Chitchat Half a Million Quarrelsome Hongkies greatly admire and trust PRC’s Rule Of Law

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Balless short Arse Honkies dare not protest against their short arse anfmoh BE masters despite guven a small apartment smaller than pig sty no complaints..

 

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Violence mars end of huge Hong Kong protest against China extradition




AsiaViolence mars end of huge Hong Kong protest against China extradition
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Protesters against the proposed amendments to the extradition law in Hong Kong clash with police officers outside the Legislative Council. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
10 Jun 2019 02:10AM(Updated: 10 Jun 2019 07:46AM)
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HONG KONG: A huge peaceful protest in Hong Kong against controversial plans to allow extraditions to the Chinese mainland descended into violence early on Monday (Jun 10) as police fought running battles with small pockets of demonstrators.
Organisers said more than a million people took part in the Sunday march - the largest protest since the Hong Kong's 1997 handover to China - confronting the city's pro-Beijing leadership with a major political crisis.

READ: United by fear of China, Hong Kongers staged record march
READ: Why Hong Kong's extradition law changes are fuelling fears



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Protesters march during a rally against a controversial extradition law proposal in Hong Kong. (Photo: AFP/Dale De La Rey)

The city government is pushing a bill through the legislature that would allow extraditions to any jurisdiction with which it does not already have a treaty - including mainland China.

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The proposals have sparked an outcry and birthed an opposition that unites a wide cross-section of the city.
Sunday saw huge crowds march in blazing summer heat through the cramped streets of the financial hub's main island in a noisy, colourful demonstration calling on the government to scrap its planned extradition law.


The march passed without incident.
But shortly after midnight violence flared as police moved to clear protesters who had vowed to stay overnight outside parliament.
Demonstrators hurled bottles and used metal barricades as police moved in moments after the protest permit expired.

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Hong Kong police officers drag away a protester during a rally against proposed amendments to the extradition law at the Legislative Council. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

Officers used pepper spray hoses to push the crowds back, who shouted "We have a right to protest!"
Skirmishes continued overnight as protesters and police played cat and mouse in the nearby streets.
The scenes were reminiscent of 2014 when police used tear gas to disperse pro-democracy demonstrators outside the same building, sparking public anger and setting off two months of demonstrations that took over key intersections of the international finance hub.
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Just hours earlier protesters had been celebrating the huge turnout, hoping it would prompt the government into rethinking the law.

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Huge protest crowds thronged Hong Kong on June 9 as anger swells over plans to allow extraditions to China, a proposal that has sparked the biggest public backlash against the city's pro-Beijing leadership in years. (Photo: AFP/Dale De La Rey)

"The government cannot ignore these numbers," protester Peter Chan, 21, told AFP. "If they really choose not to response to our demands we will not rule out more action."
For more than six hours on Sunday dense crowds snaked their way through the city chanting "Scrap the evil law!" and "Oppose China extradition!"


Police, who historically give much lower figures than organisers, put the peak crowd size at 240,000 - still their second highest estimate for attendance at a protest since handover.
The city's population is around 7.3 million and the organiser figure for Sunday's protest outstripped 2003, when an estimated half a million demonstrators forced the government to shelve a deeply unpopular national security law.
WILL CROWDS SWAY LEADERS?
But it is unclear if the financial hub's current leadership will be moved. The city's appointed leader Carrie Lam has staked her political reputation on the bill.

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Hong Kong's appointed leader Carrie Lam has staked her political reputation on the bill passing. (AFP/DALE DE LA REY)

Ignoring the protests could fuel public anger or prompt more widespread clashes, with organisers saying they would "upgrade their actions" if the government did not drop the bill.
But backtracking by Lam might embolden opponents and anger Beijing. Several senior Communist Party leaders in China have voiced support for the bill.
In a statement late Sunday the government showed no sign of compromise, urging legislators to proceed with the bill's second reading on Wednesday.


