Good morning.
Had éç ˛ HK style chicken pot last night and it was as delicious as it was last week. I added Chinese sausage to add that extra bit of culinary happiness. If anyoneâs curious about making it for themselves at home, Iâm more than happy to send you the recipe â just shoot me a message!


â Jasmine Lee
On Todayâs Tide
Politics | CE hopeful has âno way to liaise with Beijingâ.
COVID-19 | Pennyâs Bay to open up for low-risk patients.
Events | That Beer Thing
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Transportation | MTR changes its evening schedule.
Media | Consumer watchdog opens new awards event category, says it can succeed without HKJA.
Crime | Man arrested over brotherâs murderer. A police officer follows two women home.
Chief Executive hopeful joins race with âno way to liaise with Beijingâ

Checkley Sin, the only individual to officially announce that he will run in the Chief Executive race in March, shared that he did not receive Beijingâs blessing to take part in the election.
According to what Sin shared at Mondayâs luncheon at the Foreign Correspondentsâ Club, he was motivated to participate after an unfortunate personal situation occurred, saying he doesnât âwant to waste [his] time", the rest of [his] lifeâ.
He said that the LegCo elections last year and one of Xia Baolongâs (HK and Macau Affairs Office chief) speeches made him think that anyone could do the job, including himself. He said he received encouragement from two friends with who he spoke before deciding to make his announcement.
âI have no way to liaise with Beijing or any other thing.â
â Checkley âdeeply optimisticâ Sin
â[Will] a guy with long-time working experience in the government or the public sector be a good CE? I donât think so.â
â Checkley âan impatient boxer in the ringâ Sin
Amongst his policy suggestions were he to become the next Chief Executive include using land on Lamma and flattening mountains for hotels, housing, and a prison.
During this luncheon, he replied to a reporterâs question concerning what he would say to Xi Jinping if elected with another question: âYour question is also quite dangerous for me. Can you ask me after the lunch? I will reply to you laterâ.
What a star this one is.
In other political news: the government is accepting a new round of applications under the Basic Law Promotion Activity Sponsorship Scheme & Basic Law Promotion Research Sponsorship Scheme. The scheme is looking to support ways to raise public understanding of the Basic Law.
Pennyâs Bay centre opening for low-risk COVID-19 patients
As of today (Tuesday 8 February), the Pennyâs Bay quarantine centre will be pivoting to function as a community isolation facility for patients with COVID-19 who are at low risk. The government hopes this strategy will alleviate stress on hospital isolation wards.


New cases: 614
Local infections: 607
Imported cases: 7
Preliminary positive COVID-19 cases confirmed yesterday from overnight lockdowns include: Mei Sau House, Sha Tin (5); Hing Tai House, Tuen Mun (15)
The lockdown in Tuen Munâs Leung Kit House has been extended due to the finding of over 50 preliminary positive cases.
A residential block in Fu Yuet House in Sham Shui Po went into overnight lockdown yesterday night after COVID-positive sewage was found. Expect this operation to end at 10 AM today.
Residents from three buildings in Kowloon will be evacuated due to concerns that the virus is spreading within the building on certain levels. From RTHK:
âIn a statement, the Centre for Health Protection (CHP) said residents of units 15 on the 26-35th floors of Kai Yan House at Kai Tin Estate in Lam Tin; those living in units 03 and 04 on floors 21-28 of Him Tat House in Kwun Tongâs On Tat Estate; as well as residents of units 12 on the 20-28th floors of Willow House at So Uk Estate in Cheung Sha Wan will be moved to a quarantine centre.â
The government ordered testing for those who were present at 85 specified premises. See the Annex for details.
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That Beer Thing - Equilibrium vs Range: Beer Judge Livestream
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Where: online (link to stream here)
When: Wed 9 Feb, 9pm
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