Matthew Cheung Says No To Journalists' March

"); jQuery("#212 h3").html("

Related News Programmes

"); });

2020-11-14 HKT 01:51

Share this story

facebook

  • The Chief Secretary Matthew Cheung reportedly decided against granting an exemption from gathering restrictions due to the Covid-19 situation. File photo: RTHK

    The Chief Secretary Matthew Cheung reportedly decided against granting an exemption from gathering restrictions due to the Covid-19 situation. File photo: RTHK

The Office of the Chief Secretary has refused to grant an exemption from gathering restrictions for a march planned for Sunday by the Hong Kong Journalists Association, citing to the Covid-19 pandemic.

On Friday, an appeal board overturned a police ban on the march, provided an exemption was granted by Chief Secretary Matthew Cheung.

The march would have been Hong Kong's first legal protest in months.

The union had said it wanted to highlight, what it called, the suppression of the media and issues such as the arrest of the RTHK producer Bao Choy.

Late on Friday, Cheung's office said there would be no exemption to rules that ban gatherings of more than four.

______________________________



Last updated: 2020-11-14 HKT 08:45

RECENT NEWS

HashKey Capital Partners With Tiantu AM To Explore Virtual Asset Funds

HashKey Capital has signed a memorandum of strategic collaboration with Tiantu Asset Management (Tiantu AM), a wholly o... Read more

You Can Now Make Alipay Payments With AR Glasses

RayNeo and Ant Group have announced a partnership to develop digital payment solutions for global use. The collaboratio... Read more

JICA Goes Live With Finastras Loan IQ In First Japan Deployment

Finastra has announced that the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has gone live with its Loan IQ platform. ... Read more

Japan Set To Approve First Yen-Backed Stablecoin

Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) is preparing to approve the issuance of the country’s first yen-backed stab... Read more

Indonesia And China Begin Trials For Cross-Border QRIS Payments

Bank Indonesia (BI) and the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) have begun a series of trials for cross-border QR code paym... Read more

ANZ Appoints Ender Tanar As Japan Country Head

ANZ, headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, announced the appointment of Ender Tanar as Country Head for Japan, reporti... Read more