Joel Chan @kjoules Twitter profile

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Joel Chan

2 months

The abbreviation for the “designated [garbage] bags” under Hong Kong’s Municipal Solid Waste scheme is officially called “D-Bags”

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@hkgpress

2 months

LCQ5: "One bag for two uses" of designated bags under municipal solid waste charging ———— LCQ1: Tobacco control measures

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Joel Chan

@kjoules

2 years

Congratulations to John Lee, who was elected unopposed by 0.019% of Hong Kong’s population

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@kjoules

8 months

✚10 Hung Hom Ferry Pier. Stop the votes, this contest is OVER

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@kjoules

2 years

IKEA’s instruction manual to entry procedures for Hong Kong Follow @victorchenart on Instagram, y’all

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@kjoules

2 years

So what have we learned today? Hong Kong is going to ban restaurant dine-in services after 6pm due to a super-spreader event that occurred during lunch

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@kjoules

2 years

7-day average daily Covid deaths per 1 million population, latest figures: Hong Kong 🇭🇰 8.15 United States 🇺🇸 5.23 Japan 🇯🇵 1.87 UK 🇬🇧 1.80 Canada 🇨🇦 1.79 Australia 🇦🇺 1.36 Singapore 🇸🇬 1.36

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@kjoules

1 year

A pretty remarkable headline in today’s Oriental Daily: 生活壓力難受此地不宜久留 Pressure in life unbearable, [HK] is unsuitable for staying long-term 半數港人想走 Half of all Hongkongers want to leave 英語差都外流 Willing to leave even if their English is poor

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Joel Chan

@kjoules

2 years

To those of you born June 28 1970, happy birthday and have a wonderful day

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Joel Chan

@kjoules

7 months

“We all know why”

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@kjoules

1 year

Singapore released a white paper regarding its Covid-19 response; here are the main points: looking back at their experience, and how they can improve their response for the next pandemic. That Hong Kong won’t even bother to conduct a public inquiry is, honestly, shameful

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Joel Chan

@kjoules

1 year

Hong Kong will likely end the year as → the worst performing major economy, AND → the most Covid-19 deaths per capita in 2022. Incredible.

Joel Chan

@kjoules

1 year

Hong Kong real GDP fell 4.5% from a year earlier, and fell 1.3% from the second quarter → Exports fell 15.6% year-on-year → Real GDP growth forecast for 2022: –3.2% (previous prediction in August was –0.5% to 0.5%) → Inflation remains steady: 1.8% y-o-y in 3Q 2022

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Joel Chan

@kjoules

1 year

Number of views: 2.8K - Cantonese version 1K - English version 518 - Web accessible/Cantonese 131 - Web accessible/English

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@kjoules

2 years

A reminder that Singapore has never had a day with 20 or more deaths. Hong Kong already has seven. So tell me, which of these two cities is — as Carrie Lam puts it — protecting the health of its citizens?

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Joel Chan

@kjoules

2 years

Hey kids, are you flying into Hong Kong in the near future? Confused by when your 4-day medical surveillance period ends? Need to be reminded when to go for compulsory testing? Print this handy chart and fill in the dates and you’ll never be confused again! (H/T @laila_sophia )

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@kjoules

2 years

Standard Chartered CEO Bill Winters on HK’s Covid policies: “I think you should scrap the whole thing. No tests on arrival, no tests on departure, and then just ask people to be responsible. Hong Kong is well vaccinated, and it has a strong healthcare system.”

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Joel Chan

@kjoules

2 years

OK, the slide we’ve been waiting for: vaccine effectiveness. Both vaccines are excellent towards preventing severe/fatal disease and death

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@kjoules

2 years

Hong Kong tried to cling onto ZeroCovid and failed to prepare for the onslaught of the Omicron variant; while Taiwan flipped the switch, decided to live with the virus and attempt to flatten the curve

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Joel Chan

@kjoules

10 months

TVB Reporter with raincoat and helmet vs. The Public (Typhoon Talim edition) Also, props to the dabbing kid

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Joel Chan

@kjoules

3 months

I tried singing Heart of Glass at my local cha chaan teng and some guy yelled DLLM 收聲啦 HGC!

