Friday, January 26, 2018

Hong Kong (香港)

Mainland law in Hong Kong: Gov’t begins final step to enact controversial joint checkpoint mechanism
Hong Kong Free Press, January 26, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/26/mainland-law-hong-kong-govt-begins-final-step-enact-controversial-joint-checkpoint-mechanism/

Will activist duo be banned from by-elections? Pan-dems demand answers from beleaguered justice chief
South China Morning Post, January 26, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2130621/pan-dems-demand-answers-justice-minister-amid-mounting

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Interview: Pro-democracy by-election candidate Agnes Chow: who is she and why does she want your vote?
Hong Kong Free Press, January 25, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/25/interview-pro-democracy-election-candidate-agnes-chow-want-vote/

Baptist University lecturer decries “cultural revolution”-style attacks on students protesting Mandarin tests
Hong Kong Free Press, January 26, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/26/baptist-university-lecturer-decries-cultural-revolution-style-attacks-students-protesting-mandarin-tests/

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浸大教職員發起聯署:老師總不應該被威脅或恐嚇 (Baptist University staff launch signature campaign in support of language center colleagues claiming teachers shouldn’t be threatened or intimidated)
Mingpao, January 25, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180125/s00001/1516880655237

China's top advisory body gains over 50 new Hong Kong faces
South China Morning Post, January 26, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2130595/dozens-new-faces-hong-kong-join-top-china-advisory-body