Opposition to extradition has come from a wide political and social spectrum.
Lawyers, business groups, activists, journalists and western powers have all voiced alarm.
Hong Kong's leaders say the law is needed to plug loopholes and stop the city being a bolthole for mainland fugitives.
They say dissidents and critics will not be extradited and have urged the bill's quick passage to extradite a Hong Kong man who is wanted in Taiwan for murdering his girlfriend.
But critics fear the law would entangle people in China's opaque and politicised court system and say the government is using the Taiwan case as a Trojan Horse.
FADING TRUST
In recent weeks Lam's administration has made some key concessions.
They have removed nine economic crimes from a list of extraditable offences and said only offences that carry seven years or more in jail will be considered, up from three. Requests will only be considered from China's top prosecuting authority.
Those steps have received a cautious welcome from some business groups, but others have seized on the concessions as a tacit admission that China's courts are not impartial.
Many protesters on Sunday said they no longer trust the Hong Kong government to stick to promises that critics would never be sent to the mainland.
Suspicion of China was worsened by a series of high profile disappearances of people who later appeared in mainland detention, including a group of dissident publishers and a billionaire who disappeared from a top hotel.
Protester Leo Yuen, who said he worked in the arts sector, described the disappearances as "horrifying".
"You can forsee how easily this would happen again if the bill is passed," he told AFP.
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United by fear of China, Hong Kongers staged record march
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Protesters march during a rally against a controversial extradition law proposal in Hong Kong on Jun 9, 2019. (Photo: AFP/Philip Fong)
10 Jun 2019 05:26AM(Updated: 10 Jun 2019 07:44AM)
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HONG KONG: They came from all walks of life, a sea of white-clad Hong Kongers, braving hours in the tropical heat and galvanised by fear that their unique city is being subsumed by China.
The international financial hub has seen plenty of political turbulence over the last decade as concern mounts that its freedoms and culture are being undermined by a resurgent Beijing.

READ: Violence mars end of huge Hong Kong protest against China extradition
READ: Why Hong Kong's extradition law changes are fuelling fears



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A massive peaceful protest in Hong Kong against plans to allow extraditions to the Chinese mainland descended into violence as police clashed with pockets of demonstrators. (AFP/Philip FONG)

But even by Hong Kong's track record for eye-catching protests, Sunday's (Jun 9) demonstration against the city government's plans to allow extraditions to the mainland was historic.

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It began with crowds of peaceful marchers stretching out for miles - families with flag waving toddlers, grandparents in wheelchairs, expats and business types, musicians banging drums, artists, activists and more.

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Dense crowds chanting "Scrap the evil law!" and "Oppose China extradition!" stretched for miles. (AFP/Charly TRIBALLEAU)

Most chose the colour white to represent justice.
But it ended with angry masked youths fighting running battles through the night with riot police.

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Protesters piled up metal barricades as they battled with Hong Kong riot police. (AFP/ISAAC LAWRENCE)

In many ways, it was a cross-section of what Hong Kong now is.
Throughout the day protesters delivered the same message: they do not trust assurances that the city's freedoms, guaranteed by the 1997 handover deal with Britain, will remain intact if China's courts are allowed to extradite people.
"If it (the bill) is passed, it would blur the line between Hong Kong and the mainland," protester Ryan Leung told AFP.
"It would totally destroy the freedoms we've always had, and the rule of law that we are so proud of."
DISAPPEARANCES AND REPRISALS
Recent moves by China have rattled nerves.
Many demonstrators cited the disappearance of a group of booksellers from the city who later turned up in Chinese custody confessing to crimes on state television.
The men had published lurid tomes about China's leaders and one of them has since fled to Taiwan, saying the risk of extradition is too high.


"Even before the law we have seen the bookseller cases," fumed Fiona Lau, 15, one of the many young faces in the crowd. "After the bill is passed, our situation will become even more severe. We cannot let this happen."
"The Hong Kong government and the Chinese government are not on an equal footing," added Chan Sze-chai, a member of Hong Kong University Students' Union Council.
He believed that if China's leaders wanted to extradite a dissident or use other charges to muzzle activists "there's nothing the Hong Kong government can do."
"So there's no way that Hong Kong citizens should trust Chinese government and the Hong Kong government," he concluded.