Mirko Salvini

@lenka73

3 months

Nicole Kidman dancing and singing “Heart of Glass” in a Hong Kong cheap restaurant is what I didn’t know to need. Thank U Lulu Wang #Expats #PrimeVideo

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Joel Chan

@kjoules

5 months

Hong Kong District Council Election, Historical Voter Turnout Rates 1982 38.93% 1985 37.48% 1988 30.26% 1991 32.47% 1994 33.11% 1999 35.82% 2003 44.10% 2007 38.83% 2011 41.49% 2015 47.01% 2019 71.23% 2023 27.54%

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Joel Chan

@kjoules

7 months

Look who's a new member of the @fcchk ! - Fired at Prudential for unfunny comments about the Diamond Hill murder - Tried to compare himself to Ricky Gervais, an actual comedian - Arrested 3 weeks ago in connection with JPEX - Describes himself as "Hong Kong's Boris Johnson"

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Joel Chan

@kjoules

1 year

My sympathies to anyone who gets fined $5,000 for not wearing a mask today

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Joel Chan

@kjoules

1 year

Here on the street I’m walking down, about 95% of pedestrians are NOT wearing a mask, but then again the street is Discovery Bay Road

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@kjoules

1 year

Hong Kong’s economy may have been miserable, but it was sacrificed to protect us from the pandemic, right? Graph updated with The Economist’s latest projections, and GovHK’s projection announced yesterday

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Joel Chan

@kjoules

5 months

Pile-On-SCMP Week continues! The SCMP today pulled an op-ed after being approached with strong evidence that the author does not exist and his profile picture was computer generated. In July 2020, SCMP op-eds from “Lin Nguyen” were pulled after it was found that she was a fake

Tomasz Augustyniak

@TomAugustWrites

5 months

If you considered @SCMPNews a credible news source, you might want to reconsider. On Friday, it published an op-ed by a non-existent expert from Slovakia 🧵 @risj_oxford @eduardosuarez @RSF_inter @MatejSimalcik @MartinSebena @mateusz_chatys @J_Jakobowski @r_zalski

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@kjoules

1 year

The number of people leaving Hong Kong (residents and visitors) yesterday was more than double the number arriving in Hong Kong

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Joel Chan

@kjoules

8 months

A Cathay Pacific pilot was found dead yesterday in Tai Hang by hanging. A suicide note was found on his phone, saying it was due to work pressure. The man is a 49-year-old South African, with HKID; with a wife and two children Article in 中文:

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Joel Chan

@kjoules

1 year

Unfortunately I read it. To use a young woman’s suicide as a reason to slander another country and say ha ha you should have stayed in Hong Kong? (And commenting from Canada, of course) I am using my one-time swear pass: Fuck you, Alex Lo. You’re a disgusting vile piece of trash

Sweary Aaron

@TripperheadToo

1 year

I can't even...

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Joel Chan

@kjoules

1 year

Ages of people appearing in “Hello, Hong Kong!” promotional spots: CE John Lee - 65 Aaron Kwok - 57 Sammi Cheng - 50 Kelly Chen - 50 Allan Zeman - 73 Min: 50 Max: 73 Average: 59

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@kjoules

1 year

Ouch

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@kjoules

1 year

Hong Kong will likely end the year as → the worst performing major economy, AND → the most Covid-19 deaths per capita in 2022. Incredible.

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@kjoules

2 years

I absolutely HATE Hong Kong’s mask restrictions during exercise. Given the current benefits and risks, there is no point in masking

Tracy Høeg, MD, PhD

@TracyBethHoeg

3 years

Just to be clear, no one should be forced to wear a mask during competitive sports or intense exercise. Two studies here showing the effect of masking according to exercise intensity on VO2 max, CO2 levels & shortness of breath.

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Joel Chan

@kjoules

1 year

Maybe if the country had spent the last year with a proper Covid exit plan, your government could have negotiated a deal with Pfizer months in advance. And now China is crying poor

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@kjoules

2 years

Hongkongers are sick & tired of hearing advisers setting vaccination targets as a condition for “opening up”. We desperately need advisers who can give GovHK a plan _right now_ how to vaccinate 90% of the elderly as quickly as possible and for the gov to show some GD urgency

Gabriel Leung

@gmleunghku

2 years

The 2 conditions are:- 1) >=2 jabs coverage >90% amongst 70+, esp those in nursing homes 2) sufficient supply and liberal use of Paxlovid for all infected 70+, those with serious chronic conditions or immunocompromised, and those who live in homes for the aged or disabled

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Joel Chan

@kjoules

1 year

Happy 54th birthday to Witman Hung!

