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Jul 26, 2022

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Tried my hand at some long-form tweeting today. It’s not very good but it’s ‘honest work’ (it’s googling and writing but I swear I did know at least part of this stuff!)

If you’re interested in local conservation tidbits, read on.

Cyril Ma @Cyrildoesthings

History time: The house which Shaw visited was Ho Tung Gardens, originally 'The Falls' - one of 3 Ho Tung family residences on the Peak Ho himself preferred his house 'Idlewild' on Seymour Rd and rarely stayed at 'The Falls', though his son lived there. /1

Ireland in Hong Kong @IrelandinHK

Today, 26th of July marks the birth of renowned Irish playwright and polemicist George Bernard Shaw, the first person to win both a @NobelPrize and @TheAcademy.🏆🏆 Did you know he visited #HongKong in 1933. Here is a special photograph of him with Robert Hotung.🎞️ https://t.co/sf4eJiLUfH

— Cyril

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HT Originals | Review of Karen Cheung’s memoir: The Impossible City
COVID | Stay at Ocean Park for your quarantine
Protests | One more arrested related to Yuen Long 721 incident
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HT Originals | A review of Karen Cheung’s ‘Impossible City’

About two months ago, I was contacted by a college in New York about going to a book signing of ‘Impossible City’ by Karen Cheung, ex-HKFP editor and music reviewer among other cool positions.

Angelo Wong, PhD student at Columbia spoke to Karen about her personal experiences being raised in both local and international schools and how that affected her view of Hong Kong’s political state, and also just about what it means to be a Hong Konger in general.

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I won’t spoil too much, but both Angelo’s review/interview and the book are absolutely gorgeous reads.

Go read.

Hong Kong SAR Government News @newsgovhk

The Government announces that one more hotel will be added to the eighth cycle of the #DesignatedQuarantineHotelScheme

news.gov.hkMore quarantine hotels addedThe Government announces that one more hotel will be added to the eighth cycle of the Designated Quarantine Hotel Scheme.

COVID-19 in Hong Kong

New cases: 4276
Total cases: 1,330,399
New deaths: 6
Total deaths: 9,478

Quarantine at Ocean Park

The government has released the 8th round of DQH’s and there’s a newcomer: Novotel Century Hong Kong in Wan Chai.

Oh the subtitle is because Ocean Park Marriott is adding extra rooms. They’ve been on for a while.

The new list (available here) will be active from 1 Aug to 31 Oct.

New arrest for 721

The police have arrested another individual related to the 721 Yuen Long incident where both protestors and bystanders at Yuen Long station were attacked by a group of white shirt clad men on 21 July 2019.

Originally described more as an attack, the narrative has shift turned to it being a ‘gang fight’ that blew up.

The arrestee, surnamed Ho, was not one of the white shirted men. He was reportedly wearing black that night and was also arrested twice - once then, and again on 26 Aug at another demonstration.

He will appear before Fanling Court today.

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Where: Goethe-Institut Hongkong, 13/F and 14/F
When: 31.07.2022 (Sun) | 2 PM – 6 PM
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