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概念:
新冠肺炎(武汉肺炎)疫情持续于全球肆虐,口罩成为各国人民日常生活的必需品,但由于目前不少国家都有规限口罩出口,有机会导致香港的口罩供应随时再次面临不足。幸好香港亦有不少商家或好心人自发成立“MADE IN HONG KONG”的口罩,目前已有5 - 6 间港产口罩厂宣布成立,而近日再有一间名为“SAVEWO 救世”的口罩厂成立,并称目前正在研发 5 项产品。
HONG KONG FREE PRESS IS A NON-PROFIT ENGLISH LANGUAGE NEWS SOURCE SEEKING TO UNITE CRITICAL VOICES. FREE AND INDEPENDENT, HKFP LAUNCHED IN 2015 AMID RISING CONCERNS OVER DECLINING PRESS FREEDOM IN HONG KONG AND DURING AN IMPORTANT TIME IN THE CITY’S CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT.CLICK HERE TO LEARN HOW YOU CAN SUPPORT US AND ENSURE OUR INDEPENDENCE.
EPIDEMICS INTENSIFY EXISTING STRUCTURAL INJUSTICES AND MARGINALISATION. AMID THE MASK SHORTAGE AND PANIC BUYING OF CLEANING SUPPLIES IN HONG KONG, MARGINALISED COMMUNITIES LIKE ETHNIC MINORITIES, DISABLED PEOPLE, THE ELDERLY, POOR FAMILIES, AND STREET CLEANERS ARE THE MOST HARMED. THEIR SOCIAL POSITIONS RENDER THEM MORE VULNERABLE NOT ONLY TO INFECTIONS, BUT ALSO TO FURTHER STIGMATISATION AND MARGINALISATION BY THE MAINSTREAM SOCIETY.
“I DON’T KNOW HOW STRONG THE PROTESTS WILL COME BACK ONCE THE VIRUS IS DONE, BUT I CAN’T IMAGINE THAT ANYTHING IS GOING TO SHIFT,” SHE SAID. “PEOPLE ARE HEDGING THEIR BETS ON HONG KONG RECOVERING FROM THE VIRUS,” SHE ADDED. “I DON’T THINK THE POLITICAL SITUATION IS EVER GOING TO CHANGE.”
FOLLOWING THE JUDGEMENT, INFINGER SAID THAT IT HIGHLIGHTED DISCRIMINATORY AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT POLICIES THAT LGBT PEOPLE IN HONG KONG FACE EVERY DAY: “HOW MANY JUDGMENTS AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT DOES IT TAKE BEFORE THE GOVERNMENT STOPS RELYING ON DISCRIMINATORY POLICIES AND INTRODUCES LGBTI DISCRIMINATION LEGISLATION IN HONG KONG?” HE SAID.
"THE LATEST PMI FLASHED RED WARNING LIGHTS ON THE DIRE PRIVATE-SECTOR CONDITIONS ACROSS HONG KONG IN FEBRUARY AMID THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK, WITH THE HEADLINE INDEX PLUNGING TO AN UNPRECEDENTED LEVEL SINCE THE SURVEY STARTED IN JULY 1998," BERNARD AW, PRINCIPAL ECONOMIST WITH IHS MARKIT, SAID IN THE REPORT.
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SINCE JANUARY, THE OUTBREAK OF THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS HAS MADE WAVES NOT JUST IN OUR CITY, BUT ACROSS THE WORLD. AS THE NUMBERS OF THOSE INFECTED INCREASES WITH EVERY PASSING DAY, IT’S MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER TO FIND WAYS TO GIVE BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY. FROM DONATING BASIC HYGIENE AND FOOD PRODUCTS, TO VOLUNTEERING YOUR TIME, HERE WE LIST JUST SOME OF THE WAYS THAT YOU CAN GIVE BACK IN HONG KONG, INCLUDING SOME OF THE CHARITIES THAT YOU CAN GET INVOLVED WITH.
THEIR FATHER, THEY SAY, IS UNFAZED—HE’S LIVED THROUGH PLENTY OF UPS AND DOWNS. “YOU SEE THE TURMOIL IN HONG KONG, EVERYBODY’S SO UPSET, BUT HE SAYS ‘THIS IS NOTHING. I WAS IN THE WAR WHEN THE JAPANESE WERE OCCUPYING HONG KONG. THIS IS NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. WHY ARE YOU GUYS SO WORRIED?’” SAYS PETER, WITH A CHUCKLE. DURING THE ASIAN FINANCIAL CRISIS IN 1998, LEE’S NET WORTH PLUNGED $5 BILLION—THE HIGHEST LOSS IN DOLLAR TERMS FOR ANY ASIAN TYCOON DURING THE CRISIS. YET HE DECLARED IN AN INTERVIEW WITH FORBES AT THE TIME: “HONG KONG IS STILL THE BEST PLACE IN THE WORLD TO INVEST MONEY. WE ARE GOING FULL SPEED AHEAD.”
THE DOG HAD TESTED “WEAK POSITIVE” FOR THE VIRUS LAST WEEK, RAISING THE QUESTION OF WHETHER IT HAD BEEN CONTAMINATED BY TRACES OF THE VIRUS IN ITS SURROUNDINGS OR GENUINELY INFECTED WITH A DISEASE THAT HAS NOW CLAIMED MORE THAN 3,200 LIVES GLOBALLY. FURTHER TESTS CONFIRMED THE VIRUS IN THE PET’S NASAL AND ORAL CAVITIES, “WHICH INDICATES A LOW-LEVEL OF INFECTION,” HONG KONG’S AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT SAID IN STATEMENT LATE WEDNESDAY.

 

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