🌊 Free Tide: More ex-Apple Daily journalists detained

What's next for HK's economy?

Good morning

Bringing you some saddening news this Thursday morning, as you know how much we love our cats here at HT. Jasmine’s boyfriend’s friend’s sister’s cat (so to you, I suppose it’s your favourite newsletter editor’s boyfriend’s friend’s sister’s cat) underwent surgery after falling out of a five-storey window. Cats land well so he’s okay now, but please send him lots of love as he rests :(

saddo catto :(

~ Kyna

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Another day, another Apple Daily executive arrested

Lam Man-chung, former executive editor-in-chief of the now-defunct paper, was arrested by national security police on suspicion of colluding with foreign forces. Apple Daily ceased its operations in June after a police investigation (and raid of its headquarters) led to its assets being frozen.

Three more ex-Apple Daily staff have been charged with the same national security violation because of articles calling for sanctions against HK authorities.

Hong Kong Free Press HKFP @hkfp

[Recap] BREAKING: Apple Daily’s former executive editor-in-chief arrested by Hong Kong police – reports

hongkongfp.comHong Kong national security police arrest 3 former top staff of pro-democracy paper Apple Daily | Hong Kong Free Press HKFPPolice arrested former executive editor-in-chief Lam Man-chung and searched his house on Wednesday morning.

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COVID news

Hong Kong SAR Government News @newsgovhk

The Centre for Health Protection says it is investigating five additional #COVID19 cases involving patients who arrived from Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia, Cambodia and the United Arab Emirates

news.gov.hk5 imported COVID-19 cases foundThe Centre for Health Protection says it is investigating five additional COVID-19 cases involving patients who arrived from Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia, Cambodia and the United Arab Emirates.

Coronavirus in Hong Kong

• New cases: 5 (imported)

• Total cases: 11,971 cases so far (71 active cases, 212 total deaths, 11,688 total recovered)

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Finance

Nicolas Aguzin, Hong Kong Stock Exchange CEO, has lent his insights to HT in an article from Sze Yu, who you all have been hanging out with for the last two weeks on Tide! The city’s financial future has been a point of concern for many, especially given the sociopolitical turbulence of recent years.

Read about why Aguzin remains optimistic and how HK’s economic development will be tied to China or foreign currencies here.

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Find the latest updates on politics, media and what the Hong Kong Journalists Association has to say about recent crackdowns on local news outlets on today’s Paid Tide. You can also learn about new legislation the government is considering, which would help combat “fake news”.

For instance, Christopher Cheung of the Business and Professionals Alliance warned of disinformation being instrumentalised to “brainwash” the public.

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But you’ll never get fake news over here anyway

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