Push for Martial Law in Hong Kong Could Save, or Destroy, the Economy
I’m in HongKong at the moment. This is what I’m hering from the business community, and HK is all about business:
Representatives from sectors such as tourism, catering and transportation, launched the “I want to eat” campaign outside the government complex on Tuesday afternoon, calling for the government to stop violence, restore order and rebuild the economy in Hong Kong as soon as possible.
They also sent a letter to Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, claiming the social unrest of nearly three months has led to unemployment, “we, as ordinary Hong Kong residents, still firmly believe in ‘one country, two systems,’ but excessive freedom has become the hotbed for secessionism.
“Secessionists fight against the government with offensive weapons, if we continue to tolerate it, Hongkongers will have no way to make a living,” the letter said.
For Red Francis, Freedom is Not an Issue
Yore: Pope Silent on Hong Kong Protests as Christians Take Major Role
Millions of young people are risking their lives to march for freedom from the oppressive Chinese extradition law and broken promises of Communist Party leader Xi Jinping – who, under the “One Country, Two Systems” policy cannot legally impose draconian communist laws on Hong Kong. If the pontiff supports this youthful movement for freedom and democracy, he has made a well-kept secret of it.
The deafening silence from Vatican City exposes the communist fault lines buried within this pontificate.
It’s not as if Francis hasn’t been asked to intercede and speak out in support of the young protesters. Even before the Hong Kong marches began, a delegation of young Hong Kong Catholics handed the pope a petition to intervene with the Chinese Communists to overturn the extradition bill. The pope received the petition and asked the students to pray for him. Continue reading HongKong’s Business Community Has Had Enough















