A reusable face mask initiative attempts to address a pressing local problem by offering a global solution: “The design should be universal so I’m not charging for the patent. Everyone can download the template and tailor their own masks,” said Dr Kenneth Kwong, the mastermind behind the HK MASK (...)
“It’s a self-determination movement more than anything else. Hongkongers have been treated as pawns, first by British colonial rule then by Chinese colonial rule. Nobody has ever stopped to ask us, ‘What do YOU want?’ That’s such a basic thing, wanting a say in your own future. Never had it here. (...)
As the number of deadly coronavirus cases in Hong Kong climbs, maintaining public hygiene remains a vital step in curbing the spread of the SARS-like strain in the community. But tens of thousands of local street cleaners have been confronted with an imminent shortage of face masks – an (...)
The Hospital Authority Employees Alliance (HAEA) has called upon members to halt work if they are not provided with adequate protective gear in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.
The union launched a strike last week to urge the government to close the border with mainland China and improve (...)
Hard-core activists back off but contagion helping to maintain momentum of city’s anti-government movement. Mass strikes threat as new unions emerge ready to wreak havoc during this crisis, or the next.
When about 9,000 medical workers went on strike for five days early this month, it signalled (...)
Nine in 10 union members back industrial action over airline’s response to the contagion. Cabin crew want a moratorium on mainland China flights, CEO earlier appealed to them not to take disruptive step.
Cathay Dragon’s flight attendants voted overwhelmingly for future industrial action, but (...)
Union treasurer Cheung Ka-kei says fund is ‘to compensate for the financial loss of the employees who may face termination, job suspension, or retaliation’. Carol Ng Man-yee, chairwoman of the Confederation of Trade Unions, says fund will also apply to other unions considering a strike.
A fund (...)
Hospital Authority Employees Alliance falls 2,000 votes short of the target it set to extend industrial action into middle of next week. Hundreds of doctors and nurses from alliance earlier took to fourth and fifth floors of Hospital Authority complex in Kowloon City.
Hong Kong’s striking (...)
1st February, 2020 Second Extraordinary General Meeting of the Hospital Authority Employees Alliance (HAEA)
Healthcare Workers: Together We Stand, Strike to Protect Hong Kong https://www.facebook.com/HA.EmployAlliance/posts/137652757705865
The second Extraordinary General Meeting of the (...)
Growing numbers of people are joining unions in Hong Kong to pressure the authorities to respond to their demands.
Angel was scrolling through the messaging app Telegram late last year when she saw a notice advertising a new union for health-care employees; her interest was piqued. As a (...)
武漢肺炎，蔓延全球！確診數字一直上升，香港前線醫護卻要在裝備不足、支援欠奉的情況下和病毒作戰，讓我們無不感到悲痛莫名。 The Wuhan coronavirus pneumonia has emerged across the globe. With numbers of cases on the rise each day, medical professionals have been battling with the contagious disease with insufficient gear and zero support from the government. We are appalled and enraged by the (...)
The western mainstream media tends to depict the situation of HK merely in a one dimensional manner, presenting Hong Kong a victim of Beijing’s tyranny while the US and the UK as supporters of Hong Kong’s autonomy and democracy. On the other hand, Beijing claims that it remains committed to Hong (...)
A sharp dip in the frequency and ferocity of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests has raised questions over the future of the leaderless movement, rattled by a spike in arrests and increasingly aggressive police tactics.
At a recent rally in the heart of Hong Kong’s financial district, 36-year-old (...)
Thousands rallied outside the Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre on Wednesday 23 evening in solidarity with those detained inside. The gathering was organised by social worker sector lawmaker Shiu Ka-chun, ahead of the Lunar New Year holidays from Saturday to Monday. Shiu said that 8,000 people had (...)
China on Monday defended barring the head of Human Rights Watch from entering Hong Kong, saying non-governmental organisations were responsible for political unrest in the semi-autonomous city and should “pay the proper price”
Kenneth Roth was supposed to give a press conference in Hong Kong (...)
Before the Hong Kong protests began in June, Chris Ngai spent most of his free time playing World of Warcraft and finding new cocktail recipes. Now the bespectacled 24-year-old junior engineer is launching a trade union.
His aim is to ramp up pressure on Hong Kong’s government, which has so far (...)
Three-quarters of the 41 public sector workers accused of joining unlawful assemblies taken off duties. Civil service chief warns those convicted face the sack, saying suspensions necessary to protect public confidence.
Hong Kong’s embattled government has suspended 31 civil servants after they (...)
Jeremy Corbyn appears to have devoted more time to tending vegetables than voicing his thoughts on the fight of Hong Kongers against the erosion of their rights and freedoms.
The Hong Kong protests are the defining freedom struggle of our time. Young pro-democracy activists are risking their (...)
Sent to deal with a city in crisis when he was supposed to be easing into semi-retirement, he is seen as capable but has no experience of the financial hub. Pro-democracy camp’s landslide victory in November’s district council polls may have been ‘final straw’ to prompt a change at the liaison (...)
Until today, organizing a ’three-front’ strike (work, classes, the markets) is a challenge yet to be overcome in the protests that have been going on in Hong Kong. Employees from different industries have begun to explore the trade union as a means of gathering forces in the marketplace. Trade (...)
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