HONG KONG - A Hong Kong pro-democracy union of healthcare workers and several activists, including Joshua Wong, called on Sunday for a boycott of the government’s universal coronavirus testing plan, in which medical staff from mainland China are set to assist.
But the effort comes at a sensitive time for the former British colony, as anxiety runs high over what many of its 7.5 million residents see as Beijing’s efforts to rein in their freedoms, in particular a national security law imposed in June. “It is clear to see that the government has one and only one goal ... to use the pandemic to achieve their own political aims,” its leader Winnie Yu told a joint news conference with activists.
The city’s Beijing-backed chief executive, Carrie Lam, has hit back at critics of the initiative, dismissing their attempt to “smear the central government”.
Whether you believe or not, China contolled the virus by this means.
Joshua being a moron, what else is new?
中国政府就是犯贱，香港人明明就是要自由民主不要生命、不会对社会负责任的群体，干嘛要浪费大陆人的税金和感情去救他们。香港人跟美国一样的，就算全员感染，媒体一样会颠倒黑白，强调香港人值得拥有。
The head of medics association is a falungong practitioner, a cult group doesn’t believe in medicine. What happened in HK will happen in US too, as always. Prepare for it.
I am curious to know why Reuters is reporting on this. What percentage of the population of HongKong is carrying these views? 80%? 22% 1%
The testing is ineffective and it’s just a propaganda praising the ChineseCommunistParty. If you wanna get tested there are many other ways. Don’t fall into the trap and take part in this propaganda for the ChineseCommunistParty
CCPChina is now exploiting the very pandemic it generated to put forward its dytosian agenda. Typical. COVID19 ChinaVirus CCPLiedPeopleDied freehk
Honestly, I have no trust towards this puppet gov.
It's just for collecting the DNA of HongKongers. HongKong is a NewBerlin and becoming a new Xinjiang. HongKongers, even all in HK will suffer in that dark age. 'Yesterday Uyghur, Today HongKong, Tomorrow World ' is a truth. FreeUyghurs FreeHongKong StandWithHongKong
quite a lot of medical professionals voiced against this useless mass testing
Ignored every HK policy that skip procurement, illegal license of PRC medical care, never closed border, skip test to high risk group I.e. elderly. So, what’s the real purpose of the test? The whole thing is like run pregnancy test with no contraception HealthCode
Hongkongers will NEVER trust Chinese Communist Party. 1. Hongkongers do not need CCP to “offer help”, their test are not trustable like most made-in-china products. 2. We’re worried that they are collecting DNA from our people like Uyghurs. Who knows where will the DNA go?!
It is more likely mass surveillance than mass testing. The govt never cares about the people. Just like other totalitarian regimes CCP always wants to control people's lives absolutely. Chinazi sanctionCCP MagnitskyAct
Mass test is useless but increase the risk of infection. Thanks but no thanks 🙏🏼
It is doubtful that why CTS can be implemented under the infection control but the election can't ? It once shows that all the speeches of the government are fake. They just use pandemic as one of the excuse for delaying the election. CCP_is_terrorist CCPLiedChineseDied
When it comes to health matters, shouldn't Hong Kong people listen the health workers-the experts?
No one should trust a government that have zero credibility.
No reason to participate because 1. Data will go to China for organ harvesting 2. More chance to get infected in center 3. Testing company from China is not inaccurate 4. No border closure
When CCP use these kits for testing,if it is meaningful? The result of testing could be unreliable and inaccurate I am sure CCPChina just want to collect our DNA and cause the 4th outbreak to control over HongKongers
These trolls just need to move to India or Mexico.
CCP can never be trusted. They are looking for the DNA of HK people.
