Hong Kong Noir, Akashic Noir Series

Hong Kong Noir digs below the financial centre’s gleaming surface to unearth stories of the city’s ghosts and spirits…The stories touch on major points in Hong Kong modern history: the horrors of Japanese occupation, post-war poverty, the economic boom under the British, the city’s return to Chinese sovereignty, and the tensions of the 2014 ‘umbrella movement’ occupation of key thoroughfares by pro-democracy activists. What better way to tie together the present and the past–the living and the dead–than through ghost stories?”
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• jasonyng .com/page/writing-overview (‘ 關於寫作 : Jason Y. Ng is the bestselling author of five books and a popular columnist who raves and rants about Hong Kong and the quirky, endearing people with whom he shares the tiny island…’)
• twitter .com/hoccgoomusic/status/1149771457624334338 (‘ The light is within you.🙏🏿, 以己為燈 以己為靠, Denise Ho, @hoccgoomusic  ‘)
• twitter .com/AP/status/1337736723556691968 (‘ 12-12-2020, The Associated Press : Relatives of a dozen Hong Kong residents who have been detained in mainland China for more than 3 1/2 months have made a plea to be informed of the timing of any trials and whether they can attend. “I miss my son so much,” the mother of Wong Wai-yin, one of the detainees, said, choking up. “I want to visit him so badly. I haven’t seen my son in a very long time — it’s almost four months. Please tell me (about the trial). I’m just an ordinary mother.” via Jeffrey Ngo 敖卓軒  ‘)
• twitter .com/XinqiSu/status/1336535860674621441 (‘ Xinqi Su 蘇昕琪 Via her lawyers, @chowtingagnes : It’s a pity that my application for bail was denied. I am disappointed. I am somewhat out of condition. I hope people can continue to pay more attention to others in jail. 遺憾攞唔到保釋。感到失望。狀態唔係幾好。希望大家繼續關注在囚人士 Xinqi Su via Jessie Pang @JessiePang0125 8-12-2020, thank you, Merci, 謝謝, ありがとうございました, Cảm ơn ; Mhua:  so We must continue to apply pressure on elected officials, boycott Chinese products , Sin Long Yin Ryan 冼朗然 @sinlongyinryan :  We will continue to fight for #democracy as well ‘)
• twitter .com/joshuawongcf (‘  4-12-2020, Mhua : SOS, my friends: it’s a difficult time for everyone, yes, but Agnes Chow 周 庭 needs us. Please take a deep breath, mobilize yourself, send a little note, a drawing of a bird flying, singing, a mouse moving, etc. It can help Agnes Chow and our heroes in their captivity… Yes, it’s worth it, do it. Thank you very much, courage. Jeffrey Ngo, Nathan Law, @lukedepulford, @GretaThunberg, Benedict Rogers 羅傑斯 @benedictrogers, etc…,  Joshua Wong 黃之鋒  ‘)
• twitter .com/danielchsuen/status/1334408603256586240 (‘ 3-12-2020, daniel suen : I stand corrected. Thanks to our ever amazing photographers, we get to see @joshuawongcf once more before he gets transferred to prison from Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre. Mhua : remember, he is not criminal, The CCP takes our hero away from us ‘)
• hongkongwatch .org/all-posts/2020/12/3/hong-kong-watch-politically-motivated-and-trumped-up-charges-against-jimmy-lai-are-an-assault-on-the-rule-of-law (‘ Lord Alton : This is straight out of the playbooks of Stalin and Mao: detentions, arrests, intimidation, threats, kangaroo courts. Locking up campaigners and detaining Jimmy Lai won’t stop people believing in democracy in Hong Kong but unmasks the jailers for what they are. Benedict Roger, @DavidAltonHL  ‘)
• twitter .com/benedictrogers/status/1334064537646096385 (‘ Benedict Rogers : If #Australia buckles under Chinese pressure, it will send a terrible message to Beijing that it can continue to bully… – and we will be next. So join the fight for freedom by buying and drinking Aussie wine. In vino veritas! capx .co” #SolidaritywithAustralia ‘)
• hkcnews .com/article/36087/防暴警察-限聚令-36087/被四名防暴警膝壓12歲妹妹-與母親正式到警署投訴 (‘ 2-12-2020 ‘)
• twitter .com/XinqiSu/status/1333948536006742016 (‘ 2-12-2020, Good morning HK watchers. Keith Fong, HKBU student leader, was arrested at his home this morning. FastBeat Tam Tak-chi is set to hear court decision on whether a designated #NSL judge should take over. @joshuawongcf @chowtingagnes and Ivan Lam to be sentenced. ‘)