Shaun Martin, a Briton who has lived in the city for more than five years, said the detention in China of two Canadians immediately after a senior Huawei executive was arrested in Vancouver prompted him to hit the streets.
He feared reprisal arrests could one day come to Hong Kong as a new chill sets in between China's leaders and western powers.
"People like myself, expats, are really, really cautious about this type of thing, thinking that China could actually come and impose those types of tit-for-tat kind of arrests without a warrant," he said.
FROM CHEERS TO CLASHES
As the sun set over the harbour there was a festive atmosphere. Crowds listed to speeches and chanted slogans outside the city's legislature where the march ended.
When organisers read out the estimated crowd figure of 1,030,000 there was a roar of approval.

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The proposed law has sparked an opposition that unites a wide demographic, with lawyers and chambers of commerce also expressing alarm. (AFP/DALE DE LA REY)

"Hong Kong has made history," Jimmy Shum, one of the organisers told the crowd.
"If the government do not respond to that, and we give them a deadline of tomorrow, we believe we must escalate our action," added Bonnie Leung, another organiser.
Within hours action had already been escalated.
Police used batons and pepper spray to clear out a group that had vowed to stay overnight outside the parliament.

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Riot police clashed with Hong Kong protesters throughout the night, especially outside the parliament. (AFP/Philip FONG)

The protesters, many young and wearing masks, fought back, hurling bottles and building improvised barricades.
After pro-democracy demonstrations failed to win concessions four years ago, many of Hong Kong's youth have become more hardline, arguing that peaceful protests have failed.
Some have even begun advocating for full independence - a red line for Beijing.
"I'm on an emotional roller coaster tonight," said Philip Leung, 23, who saw police and the hardline protesters clash.
"We have simple aims, we want what is good for Hong Kong. But if the government keeps ignoring the opinion of more than one million people, how can Hong Kong still be free?
"That is why so many young people are still out right now," he said.
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1k ppl only in Sydney...so wats the big deal?





Hong Kong protests against extradition law spill into Sydney




WorldHong Kong protests against extradition law spill into Sydney
Protesters hold a banner as they walk down Elizabeth St in Sydney, Australia, during a protest against Hong Kong's proposed extradition law. (REUTERS/Alison Bevege)
10 Jun 2019 12:46AM(Updated: 10 Jun 2019 12:50AM)
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SYDNEY: Anger in Hong Kong over a move to allow extraditions to mainland China spilled over into Sydney on Sunday (Jun 9), with migrants gathering for a protest and urging the Australian government to condemn the proposed new law.
Accountant Ida Lee, one of 1,000 people who gathered in central Sydney, told Reuters she valued her freedom of speech, and that expatriates feared being seized by China as they travelled through Hong Kong.

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"Ordinary people like me, I think, will live in perpetual fear of breaking some law in China, and as we’re passing through Hong Kong we’ll be arrested and extradited," she said.

Ida Lee (left), 30, an accountant who moved from Hong Kong to Australia, holds a sign during a protest against Hong Kong's proposed extradition law, in Sydney, Australia. (REUTERS/Alison Bevege)

Hong Kong government officials have repeatedly defended the proposed bill that would allow suspects to be sent to China to face trial, saying the law carries adequate safeguards. But many of its opponents deeply question the fairness and transparency of the Chinese court system and worry about security forces contriving charges.
Australia, with a population of 25 million, has a large Chinese diaspora. More than 500,000 people born in China and more than 86,000 people born in Hong Kong were in Australia as of the 2016 census.

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Protest organiser Jared Fu, a university student, called on the Australian government to condemn the proposed law, as the United States, Canada and the European Union had done.
"Our major concerns regarding this bill include possible political persecution and human rights violations and even threats to personal safety if detained by China," he said.
Australia's government has not condemned the law but a Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade spokesperson told Reuters on Sunday that its consul-general in Hong Kong had raised the issue with senior levels of the city's government.
"The Australian government is taking a close interest in the proposed amendments to the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance in Hong Kong, including to ascertain any impacts on Australian residents," the spokesperson said via email.
Fu told the crowd the protest had been organised by volunteers and not by any political organisation in either Hong Kong or Australia.
"This is essential to clarify considering China's government habitually accuses all foreign movements concerning Hong Kong of Western conspiracy," he said.
"This is not true. We are out here today because we not only care about human rights, we also care about Hong Kong and Australians who may have connections with Hong Kong as well."
Jacob Cheng, 62, a sales manager who moved from Hong Kong to Sydney in 1989, said Hong Kong residents had to defend their freedom and democracy for the sake of future generations.
"If Hong Kong people are not standing out (to protest) and get the law passed, the woe will pass on to our kids and their kids," he told Reuters in Cantonese.
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[Tony Tan]

