This is very like the beginning of an avalanche. What the CCP-backed HK government is poised to do might very well be something even those within the administration cannot tolerate.
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Showing posts with label 國安法. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 國安法. Show all posts
Friday, July 31, 2020
刑事檢控專員請辭 Director of Public Prosecutions Quits
這大概只是序幕。港共準備日後要出手做的，很可能是一些連港共內部也接受不了的事。
This is very like the beginning of an avalanche. What the CCP-backed HK government is poised to do might very well be something even those within the administration cannot tolerate.
This is very like the beginning of an avalanche. What the CCP-backed HK government is poised to do might very well be something even those within the administration cannot tolerate.
Wednesday, July 01, 2020
國安法生效後的七一 July 1 Under National Security Law
Taking to the street today or not, that's a choice of every single individual, based on our different beliefs and our stances. But there are five things that matter:
1. Today is NOT the end game. It is the beginning.
2. We should not let emotions get the better of our mind.
3. Always prepare for the worst. Be prepared for the possibility of getting arrested if you have decided to go out today.
4. It should be expected that anyone arrested would be charged for breaching the national security law and would thus face the worst legal treatment and the most stringent punishment. Any proceedings you would expect under normal circumstances would no longer apply.
5. No one should bring their kids or the elderly to the street. Today is not a family day!
今天上街與否，大家各有立場，各自選擇，各有盤算。不論選擇為何，以下五點，皆應緊記︰
一、今天絕非「End Game」，今天是開端。
二、別讓情緒指揮頭腦。
三、凡事須作最壞打算。決定上街，就要有被補的心理準備。
四、國安法正式生效，以國安法之名被捕者，勢將從嚴處理，遭受的對待勢將更悲慘，要有心理準備，正常的司法程序將不會適用。
五、今天不是家庭日，上街者不要帶小童與長者！
1. Today is NOT the end game. It is the beginning.
2. We should not let emotions get the better of our mind.
3. Always prepare for the worst. Be prepared for the possibility of getting arrested if you have decided to go out today.
4. It should be expected that anyone arrested would be charged for breaching the national security law and would thus face the worst legal treatment and the most stringent punishment. Any proceedings you would expect under normal circumstances would no longer apply.
5. No one should bring their kids or the elderly to the street. Today is not a family day!
今天上街與否，大家各有立場，各自選擇，各有盤算。不論選擇為何，以下五點，皆應緊記︰
一、今天絕非「End Game」，今天是開端。
二、別讓情緒指揮頭腦。
三、凡事須作最壞打算。決定上街，就要有被補的心理準備。
四、國安法正式生效，以國安法之名被捕者，勢將從嚴處理，遭受的對待勢將更悲慘，要有心理準備，正常的司法程序將不會適用。
五、今天不是家庭日，上街者不要帶小童與長者！
Tuesday, June 30, 2020
退黨保平安
國安法當前，退黨自保，在個人層面上無可厚非。
然而，在群族命運上，在這個時候連自己的黨也可以放棄，這種人我們不能寄予厚望。
不是說退黨就是不對，而是民眾會（甚至應該）期望，一個負責任的政治領袖會預先有更好更明智的安排，而不是到逼不得已的一刻一走了之。
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Sunday, May 31, 2020
BNO居英權的政治角色 Political Roles of BNO Leverage
重點句︰
藍韜文說：「如果中國堅持完成這項國安法，我們會賦予BNO護照持有人前來英國的權利。」他同時表示，這些人當中只有一部分人真的會前往英國。他說：「我們不會視而不見，我們不會漠視對香港人的責任。」
人道立場以外，亦有其政治考慮。一些冷靜理性的分析，是香港人更需要的。
The key:
Foreign Minister Dominic Raab said, "If China follows through with this national security legislation, we will give those people who hold BNO passports the right to come to the UK," adding that only "a fraction of them would actually come". "We are not going to turn a blind eye, we are not going to look away from our responsibilities to the pople of Hong Kong," he said.
There is a political role to play, apart from the sensational humanitarian consideration. Sanity and rationality is what Hongkongers need to brush up on.
