A Hong Kong broadcaster is defending its decision to air a patriotic show featuring HK chief exec Carrie Lam 4 times a day msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
HK in trouble as it loses autonomy
By Joseph Tse-hei
Lee 李榭熙
Once a world-class territory for entrepreneurs and investors, Hong Kong is now in trouble. Its full integration into the Chinese autocratic system began with the implementation of the National Security Law last year.
Proclaiming to safeguard security without deterring investment, Beijing has imposed a top-down authoritarian rule, dictated public discourse with state-run media, and replaced civil service professionals with ideological loyalists and independent judges with pliable cronies.
The new security regime authorizes the local government and police to employ violence to silence dissent and elicit obedience from Hong Kongers. Even though Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam (林鄭月娥) and her cronies are firmly in power, they are morally bankrupt and callous, losing the legitimacy that they desperately need to govern.
Beijing Justice for Hong Kong Democracy Activists
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FILE - Pro-democracy activist Lester Shum is taken away by police officers as more than 50 Hong Kong activists are arrested under a security law in Hong Kong, China January 6, 2021. REUTERS
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Thirty-six pro-democracy activists are still being held in Hong Kong jails more than a month after first appearing in court to face charges. The defendants are to remain in jail until their next planned court appearance on May 31. No trial date has been set.
Critics are denouncing the way the activists’ cases are being handled. They see the process as the latest attempt by China to sharply limit speech and other freedoms in Hong Kong.
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Singapore-Hong Kong Travel Bubble May Be Back On ‘Hopefully Very Soon’
A man with a suitcase looks at a window in Hong Kong International Airport in Hong Kong
(The Straits Times) The date for the air travel bubble between Singapore and Hong Kong has yet to be fixed but may be “very soon,” the Ministry of Transport (MOT) said Thursday.
Singapore and Hong Kong called off plans to announce the air travel bubble Thursday, according to media reports. The cancellation was initiated by Singapore, according to Bloomberg.
In response to queries from The Straits Times, an MOT spokesman said the two cities have been in close consultations on the travel arrangement, which was initially slated to take off in November last year. The Singapore-Hong Kong accord was