China should had ABOLISH HK Special Economic Zone & Special Administration Zone for once and for all, abolish HK elections & Legislative Council (fake parliament) HK (fake) passport, HK $$ Currency, HK basic laws (基本法） & one country two system （一国两制） mass arrest millions and put into Freezing Tibetan Plateau concentration camps from 12 months to lifetime depending on their records. HK becomes either a martial law administration zone or PLA occupation security zone, until further notice. At least few hundred thousands must be purged and eliminated. Then all the rest of separatist rebels e.g. Xinjiang, Tibet, Taiwan will wake up.

There is absolutely no value with HK today especially for economy, only serve as a platform abused and exploited by foreigners to sabotage China. Wipe foreigners out. China got more than dozen cities and economies at least 5X to 20X stronger than HK in GDP etc. HK got no technology nor productivity, only a parasite and beggar fed by mainland since 1997. HK lost everything they previously were admired of, e.g. Movies Production. They have no significance. Even their port can be easily neglected and over shadowed by any Chinese port. If China wanted to they can reclaim several HK sized port in the sea linked to mainland via MEGA bridges + tunnels ANY TIME.

So called financial hub is a crab exploited by foreigners as a safe foothold to suck and steal money from China, via stock & forex, should be closed down immediately and permanently.

If China don't do this, there are still lots of bastards thinking that they can leach around and cry Rights & Freedom or Democracy or Humanity and be arrogant while being bankrupted beggars. Beijing should finish them off starting from HK then they will wake up.

 

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China should had ABOLISH HK Special Economic Zone & Special Administration Zone for once and for all, abolish HK elections & Legislative Council (fake parliament) HK (fake) passport, HK $$ Currency, HK basic laws (基本法） & one country two system （一国两制） mass arrest millions and put into Freezing Tibetan Plateau concentration camps from 12 months to lifetime depending on their records. HK becomes either a martial law administration zone or PLA occupation security zone, until further notice. At least few hundred thousands must be purged and eliminated. Then all the rest of separatist rebels e.g. Xinjiang, Tibet, Taiwan will wake up.

There is absolutely no value with HK today especially for economy, only serve as a platform abused and exploited by foreigners to sabotage China. Wipe foreigners out. China got more than dozen cities and economies at least 5X to 20X stronger than HK in GDP etc. HK got no technology nor productivity, only a parasite and beggar fed by mainland since 1997. HK lost everything they previously were admired of, e.g. Movies Production. They have no significance. Even their port can be easily neglected and over shadowed by any Chinese port. If China wanted to they can reclaim several HK sized port in the sea linked to mainland via MEGA bridges + tunnels ANY TIME.

So called financial hub is a crab exploited by foreigners as a safe foothold to suck and steal money from China, via stock & forex, should be closed down immediately and permanently.

If China don't do this, there are still lots of bastards thinking that they can leach around and cry Rights & Freedom or Democracy or Humanity and be arrogant while being bankrupted beggars. Beijing should finish them off starting from HK then they will wake up.

And yet ah tiong land wants HK back...wat a looser bunch of commies

 

[Tony Tan]

And yet ah tiong land wants HK back...wat a looser bunch of commies

Tell me what the world is all about?

Is it about pampering undeserving separatists rebels & traitor treason bastards?

“黄沙百战穿金甲，不破楼兰终不还”





Thousands of years of World history is all about CONQUEST CONTROL ELIMINATION CARNAGE & DEPRIVATION.

Not only want BACK! But ELIMINATE ALL THE REST! WINNER TAKES ALL! SLAY THE LOSERS! PUNISH TRAITORS! TORTURE SEPARATISTS!

