In December 2019, Hong Kong’s original rap band LMF celebrated its 20th anniversary by organising its own music festival, LMF XX Year Fest, in Kowloon Bay, where the group reunited to perform its hit tracks for thousands of loyal fans. Along with the band appeared a group of rising and established artists, including JB, Dough-Boy, Tommy Grooves, Seanie P and Matt Force, a pivotal moment that saw the passing of a torch to a new era of Hong Kong rappers.
“We dreamt of the day when we would finally be able to play a whole night of Cantonese rap music, and now we could finally do that,” says LMF member Chan Wai-hung, also known as Phat. Adds Leung Wing-kit, who goes by Kit, “Some of the kids these days are really good. We have to consistently practise, to keep up and make sure they don’t overtake us.”
4 Pro-Democracy Hong Kongers Sentenced to Over 4 Years Jail
Four Hong Kong activists were found guilty on May 5 and sentenced to jail for their involvement in unauthorized anti-Beijing gatherings on National Day protests in October 2019.
The heaviest jail term of four years and eight months was handed to 40-year-old janitor Chan Hang, who was caught on camera throwing objects at police and burning a banner on the street during unrest in Tsuen Wan that day, the South China Morning Post reported. He was convicted of rioting and arson.
Judge Ernest Michael Lin Kam-hung sentenced the remaining three Chan Kam-kwok, a 21-year-old kitchen worker; Lee Chun-man, a 27-year-old programmer; and Kwok Siu-kam, a 24-year-old social work assistant to jail terms over four years. They were convicted despite a lack of evidence that they had committed any violent acts, SCMP reported.
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Hong Kong police seek gang of assailants who attacked pair with bamboo poles in Sham Shui Po
A video circulating online shows several assailants beating the two victims as they lay in the road, trying to shield themselves from the blows
Police are now searching for eight to 10 men in connection with the attack
Hong Kong electoral overhaul: corporate voters’ mainland China ties raise concerns over Beijing’s influence on city polls
At least four bodies with corporate votes for Election Committee members are led by directors based across border and elsewhere
Corporate voters are not required to be Hong Kong permanent residents, but they must appoint one to cast their ballot