#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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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

[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

[deweycc]

No riot, only Tyranny (the protesters occupied the Legislative Council Building on 1st July)

Thanks to every citizen that fights for Hong Kong.

You are me, I am you. (LIHKG, that acts as one of the major platforms for the info, exchange and discussion of protesting activities. )

Thanks to all the Brothers and Sisters of the online forum LIHKG.

We abandon our future but not our fellow protesters (Despite agreeing to respect others decisions, dozens of protesters returned to the legco building to carry 4 protesters who wanted to stay and be arrested while chanting "Leave together, leave no one behind". Following displays of police brutality a few days before and several protesters killed themselves out of desperation, protesters refused to lose any more of their fellows.

Thanks to everyone who went back to the Legislative Council and carried the 4 protester to leave.

Fucking report, and report the truth (on 12th June, the police insulted a journalist "Fucking Reporter" when he stated his identity as reporter)

Thanks to every media that reports the fact objectively.

Engines can die but not Hopes (as part of the Non-cooperation movement, a number of drivers claimed their cars broke down on 12th June, which caused traffic jam in main roads)

Thanks to every driver who stopped to join the movement.

No high price, but noble character. (In all the demonstrations took place in Admiralty, people went to the shopping mall Pacific Place to rest, to get away from the tear gas, the riot police, and the mall refuse to let the police enter, they also didn't kick the people out)

Thanks to the Pacific Place for providing a space for the people to rest

Only draw blood, never stabs back. (The Legislative councilor from the Medical sector, Dr. Hon. Pierre Chan came forward and exposed there is privacy invasion as the police had been accessing the hospitals' computer systems, in order to search for the protesters wounded in Admiralty and arrested them illegally.)

Thanks to Dr. Hon. Pierre Chan for protecting the rights and dignity of the patients.

We go together and leave together, no withdrawal No dismissal

Thanks to every citizen that participated in the anti-extradition bill protest.

[kaiwasoyokaze]

Fly high.