#LegCo

[orchres]

lord so many new followers I don't even feel like I can gossip with the moochies n followers anymore. Anyway I was snooping on the blog of that shawty who called Sudanis a psyop for calling in Motaz n them and what do u know one of their (correct me if the pronouns r wrong) most ardent rebloggers is that logarithm 6 fellow who is famously antiblack. idk besties when racists start clapping for u I think you've fucked up somewhere and need to reconsider. also it's really ironic how this insistence that this whole incident is the work of out of touch blk liberals in amerikka who are soo America centric ends up making the blk experience in America the default and only one, erasing the fact that we have a disapora of billions and racial dynamics aren't just crackers vs negroes. like who would have thought we all have different experiences 🙃 it's actually antiblack to say that black folks aren't a monolith? really? This is so ridiculous. so the rest of us we should just never say anything? wow. I guess racism is over in the global majority then! But real quick can y'all go Google what LegCo was in reference to the Kenyan British colony? also look up who owns the most means of production in the country (industry) and compare. since of course antiblackness is solely an american phenomenon 😁😁

[truthblockchain]

Hong Kong’s Cyberport Hosts 270 Blockchain Companies

Hong Kong’s Cyberport, a government-owned and run business hub, currently hosts over 270 blockchain technology-related enterprises after adding more than 120 firms in 16 months.

On Nov. 19, the Legislative Council (LegCo) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) released a discussion paper highlighting Cyberport’s efforts toward the development of the Web3, crypto and blockchain ecosystems.

The Hong Kong government allocated $50 million to support Cyberport in the 2023-24 budget. As of June 2023, Cyberport housed more than 150 Web3 firms, according to Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po.

https://cointelegraph.com/news/hong-kong-cyberport-web3-enterprises-growth-legislative-council

[aitoolswhitehattoolbox]

Chief Public Information Officer 公共資訊總主任

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SECRETARIATUnder the supervision of The Legislative Council Commission, the Legislative Council Secretariat’s mission is to provide efficient and professional secretariat, research and administrative support for the Legislative Council (“LegCo”), enhance community understanding of the activities of LegCo and ensure an effective avenue for redressing grievances of members of…

[speedyposts]

Four found guilty of rioting over 2019 storming of Hong Kong legislature

A Hong Kong court has found four people guilty of rioting over the storming of the city’s legislative council building that marked a major escalation of pro-democracy protests more than four years ago.

Hundreds of protesters stormed the building on July 1, 2019, after a massive protest march against a proposed extradition bill that would have allowed authorities to send individuals to mainland China for trial.

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After forcing their way inside, they ripped portraits of officials from walls and spray-painted slogans calling for the release of arrested demonstrators. An old colonial-era flag was draped over the speaker’s chair and a plaque bearing the symbol of Hong Kong was blacked out with spray paint.

On Thursday, District Court Judge Li Chi-ho found Ho Chun-yin, actor Gregory Wong, Ng Chi-yung and Lam Kam-kwan guilty of rioting.

Student journalist Wong Ka-ho and Ma Kai-chung, a reporter with Passion Times, who were on trial alongside the four, were acquitted of the rioting charge but found guilty of unlawful entry.

During the trial, Gregory Wong told the court he had entered the building solely to deliver two chargers to reporters who were covering the break-in by protesters.

Video evidence played by the prosecution showed Wong left the chamber immediately after delivering the chargers to a reporter in a yellow vest.

Another defendant, Lam Kam-kwan, told the court he was detained in China a month after the storming of Legco and forced to write a repentance letter.

Police officers denied his claims during a cross-examination by the defence.

Last May, seven others including the former president of the University of Hong Kong’s student union, Althea Suen, and pro-democracy activists Ventus Lau and Owen Chow, pleaded guilty to rioting and will deliver their mitigation statements later on Thursday.

They face a maximum of seven years in prison.

While the government eventually withdrew the extradition bill, the protests, which drew more than a million people onto the streets, had already gathered momentum and the demands had widened to include direct elections for the city’s leaders and police accountability.

The protests were the biggest challenge to the Hong Kong government since the city’s return to Chinese rule in 1997 and led Beijing to impose a sweeping national security law in 2020 that has seen many of the city’s leading opposition politicians and activists arrested, silenced or in exile.

