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关键词:Hong Kong travel ban
概念:
HONG KONG IS HOME TO 380,274 FOREIGN DOMESTIC WORKERS, ACCORDING TO GOVERNMENT STATISTICS – MORE THAN HALF OF WHOM ARE FROM THE PHILIPPINES. MANY MAKE THE MOMENTOUS DECISION TO MOVE IN SEARCH OF HIGHER WAGES TO SUPPORT THEIR LOVED ONES, SPENDING MONTHS APART WHILE SENDING CASH HOME. BUT WITH THE UNCERTAINTY OF THE TRAVEL BAN, DOMESTIC WORKERS LIKE RIOS HAVE BEEN FORCED TO COUNT THEIR PENNIES.
THE GOVERNMENT REFUSES TO ADDRESS SEXUAL ABUSE AND VIOLENCE AS AN ISSUE WITH HONG KONG DUBBED AS ONE OF THE ‘SAFEST’ PLACES IN THE WORLD. ACCORDING TO THE WOMEN’S FOUNDATION (TWF), HOWEVER, HONG KONG HAS THE WORLD’S HIGHEST RATE OF FEMALE HOMICIDE VICTIMS, A 2013 STUDY BY THE HONG KONG WOMEN’S COALITION ON EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES REVEALED THAT 90% OF WOMEN WHO HAD BEEN SEXUALLY ASSAULTED CHOSE NOT TO REPORT THE INCIDENT. WOMEN MIGRANT WORKERS ARE VULNERABLE IN SEXUAL, VERBAL, AND PHYSICAL ABUSE WITH THE MANDATORY LIVE-IN POLICY YET THEY FEAR TERMINATION AND DEPORTATION WHEN THEY FILE COMPLAINTS.
TIM HAMLETT CAME TO HONG KONG IN 1980 TO WORK FOR THE HONG KONG STANDARD AND HAS CONTRIBUTED TO, OR WORKED FOR, MOST OF HONG KONG"S ENGLISH-LANGUAGE MEDIA OUTLETS, NOTABLY AS THE EDITOR OF THE STANDARD"S AWARD-WINNING INVESTIGATIVE TEAM, AS A COLUMNIST IN THE SCMP AND AS A PRESENTER OF RTHK"S MEDIAWATCH. IN 1988 HE BECAME A FULL-TIME JOURNALISM TEACHER. SINCE OFFICIALLY RETIRING NINE YEARS AGO, HE HAS CONCENTRATED ON MUSIC, DANCE, BLOGGING AND A VERY TIME-CONSUMING DOG.
KIMMY CHUNG JOINED THE POST IN 2017 AND REPORTS FOR THE HONG KONG DESK ON LOCAL POLITICS AND HONG KONG-MAINLAND ISSUES. PRIOR TO JOINING THE POST, SHE COVERED HONG KONG POLITICS AND SOCIAL POLICIES FOR MORE THAN SIX YEARS FOR DIFFERENT MEDIA OUTLETS.
A GOVERNMENT TASK FORCE DECIDED TO EXEMPT THOSE WORKING IN HONG KONG AND MACAU FROM THE TRAVEL BAN “SUBJECT TO CERTAIN FORMALITIES,” FOREIGN AFFAIRS UNDERSECRETARY BRIGIDO DULAY SAID ON HIS TWITTER ACCOUNT ON TUESDAY. THE GOVERNMENT ALSO LIFTED ON FEB. 14 A DAYS-OLD TRAVEL BAN ON TAIWAN.
GARY CHEUNG JOINED THE POST IN 2000, COVERING FIELDS RANGING FROM POLITICS AND THE INTEGRATION BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CHINA. HE BECAME ASSISTANT EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF MING PAO IN 2017 AND RETURNED TO THE POST THE FOLLOWING YEAR. HE IS AUTHOR OF HONG KONG’S WATERSHED: THE 1967 RIOTS (HONG KONG UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2009).
