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[Wuhan Pneumonia] Netizens Call for Strike to Paralyze Traffic Rails

2020-01-28T22:25:05.386Z


The new type of coronavirus pneumonia commonly known as "Wuhan pneumonia" continues to spread. Some citizens are dissatisfied that the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government has not sealed off and controlled the epidemic. On the Internet, it calls for the slogan "Save Hong Kong, paralyze traffic; rescue medical care, and strike." (January 29) The whole country went on strike and this morning paralyzed traffic in many places throughout the territory. "No customs or work" was forced to force the government to shut down and prevent epidemics. Yesterday (January 28), the Chief Executive, Mrs Carrie Lam, announced that starting from Thursday (January 30), the West Kowloon Station of the High Speed ​​Rail will be closed and all high-speed rail services to and from Hong Kong and the Mainland will be suspended; passengers at Sha Tau Kok and Man Kam To Land Port Customs clearance is also suspended, and cargo clearance remains normal; ferry services to and from Hong Kong and the Mainland are suspended, and ferry services to and from Hong Kong and Macau are as usual; and transit buses and flights to and from Hong Kong and Mainland China have been reduced by half. In addition, Lin Zheng said that the central government has agreed to temporarily suspend the issuance of "free travel" endorsements in the Mainland.


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Written by: Ling Yide

2020-01-29 06:04

Last updated: 2020-01-29 06:15

The new type of coronavirus pneumonia commonly known as "Wuhan pneumonia" continues to spread. Some citizens are dissatisfied that the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government has not sealed off and controlled the epidemic. On the Internet, it calls for the slogan "Save Hong Kong, paralyze traffic; rescue medical care, and strike." (January 29) The whole country went on strike and this morning paralyzed traffic in many places throughout the territory. "No customs or work" was forced to force the government to shut down and prevent epidemics.

Yesterday (January 28), the Chief Executive, Mrs Carrie Lam, announced that starting from Thursday (January 30), the West Kowloon Station of the High Speed ​​Rail will be closed and all high-speed rail services to and from Hong Kong and the Mainland will be suspended; passengers at Sha Tau Kok and Man Kam To Land Port Customs clearance is also suspended, and cargo clearance remains normal; ferry services to and from Hong Kong and the Mainland are suspended, and ferry services to and from Hong Kong and Macau are as usual; and transit buses and flights to and from Hong Kong and Mainland China have been reduced by half. In addition, Lin Zheng said that the central government has agreed to temporarily suspend the issuance of "free travel" endorsements in the Mainland.

[06:15] Police said that at about 5 am, someone threw a petrol bomb at the Tianshuiwei Police Station, and no one was injured in the incident. The case was classified as "arson" and no one has been arrested for the time being.

[06:10] Someone threw ice cream cones on the rails from the MTR University Station.

[05:50] Close to 4:00 am, some MTR staff found that there were many sundries in the rails near the Sheung Shui Railway Station. These include bicycles, iron nets and bamboo branches. The police arrived at the scene to understand that there were preliminary suspicions that someone had earlier dropped debris from a footbridge. No one has been arrested for the time being.

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