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🌊 Amnesty to exit the SAR

See Galileo's telescope & the upcoming changes to travel quarantine rules

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Oct 26, 2021
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There are a lot of COVID-related updates in the city, so be sure to make sure you stay on top of all that in our COVID-19 section below.

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Amnesty packs its bags

And other NSL-related news.

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Jennifer Wang @jenniferlywang
It’s a goddamn mystery.
news.rthk.hkNo one knows why groups disbanded, says CEChief Executive Carrie Lam on Tuesday said the national security law has not ā€œhorrified peopleā€ or prevented them from operating legitimate businesses in Hong Kong, saying no one knows for sure why a number of civil organisations have recently disbanded. Her comments came a day after Amnesty Intern…
8:20 AM āˆ™ Oct 26, 2021
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  • Amnesty has decided to shut down its office in Hong Kong and head out of the SAR, citing the national security law.

  • Activist Figo Chan is sentenced to an additional three months in prison for his participation in an illegal 2019 pro-democracy protest, making his jail term a total of two years.

  • The government changes its rules, making it harder for journalists to access company or land registry searches. This new law is tied to a case in which former RTHK documentary-maker Bao Choy reportedly violated the Road Traffic Ordinance to access vehicle licence plate information for her film on the 2019 Yuen Long attack.

  • The Tiananmen Massacre organiser group has been removed from the Companies Registry.

  • Standard Chartered has declined to make a statement of support for free speech after the recent marathon debacle.


COVID-19

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The Govt announces that #COVID19Vaccination requirements for inbound travellers will be adjusted from October 29
news.gov.hkInbound traveller jab rules adjustedThe Government announces that COVID-19 vaccination requirements for inbound travellers will be adjusted from October 29.
3:17 PM āˆ™ Oct 26, 2021

New cases: 3 (imported cases from Pakistan and Singapore)

HK is about to make its biggest change yet to quarantine rules. The government will be getting rid of most of its quarantine exemptions, with the priority being to make travel between HK and the mainland as smooth as possible.

Discharged COVID patients will be required to undergo two weeks in quarantine after release from the hospital.

The deadline for Octopus card users to collect consumption vouchers has been extended until the end of September 2022.

According to the Hong Kong Homelessness Census (paywalled), the COVID pandemic has rendered hundreds of Hongkongers homeless.

Hospitals will allow ā€œsomeā€ people who do not have the LeaveHomeSafe COVID app to receive treatment. The app will be required as of 1 November to enter government buildings, so staff will be accommodating for those who do not have access to smartphones.

Compulsory tests have been gazetted for anyone who was present at 16 specified premises (see Annex 1). Check Annex 2 for testing centre details.


In other news

  • The government will be making queues for the elderly as well as quarantine-friendly polling stations for the Legislative Elections this December.

  • 30-40 workers blocked a busy road and construction site entrance (paywalled) over a labour dispute, causing the closure of Pok Fu Lam Road near Queen Mary Hospital and a call for police officers to head to the scene.

  • A ferry docking accident at Mui Wo pier has left five of the boat’s passengers injured.


Events / Exhibition etc.

Call all space nerds, you won’t want to miss this:

Golden Eye on the Cosmos - James Webb Space Telescope

Meet the James Webb Space Telescope at the HK Space Museum’s latest exhibition Golden Eye! The show, launching today, will feature a replica of Galileo’s own telescope and take a look at new opportunities presented by infrared astronomy.

Venue: Foyer, Hong Kong Space Museum

Exhibition period: 27 October, 2021 - 30 May, 2022


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