MTR confirmed that a pax on express train G5607 from Shenzhen to HK was found in a fever upon arrival in West Kowloon Terminus at 7.54pm on Tuesday. @HK01 reported that the man told health dept staff that he had been to Wuhan.
Cable News reported per source that the first confirmed case of #WuhanPneumonia in Hong Kong came to the city from Wuhan by express train. The patient is now under isolated treatment in Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
#NOW the man suspected of having contracted #WuhanPneumonia is being transferred from Queen Elizabeth Hospital to Princess Margaret Hospital.
@appledaily_hk reported per source that the man didn't arrive alone. He came with four family members. The four stayed in a hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui last night and left for Malaysia today.
@appledaily_hk#NOW reporters attending the emergency presser by HK's health secretary Sophia Chan, health dept head Constance Chan and Hospital Authority chief Tony Ko, re the first confirmed case of #WuhanPneumonia imported to the city.
@appledaily_hk Health minister Sophia Chan called it a "highly suspected case".
@appledaily_hk The male patient had positive results to primary test and his four family members flew on 5J11 of Cebu Pacific Air to Malaysia.
The four stayed overnight in Empire Hotel Kowloon - Tsim Sha Tsui on Jan 21 and arrived in Manila at 1.21pm on Jan 22.
@appledaily_hk The man was on seat No 10D in compartment No 3 on train G1015 from Wuhan to Shenzhen, then on seat No 2D in compartment No 2 on train G5607 from Shenzhen to Hong Kong.
Health Department said they still had to run genetic sequencing test and expected results on Thursday.
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#BREAKING HK top court ruled in favour of journalist @Baochoy’s appeal , quashing all her conviction and fines as the court found “there was no reason that bona fide investigative journalism … should be excluded from the phrase ‘other traffic and transport related purpose’.”
Choy was found guilty of “making false statement” 2 years ago for choosing the purpose of “other traffic and transport related matters” on the application form for car owner info from public registries controlled by the Transport Dept.
Choy’s search was for her award winning investigative report on #721YuenLongAttack in 2019. The application form then provided only 3 purposes for applicants after an amendment to remove the open-ended “other:” column in Oct 2019.
Tsui Hon-Kwong, veteran member of disbanded #HongKongAlliance - the group who hosted candlelight vigil for #June4 for three decades in HK, was taken away by police. He kept upholding his candle for #TiananmenMothers until police shut the door.
A man whose phone torch was on was taken away by police after a search. An officer snatched his phone as a group of officers escorted him into the search zone.
At a point people were lined up to wait for police search.
#BREAKING League of Social Democrats leader #ChanPoying was taken away minutes after she showed up with a small candle for #TiananmenMothers and two yellow flowers. She resisted and tried to uphold what she had in hands.
Heard LSD’s Chan Po-Ying said “why must police station? I don’t mind here.” before police bundled her into a police car.
Truck driver turned activist To Chi-kuen was taken away by police. He apparently carried nothing with him except wearing a tee that says “I don’t want to remember but I dare not to forget”.
#JUSTNOW This woman was taken away by police after a search. Not immediately clear what triggered the search. She upheld a small card with the Chinese characters “conscience” during the search. She wore a yellow mask, a black tee, a yellow skirt, and yellow socks with “Hong Kong”
“Going to a police station. Going to Wan Chai Police Station,” the woman shouted as police bundled her away.
A woman surnamed Cheung and in all black outfit was searched and let go by police. She told reporters police didn’t specify what made her suspicious and only checked her ID and bag. She took the search rather easy, “everyone knows what day is it today.”
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On the protest-annulled Labour Day in HK, leftist party League of Social Democrats and the Women Workers Association would have small group petitions separately outside the government HQs to advocate for labour rights.
Before the 1st group LSD arrived , some 20-30 officers were seen deployed nearby with at least two holding a video camera to record the petition.
When Chan Po-ying, chairwoman of LSD arrived, an acting sergeant from the central police precinct read out an 8-point “reminder” to her. The points will be laid out in English translation from the next tweet.