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๐ŸŒŠ Sewage-demic

You don't want to see this rice.

Harbour Times
Jan 30, 2022
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Good morning.

I just had some homemade HK style chicken pot (ๆธฏๅผ้›ž็…ฒ) and New Year pudding (ๅนด็ณ•) and it was delectable. Iโ€™m digesting as I write High Tide and will probably still be digesting once Tide is out because I am stuffed.

If you subscribe to us with a paying monthly or annual subscription you get a meme of mouldy rice (any compliments or complaints on this bit please forward to Cyril Ma at cm@harbourtimes.com, not me). What could this possibly be all about? Find out today behind the paywall.

โ€” Jasmine Lee and Cyril Ma

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On Todayโ€™s Tide:

  1. Government | Zero COVID strategy pessimists wonโ€™t get arrested, despite what Junius Ho says.

  2. COVID-19 | COVID found in waste water.

  3. Border Patrol | Customs annual report highlights.

  4. Events | #Gtopia

  5. COVID-19 cont. | Restriction loosening, sort of.

  6. Bonus | Literally a thing about mouldy rice.


Junius Ho vs The Gov (again)

But this time with more COVID memes

Want to give feedback on this meme? Send it to the artist Cyril Ma cm@harbourtimes.com

Yesterdayโ€™s High Tide reported the claim lawmaker Junius Ho made that any attempts to โ€˜live with the virus [โ€ฆ] breach national defense and disrupt the order of the societyโ€. This is the same Junius Ho who accused the government of โ€œillegally detainingโ€ him in Pennyโ€™s Bay quarantine centre after he attended Witman Hungโ€™s big birthday bash.

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The government is really, really committed to their โ€œzero infectionโ€ goal for COVID-19 in our third year of the pandemic, calling it the โ€œmost effective way to fight against the epidemic and protect public safetyโ€. But is it against the national security law to question this strategy? According to a government press release from yesterday, โ€œmaking general remarks and discussion is not illegalโ€. It didnโ€™t exactly clarify whether Junius Ho could personally lock you up for attempting to live with the virus but if you decide to test the waters let us know.

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There must be something COVID in the sewage

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Hong Kong SAR Government News @newsgovhk
The Centre for Health Protection says it is investigating 81 additional #COVID19 cases, of which 77 are locally infected and four are imported news.gov.hk/eng/2022/01/20โ€ฆ
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3:31 PM โˆ™ Jan 30, 2022

Coronavirus in Hong Kong

  • New cases:ย 81

  • Unlinked cases: 15

  • Active cases: 1,239

  • Total cases: 14,024

Residential buildings in To Kwa Wan and Kwai Chung have been put under mandatory overnight lockdowns. The Kwai Chung lockdown was triggered by the finding of COVID positive sewage samples.


Highlights from the Hong Kong Customs annual review 2021

These are some key points from the governmentโ€™s press release on the annual review. HTโ€™s extended summary to come.

  • Of the 8,323 cases that were detected by customs, 5,143 people were arrested. Arrests went up 26% compared to 2020.

  • Seizure value went up by 73% to $6.27 billion, with half of the cases concerning illegal cigarettes.

  • A notable number of other cases involved dangerous drugs and intellectual property rights protection.

  • Looking to the future, customs in HK plan to install smart systems equipment to enhance clearance processes in line with the โ€œSmart Customs Blueprintโ€.

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Events / Exhibitions etc

We want to make sure that what we advertise is interesting for our readers, so if you go to an event that you saw here, let us know by taking a selfie and tagging us on Twitter or Instagram ( both @harbourtimes ).

Weโ€™ll throw in a free month of Paid High Tide for yourself or a friend!

#GTopia: Game Kitchen - Hong Kong Masters of Kung Fu

The Goethe-Institut along with Current Plans, an Art Space in Sham Shui Po, is hosting a year long series of indie video game events celebrating local tech and creative talent.

Their grand opening was a few days ago, but if you missed it, their first showcase โ€˜Games for and by Working Heros in Hong Kongโ€™ starts on Thursday 3 February featuring works by mobile game developer Wong Yue Fai.

Working Hero of Martial Arts 2

When: from 3 February
Where: Current Plans. 3/F, Tak On House, 13 Wong Chuk Street, Sham Shui Po

Find out more about the whole Game Kitchen project here.

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