Feed HONGKEE Separatist to sharks and we eat more shark fins!

 

[Hypocrite-The]

Tell me what the world is all about?

Is it about pampering undeserving separatists rebels & traitor treason bastards?

“黄沙百战穿金甲，不破楼兰终不还”





Thousands of years of World history is all about CONQUEST CONTROL ELIMINATION CARNAGE & DEPRIVATION.

Not only want BACK! But ELIMINATE ALL THE REST! WINNER TAKES ALL! SLAY THE LOSERS! PUNISH TRAITORS! TORTURE SEPARATISTS!

Feed HONGKEE Separatist to sharks and we eat more shark fins!

And yet the ah tiongs are speaking mandarin, a bastardised Manchurian language, and following communism and Marxism n Leninism, which is a foreign Ang mor ideology. I wonder who conquer who...the CCP is the Chinese Communist Party

 

[Hypocrite-The]

Hong Kong vows to press ahead with extradition bill despite huge protest






HONG KONG: Riot police surrounded Hong Kong's parliament on Monday (Jun 10) after authorities said they would go ahead with a proposed extradition law, which would allow suspects to be sent to mainland China, despite protests from an estimated crowd of more than a million.
READ: Violence mars end of huge Hong Kong protest against China extradition

READ: United by fear of China, Hong Kongers staged record march

What began as a peaceful protest through the centre of the global financial hub descended into violence early on Monday as several hundred protesters clashed with police, who responded with pepper spray before the standoff ended soon after.
The protests plunged Hong Kong into a new political crisis, heaping pressure on Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam's administration and her official backers in Beijing. Veteran lawmakers have called on her to resign.

The rendition bill has generated unusually broad opposition, from usually pro-establishment business people and lawyers to students, pro-democracy figures and religious groups.


Sunday's demonstration capped weeks of growing outrage in the business, diplomatic and legal communities, which fear corrosion of Hong Kong's legal autonomy and the difficulty of ensuring basic judicial protections in mainland China.
Organisers put the size of the crowd at more than a million, outstripping a demonstration in 2003 when 500,000 took to the streets to challenge government plans for tighter national security laws.
Police put the figure at 240,000 at the march's peak.
Many thousands were still waiting to join the march from Victoria Park on Hong Kong island on Sunday as tens of thousands of others reached the Legislative Council building in the Admiralty business district.
Hong Kong Chief Secretary for Administration Matthew Cheung said on Monday the government had improved the entire proposal to show it had been responding to social demands. He said the bill would have a second reading debate on Wednesday.
"I hope that in the Legislative Council, everyone can continue the discussion in a frank, peaceful and rational way and continue to follow up on this matter," Cheung said.
US and European officials have issued formal warnings, matching international business and human rights lobbies that fear the changes would dent Hong Kong's rule of law.
The former British colony was handed back to Chinese rule in 1997 amid guarantees of autonomy and various freedoms, including a separate legal system, which many diplomats and business leaders believe is the city's strongest remaining asset.
Guards removed damaged barricades from the front of the Legislative Council building during Monday's morning rush hour and cleaning staff washed away protest debris.
All but one protester had been cleared from the area, with residents back to work as normal.
Hong Kong newspaper Mingpao said in an editorial the government should take the protesters seriously and that pushing the legislation forward would exacerbate tensions.
The official China Daily newspaper said in an editorial on Monday "foreign forces" were trying to hurt China by creating chaos in Hong Kong.
"Any fair-minded person would deem the amendment bill a legitimate, sensible and reasonable piece of legislation that would strengthen Hong Kong's rule of law and deliver justice," the mainland paper said.
Amnesty International said the amended extradition law was a threat to human rights.
"If enacted, this law would extend the ability of the mainland authorities to target critics, human rights activists, journalists, NGO workers and anyone else in Hong Kong, much in the same way they do at home," it said in a statement.
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Hong Kong protests over extradition law turn ugly as riot police clash with demonstrators
BY KATHRYN DISS, WIRESUPDATED 9 MINUTES AGO
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Hong Kong protests turn violent as hundreds of thousands protest extradition bill
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Chaos erupted on the streets of Hong Kong as police clashed with pro-democracy campaigners after hundreds of thousands of people marched through the city to protest against a proposed extradition deal.
Key points:

