The HRIC Daily Brief is a daily selection of news stories and commentary related to human rights in China, drawn from Chinese- and English-language news and online media sources that we monitor daily. In addition to headlines and source links, HRIC also provides English translation of Chinese headlines.

Friday, August 04, 2017

Hong Kong (香港)

New Hong Kong coalition seeks to collect 300,000 signatures to block express rail link plan
South China Morning Post, August 3, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/economy/article/2105181/new-hong-kong-coalition-seeks-collect-300000-signatures-block

Related:
Joint checkpoint row: Public consultation not the only way to gauge opinion, says Justice Sec.
Hong Kong Free Press, August 3, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/03/joint-checkpoint-row-public-consultation-not-way-gauge-opinion-says-justice-sec/

一地兩檢是一國兩制的試金石 (“One place, two checks” is the touchstone of “one country, two systems”)
Mingpao, August 4, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170804/s00022/1501808552057

萬人聯署支持橫洲三贏方案 (Over ten thousand sign in support of triple-win plan of developing Wang Chau in New Territory)
Inmediahk, August 4, 2017
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1051157

Wang Chau villagers threaten “bloody fight” in the face of eviction under Hong Kong housing plan
South China Morning Post, August 3, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2105248/wang-chau-villagers-threaten-bloody-fight-face-eviction

港府官员与民主派议员就「一地两检」对质 (Officials and pro-democracy lawmakers debate about “one place, two checks” in LegCo)
Radio Free Asia, August 3, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/cp1-08032017103953.html

袁國強稱政府不會為方便及效益破壞一國兩制及基本法 (Rimsky Yuen: gov’t won’t compromise “one country, two systems” or the Basic Law in exchange for convenience and economic benefits)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 3, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1346158-20170803.htm