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My Take | Strike by Hong Kong medical staff is civil unrest by other means
- By demanding closure of the border, the protest alliance is seeking to stop mainland Chinese from entering the city while ignoring the far greater number of Hongkongers who cross daily
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Alex Loin Toronto
The medical strike in the middle of a potential outbreak in Hong Kong is not saving the city from the coronavirus, but endangering the lives of patients.
Using the epidemic in mainland China as an excuse, it is continuing the anti-government protests of the last eight months and fanning anti-Chinese xenophobia in the worst possible way.
The strike by the Hospital Authority Employees Alliance has already disrupted accident and emergency wards and neonatal intensive care units at major public hospitals, as well as cancer treatments.
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A recent outfit of the pan-democratic Confederation of Trade Unions, its leaders and supporters are political hacks. Among those who helped form and promote it was Carol Ng Man-yee, former general secretary of Hong Kong Cabin Crew Federation. She spearheaded protests in 2016 against former chief executive Leung Chun-ying over the handling of a piece of left-behind luggage belonging to his younger daughter, Leung Chung-yan. Ng is currently chairwoman of the confederation.
Union colleague Rebecca Sy On-na was chairwoman of the Hong Kong Dragon Airlines Flight Attendants’ Association and an active supporter of the protest movement.
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