• The amended law would allow case-by-case transfers of people to countries without extradition treaties, including China
• Debates will start on Wednesday to pass the legislation
• But some are concerned the legal profession will have little power to fight against an extradition request once the laws are passed

Several hundred riot police armed with batons, shields, tear gas guns and pepper spray sealed off the Legislative Council as a similar number of protesters charged their lines shortly after midnight.
Police used batons and fired pepper spray at protesters, who still managed to close off part of a nearby road. Several people on both sides appeared to be injured, and ambulances were called. Metal barriers were left twisted and torn in the clashes.

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The Legislative Council is where debates will start on Wednesday to pass new legislation to allow the Hong Kong Government to extradite suspected criminals and fugitives on a case-by-case basis to countries where it does not currently have extradition treaties — including mainland China.
Earlier on Sunday, hundreds of thousands had jammed Hong Kong's streets to protest against the bill in the biggest demonstration in years. Many said they feared it put the city's vaunted legal independence at risk.
The older generation of Hong Kong protesters left earlier in the evening while a younger crowd made up of university students and young professionals continued to rally.
The rallies — and the violence — plunged the global financial hub into a fresh political crisis, with marchers and opposition leaders demanding the bill be shelved and that the city's Beijing-backed chief executive Carrie Lam resign.
PHOTO Riot police on the streets of Hong Kong.
ABC NEWS: KATHRYN DISS
After seven hours of marching, organisers estimated 1,030,000 people took part, far outstripping a demonstration in 2003 when half that number hit the streets to successfully challenge government plans for tighter national security laws.
A police spokesman said police estimated 240,000 were on the march "at its peak".
"She [Lam] has to withdraw the bill and resign," veteran Democratic Party MP James To told crowds gathering outside the council and government headquarters in the Admiralty business district on Sunday night.
"The whole of Hong Kong is against her."
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Hundreds of thousands protest against Hong Kong extradition laws (Reuters)
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Ms Lam had yet to comment on the rally and the future of the bill, which could be passed into law by the end of June. She has tweaked the amendments but refused to pull the bill, saying it is vital to plug a long-standing "loophole".
State-owned news outlet China Daily editorialised that "foreign forces" were trying to cause chaos and argued the law was much needed.
PHOTO Protesters march along a downtown street to demonstrate against the proposed amendments.
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"Any fair-minded person would deem the amendment bill a legitimate, sensible and reasonable piece of legislation that would strengthen Hong Kong's rule of law and deliver justice," the editorial said.
"Unfortunately, some Hong Kong residents have been hoodwinked by the opposition camp and their foreign allies into supporting the anti-extradition campaign."
PHOTO Hong Kong resident Chapman Chen joined the protest.
ABC NEWS: KATHRYN DISSThe case that sparked furore
A 20-year-old man, Chan Tong-Kai is at the centre of the firestorm around the bill.
'An axe above our heads'

There are new fears over Beijing's reach as Hong Kong considers changes to extradition laws.
Ms Lam proposed the legislation earlier this year after Taiwan requested his extradition to face charges of allegedly murdering his pregnant girlfriend while on holiday there.
In April, he was convicted by a Hong Kong court of money laundering — in relation to his girlfriend's murder — but authorities were unable to charge him with murder in local courts.
With Chan's release is possible as early as October having already served time, the Hong Kong Government is using the case to push for the extradition law amendment to pass by next month.
PHOTO Protests against Hong Kong extradition laws.
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The demonstration capped weeks of growing outrage in the business, diplomatic and legal communities, and human rights groups, which fear corrosion of Hong Kong's rule of law and the lack of an fair and open legal system on the mainland.
Chants of "no China extradition, no evil law" echoed through the streets of the high-rise city as marchers snaked through the Causeway Bay and Wanchai shopping districts.
Some carried yellow umbrellas, a symbol of the 2014 pro-democracy Occupy protests that choked city streets for 79 days.
"It puts our legal system on a direct collision course with that of the mainland, when we in Hong Kong talk about the rule of law, traditional independence is a very, very important element", former Hong Kong Bar association chairwoman and senior lawyer Audrey Eu said.
PHOTO Audrey Eu is the former Hong Kong Bar association chairwoman and a senior lawyer.
ABC NEWS: KATHRYN DISS
"But in the PRC (Peoples Republic of China), Xi Jinping, the President and also the head of the supreme people's court have said expressly, judicial independence is a mistaken Western concept.
Ms Eu said the legal profession would have little power to fight against an extradition request once the laws had passed, and warned it could see foreigners living, working or transiting through Hong Kong also within reach of Chinese laws.