If they wished to stop the pandemic , they should have shut the borders. This is clearly a political show to make Chinese medical look good and also simultaneously collecting persona data for Orwellian city
No HKers accept health code and DNA collection. CCP_is_terrorist
This so-called voluntary mass testing is just the HKPoliceState ‘s evil plan for the monitoring of all people. We should all boycott this to stop the hkgov. StandWithHongKong
hk gov still don't understand the root problem is hongkongers don't trust you. how can policy go without citizens support ?
sam99061414 I will not do the test... Cuz I think CN is planning something evil ....seems like Xinjiang
What CCP and HKGov try to do is to taking advantage of the crisis and create a perfect surveillance society, then suppress everyone
Seeing how CCP abuse the laws and use it as a tool to silent dissidents. Who gonna trust them? Do they ever care about the health of Hong Kong ppl? Or just use the testing to collect DNA data for surveillance?
Well. Considering the effectiveness of mass testing, we should boycott it lol.
The massive testing is a disguise to collect Hongkonger’s DNA. The most appropriate method to protect the community is strengthening border control.
Hong Kong epidemics experts have warned CarrieLam that the mass testing is harmful & useless! Recently, WHO has said the same! Yet, hongkong govt condemned all experts & WHO for boycotting the test! Crazy B-beep, right?!
Please StandwithHongKong and safeguard the democracy, justice and human rights with us under the NationalSecurityLaw . Please save these freedom and democracy fighters! 🙏🏻🙏🏻 FreeHongKong YoungLivesMatters save12hkyouth
Mass testing has sparked a huge debate in the society…with all its privacy and security issues and its effectiveness in doubt For sure we should boycott that!
Government allows mass testing but delayed the legislative council elections. You can see the double standards of HK government
The test cannot be trusted. It cannot guarantee no further outbreak of virus.
Health Code System is nothing to do with health. It is just a tool to get the DNA of Hongkongers. What's next? Look at Uyghurs. Genocide
Hong Kong people don't believe the CCP, CCP wants to collect DNA data for monitoring. Hongkongers are avoiding Hong Kong becoming the second Uyghur.
The free test is all about political calculation instead of public health concern.
Absolutely agree. Is it really useful to test for HIV after daily unsafe sex? It's obviously NO. It's not political, it's common sense. The dual purpose of the test is to postpone the election and sending biometrics to ccp as requested. SOSHK
please help! Get sharing! save12hkyouth
The HK Gov has never cared about the health of the people. It only knows how to flatter the CCP and perform the tasks assigned by the CCP. Moreover, their poor anti-epidemic policies have caused the epidemic to break out. People have always questioned why a large-scale quarantine
kerokero_HKer How evil can the Tyranny be? . As a Hongkonger, my dream is simple but difficult.. So difficult for HK to have justice, HumanRight, liberty & democracy.. But We’re still fighting! Help us! No more PoliceBrutality, evil CCP Chinazi Totalitarianism! DefendingHongKong
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The free COVID-19 test itself doesn't help mitigate the pandemic. HK Gov selectively ignores the possibility of transmission during the test. The most effective way is to shut down the HK-China border.
A negative results doesn't mean anything. Only negative at the time of sample collection. They allowed China 'technicians' and 'laboratories' subsidised by China gov to operate in Hong Kong without a license. This sets a bad precedent of changing the license law as they wish
Why Reuters use a picture of monkey huang? He is not a medical or health workers.
American influence pops up everywhere in Hong Kong.
这是把科学政治化……
看看这些采访记者的话筒标志就知道，都是些什么垃圾媒体！都是港独和台独势力的口舌媒体！中国大陆已经不是40年前的中国大陆，绝对不会容许你们这帮蟑螂祸害下去！是时候消灭你们了！！！
抵制是担心暴露什么不可见人的勾当么？如果你遵纪守法，爱港爱国，你担心国家夺取你的什么呢？那些别有用心的人，尤其是外国狗腿子，非常担心自己的遮羞布被一层层的扯下，所以极力的制造恐慌来抗拒政策，但这些都是徒劳的！因为在灾难面前，首先是生存下来，如果你连命都不要了，你“所谓自由”有何用？
Something is brewing,the pandemic is about to be ....i don't know!
WHY!!!
Even WHO said mass testing is useless and a waste of resources, why the government insists?