藍韜文說：「如果中國堅持完成這項國安法，我們會賦予BNO護照持有人前來英國的權利。」他同時表示，這些人當中只有一部分人真的會前往英國。他說：「我們不會視而不見，我們不會漠視對香港人的責任。」
人道立場以外，亦有其政治考慮。一些冷靜理性的分析，是香港人更需要的。
The key:
Foreign Minister Dominic Raab said, "If China follows through with this national security legislation, we will give those people who hold BNO passports the right to come to the UK," adding that only "a fraction of them would actually come". "We are not going to turn a blind eye, we are not going to look away from our responsibilities to the pople of Hong Kong," he said.
There is a political role to play, apart from the sensational humanitarian consideration. Sanity and rationality is what Hongkongers need to brush up on.
Saturday, May 30, 2020
Trump's Announcement on Hong Kong
For the first time ever in history, Hong Kong takes a core part in the speech of the US President.
President Donald Trump://Thank you very much. Good afternoon. Thank you. I’m here today to talk about our relationship with China and several new measures to protect American security and prosperity.
China’s pattern of misconduct is well known. For decades, they’ve ripped off the United States, like no one has ever done before. Hundreds of billions of dollars a year were lost dealing with China, especially over the years during the prior administration. China raided our factories, off-shored our jobs, gutted our industries, stole our intellectual property and violated their commitments under the World Trade Organization.
To make matters worse, they are considered a developing nation, getting all sorts of benefits that others, including the United States, are not entitled to. But I have never solely blamed China for this. They were able to get away with a theft, like no one was able to get away with before because of past politicians and frankly, past presidents.
But unlike those who came before, my administration negotiated and fought for what was right. It’s called fair and reciprocal treatment. China has also unlawfully claimed territory in the Pacific Ocean, threatening freedom of navigation and international trade. And they broke their word to the world on ensuring the autonomy of Hong Kong. The United States wants an open and constructive relationship with China, but achieving that relationship requires us to vigorously defend our national interests.
The Chinese government has continually violated its promises to us and so many other nations. These plain facts cannot be overlooked or swept aside. The world is now suffering as a result of the malfeasance of the Chinese government. China’s cover-up of the Wuhan virus allowed the disease to spread all over the world, instigating a global pandemic that has cost more than 100,000 American lives and over a million lives worldwide. Chinese officials ignored their reporting obligations to the World Health Organization and pressured the World Health Organization to mislead the world when the virus was first discovered by Chinese authorities.
Countless lives have been taken and profound economic hardship has been inflicted all around the globe. They strongly recommended against me doing the early ban from China, but I did it anyway, and was proven to be 100% correct. China has total control over the World Health Organization, despite only paying $40 million per year, compared to what the United States has been paying, which is approximately $450 million a year.
We have detailed the reforms that it must make and engage with them directly, but they have refused to act. Because they have failed to make the requested and greatly needed reforms, we will be today terminating our relationship with the World Health Organization and redirecting those funds to other worldwide and deserving urgent global public health needs. The world needs answers from China on the virus. We must have transparency. Why is it that China shut off infected people from Wuhan, to all other parts of China? It went nowhere else. It didn’t go to Beijing. It went nowhere else, but they allowed them to freely travel throughout the world, including Europe and the United States.
The death and destruction caused by this is incalculable. We must have answers not only for us, but for the rest of the world. This pandemic has underscored the crucial importance of building up America’s economic independence, reassuring our critical supply chains and protecting America’s scientific and technological advances. For years, the government of China has conducted elicit espionage to steal our industrial secrets of which there are many. Today I will issue a proclamation to better secure our nation’s vital university research and to suspend the entry of certain foreign nationals from China, who we have identified as potential security risks.
I am also taking action to protect the integrity of America’s financial system, by far the best in the world. I am instructing my presidential working group, One Financial Markets, to study the differing practices of Chinese companies listed on the US financial markets, with the goal of protecting American investors. Investment firms should not be subjecting their clients to the hidden and undue risks associated with financing Chinese companies that do not play by the same rules. Americans are entitled to fairness and transparency.
Several of the most significant actions we’re taking pertain to deeply troubling situations unfolding in Hong Kong. This week, China unilaterally impose control over Hong Kong security. This was a plain violation of Beijing’s treaty obligations with the United Kingdom in the Declaration of 1984 and explicit provisions of Hong Kong’s Basic Law. It has 27 years to go. The Chinese government’s move against Hong Kong is the latest in a series of measures that are diminishing the city’s longstanding and very proud status. This is a tragedy for the people of Hong Kong, the people of China, and indeed the people of the world.
