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🌊 Yellow banners in this day and age?

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Nov 2, 2021
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Good morning.

I watched Dune (2021) IMAX yesterday and it’s exactly what I expected of a sci-fi film by Denis Villeneuve.

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Dune is exactly what you’d expect from a Villeneuve film — stressful and you can’t understand what anyone is saying half of the time
11:28 AM ∙ Nov 2, 2021

Would I recommend it? Sure, if you’re into sci-fi, Dune, or M. Villeneuve, why not treat yourself to a 3-hour space epic?

— Jasmine Lee


On Today’s Tide:

  1. Arrests & other national security updates

  2. COVID-19

  3. Highest honours for fallen officer

  4. Events: Day of the Dead Exhibit & Jewish Film Festival

Paid Tide readers get access to:

  1. One of the consulates is hiring

  2. Hiking contest and other news


Universal suffrage banner gets four arrested

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Photo: 民主街旺角鳩嗚團 via Facebook.

Three men and one woman, all aged 61 to 85, were arrested for “seditious intent” on Sunday night for unfurling a banner in Mong Kong.

The banner, suspected to breach the security law, said “I want genuine universal suffrage” in Chinese. This slogan was commonly used throughout the Umbrella Movement in 2014.

Two of the seniors arrested were seen wearing yellow, a colour associated with the pro-democracy protests of the city.

Other political updates:

  • Former leader of the defunct pro-independence group Studentlocalism Tony Chung may plead guilty for his charges of secession and one count of money laundering. Chung has also been charged with conspiracy to publish seditious material and one other count of money laundering.

  • A trial involving three significant pro-democracy figures entered its second day in the District Court on Tuesday. The three on trial (Jimmy Lai, Chow Hang-tung, and Gwyneth Ho) have been accused of inciting others to participate in unauthorised assembly at last year’s banned Tiananmen Massacre Vigil. According to the HKFP: “five democrats pleaded guilty to charges over the same prohibited rally, while 16 other defendants have been brought to court or sentenced to jail over the same case.”

  • The Vice-Chief of Hong Kong’s Olympics Team announced he will be running for a spot in December’s Legislative Council elections as a representative of the sports, performing arts, culture, and publication sector.

  • Former lawmaker Raymond Chan was let out on bail (paywall) in October after six months in prison due to his “history of cooperating with the government during his time in the legislature”.

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COVID news

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The Centre for Health Protection says it is investigating two additional imported #COVID19 cases, with both of them coming from high-risk places and involving the L452R mutant strain
news.gov.hk2 imported COVID-19 cases identifiedThe Centre for Health Protection says it is investigating two additional imported COVID-19 cases, with both of them coming from high-risk places and involving the L452R mutant strain.
7:50 AM ∙ Nov 2, 2021

Coronavirus in Hong Kong

  • New cases: 2 (one arrived from the Philippines, the other from Spain via Greece, Portugal, and Turkey)

A man who died two days after his Sinovac jab in February was living with a chronic illness of hypertension and heart problems but was not deemed unsuitable to get his dose, according to the medical personnel who administered the vaccination.

Creator(s) of the bootleg LeaveHomeSafe App beware, the government is coming after you. After the arrest of five people who attempted to use the fake version of the app, the police are trying to track down those behind “BackHomeSafe”.

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Officer’s funeral attended by city’s highest officials

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The funeral for a marine police officer who died on duty in September was held yesterday, with HK’s top officials in attendance. Those present included Chief Executive Carrie Lam, Chief Secretary John Lee, Secretary for Justice Teresa Cheng, and Secretary for Security Chris Tang.

The deceased police officer, 37-year-old Lam Yuen-yee, drowned after a collision between a suspected smuggler’s boat and the speedboat carrying Lam and her colleagues.

Lam is now buried at Wo Hop Shek Public Cemetary.

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Events / Exhibitions etc

Our events are handpicked from public exhibitions, partnerships/collaborations and also just stuff we find cool. 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 ).

We’ll throw in a free month of Paid High Tide for yourself or a friend!

Jewish Film Festival

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🎬#TheHongKongJewishFilmFestival is back to the theatre with a great line-up of films this November! 🇨🇦#Canadian title “#OutremontandtheHasidim”, directed by Eric R. Scott will be screened on Nov 20 at Asia Society in HK. Details and Tickets: bit.ly/3btbLdv
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6:14 AM ∙ Nov 1, 2021

One of the films featured at this upcoming festival is “Outremont and the Hasidim”, a Canadian film centred around a community of Orthodox Jews living in Montreal.

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Day of the Dead – Art Alive

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In partnership with DOT Initiative, the Consulate General of Mexico is proud to present the exhibition 𝘿𝙖𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘿𝙚𝙖𝙙 – 𝘼𝙧𝙩 𝘼𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚: 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀. 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝘅𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀.
9:21 AM ∙ Nov 2, 2021
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From the Twitter account of the Consulate of Mexico to HK: “Building on the concept of the traditional “Altar de Muertos”, three Mexican artists have created original installations that incorporate digital art, video and sound, bringing a contemporary perspective on this important festivity.”

When: 2-12 November, 2021 between 9AM-1PM and 3PM-5PM

Where: 2507-2509, 25/F Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong

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