The Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE) will allow qualified schools for children of Hongkongers in mainland China to take the exam for most of the subjects next year. They can use the DSE results to participate in the joint university admissions to compete with Hong Kong students. In other words, children born in…
Fairness Questioned for Hong Kong’s University Entrance Exam Taken in Mainland China
Hong Kong Offers Cash Rewards to Informants on ‘National Security’ Matters Amid Continuing Clampdown on Dissent
June 21, 2022
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China’s Ministry of State Security issued new regulations on June 6 to reward citizens for reporting so-called “acts endangering national security” to the authorities. The pro-Beijing Hong Kong government simultaneously rolled out a “Counter-Terrorism Reporting Hotline” and encouraged Hongkongers to “provide clues on terrorism-related crimes.” The cash reward for snitchers in Hong Kong can be…
Poll Shows Support for June 4 Vindication Down, China’s Human Rights Climb; National Security Law Resulting in Self-censorship to Avoid Legal Trouble
This year marks the 33rd anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre; it is the first June 4th without the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China (HK Alliance), after its disbandment. As we are proceeding halfway along the “50 years unchanged” of the Basic Law, 2022 is the second year that…
Teaching Association Raises Alarm Bells as Top Educators, Students Continue to Flee Hong Kong
June 14, 2022
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Droves of people are leaving Hong Kong, including many teachers who feel pressure to self-censor their political opinions both inside and outside the classroom. This has prompted the Hong Kong Association of the Heads of Secondary Schools (HKAHSS) to express concern over the loss of talent. It has called on the local authorities to create…
First Appeal Relating to Hong Kong’s National Security Law: Adam Ma Appeals a 69-Month Jail Sentence
June 13, 2022
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Adam Ma, nicknamed “Second-generation Captain America,” was sentenced to 5 years and 9 months in prison for inciting secession and displaying pro-independence slogans. He appealed the sentence to the High Court—the first case relating to the national security law. Chief Justice of the High Court Jeremy Poon Shiu Chor postponed the verdict until September. On…
“Yellow Economic Circle” in Hong Kong: Can it Survive?
June 13, 2022
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The “Yellow economic circle” in Hong Kong is part of the social movement which was started three years ago. Along with the massive protests, people started to help each other by shopping wisely, based on the political standpoint of the shops, in order to break the monopoly of mainland Chinese enterprises. How can the shop…
June12, 3-Year Anniversary: Remembrance of Hongkongers’ Shattering Pain and Loss
June 12, 2022
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Who would have thought that a long distance love-affair-turned-homicide would pull Hong Kong into the whirlpool of a perfect storm in 2018, amid the muddling of “One Country. Two Systems?” Revision of the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance tipped off a series of fierce protests, the city suddenly plunged into the biggest political and humanitarian crisis in…
How Can the June 4 Memorial Candlelight Be Kept Alive?
June 12, 2022
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This year marks the 33rd anniversary of the Tiananmen Massacre on June 4, 1989. In the past, on June 4 every year, tens of thousands, — at times, hundreds of thousands — of Hong Kong people would come to the Victoria Park in Causeway Bay, to participate in the candlelight vigil hosted by the Hong Kong…
Hong Kong: Treading a Dangerous Path
June 9, 2022
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Commentary The sinking of Hong Kong officially started with the enactment of the National Security Law (NSL) at 11:00 p.m. on June 30, 2020. Hong Kong has lost its glory, and the defenders of our old core values have either fled, have been detained or are in prison. Hongkongers have mostly used peaceful ways to…
BNO Visa Applications Increased 25 percent Quarterly, 110,000 Approvals Last Year
A wave of emigration from Hong Kong has surged since the National Security Law was passed in June 2020. As shown in the data from the UK Home Office on May 26, 19,500 BNO visa applications were received, a 25 percent increase from 15,600 in the 2021 fourth quarter. This is a first big quarterly…
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