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Joel Chan

@kjoules

2 years

In Hong Kong, the chances of an unvaccinated 80+ year old getting Covid and surviving are roughly the same as surviving one round of Russian roulette

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@kjoules

2 years

Hong Kong reported a record 172 Covid deaths today, which would be the equivalent of 7701 deaths if it had the population of the United States. Most deaths in a single day, United States: 4442, Jan 20 2021 (1% fully vaccinated) 4204, Feb 4 2022 (64% fully vaccinated) (JHU/OWiD)

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@kjoules

3 years

Is everyone convinced that the Covid-19 vaccines are safe? Haven’t posted this graph in a while

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@kjoules

3 months

Chinese New Year greetings, directly and poorly translated from Cantonese: • “Congratulations Get Rich” • “New Year Happy” • “Body Healthy” • “Dragon Horse Spirit” • “Step Step High Rise” • “Heart Think Things Accomplish” • “Year Year Have Surplus” • “Big Luck Big Profit”

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@kjoules

4 months

These names have been voted in as future names of tropical cyclones, which were determined by an online vote held by the Hong Kong Observatory. Milktea 奶茶 was the top vote getter!

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@kjoules

2 years

🧵 Hong Kong new travel arrangements on Friday → 3 days quarantine + 4 days medical surveillance → Those unfit for vaccination & previously needed 14-day DQH also reduced to 3+4 → Day 0 is considered arrival date → PCR tests: Days 0🛬, 2🏨, 4, 6, 9 → Daily RAT until Day 10

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@kjoules

2 years

Considering imported cases accounted for 0.49% of all cases today, these airline bans are now just ridiculously absurd

Aaron Busch

@tripperhead

2 years

⚠️🛫🇸🇬 Singapore Airlines banned from operating passenger flights from Singapore to Hong Kong for 14 days starting today. Blackout dates: February 16th-March 1st 2022 Airline ban of 2022: 32 Ban trigger: Four passengers who tested positive upon arrival within seven day period

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@kjoules

2 years

Hong Kong, 5th wave total deaths by vaccination status (Provisional figures up to 00:00 March 9) Unvaccinated 189 deaths per 100000 unvaccinated people Only 1 dose 39 deaths per 100000 (1-dose) vaccinated people Fully vaccinated 4.65 deaths per 100000 fully vaccinated people

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Joel Chan

@kjoules

2 years

My latest PCR test finally came out: negative. Time between test and result: 6 days 16 hours 32 minutes

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@kjoules

2 years

Flying into Hong Kong in the near future? Here’s the revised guide (and removed the word Quarantine). Print this handy chart and fill in the dates and you’ll never be confused again! 當然有中文版！ (Last revision; I’m going to bed)

Joel Chan

@kjoules

2 years

Hey kids, are you flying into Hong Kong in the near future? Confused by when your 4-day medical surveillance period ends? Need to be reminded when to go for compulsory testing? Print this handy chart and fill in the dates and you’ll never be confused again! (H/T @laila_sophia )

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Joel Chan

@kjoules

2 years

Some administrivia to announce. For 617 consecutive days I’ve put out a daily thread of Hong Kong vaccination stats. While recently away from the city, it occurred to me that at this stage of the pandemic it is no longer necessary to post all of those stats. No one cares (1/ 3)

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@kjoules

1 year

Landing in Hong Kong soon and we get… - a video reminding CBD products are banned - an announcement to seek medical help if you might have monkeypox - an announcement that masks are required in the airport’s restricted area - no dancing videos of Aaron Kwok

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@kjoules

5 months

Hong Kong health experts, including Ducky Yuen Kwok-yung, want all tourists to be masked at all times and undertake epidemiological tracking in order to prevent infections entering the city. Sounds like a brilliant plan

Experts call for stringent health screening to be in place even without pandemic

The government should stringently screen inbound tourists who are sick and nasal swap tests should become a must for those with a fever even during the non-pandemic period, said health experts...

