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https://scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1167546/slap-our-core-hong-kong-valuesOpinion
A slap at our core Hong Kong values
Two men suspected to be parallel traders assault photographer May Tse after this picture is taken at Sheung Shui train station. Photo: May Tse
Freedom of the press is one of the values that sets Hong Kong apart. We are reminded of that from time to time by the experiences of local journalists on assignment elsewhere, including the mainland, where they have faced obstruction to their work from the authorities, and even in Macau, where they have been refused entry on vague grounds of posing a threat to public order.
In both places they were trying to do no more than legitimate reporting, even if the subject matter may have been sensitive. It comes as a shock, therefore, when such antipathy for one of our core values raises its head at home.