The Hong Kong-America Center, a US-backed pro-secessionist organization founded in 1994, has announced its official closure, with six university presidents in Hong Kong withdrawing from the center’s board of directors. The center has been frequently accused of political infiltration under the guise of academic exchanges, including its active participation in the illegal “Occupy Central” movement.
The organization was observed to have actively taken part in the 2014 “Occupy Central” movement by supporting riot leader Anson Chan Fang On-sang, and brainwashing college students through debate competitions and workshops.
It also attempted to revise liberal studies courses and instill anti-China ideologies in classes by appointing “exchange scholars” to several universities in Hong Kong, Hong Kong-based newspaper Takungpao previously reported.
Stretching its reach to younger targets, the center has influenced many Hong Kong youths through online games and school projects to join illegal protests and demonstrations in opposition to the proposed amendments of the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance and the Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Ordinance in 2019.
FosunPharma and its German partner BioNTech announced Thur the supply of 10 million doses of mRNA vaccine (BNT162b1) for COVID19 to Hong Kong and Macao, after clinical trials proved the safety and effectiveness of the vaccine and approval from the authorities is gained. None for the roaches.
There were 12 young people on board and they were on their way to Taiwan at the time, and the Guangdong Coast Guard said that Lee Yu-hin was the one who had participated in the anti-extradiction campaign. At that time, they left from Po Toi O, Sai Kung and were heading to Kaohsiung, Taiwan, where they intended to apply for political asylum. They were intercepted by the Chinese Coast Guard near Ninepin Island and are currently being detained by the Chinese Coast Guard, while the Chinese Public Security Bureau is investigating. According to the criminal law of Mainland China, the Public Security Bureau can hold the illegal immigrants criminally responsible, and the illegal immigrants can be sentenced to imprisonment of not more than one year, after which they will be repatriated toan Hong Kong. Lee Yu-hin, a member of “Hong Kong Story”, was arrested on August 10, the same day that the National Security Bureau of the Hong Kong Police Force arrested the founder of Next Media, Lai Chi-ying and his sons, as well as other senior executives of Next Media. Lee was released on bail. The police have also pointed out that there is a group operating in Hong Kong with the aim of “asking foreign or international organizations to sanction Hong Kong”, and that the media have cited the “I want to LamChau” team that has been operating since last year, its capital is “well placed in foreign banks for long term” and will continue to organize and support counter-attacks from around the world.
There were 12 young people on board and they were on their way to Taiwan at the time, and the Guangdong Coast Guard said that Lee Yu-hin was the one who had participated in the anti-extradiction campaign. At that time, they left from Po Toi O, Sai Kung to Kaohsiung, Taiwan, where they intended to apply for political asylum. They were intercepted by the Chinese Coast Guard near Ninepin Island and are currently being detained by the Chinese Coast Guard, while the Chinese Public Security Bureau is still investigating. According to the criminal law of Mainland China, the Public Security Bureau can hold the illegal immigrants criminally responsible, and the illegal immigrants can be sentenced to imprisonment of not more than one year, after which they will be repatriated to Hong Kong. Lee Yu-hin, a member of “Hong Kong Story”, was arrested on August 10, the same day that the National Security Bureau of the Hong Kong Police Force arrested the founder of Next Media, Lai Chi-ying and his sons, as well as other senior executives of Next Media, and he was released on bail. The police have also pointed out that Lee is a member of a group operating in Hong Kong with the aim of “asking foreign or international organizations to sanction Hong Kong”, and that the media have cited the “I want to LamChau” team that has been operating since last year, its capital is “well placed in foreign banks for long term” and will continue to organize and support attacks of the Hong Kong government from around the world.
Taiwan’s authority said on 26th that the Taiwan would never encourage illegal travel to Taiwan, the smugglers will face criminal liability if caught.
“I am getting used to unexpected congregations,” joked Ng Chhun-seng 黃春生 , 54-year-old 濟南基督長老教會主任牧師 in Taipei who has emerged as a prominent player in the network.
The pastor works as a liaison, coordinating travel plans with organisers in Hong Kong, arranging accommodation at properties owned by churches and connecting protesters with lawyers, doctors, aid groups and schools throughout Taiwan.
