with Post-it notes scribbled with political messages and drawings.
Strangers joined in. I was very happy. It was the first time I was an organiser, he said.
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By Yik Lam and Jessie Pang
HONG KONG (Reuters) â As documentary filmmaker Kiwi Chow walked through a pedestrian tunnel in Hong Kong on a recent day, he spotted a team of cleaners scraping off glue left by illegal ads and scrubbing the walls clean with mops.
It reminded him of the day he became an activist during the pro-democracy protests that galvanised this Chinese-ruled city in 2019. Back then, he had gathered with his young son and some friends to cover another tunnel wall with Post-it notes scribbled with political messages and drawings.
Strangers joined in.
âI was very happy. It was the first time I was an organiser,â he said.
Hong Kong, China Photography by Lam Yik. Reporting by Jessie Pang.
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As documentary filmmaker Kiwi Chow walked through a pedestrian tunnel in Hong Kong on a recent day, he spotted a team of cleaners scraping off glue left by illegal ads and scrubbing the walls clean with mops.
18 Jun 2021. Hong Kong, China. Reuters/Lam Yik Chow poses for a photograph at Kwun Tong Ferry Pier near his studio.
It reminded him of the day he became an activist during the pro-democracy protests that galvanised this Chinese-ruled city in 2019. Back then, he had gathered with his young son and some friends to cover another tunnel wall with Post-it notes scribbled with political messages and drawings.
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Introducing of National Security law placards are placed at a secondary school, ahead of National Security Education Day, in Hong Kong, China April 12, 2021. Picture taken April 12, 2021. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
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Beijing s top representative in Hong Kong warned foreign powers on Thursday that they would be taught a lesson if they tried to use the global financial centre as a pawn , as tensions escalated between China and Western governments over the city.
Luo Huining, the director at China s Hong Kong Liaison Office, was speaking at a ceremony to mark an education day for the National Security law, which authorities have organised to promote the sweeping legislation China imposed last year.
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Citizens pose for a photo during an activity themed on National Security Education Day at the Hong Kong Police College in south China's Hong Kong, on April 15, 2021. Hong Kong on Thursday embraced its first National Security Education Day after the law on safeguarding national security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) came into force in mid-2020. Various activities, including lectures, exhibitions, mosaic walls and doors open days of disciplined services, were held to boost the public awareness of safeguarding national security in the global financial hub. (Xinhua/Li Gang)