China claims it is protecting national security, but the truth is that Hong Kong was secure and prosperous as a free society. Beijing’s decision reverses all of that. It extends the reach of China’s invasive state security apparatus into what was formerly a bastion of Liberty. China’s latest incursion, along with other recent developments that degraded the territory’s freedoms, makes clear that Hong Kong is no longer sufficiently autonomous to warrant the special treatment that we have afforded the territory since the handover.
China has replaced its promise formula of “One Country, Two Systems” with “One Country, One System”. Therefore, I am directing my administration to begin the process of eliminating policy exemptions that give Hong Kong different and special treatment. My announcement today will affect the full range of agreements we have with Hong Kong, from our extradition treaty to our export controls on dual use technologies and more, with few exceptions. We will be revising the state department’s travel advisory for Hong Kong to reflect the increased danger of surveillance and punishment by the Chinese state security apparatus.
We will take action to revoke Hong Kong’s preferential treatment as a separate customs and travel territory from the rest of China. The United States will also take necessary steps to sanction PRC and Hong Kong officials directly or indirectly involved in eroding Hong Kong’s autonomy and just, if you take a look, smothering, absolutely smothering Hong Kong’s freedom. Our actions will be strong, our actions will be meaningful.
More than two decades ago on a rainy night in 1997, British soldiers lowered the Union flag and Chinese soldiers raised the Chinese flag in Hong Kong. The people of Hong Kong felt simultaneously proud of their Chinese heritage and their unique Hong Kong identity. The people of Hong Kong hoped that in the years and decades to come, China would increasingly come to resemble its most radiant and dynamic city. The rest of the world was electrified by a sense of optimism that Hong Kong was a glimpse into China’s future, not that Hong Kong would grow into a reflection of China’s past.
In every decision, I will continue to proudly defend and protect the workers, families, and citizens of the United States of America. Thank you very much. Thank you.//
President Donald Trump://Thank you very much. Good afternoon. Thank you. I’m here today to talk about our relationship with China and several new measures to protect American security and prosperity.
China’s pattern of misconduct is well known. For decades, they’ve ripped off the United States, like no one has ever done before. Hundreds of billions of dollars a year were lost dealing with China, especially over the years during the prior administration. China raided our factories, off-shored our jobs, gutted our industries, stole our intellectual property and violated their commitments under the World Trade Organization.
To make matters worse, they are considered a developing nation, getting all sorts of benefits that others, including the United States, are not entitled to. But I have never solely blamed China for this. They were able to get away with a theft, like no one was able to get away with before because of past politicians and frankly, past presidents.
But unlike those who came before, my administration negotiated and fought for what was right. It’s called fair and reciprocal treatment. China has also unlawfully claimed territory in the Pacific Ocean, threatening freedom of navigation and international trade. And they broke their word to the world on ensuring the autonomy of Hong Kong. The United States wants an open and constructive relationship with China, but achieving that relationship requires us to vigorously defend our national interests.
The Chinese government has continually violated its promises to us and so many other nations. These plain facts cannot be overlooked or swept aside. The world is now suffering as a result of the malfeasance of the Chinese government. China’s cover-up of the Wuhan virus allowed the disease to spread all over the world, instigating a global pandemic that has cost more than 100,000 American lives and over a million lives worldwide. Chinese officials ignored their reporting obligations to the World Health Organization and pressured the World Health Organization to mislead the world when the virus was first discovered by Chinese authorities.
Countless lives have been taken and profound economic hardship has been inflicted all around the globe. They strongly recommended against me doing the early ban from China, but I did it anyway, and was proven to be 100% correct. China has total control over the World Health Organization, despite only paying $40 million per year, compared to what the United States has been paying, which is approximately $450 million a year.
We have detailed the reforms that it must make and engage with them directly, but they have refused to act. Because they have failed to make the requested and greatly needed reforms, we will be today terminating our relationship with the World Health Organization and redirecting those funds to other worldwide and deserving urgent global public health needs. The world needs answers from China on the virus. We must have transparency. Why is it that China shut off infected people from Wuhan, to all other parts of China? It went nowhere else. It didn’t go to Beijing. It went nowhere else, but they allowed them to freely travel throughout the world, including Europe and the United States.
The death and destruction caused by this is incalculable. We must have answers not only for us, but for the rest of the world. This pandemic has underscored the crucial importance of building up America’s economic independence, reassuring our critical supply chains and protecting America’s scientific and technological advances. For years, the government of China has conducted elicit espionage to steal our industrial secrets of which there are many. Today I will issue a proclamation to better secure our nation’s vital university research and to suspend the entry of certain foreign nationals from China, who we have identified as potential security risks.