HSBC, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT BANKS IN HONG KONG, SAID IT PLANNED TO CUT 35,000 JOBS AND $4.5 BILLION IN COSTS AS IT FACES HEADWINDS THAT INCLUDE THE OUTBREAK AND MONTHS OF POLITICAL STRIFE IN HONG KONG. THE BANK, BASED IN LONDON, HAS COME TO DEPEND INCREASINGLY ON CHINA FOR GROWTH.
THOUSANDS OF OFWS BOUND FOR HONG KONG AND MACAU WERE LEFT STRANDED IN THE PHILIPPINES AFTER PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE ON FEBRUARY 2 IMPOSED A TRAVEL BAN TO CHINA AND ITS SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGIONS. THEY HAVE APPEALED TO THE GOVERNMENT TO ALLOW THEM TO RETURN TO THEIR JOBS.
SHE HAD MOVED TO HONG KONG TWO YEARS AGO WITH DREAMS OF CREATING A BETTER LIFE FOR HER FAMILY. THE JOB IN HONG KONG PAID A BETTER SALARY THAN WHAT SHE WOULD HAVE EARNED BACK HOME, AND SOON AFTER STARTING SHE WAS ABLE TO BUY A PLOT OF LAND IN HER RURAL PROVINCE. SHE BEGAN SETTING ASIDE MONEY EVERY MONTH TO BUILD A HOUSE FOR HER FAMILY.
ON SUNDAY, THE HEALTH MINISTRY INSTRUCTED ISRAELIS RETURNING FROM THAILAND, SINGAPORE, HONG KONG, AND MACAU TO SELF-QUARANTINE FOR TWO WEEKS, AMID CONCERNS OVER THE SPREAD OF THE DISEASE. PREVIOUSLY, ONLY TRAVELERS COMING FROM CHINA WERE SUBJECT TO SUCH A SELF-QUARANTINE.
HSBA.L) HAS EXTENDED ITS BAN ON STAFF TRAVELLING TO HONG KONG UNTIL MARCH 2, ACCORDING TO AN INTERNAL MEMO SEEN BY REUTERS, AS THE DEATH TOLL FROM THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK CONTINUES TO CLIMB.
TONY CHEUNG BECAME A POLITICAL JOURNALIST IN 2007. HE JOINED THE POST IN 2012 AND NOW LEADS THE HONG KONG-MAINLAND RELATIONS TEAM ON THE HONG KONG DESK. TONY ALSO WRITES ABOUT THE ECONOMY, AND REPORTS FROM MAINLAND CHINA, THE UNITED STATES, GERMANY AND BRITAIN.
MOREOVER, REGARDLESS OF THESE RULES, A LOT OF BANKERS ARE THEMSELVES RELUCTANT TO LEAVE HONG KONG FOR CHINA BECAUSE OF THE CORONAVIRUS INFECTION RISK, SAYS BENJAMIN QUINLAN, A FORMER UBS BANKER WHO NOW RUNS A FINANCE CONSULTANCY IN HONG KONG. THE FACT THAT HONG KONG BANKS ARE ASKING STAFF RETURNING FROM CHINA TO QUARANTINE THEMSELVES FOR 14 DAYS IS ANOTHER BIG DETERRENT, ADDS STANLEY SOH, A HONG KONG-BASED DIRECTOR OF ASIAN FINANCIAL SERVICES SOLUTIONS.
FOR CATHAY, THE VIRUS MARKS ANOTHER BLOW AFTER A TORRID 12 MONTHS IN WHICH THE STREET PROTESTS IN HONG KONG HAD ALREADY CAUSED MAJOR TRAFFIC DECLINES. TRAFFIC TO HONG KONG FELL BY 46% YEAR ON YEAR IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, A STEEPER DROP THAN THE 40% SEEN IN JANUARY, WHEN THE VIRUS WAS FIRST IDENTIFIED.
LION TRAVEL SAID MORE THAN 300 OF ITS CUSTOMERS ARE IN THE PHILIPPINES, INCLUDING IN CEBU, BORACAY AND PALAWAN, WHILE COLA TOUR SAID THE ITINERARIES OF ITS 13 TOUR GROUPS CONSISTING OF 176 PEOPLE THAT ARE NOW IN THE PHILIPPINES WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE NEWEST TRAVEL BAN.

 

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