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Reporter @business. Previously with @Storyful, @IrelandAMVMTV. Irish in Hong Kong, currently covering the #antiELAB movement. amcnicholas2@bloomberg.net 麥固崙
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“In compliance with the laws of Hong Kong” is the key phrase
While striking is a right, the dispute must be related to the terms of one’s employment for it to be deemed a strike
So the question would be whether or not the demand to close the border relates to one’s employment pic.twitter.com/Ruff26KIgN
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Only three of HK’s immigration checkpoints will remain open from midnight:
- Shenzhen Bay
- Hong Kong International Airport
- Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge
While Lo Wu and Lok Ma Chau are significant crossing points, this stops short of the complete closure that some call for twitter.com/aaronmcn/statu…
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Unlike last Friday's press conference, this time Carrie Lam is not wearing a surgical mask pic.twitter.com/2GEWhSqSiW
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Health sector workers on strike outside Eastern Hospital in Chai Wan are cutting white ribbons to give out to people passing by
The Hospital Authority Employees Alliance has started strike action outside seven hospitals across Hong Kong today pic.twitter.com/woACP77fxg
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Hotel Jen Hong Kong, located near HKU, has acknowledged they have “students returning from China” amongst their guests but declined to confirm the arrangements
The newly formed Hong Kong Hotel Employees Union claimed that 120 rooms had been set aside for two weeks for quarantine pic.twitter.com/LUEuqnmLfZ
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Aaron Mc Nicholas
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The Department of Health has confirmed the mother of the 39-year-old man who visited Wuhan in late January has also been infected with the coronavirus, making her the 15th case in Hong Kong
The remaining members of the household will remain in quarantine info.gov.hk/gia/general/20… pic.twitter.com/U1ZJtk1OI2
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An unverified claim of responsibility on Telegram, being shared among #antiELAB protester channels, is addressed not to the Hong Kong government, but to mainland Chinese people crossing the border
The message ends with "our own border checkpoint, our own closure" pic.twitter.com/TDWEIVyYO7
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Aaron Mc Nicholas
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Philippine citizens can still enter their home country, but the problem is they would then be unable to return to Hong Kong if and when they need to
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"As more and more similar patients were admitted, more and more doctors noticed unusual viral lung infections, and signs of human-to-human transmission were more and more obvious.
But most doctors did not dare speak out again, for fear of police summons." weekly.caixin.com/2020-02-01/101…
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Aaron Mc Nicholas
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// 然而,當初正是這份處理八名“違法人員”的警方公告,猶如一道緊箍咒套住了眾多醫生。隨着接診越來越多的類似病人,越來越多的醫生從臨床看到不同尋常的肺部病毒感染,而且人傳人的跡象也越來越明顯。但多數醫生們不再敢公開發聲,“怕被警方傳喚”。// weekly.caixin.com/2020-02-01/101…
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Aaron Mc Nicholas
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// 到達商場時,排隊的人潮已從一層繞到另一層,甚至排出大街。他馬上發公告,呼籲市民不要再排隊,「但就算數咗300個人,截咗,然後同第301那個講,你一定唔會有的了,佢都唔肯走。當第301個人唔肯走,第302至600甚至1000個都唔肯走。」// news.mingpao.com/pns/%e5%89%af%…
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Aaron Mc Nicholas
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The government has confirmed that they contacted their Vietnamese counterparts to explain the anti-epidemic measures in place at Hong Kong International Airport, and Vietnamese aviation authorities then reversed their decision to suspend flights between the country and Hong Kong pic.twitter.com/oEtHWJWY1k
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Hong Kong does have long-established unions under the FTU banner, but their political orientation is quite far removed from those health sector workers who voted today
It's the latter's attempt to overtake those dominant players that would take years, if it's indeed possible
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The key point in a dispute would be whether the strike action is related to a grievance with the employer, the Hospital Authority. That may not be easy to define
Clearly the HA itself can't decide to close the HK-mainland border, but it's part of the government which does decide
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Aaron Mc Nicholas
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Typo: *abstentions*
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The union members have overwhelmingly approved the proposed strike action for next week
3,123 votes in favour
10 votes against
23 absentions
8 invalid ballots twitter.com/aaronMCN/statu…
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Aaron Mc Nicholas
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Vote counting is underway among members of the Hospital Authority Employees Alliance trade union over whether to proceed with strike action facebook.com/HA.EmployAllia… pic.twitter.com/dbrxWzF5Rb
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This probably isn't the change in special status that some #antiELAB protesters were pushing for, but I still noticed it whitehouse.gov/presidential-a… pic.twitter.com/6ZbJcMfdIk
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"We estimated that if there was no reduction in transmissibility, the Wuhan epidemic would peak around April 2020, and local epidemics across cities in mainland China would lag by 1–2 weeks" @gmleunghku thelancet.com/journals/lance… pic.twitter.com/Lpxid5fT6C
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Aaron Mc Nicholas
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Schools will remain closed until March 2, pending further review as the situation develops over the month ahead twitter.com/QuickTake/stat…
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