I am also taking action to protect the integrity of America’s financial system, by far the best in the world. I am instructing my presidential working group, One Financial Markets, to study the differing practices of Chinese companies listed on the US financial markets, with the goal of protecting American investors. Investment firms should not be subjecting their clients to the hidden and undue risks associated with financing Chinese companies that do not play by the same rules. Americans are entitled to fairness and transparency.
Several of the most significant actions we’re taking pertain to deeply troubling situations unfolding in Hong Kong. This week, China unilaterally impose control over Hong Kong security. This was a plain violation of Beijing’s treaty obligations with the United Kingdom in the Declaration of 1984 and explicit provisions of Hong Kong’s Basic Law. It has 27 years to go. The Chinese government’s move against Hong Kong is the latest in a series of measures that are diminishing the city’s longstanding and very proud status. This is a tragedy for the people of Hong Kong, the people of China, and indeed the people of the world.
China claims it is protecting national security, but the truth is that Hong Kong was secure and prosperous as a free society. Beijing’s decision reverses all of that. It extends the reach of China’s invasive state security apparatus into what was formerly a bastion of Liberty. China’s latest incursion, along with other recent developments that degraded the territory’s freedoms, makes clear that Hong Kong is no longer sufficiently autonomous to warrant the special treatment that we have afforded the territory since the handover.
China has replaced its promise formula of “One Country, Two Systems” with “One Country, One System”. Therefore, I am directing my administration to begin the process of eliminating policy exemptions that give Hong Kong different and special treatment. My announcement today will affect the full range of agreements we have with Hong Kong, from our extradition treaty to our export controls on dual use technologies and more, with few exceptions. We will be revising the state department’s travel advisory for Hong Kong to reflect the increased danger of surveillance and punishment by the Chinese state security apparatus.
We will take action to revoke Hong Kong’s preferential treatment as a separate customs and travel territory from the rest of China. The United States will also take necessary steps to sanction PRC and Hong Kong officials directly or indirectly involved in eroding Hong Kong’s autonomy and just, if you take a look, smothering, absolutely smothering Hong Kong’s freedom. Our actions will be strong, our actions will be meaningful.
More than two decades ago on a rainy night in 1997, British soldiers lowered the Union flag and Chinese soldiers raised the Chinese flag in Hong Kong. The people of Hong Kong felt simultaneously proud of their Chinese heritage and their unique Hong Kong identity. The people of Hong Kong hoped that in the years and decades to come, China would increasingly come to resemble its most radiant and dynamic city. The rest of the world was electrified by a sense of optimism that Hong Kong was a glimpse into China’s future, not that Hong Kong would grow into a reflection of China’s past.
In every decision, I will continue to proudly defend and protect the workers, families, and citizens of the United States of America. Thank you very much. Thank you.//
Friday, May 29, 2020
只要心中有沙，哪裡都是馬爾代夫
大陸官媒《環球時報》總編輯胡錫進︰
「中國想讓國際金融中心在哪裡，它就會在哪裡！」
Hu Xijin, Editor-in-chief of the Global Times, CPC's party organ:
"Wherever China wants its international financial centre to be, wherever it will be!"
原因︰
「只要心中有沙，哪裡都是馬爾代夫！」
Reason:
"As long as you have sand in your mind, anywhere can be the Maldives!"
「中國想讓國際金融中心在哪裡，它就會在哪裡！」
Hu Xijin, Editor-in-chief of the Global Times, CPC's party organ:
"Wherever China wants its international financial centre to be, wherever it will be!"
原因︰
「只要心中有沙，哪裡都是馬爾代夫！」
Reason:
"As long as you have sand in your mind, anywhere can be the Maldives!"
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Thursday, May 28, 2020
「國安法增強投資信心」＝ 食咗屎你會健康啲
證監會主席雷添良說：「國安法立法保障安全，增強投資者信心。」
沒錯，正如你可以說︰「食咗屎你會健康啲。」
Chairman of Securities and Futures Commision Lui Tim-leung said, "Legislation of the national security law can strengthen investors' confidence in the city."
Oh yeah, like eating dung is good for your health!
