HKFP_Live: There are reports that the government is set to put some residents in Yau Ma Tei on lockdown owing to a Covid-19 outbreak. facebook.com/hongkongfp/vid…
Some residents in the area told @HKFP that they were buying food enough for a couple of days. Otherwise, the district appears to be calm.
"The food here is enough for a couple of days... I've already been tested a couple of times, I'm not that worried about not being able to get out of the lockdown," said a local resident who declined to give her name.
Mr. Meng, a volunteer responsible for registration at the mobile testing station said "fewer people came for tests today at the moment, and usually there will be more people in the evening."
A restaurant in Yau Ma Tei informs customers that the business has been suspended due to the epidemic.
Other buildings have multi-lingual notices informing residents of compulsory testing. #hongkong#Covid19.
A vehicle from the Department of Health unloads containers with biohazard warnings in Shanghai Street, Yau Ma Tei. facebook.com/hongkongfp/vid…
A Buildings Dep't team are waiting to inspect the plumbing at 22 Reclamation Street.
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Update: @Studentlocalism spokesperson Ho Nok-hang and member Yanni Ho have also been taken away by officers.
@studentlocalism At an 11pm press briefing, Organised Crime and Triad Bureau Superintendent Steve Li said police had arrested three male students and one female student aged 16 to 21 on suspicion of inciting secession.
Pro-democracy activist Leung Kwok-hung, who is standing in the N.T. East constituency primaries, urged all who support the protest movement to vote & create a record-high turnout.
He said the demos were "more than just a dream. We remember [why we came out.] Go vote!" #hongkong
Jimmy Sham of the League of Social Democrats & @chrf_hk is running in the Kowloon West constituency. He said the primaries should reflect voters' true and free will.
@chrf_hk "[The elections] are meant to select the best candidates to represent the democratic camp to stand in September's election - and they should fully resist in the legislature," he said.
Democratic Party lawmaker Andrew Wan appears to have been pepper-sprayed and arrested in Causeway Bay as crowds gathered to mark July 1. There is a heavy police presence around SOGO shopping mall, with officers stopping and searching passersby. #HongKong#NationalSecurityLaw
Police are cordoning off the area and have raised the blue warning flag warning of an unlawful assembly. #HongKong#NationalSecurityLaw
Police displayed the new purple flag several times, warning people that they are in breach of the #NationalSecurityLaw. Crowds have been chanting protest slogans, including "Five demands, not one less" and "Liberate #HongKong, the revolution of our times." Photo: RTHK screenshot.
Acts of secession, subversion, terrorism or collusion with foreign forces will carry a minimum of 10 years and maximum of life in prison for serious cases.
Arson & vandalising public transport with an intent to intimidate the local or national gov't for political purposes will constitute acts of terror, according to the new law. hongkongfp.com/2020/06/30/bre…
Surrounded by security personnel, pro-Beijing lawmaker Chan Kin-por has taken the seat of the presiding member at a House Committee meeting 45 minutes before its start time. The last committee meeting on May 8 descended into chaos as democrats fought for control of the floor.
Chan is joined by 11 more security guards half an hour before the meeting's scheduled start time.
As the doors of the committee room open at 10:30am, democrats confront Chan urging him to leave as the "wrongful" head of the meeting, which is tasked with electing a chair.
A large number of protesters have packed Causeway Bay's East Point Road an hour ahead of the Civil Human Rights Front's 3pm protest march from Victoria Park to Central.
Photo: May James / HKFP.
Sunday's march is the first organised by the Civil Human Rights Front in months to receive #HongKong police approval. Police called on participants to stay peaceful.
Over the months, police often banned marches and cancelled rally approvals last-minute.
Photo: May James / HKFP.
The police approval letter for Sunday's march lasts from 12-6pm for the gathering in Victoria Park's grass lawn, and from 3-10pm for the march to Central's Chater Road.
Police say they will only open three Hennessy Road carriage-lanes plus the tramways.