"Once the law has passed this will have repercussions not just for Hong Kong residents," she said.​

"The international community and the business sector are extremely worried about this law and once you lose confidence in Hong Kong then of course they will just move away their capital."
PHOTO The proposed extradition law changes have reignited the democracy movement.
REUTERS: TYRONE SIUAmendment will 'take away the firewall'
When Hong Kong was transferred to China in 1997 under the "one country, two systems" deal, the territory was guaranteed a high degree of autonomy, allowing it to keep its own political, legal and economic systems until 2047.
'Everyone is feeling more despair'

A look back at Hong Kong's handover to China 21 years later.
"The whole essence of one country two systems is you have two separate systems, in particular the legal system," Ms Eu said.

"What this amendment is going to do is take away the firewall, take away the protection between the two different legal systems."​

But the Government argues the laws are necessary to fight crime, including drug manufacturing and trafficking, money laundering and firearms smuggling.
PHOTO Demonstrators took to the streets to demand authorities scrap the proposal.
REUTERS: TYRONE SIUProtests against extradition law spill into Sydney
A group of 1,000 protesters gathered in Sydney on Sunday to urge the Australian Government to condemn the proposed new law.
Accountant Ida Lee said she valued her freedom of speech, and that expatriates feared being seized by China as they travelled through Hong Kong.

"Ordinary people like me, I think, will live in perpetual fear of breaking some law in China, and as we're passing through Hong Kong we'll be arrested and extradited," she said.​

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Protesters gather in Sydney to condemn Hong Kong extradition law (Image: Reuters)
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Protest organiser Jared Fu, a university student, called on Australia to follow the United States, Canada and the European Union in condemning the law.
"Our major concerns regarding this bill include possible political persecution and human rights violations and even threats to personal safety if detained by China," he said.
A Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade spokesperson said Australia's consul-general in Hong Kong had raised the issue with senior levels of the city's government.
PHOTO Protesters fear the laws will put basic human rights at risk.
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[Tony Tan]

And yet the ah tiongs are speaking mandarin, a bastardised Manchurian language, and following communism and Marxism n Leninism, which is a foreign Ang mor ideology. I wonder who conquer who...the CCP is the Chinese Communist Party

The conquest carnage spirit is for eternity. Nuke or gas or firing-squad everyone or at least Tekkan them dead or half-dead inside Gulag or Concentration Camps or Death Camps. Cut down the world population level. Survival only for the fittest. The strong must cannibalize all the weak and take Global Resources away from the Undeserving Consumers.

Xijinping is too civilized and kind and wrong.

For example, Chinese MUST NOT TRY TO SELL 5G to everyone. Only to own market and close allies and strategic friends only. Ban and deprive everyone else. USe 5G technology against USA and to destroy and eliminate them for good. Why want to try to sell the fuck to them? Let only 1B1R have 5G, let PLA use 6G/7G let Chow Ang Moh use Flintstones phones and kill all of them as they are so fucking weak.

Take over resources like shelf oil from USA to offset their huge owing Trillions of Debts.

The fuck care Dotard want to ban Huawei? China must BAN USA from using 5G!

World is NEVER ABOUT SEEKING ACCEPTANCE nor BUSINESS. Resources are GRAFTED & PLUNDER via WAR & CARNAGE, not Trade. You want to play Trade War? I will teach you how to play and finish you off with Nuke War to show all the rest. The rest of the little bastards will learn. They will Lan-Lan. Seek no acceptance nor satisfaction from them! Carnage and Conquer and Deprive and Punish them! Eliminate them instead of pampering them. This is the only correct way.


