Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong activists arrested over Legco oath rally that saw clashes outside mainland’s liaison office
South China Morning Post, January 11, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2061147/hong-kong-activists-arrested-over-legco-oath-rally-saw

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警方拘7人涉反釋法示威非法集結藏有攻擊武器等 (7 people arrested for participation in rally against NPC interpretation, unlawful assembly, possession of offensive weapons)
Radio Television Hong Kong, January 11, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1306950-20170111.htm

Top U.S. diplomat in Hong Kong describes Beijing's legal ruling as “unfortunate”
Reuters, January 10, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-china-usa-idUSKBN14U12B

Bar Assoc. chair warns against “self-defeating” violent protests by localists
Hong Kong Free Press, January 10, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/01/10/bar-assoc-chair-warns-self-defeating-violent-protests-localists/

Protesters link government’s Palace Museum “exhibition” to memory of bloody Tiananmen Square crackdown
South China Morning Post, January 9, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2060552/protesters-link-governments-hong-kong-palace-museum

香港终审法院首席法官:关乎香港法律的讨论皆应以基本法为起点 (Chief Justice of Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal: The Basic Law is the starting point of any discussion about the law in Hong Kong)
Xinhua News Agency, January 10, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2017-01/10/content_6948422.htm

Related:
CJ's speech at ceremonial opening of the legal year 2017
终审法院首席法官二○一七年法律年度开启典礼演辞
HKSAR Press Release, January 9, 2017
EN: http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201701/09/P2017010900457.htm
CH: http://sc.isd.gov.hk/TuniS/www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201701/09/P2017010900464.htm