These days, he said, he is constantly on his phone fielding requests, even during sermons and between prayers.
Huang said he recently learned of a protester who said she had been raped by Hong Kong police and needed a boat to smuggle her to Taiwan so that she could receive an abortion.
At least 10 students arrived by plane after escaping from the campus of Hong Kong Polytechnic University, where police and protesters were in a standoff for days. Huang connected them with a lawyer who helped them get temporary student visas through a Taiwan university.
Shenzhen Yantian People’s Procuratorate approved the arrest of 10 Hongkongers for illegally crossing the border area. It approved arrest of another two for organizing illegal border crossing. The case is still under investigation.
12-30-20 Shenzhen’s Yantian District People’s Court on Wednesday sentenced 10 Hong Kong detainees to imprisonment from seven months to three years for organizing illegal border crossing and illegally entering Chinese mainland waters in August. The Hong Kong police will receive two suspects from the mainland, who are under age 18 and among the 12 HK detainees found crossing into Chinese mainland waters illegally.
A 33-year-old Hong Kong man was tested with novel coronavirus again after four months, becoming one of a few cases of COVID19 reinfection in the world. Dutch and Belgian patients get coronavirus re-infection after Hong Kong reports world’s first reinfection case. More testing needed on new patients to see two instances of virus differ slightly.
Jin Dongyan, a biomedical professor at the University of Hong Kong, told the Global Times on Tuesday that genetic sequencing of the man’s virus during his first infection was similar to the virus detected in Wuhan, Central China’s Hubei Province, when he was first diagnosed with COVID-19 in March. This time, the sequencing was similar with the virus found in Europe.
Jin also ruled out the possibility that the virus from March had remained in his body, thus bringing a positive test result, due to the completely different genetic sequencing of the virus. Most of those who test positive due to the virus remaining in their bodies shortly after they are cured do not infect others, but in this case, the man, although a silent carrier, could infect other people, Jin said.
Microbiologist Yuen Kwok-yung from the University of Hong Kong told the Global Times on Tuesday that the second infection has less symptoms or no symptoms in this case, but the viral load in the patient body is just as high as in any acute infection, meaning that the reinfected patient can be just as infectious as a patient who is infected the first time.
As the antibodies found in patients cured from the virus have a much better protective effect than COVID-19 vaccines in preventing them from being reinfected, the case showed that COVID-19 vaccines may fail to protect these recipients from being infected a second time, Jin said.
The case reminded people that vaccines are not a once-and-for-all solution, and they most likely can only protect them from getting serious symptoms, and scientists have to keep researching and properly respond to this issue, according to Jin.
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An unnamed 25-year-old individual from Reno tested positive for the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 on April 18, and had symptoms including a sore throat, headache, nausea, and diarrhea, according to a pre-print study. By April 27 the symptoms had resolved, and two coronavirus tests came back negative on May 9. On 31 May, the patient reported having a fever, headache, feeling dizzy, as well as a cough, nausea and diarrhea. Five days later, the patient was hospitalized after their condition worsened, and tested positive for the coronavirus again. Samples from the patient also showed they had antibodies against the coronavirus.
The new visa arrangements mean that up to 10,000 Hong Kong passport holders in Australia will be able to extend their stay for five years, at the end of which they will be granted permanent residency in Australia after passing relevant character, security and health checks. Under the new visa policy announced by the Australian Government, HKSAR passport holders holding Temporary Graduate Visas or Temporary Skilled Shortage Visas will have their visas automatically extended for five years.
Following the enactment of Hong Kong’s National Security Law, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced on July 9 that he would extend the visa period for Hong Kong residents and provide a pathway to apply for permanent residence.
According to ABC, there are currently nearly 10,000 Hong Kong citizens in Australia on temporary work visas, post-graduation temporary visas and student visas, and another 2,500 Hong Kong people outside Australia on these visas.
50 testing professionals from hospitals in South China’s Guangdong Province traveled to Hong Kong on Fri to help Hong Kong launch citywide testing.
HongKong will launch citywide COVID19 testing from Sep 1, which is expected to be completed within two weeks. The HK govt will be responsible for sample collection, delivering samples, and the central govt will provide testing personnel and lab services. Without support of the central govt, Hong Kong cannot conduct the citywide testing
