Thursday, September 3, 2020

Hong Kongers fight on, as seen in the pages of Apple Daily! (Photo-essay)

Two days after he spent six hours at a police station (before learning that his bail had been extended while he awaits further developments related to his security law arrest), Jimmy Lai was found not guilty of one of the charges piled on him by the Hong Kong government.  I'm glad to see that the international media reported about this case (which absolved him of intimidating a pro-Beijing newspaper's reporter back at the 2017 June 4th candlelight vigil!).  Something else I'm glad to see is that the media mogul's Apple Daily is continuing to see a lot of support from Hong Kongers.     

Since August 10th, I really have been seeing more people buying and carrying on copies of Hong Kong's leading pro-democracy Chinese language newspaper, and pages and copies of Apple Daily on display and available to read at a number of restaurants and cafes.  In addition, the ads in the newspaper have not only exponentially increased in number in recent weeks but the bulk of them also are of the kind that one doesn't see in other newspapers.  To see what I mean, just take a look at the following examples (all of which appeared in hard copies of this Monday's Apple Daily):- 

It really is obvious that those who support Apple Daily
 
Supporting Hong Kong, Apple Daily 
and press freedom in Hong Kong
 
Yes, there is anger and a determination to never forget

Actually, there are a number of dates where injustice occured
last year that are fixed in people's memories (e.g., 7.21 and 11.11)
 
 Messages in a newspaper to those born in 2019
(including one meant to be read after they turn 18) 
 
 This ad's courtesy of parents of children born in 2017
 
 The Hong Kong equivalent of BLM... because it often
by the authorities in this increasingly child-unfriendly city
 
 Something that's been regularly happening: denizens/businesses 
of sections  of the territory coming together to place an ad  
-- in this case, the four main Outlying Islands :)

2 comments:

peppylady (Dora) said...

Some place here in United States has been looking into getting rid of bail system. It favor the rich.

YTSL said...

Hi peppylady --

I don't think the bail system in Hong Kong favors the rich as much as the non-granting of bail would leave some arrestees more open to abuse by the police.