• twitter .com/nathanlawkc/status/1333380536438579201 (‘ 30-11-2020, GOOD NEW : An initiative of combating CCP authoritarian expansion is crucial. Glad to see more collaboration between the US and the EU, to curb the strategic threats imposed by CCP. EU proposes new post-Trump alliance with U.S. in face of China threat – FT via Nathan Law 羅冠聰 ‘)
• hongkongwatch .org/all-posts/2020/12/2/press-release-british-parliamentarians-and-hong-kong-watch-condemn-the-imprisonment-of-joshua-wong-ivan-lam-and-agnes-chow (‘ Layla Moran MP: We stand in solidarity with Nathan Law and other activists in exile, and call for the immediate release of Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow and Ivan Lam. The imprisonment of these courageous young democrats is a total miscarriage of justice. The time has come for coordinated international sanctions. Lord Patten of Barnes, Hong Kong Watch Chief Executive Officer, Benedict Rogers ‘)
• marchehua .com (‘  Yes, we have a Sign of Life from Agnes Chow on 4:08 AM · Nov 28, 2020 via Jeffrey Ngo 敖卓軒, @FNN_News. she makes the Japanese know she feels stronger… Yes, never forget why people who take care of us every day are being locked up. They have sacrificed a lot for us, they informed us of the importation of coronavirus tests from China to Hong Kong while the country was in need for them, they found and masks to us and they also sent surgical masks to the United States, Canada, Europe. So don’t give up, by simply sharing their stories around from you, you indirectly help to make them safe. May God protect them ‘)
• twitter .com/nathanlawkc/status/1318294964011401216 (‘ SOS, It’s important that we can help scholars to resist the pressure from the infiltration of the Chinese govt into these higher education institutions. Please support the legal defence of @Anne_MarieBrady. If You Can THANK YOU  ‘)
• twitter .com/lukedepulford/status/1333722679480901632 (‘ Luke de Pulford 裴倫德 : 100 days since capture. We have not forgotten you. #FreeAndyLi, #Save12HKYouths  ‘)
• twitter .com/DominicRaab/status/1334062555497684993 (‘  Dominic Raab : As 3 Hong Kong activists begin prison sentences, I urge the Hong Kong and Beijing authorities to end their campaign to stifle opposition. Prosecution decisions must be fair & impartial. Rights and freedoms in Hong Kong must be upheld. ‘)
• marchehua .com (‘ china is a threat to the world :- for the security of our countries – for his determination to destroy democracy – for his attempt to impose autocracy -for his negligence which leads the world to the abyss with endless pandemics “avian flu, SARS, covid-19, porticin flu, etc …” -by his attempt to dominate the world by imposing his medieval ideology ‘)
• twitter .com/jamescrabtree/status/1334700977018978304 (‘ “Time is running out for Hong Kong and time is also running out for my safety…. It is hard for me to know when the police will storm into my home and arrest me at six in the morning.” @joshuawongcf talking to me a few weeks ago for @WiredUK…, james crabtree   via Joshua Wong ‘)
• twitter .com/ThomasRohden/status/1335586460771233796 (‘ 6-12-2020, … the fight against the CCP has only just begun! #StandWithHongKong #save12hkyouths #hongkongpolice #dkpol ‘)
• twitter .com/TrineHerold/status/1338230962459734016 (‘ Mhua : Bonjour les amies, Pékin crée la misère partout. Ses dirigeants dictateurs sans cervelle ont laissé le virus Covid infecter le monde entier. Ils empêchent les parents des jeunes illégalement emprisonnés de les voir, même si ces jeunes ne sont pas des criminels mais juste des pro-demoncratie. Maintenant, Pekin va plus loin en gelant les comptes bancaires de nombreux exilés pro-démocratie de Hong Kong dont ceux de l’ancien législateur de Hong Kong, Ted Hui. Si vous pouvez l’aider ou partager le message avec d’autres personnes, s’il vous plaît faites-le. En passant, la banque HSBC a toujours mauvaise presse, soyez bien informés…… Trine Herold via Jeffrey Ngo 敖卓軒 , @tedhuichifung ‘)