Proposed law that could ban anyone from leaving Hong Kong
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Proposed law that could ban anyone from leaving Hong Kong
In other news, to leave the United Kingdom now you need to have a very good reason for your travel. Work, volunteering, education, medical or compassionate grounds or a wedding.The decision to be left to the individual immigration officer.
The fingers of restraint are reaching for ordinary citizens. The restrictions to the civil liberties expected by normal people in most societies is appalling. This will end in anarchy.
The fingers of restraint are reaching for ordinary citizens. The restrictions to the civil liberties expected by normal people in most societies is appalling. This will end in anarchy.
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The fingers of restraint are reaching for ordinary citizens. The restrictions to the civil liberties expected by normal people in most societies is appalling. This will end in anarchy.
With the exception of the state being discussed in this thread. There is no legal recourse, there are no political elections, and justice is defined by the party alone. So in contrast to liberals denying your weekly gang bang at Costco without face masks, what's going on here is a real threat.
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quadspeed I think we are on the same page here. It was the changing state of the restrictions of Hong Kong I was trying to put into the world perspective.
I am deeply concerned about the state of the freedoms of Hong Kong, the 47 political activists who are imprisoned for an act done that was not illegal at that time, for the lack of legal recourse in Hong Kong and the control of the Hong Kong government not being in the hands of Hong Kong people.
I feel that Beijing in 1995 as an expatriate worker was much less repressive than Hong Kong is in 2021. Now it is not enough to "keep your trap shut" as our most eloquent contributor above has put it. Anyone in the population can be suspected of a form of disloyalty to the president, if they are reported as being so. The law is now only interpreted by Beijing, not by the courts of Hong Kong. To me that is the most serious concern.
I am deeply concerned about the state of the freedoms of Hong Kong, the 47 political activists who are imprisoned for an act done that was not illegal at that time, for the lack of legal recourse in Hong Kong and the control of the Hong Kong government not being in the hands of Hong Kong people.
I feel that Beijing in 1995 as an expatriate worker was much less repressive than Hong Kong is in 2021. Now it is not enough to "keep your trap shut" as our most eloquent contributor above has put it. Anyone in the population can be suspected of a form of disloyalty to the president, if they are reported as being so. The law is now only interpreted by Beijing, not by the courts of Hong Kong. To me that is the most serious concern.
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As most of you seem to have concluded, HK as we have always known it is dead. I fear that the changes will now come thick and fast and even our rather shallow expat lifestyles will become more and more untenable, as the locals begin to fear their every word and association. Taking as a whole the significant reduction in incomes and lifestyle (for most of us) and the new oppression that is becoming more evident every day, HK cannot really be considered a "home" or CX a "career" any longer. A sad end to what has been a golden period of living and working in one of the worlds great cities. Beijing will surely bury that as they have millions of their own citizens over the decades...
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In other news, to leave the United Kingdom now you need to have a very good reason for your travel. Work, volunteering, education, medical or compassionate grounds or a wedding.The decision to be left to the individual immigration officer.
The fingers of restraint are reaching for ordinary citizens. The restrictions to the civil liberties expected by normal people in most societies is appalling. This will end in anarchy.
The fingers of restraint are reaching for ordinary citizens. The restrictions to the civil liberties expected by normal people in most societies is appalling. This will end in anarchy.
