🌊 Free Tide: The EU speaks on Hong Kong

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Jun 9, 2021

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Europe gets involved (or at least they say they will)

The European Union released a statement condemning China for overhauling Hong Kong’s political system, in turn infringing upon international commitments. The Union has threatened to send high-level delegates to visit Hong Kong, and plans to strengthen its response to the local situation by “increasing support to [HK’s] civil society and media”.

Hong Kong SAR Government News @newsgovhk

The Centre for Health Protection says it is investigating four imported #COVID19 cases involving two men and two women who arrived from Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Austria

news.gov.hk4 imported COVID-19 cases foundThe Centre for Health Protection says it is investigating four imported COVID-19 cases involving two men and two women who arrived from Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Austria.

Coronavirus in Hong Kong

New cases: 4 (imported)
Total cases: 11,873 cases so far (76 active cases, 210 total deaths, 11,587 total recovered)

Experts recommend testing antibody levels of vaccinated inbound travellers and shortening their quarantine period to seven days. Arrivals from high-risk countries, however, would still need to complete the 21-day quarantine.

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In other news

Lawmaker Regina Ip contributes a diamond Rolex to a lucky draw aimed at boosting local inoculation rates. The catch: eligibility is restricted to fully vaccinated members and followers of the pro-establishment New People’s Party.
Beijing criticises a US$170 billion industrial policy bill intended to boost production and counter the Chinese economic threat.
Lingnan University dissociates itself from its student union and accuses it of being “highly politicised” due to a mass email from the group (paywall) referring to COVID-19 as “Wuhan pneumonia”.

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