More than 10,200 people were arrested in connection to the protests for various crimes, such as rioting and participating in an unauthorised assembly.

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[chinemagazine]

A Hong Kong, les avocats étrangers ne peuvent plus plaider dans des affaires de sécurité nationale

Les autorités de Hong Kong ont amendé la législation le 10 mai pour interdire aux avocats étrangers de plaider des affaires de sécurité nationale dans la Région Administrative Spéciale de Hong Kong, où Pékin s'efforce d'étouffer la dissidence depuis les manifestations monstres de 2019. Cette réforme est le dernier changement en date dans le paysage juridique et politique de Hong Kong. Elle fait suite aux nombreuses tentatives de l'exécutif hongkongais d'empêcher Tim Owen, éminent avocat britannique spécialisé dans les droits humains, de défendre le magnat de la presse Jimmy Lai, fondateur du quotidien indépendant «Apple Daily». Risque pour la confidentialité des secrets d'État Jimmy Lai, l'un des militants pro-démocratie les plus connus de Hong Kong, est derrière les barreaux depuis fin 2020 et accusé de «collusion avec des forces étrangères», un crime selon la loi sur la sécurité nationale. Cette loi a été promulguée en 2020 à la suite des manifestations anti-gouvernmentale de juin à décembre 2019. «Les parties impliquées dans une affaire (relevant de la sécurité nationale) n'ont jamais le droit de choisir un avocat étranger», a assuré Paul Lam, ministre de la Justice de Hong Kong. Le gouvernement estime que laisser des avocats étrangers plaider dans des affaires relevant de la sécurité nationale présente un risque car il n'y a aucun moyen de garantir la confidentialité des secrets d'État. Seule exception à la réforme: si le dirigeant de Hong Kong, John Lee, estime que la participation d'un avocat étranger «n'est pas contraire aux intérêts de la sécurité nationale», a précisé le ministère de la Justice, dans une proposition adoptée par les députés hongkongais. Le parlementaire Ambrose Lam a déploré le fait que les avocats étrangers puissent demander une exception. «Être clément envers les ennemis, c'est être cruel envers nous-mêmes», a-t-il déclaré devant l'assemblée. Le procès de Jimmy Lai, qui devait démarrer en décembre 2022, a été reporté en septembre 2023 après que les autorités de Hong Kong aient demandé à Pékin d'empêcher Jimmy Lai d'être représenté par Tim Owen. Les admissions ad hoc d'avocats étrangers étaient auparavant décidées par les tribunaux de Hong Kong. D'ailleurs, des juges ont approuvé le choix de Tim Owen contre l'avis du gouvernement, le Legco a de fait confié au dirigeant de Hong Kong le pouvoir de présélectionner les candidats. L'équipe juridique de Jimmy Lai a déposé un recours judiciaire contre le puissant comité de sécurité nationale de Hong Kong et contre le département de l'immigration de la ville, qui a refusé un visa à Tim Owen. Les deux affaires sont en attente d'une décision. Read the full article

[organisationskoval]

364) 123 Democratic Alliance, 123 Sojusz Demokratyczny (chiński: 一二三民主聯盟) - pro-Kuomintangowska partia polityczna w Hong Kongu. Założona w 1994 roku przez grupę protajwańskich, prodemokratycznych i probiznesowych polityków, ma na celu dążenie do zjednoczenia Chin, dążenie do wolnych, demokratycznych i bogatych Chin oraz ustanowienie demokratycznego i dobrze prosperujący Hongkongu. Pozostała małą partią aż do rozwiązania w 2000 roku z powodu braku wsparcia finansowego ze strony rządu Tajwanu, po klęsce Kuomintangu w wyborach prezydenckich. Partia została utworzona przez zwolenników rządu Kuomintangu na Tajwanie w 1994 roku. Była reprezentowana przez Sin Ling Yuma w Radzie Legislacyjnej Hongkongu (LegCo) w latach 1995-1997. Została wykluczona z Tymczasowej Rady Legislacyjnej, tymczasowego organu który w dużej mierze jest kontrolowany przez rząd w Pekinie. Wszyscy kandydaci zostali pokonani w wyborach LegCo 1998. Partia zdobyła sześć mandatów w wyborach do Rady Powiatu w 1999 roku. Z powodu braku funduszy partia nie wystawiła żadnych kandydatów w wyborach do LegCo w 2000 roku (chociaż niektórzy przegrani nadal startowali jako niezależni uczestnicy lub zwolennicy innych partii), a następnie została rozwiązana 3 grudnia 2000 roku z powodu braku wsparcia finansowego od rządu Tajwanu. Ostatnim przewodniczącym sojuszu był Tai Cheuk-yin.

