A protester holds up a hand-shaped prop adorned with the colours of the Chinese flag to protest about the possible enactment of Article 23 of the Basic Law at a rally in Hong Kong on October 1, 2018. NPC delegate Peter Wong’s support of national security legislation made him unpopular in some quarters. Photo: AFP
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In politically polarised Hong Kong, hurtful response to NPC delegate’s death highlights the decline of civility
- While frictions over political and economic issues will continue to rise in Hong Kong, vicious personal attacks, like those directed at Peter Wong Man-kong on his death, serve little purpose
A protester holds up a hand-shaped prop adorned with the colours of the Chinese flag to protest about the possible enactment of Article 23 of the Basic Law at a rally in Hong Kong on October 1, 2018. NPC delegate Peter Wong’s support of national security legislation made him unpopular in some quarters. Photo: AFP
Leung Chun-ying, a former Hong Kong chief executive, in 2018. Photo: Sam Tsang
Hong Kong Journalists Association slams ex-chief executive Leung Chun-ying for putting pressure on Apple Daily advertisers
- Association says former city chief ‘was suggesting the public should stop buying products from those advertisers’
- In turn, Leung blasts columnist Lee Yee for exceeding ‘the fundamental ethical bottom line’
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Leung Chun-ying, a former Hong Kong chief executive, in 2018. Photo: Sam Tsang