沒錯，正如你可以說︰「食咗屎你會健康啲。」
Chairman of Securities and Futures Commision Lui Tim-leung said, "Legislation of the national security law can strengthen investors' confidence in the city."
Oh yeah, like eating dung is good for your health!
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直覺 Just a Hunch
龐比奧發聲明，香港不再享有高度自治。
直覺︰形式上國安法仍會通過，但中共會縮，不過只會選擇縮在細節位。美國會禮貌地鬆一下手，事情會再拖一陣子，但大方向仍然正面，可見曙光。
Pompeo declares Hong Kong no longer enjoys autonomy.
My hunch: The National Security Act will still be passed into law, but the CCP will show concessions, though only on the trivials. The USA will slightly soften its grip and its tone as a gesture of courtesy. Overall, the scenario is still positive, with a glimmer of light.
直覺︰形式上國安法仍會通過，但中共會縮，不過只會選擇縮在細節位。美國會禮貌地鬆一下手，事情會再拖一陣子，但大方向仍然正面，可見曙光。
Pompeo declares Hong Kong no longer enjoys autonomy.
My hunch: The National Security Act will still be passed into law, but the CCP will show concessions, though only on the trivials. The USA will slightly soften its grip and its tone as a gesture of courtesy. Overall, the scenario is still positive, with a glimmer of light.
Friday, May 22, 2020
Wednesday, April 15, 2020
膠玩口號
建制派膠玩口號，拿「光復香港，時代革命」玩食字，總叫容易理解，既能吸引目標受眾，又能同時嘲弄民主陣營，行動與其立場和目標一致，亦合乎其邏輯與水平。
反而早陣子，泛民政客甚至自詡黃絲的小市民，興高采列高叫「康復香港，時代抗疫」，更叫人難受。
為甚麼這句口號對大家而言可以這麼輕？去年滿頭大汗高喊「光復香港，時代革命」，難道並非真心？真心喊過口號的，應該知道當中包含的有多沉重。
這邊廂大聲疾呼、高叫口號，甚至視梁天琦為精神領袖，但那邊廂可以輕鬆拿來玩食字，彷彿這句口號只是一件用來製造話題的工具，可以順手拈來消費一番？到底大家有沒有認真看待過整件事？還是由始至終只是虛偽地遊玩一場？
難受！
It's not hard to understand the pro-establishment camp making a word play on this symbolic slogan. It can catch the eyes of its target audience and make a mockery of its opposing parties. Who doesn't like it? Their action is consistent with their stance, their logic and their level of execution.
What's agonising is seeing the pan-dem politicians and even the yellow-ribbon laymen citizens chanting merrily the manipulated slogan for a much lesser cause: staying positive amid the pandemic.
How can this slogan be so lightweight? Didn't you mean what you chanted last year when you were crying out loud on the street? Wasn't it the earnest desire from the bottom of your heart? If you did, you should know how heavy this slogan is.
How can you chant it with all your sensation on one hand and toy with it on the other as if this is just some tabloid catchphrase?
Nothing is more agonising than working with such hypocrities.
反而早陣子，泛民政客甚至自詡黃絲的小市民，興高采列高叫「康復香港，時代抗疫」，更叫人難受。
為甚麼這句口號對大家而言可以這麼輕？去年滿頭大汗高喊「光復香港，時代革命」，難道並非真心？真心喊過口號的，應該知道當中包含的有多沉重。
這邊廂大聲疾呼、高叫口號，甚至視梁天琦為精神領袖，但那邊廂可以輕鬆拿來玩食字，彷彿這句口號只是一件用來製造話題的工具，可以順手拈來消費一番？到底大家有沒有認真看待過整件事？還是由始至終只是虛偽地遊玩一場？
難受！
It's not hard to understand the pro-establishment camp making a word play on this symbolic slogan. It can catch the eyes of its target audience and make a mockery of its opposing parties. Who doesn't like it? Their action is consistent with their stance, their logic and their level of execution.
What's agonising is seeing the pan-dem politicians and even the yellow-ribbon laymen citizens chanting merrily the manipulated slogan for a much lesser cause: staying positive amid the pandemic.
How can this slogan be so lightweight? Didn't you mean what you chanted last year when you were crying out loud on the street? Wasn't it the earnest desire from the bottom of your heart? If you did, you should know how heavy this slogan is.
How can you chant it with all your sensation on one hand and toy with it on the other as if this is just some tabloid catchphrase?
Nothing is more agonising than working with such hypocrities.
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