Monday, July 16, 2018

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong court will hear application to temporarily ban controversial checkpoint plan before cross-border rail link opens
South China Morning Post, July 16, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2155526/hong-kong-court-will-hear-application-temporarily-ban

Related:
Activists seek injunction to suspend controversial joint checkpoint arrangement until all legal challenges concluded
Hong Kong Free Press, July 16, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/16/activists-seek-injunction-suspend-controversial-joint-checkpoint-arrangement-legal-challenges-concluded/

中联办护法:凡基本法没规定的宪法都自动适用香港 (Liaison office: Chinese constitution automatically applies wherever Basic Law fails to specify)
Radio France Internationale, July 15, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20180715-中联办护法凡基本法没规定的宪法都自动适用香港

Related:
Veteran politician says Beijing office chief should “shut up,” after stating Chinese constitution can apply in Hong Kong
Hong Kong Free Press, July 16, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/16/veteran-politician-says-beijing-office-chief-shut-stating-chinese-constitution-can-apply-hong-kong/

Liaison office legal chief tells Hong Kong: Basic Law is not your constitution
South China Morning Post, July 15, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2155297/liaison-office-legal-chief-tells-hong-kong-basic-law-not

《聂德权专访》:立法会复会后提交国歌法本地立法(Chief of Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau: National Anthem Bill will reach LegCo after October)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 16, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1407166-20180716.htm

Hong Kong's Snowden refugees, facing deportation, hope of new life in Canada
The Guardian, July 16, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/16/hong-kongs-snowden-refugees-facing-deportation-hope-of-new-life-in-canada

获覆投诉结果为「无法证实」及「虚假」 黄之锋斥惩教署「匪夷所思」 (Joshua Wong finds rejection of his complaints over mistreatment in prison as “unprovable” and “fake” incredible)
Ming Pao, July 14, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180714/s00001/1531546771778

文汇报前副总程翔出书《香港六七暴动始末》以免历史被歪曲 (Former deputy chief editor of Wen Wei Po publishes book on Hong Kong 1967 Leftist Riots to prevent history from being distorted)
Radio France Internationale, July 16, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20180716-文汇报前副总程翔出书香港六七暴动始末以免历史被歪曲

英保守党人权分子疑因关注香港他和母亲收到寄自香港恐吓信 (Vice chairman of British Conservative Party Human Rights Committee suspects threats to him are related to his concern for Hong Kong)
Radio France Internationale, July 14, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/港澳台/20180714-英保守党人权分子疑因关注香港他和母亲收到寄自香港恐吓信