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Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam"s approval rating plunges to new low amid coronavirus outbreak @ 2020-02-26T04: Back Hot News
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又中又英——HONG KONG PEOPLE HAVE GONE BERSERK
CARRIE LAM CONDONES THE POLICE CONDUCT, DENOUNCES THOSE IN THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY WHO HAVE CONDEMNED IT, AND IS THUS COMPLICIT WITH SUCH BRUTALITY. MOREOVER, SHE PROVOKED HONG KONG』S COURAGEOUS MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS TO GO ON STRIKE BY HER REFUSAL TO SEAL THE BORDERS WITH THE MAINLAND TO PROTECT HONG KONGERS FROM THE CORONAVIRUS. SHE HAS PUT HONG KONGERS LIVES IN JEOPARDY AT EVERY TURN.
“GUI』S HUMAN RIGHTS AS A PUBLISHER AND AS A SWEDISH CITIZEN HAVE BEEN REPEATEDLY VIOLATED BY THE CHINESE STATE… AND HE HAS BEEN FORCED TO PARTICIPATE IN A CHARADE OF CONFESSIONS IN THAT TIME. PEN HONG KONG ALSO FEELS THE ADMINISTRATIONS OF CY LEUNG AND CARRIE LAM HAVE BEEN SHAMEFULLY COMPLICIT IN THE POLITICAL PROSECUTION OF GUI AND THE OTHER BOOKSELLERS BY REFUSING TO SPEAK UP ABOUT THEIR ABDUCTIONS, WHICH WERE IN CLEAR BREACH OF HONG KONG LAW,” SHE SAID.
THE HONG KONG PROTESTS ARE CAUSED BY DEEP-ROOTED ECONOMIC FRUSTRATIONS… THIS ARGUMENT HAS BEEN ALL TOO COMMON IN THE DISCOURSE SURROUNDING HONG KONG』S MONTHS-LONG STRUGGLE AGAINST AUTHORITARIANISM.
FOR MANY HONGKONGERS, THE CURRENT OUTBREAK HAS BROUGHT BACK PAINFUL MEMORIES OF THE DEADLY SARS EPIDEMIC IN 2003. THE DISEASE TURNED HONG KONG INTO A GHOST TOWN, AND KILLED NEARLY 300 PEOPLE, INCLUDING EIGHT FRONTLINE HEALTHCARE WORKERS.
ONE FACTOR THAT COULD INFORM HONG KONG’S RESPONSE IS THE BIG PACKAGES ANNOUNCED ELSEWHERE, SUCH AS BY RIVAL SINGAPORE, WHICH HAS PLEDGED TO POST ITS BIGGEST BUDGET DEFICIT SINCE AT LEAST 1997 TO COMBAT THE IMPACT OF THE VIRUS. WHILE HONG KONG HAS HISTORICALLY ESPOUSED A CONSERVATIVE FISCAL POLICY, THE GOVERNMENT HAS ALREADY EARMARKED AN EXTRA HK
NATIONAL SECURITY LEGISLATION SPARKED HONG KONG’S FIRST BIG PROTEST EFFORT AND SUCCESSFUL PUSHBACK AGAINST THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT’S ATTEMPT TO FULFIL ITS RESPONSIBILITIES IN THAT REGARD. A NATIONAL SECURITY BILL HAD TO BE SHELVED IN 2003, FOR LACK OF ENOUGH VOTES IN HONG KONG’S LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. THE LEGISLATION REMAINS SHELVED, HENCE LUO’S LAMENT THAT IT IS STILL ABSENT AND SO CANNOT BE USED TO RESTORE ORDER IN HONG KONG. ARTICLE 23 OF HONG KONG’S POST-1997 BASIC LAW CONSTITUTION MANDATES THAT SUCH LEGISLATION MUST BE PASSED.

 

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