Why do civilized businesses? Carnage is the only real business!

Why should I want your money or sales figures? I want to eliminate you and take resources away to prevent you from consuming them! I want death toll figures not sales figures! I don't want to sell you any resources. I get rid of you all so that resources are left for only my consumption.

 

[Hypocrite-The]

The conquest carnage spirit is for eternity. Nuke or gas or firing-squad everyone or at least Tekkan them dead or half-dead inside Gulag or Concentration Camps or Death Camps. Cut down the world population level. Survival only for the fittest. The strong must cannibalize all the weak and take Global Resources away from the Undeserving Consumers.

Xijinping is too civilized and kind and wrong.

For example, Chinese MUST NOT TRY TO SELL 5G to everyone. Only to own market and close allies and strategic friends only. Ban and deprive everyone else. USe 5G technology against USA and to destroy and eliminate them for good. Why want to try to sell the fuck to them? Let only 1B1R have 5G, let PLA use 6G/7G let Chow Ang Moh use Flintstones phones and kill all of them as they are so fucking weak.

Take over resources like shelf oil from USA to offset their huge owing Trillions of Debts.

The fuck care Dotard want to ban Huawei? China must BAN USA from using 5G!

World is NEVER ABOUT SEEKING ACCEPTANCE nor BUSINESS. Resources are GRAFTED & PLUNDER via WAR & CARNAGE, not Trade. You want to play Trade War? I will teach you how to play and finish you off with Nuke War to show all the rest. The rest of the little bastards will learn. They will Lan-Lan. Seek no acceptance nor satisfaction from them! Carnage and Conquer and Deprive and Punish them! Eliminate them instead of pampering them. This is the only correct way.


Why do civilized businesses? Carnage is the only real business!

Why should I want your money or sales figures? I want to eliminate you and take resources away to prevent you from consuming them! I want death toll figures not sales figures! I don't want to sell you any resources. I get rid of you all so that resources are left for only my consumption.

That is good. Than ah tiongs should nuke everyone else now. Even the russkies...than they can get everything without paying for it.

 

[nightsafari]

Balless short Arse Honkies dare not protest against their short arse anfmoh BE masters despite guven a small apartment smaller than pig sty no complaints..

er... in general, I find hongkies still got more balls than sinkies....

 

[JustLikeThis]

HK has HKD 2 Trillions of FIscal Reserves. That is more than a quarter million HKD per HK resident.

The locals had been very concerned lately that their reserves are siphoned to major white elephant projects to support the chinese construction companies. Eg. the HK-Zhuhai-Macau bridge cost a staggering 144 billion HKD (shared by the three governments) and high maintenance costs.

 

[Hypocrite-The]

HK has HKD 2 Trillions of FIscal Reserves. That is more than a quarter million HKD per HK resident.

The locals had been very concerned lately that their reserves are siphoned to major white elephant projects to support the chinese construction companies. Eg. the HK-Zhuhai-Macau bridge cost a staggering 144 billion HKD (shared by the three governments) and high maintenance costs.

And to think Ah Tiongs till now still go to HK to work etc,,,,where is the logic when ah tiong land gahmen soo good, the ah tiong economy is growing fast and soo rich?

 

[JustLikeThis]

And to think Ah Tiongs till now still go to HK to work etc,,,,where is the logic when ah tiong land gahmen soo good, the ah tiong economy is growing fast and soo rich?

If I use white collar jobs as an example, eg. the same-ranked banker in operations in DBS HK is paid higher than DBS Singapore. Likewise, this is the same situation for legal eagles.

 

[Hypocrite-The]

If I use white collar jobs as an example, eg. the same-ranked banker in operations in DBS HK is paid higher than DBS Singapore. Likewise, this is the same situation for legal eagles.

But HK cost of living is higher,,and also I think has more restrictions on foreign labour employment unlike singkieland,,so that is why singkieland always rank tops for expats

 

[JustLikeThis]

But HK cost of living is higher,,and also I think has more restrictions on foreign labour employment unlike singkieland,,so that is why singkieland always rank tops for expats

Yes, probably for the same dollar, lodging is better for expats and their families.