[radicalgraff]

Anti-Police graffiti calling police ‘Dogs’ painted on the Legislative Council building in Hong Kong after protesters vandalised and ransacked the building on the 1st of July, 2019

[dystopianflowerhk]

Today is going to be a difficult day for Hong Kong. I can only hope no one dies or gets seriously injured.

[deweycc]

In this movement, we might have different roles, working in many different ways,

Whether we are

The aggressive one, who stand on the frontlines,

The peaceful, rational and non-violent one, who work on promotion,

The logistics group that help to prepare the materials for the rally or gathering,

Social workers using their profession to keep the young protesters safe from the false arrest or cop brutality,

First aider who provide medical assistance during dangerous situations,

Or the legislative councilors who negotiated with the government and police, offer legal assistance

We stand as ONE.

We demand complete withdrawal of the extradition law amendment bill and we will not be dismissed

[kaiwasoyokaze]

Justice for all (I)

[justhongkongthings]

reading local news after a weeklong hiatus

[hkcopsrethinkinglife]

“It was you who taught me that peaceful protest is useless.” 

[pfelelep2]

Hong Kong legislature: purge of the pan-democrats @AFP #infographic

[dystopianflowerhk]

7.1 Torn by forces

Two days before July 1, a girl around the same age with me committed suicide, leaving a note of protest in the stairwell of the building she was living in. (I felt a shudder as I wrote this.)

(The red words in this picture is the duplication of the actual suicide note written by the girl. See here for the original note and the news.)

July 1 is the Hong Kong SAR Establishment Day, every year there is a major march organized for citizens to voice out. This year, the atmosphere was gloomy and uncertain. Beside the sad news, there was also a great chance for blue-ribbons (supporters of the government and police force) to clash with the yellow-ribbons (protesters). I prepared and set out with my sister to Victoria park, once again.

An announcement was sounded before the start of the march. The police required the organizer to change the destination of the march, as the original destination, the Legislative Council, was attacked by protesters. Nevertheless, the march started and each protesters were to decided for themselves which way they would go.

I got a sticker which promoted peer counselling and listening to each other. As a student minoring psychology and a mental health advocate, I am determined to give psychological support to people around me. I offered myself through social media.

Same as before, T stayed behind and started checking on me and his friends right after a meeting, but he was very tired and went for a nap. When he woke up, we already arrived our destination and left.

I told him how much I wanted to stay, and contribute more to the protest. I wanted to go further ahead, closer to the front, giving more efforts and supplies that I could give. But I turned away because I was not able and I had nothing.

Through messages, T comforted me. Then he said, “There’s something very important I have to tell you. I love you, and thanks for everything.”

That was the first time he actually told me “I love you”, I was shocked and I stopped walking in the middle of the street, until he told me to relax because he was not going to commit suicide. He was determined to live and witness the end of this.

At night, we both watched the live broadcast of the protest at the Legislative Council. I told T to rest if he was feeling uncomfortable watching the news. Actually, I was praying for him to just sleep. As I did so, I stared at the tv, at the protesters succesfully breaking into the building and vandalizing the place. They sprayed slogans, covered the “People’s Republic of China” part in the Hong Kong emblem, placed the protest flags in the conference chamber.

There was a moment when it felt strangely victorious. The protesters in the LegCo vented the wrath and despair of 2 million people, the reporters and remaining protesters occupied the conference chamber, which should have been the citizens’ place symbolically. We watched and worried as they finally left before police force arrived.

Midnight, when the police force arrived, only reporters and the streets were left.