Posts tagged national security law

【Commentary】How Hongkongers thrive in their career amid a year full of uncertainties

Hongkongers continue to uphold their own principles and values, persevere in times of adversity and adapt to changes.

Commentary, CareerWe Are HKers9 March 2021opinion, commentary, work, career, job, uncertainty, pandemic, covid-19, coronavirus, profession, national security law, livingComment

Ricky | Crossing oceans to find a place with Freedom

Ricky, 31 years old, is an accounting clerk. For freedom, he is willing to leave his home in Hong Kong. As part of the first cohort of the United Kingdom’s “Leave outside the Immigration Rules” (LOTR) program, he hopes to offer help from afar to those who feel trapped. He was diagnosed with depression a few years ago and spent a long time in treatment. He now wants to raise public awareness for mood disorders.

Overseas, Politics, FamilyWe Are HKers2 January 2021UK, london, LOTR, emigration, emigrant, national security law, nsl, depression, emotional health, mental health, bno, europe, overseas, abroadComment

【SHARED】The last ones standing: Inside Hong Kong’s disappearing newsstands

As at Dec. 31, 2018, only 386 newsstands were left from the 1,005 that existed in the ’90s. Newspaper hawkers believe that the industry is vanishing.

Sociological scholar Chong Yuk-sik, who published her thesis “The Newsstands at the Street Corner” in 2010, has been investigating the culture and history of the city’s licensed newsstands.

Shared Article, CultureWe Are HKers26 November 2020apple daily, newsstands, newspapers, news, national security law, jimmy lai, street, streets, traditional, tradition, industryComment