An important piece from @tomgrundy at @hkfp, who uses the celebration of the independent outlet's six-year anniversary to remind us why #PressFreedom isn't dead yet in #HongKong, despite the challenges facing journalists and media outlets: hongkongfp.com/2021/06/29/pre…
"HKFP has long been raising the alarm over press freedom – in fact, we were founded in 2015 as a response to the declining situation. However, we disagree with reports and analysts claiming press freedom is now 'dead.'"
"There is a giant red digital clock in our office counting down the seconds, minutes, hours and days to 2047, when Hong Kong’s autonomy is set to expire. There have often been jokes about ...
... resetting it to count up from June 30 last year when the security law was enacted and many wrote eulogies for the city."
"But we have never interfered with the countdown because we come to work each day with faith that there remains enough of a Free Press in Hong Kong to operate a newsroom bearing that very name."
"No-one could have predicted that – a year on from the security law’s enactment – Hong Kong would have no more July 1 democracy march, Tiananmen Massacre vigil or Apple Daily.
And, on the eve of the law’s second anniversary a year from now, we cannot predict as to whether there will be enough breathing room to continue normal journalistic work."
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