When the DVD came back shattered, it felt like a sign. The creators of a Hong Kong protest documentary, titled Inside the Red Brick Wall, had sent it to regulators for a screening approval, as they had done numerous times before without issue.
However, this time the returning envelope was filled with silver shards.
“We didn’t understand why, but it was intentional,” one of the anonymous creators said. “They said it was broken by the DVD machine, but it was intentional it came back in pieces. It felt intentional, like they were sending a message.”
The screening was approved, but with a
The diversification of services available from Hill Dickinson’s Hong Kong office is highlighted by the appointment of Edward Liu, partner, to Hong Kong’s Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Appeal Board (MPFSAB). Edward’s two-year appointment to the MPFSAB, which was made by Paul Chan Mo-po, Financial Secretary, commences on October 25, 2021 and runs until October 2023. .
Hong Kong teachers might have to pass a test on the territory’s National Security Law, a top government official said, as the local education system is remade to foster greater loyalty to Beijing.
Examinations would bring requirements for government educators in line with those facing civil servants, Hong Kong Secretary for Education Kevin Yeung (楊潤雄) said in an interview with Radio Television Hong Kong published yesterday.
The territory has used the Beijing-imposed law to arrest more than 150 people on charges carrying sentences as long as life in prison and justify a wave of new policies on everything from tax exemptions to
Since the Chinese National People’s Congress Standing Committee passed the Hong Kong National Security Law on June 30 last year and it came into force in the territory that same day, merely campaigning for Hong Kong’s prior democracy and freedoms can result in being arrested for “inciting subversion of state power.”
After the COVID-19 pandemic ended mass protests against a proposed legal amendment that would have made it possible for Hong Kongers to be extradited to China, there have been numerous acts of retribution against democracy advocates.
In such a tense and fearful atmosphere, Hong Kong residents can face severe penalties under