www.thestandard.com.hk

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Joel Chan

@kjoules

2 years

Just crunched the numbers. Based on vaccination data from 14 days prior to April 6, vaccine effectiveness against death for age 80+ by vaccine: 1 dose Sinovac 49.1% BioNTech 71.7% 2 doses Sinovac 81.2% BioNTech 90.0% 3 doses Sinovac 97.7% BioNTech 98.8%

Aaron Busch

@tripperhead

2 years

CHP have now added Case Fatality Rate data by age group and...BY VACCINE TYPE! Also case numbers by dose and vaccine type, and distribution of vaccination status for all cases. The data motherload. See it all at 👇

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Joel Chan

@kjoules

2 years

Interesting choice of photo, @SCMPNews

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@kjoules

1 year

🇲🇴😷 Macau ends the general mask mandate; masks are only required in hospitals, care homes, and public transit. Indoor venues may set its own rules as they see fit

Masks off in Macau: SAR drops rule for most places - RTHK

Macau officials on Sunday declared an end to the SAR's general mask mandate, with face masks to be required in only a handful of specific circumstance...

news.rthk.hk

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Joel Chan

@kjoules

2 years

This morning I took my mother to Sun Yat Sen Sports Centre to receive her booster dose. I'm so proud that she decided (a) to switch to BioNTech and (b) got her dose today instead of waiting until next month when she was originally booked. But this is not about her.

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@kjoules

2 months

Hong Kong is around 70% of 2019-levels as of February 2024, while Singapore is at 104.2%

Bloomberg

@business

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Singapore airport becomes one of the first in Asia to jump back to pre-Covid traffic levels

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@kjoules

7 months

Luisa Tam, has your head been in the sand for the last 5 years?

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@kjoules

3 months

How naive of Hong Kong's lawmakers to assume that by giving Nicole Kidman a quarantine exemption that Hong Kong would be shown in an entirely positive light

Expats TV show puts Hong Kong officials in ‘awkward position’, seen as glamorising

Lawmakers say exemptions given to production crew during pandemic did not pay off and show puts city in poor light, while expats question accuracy of portrayal.

www.scmp.com

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@kjoules

1 year

Temperatures that are considered cold: Singapore 23° Hong Kong 12° Taipei 10° London 2° Toronto -15°

Septian Hartono

@septian

1 year

🥶🥶

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@kjoules

2 years

If it walks like a surveillance measure and not a public health measure, and it quacks like a surveillance measure and not a public health measure, then it is a surveillance measure and not a public health measure

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@kjoules

2 years

A reminder that celebration events will take place tomorrow and you are not invited

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@kjoules

1 year

Hong Kong 🇭🇰 Change in population since mid-year 2017, by age group 0-9 ↓20.0% 10s ↓0.1% 20s ↓23.7% 30s ↓7.5% 40s unchanged 50s ↓7.1% 60s ↑23.9% 70s ↑42.8% 80s ↑10.8% Overall ↓0.8%

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@kjoules

8 months

▲8 Tsim Sha Tsui Ferry Pier. If you don't give the thumbs up, I'll be very disappointed

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@kjoules

5 months

Here is a picture of Regina last night complaining that extending the voting hours was "completely useless"

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Joel Chan

@kjoules

2 years

👨‍👩‍👦 Hong Kong Population Statistics End-2021 7,413,100 Mid-2022 (provisional) 7,291,600 ↓121,500 (1.6%)

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Joel Chan

@kjoules

6 months

Joel: Can you draw a painting of Hong Kong’s skyline in the style of Van Gogh? DALL-E 3:

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Joel Chan

@kjoules

8 months

Tomorrow’s SCMP editorial: “Hong Kong needs to find way to keep working during extreme flooding conditions”

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Joel Chan

@kjoules

2 years

I would totally get these Lego sets (IG: @victorchenart )

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Joel Chan

@kjoules

1 year

🚨 John Lee to hold a press conference at 3:30pm. With Aaron on holiday, there will be a THREAD

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@kjoules

2 years

A personal milestone: Today’s thread was the 365th consecutive daily vaccination report

Joel Chan

@kjoules

3 years

Vaccinations in Hong Kong 🇭🇰 as of Feb 26 Today: 6000 doses Total: 6600 doses 0.088% of the population have been vaccinated 0% have been fully vaccinated

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@kjoules

2 years

A thread of quirky #pizzas served at #PizzaHutTaiwan : Popcorn Chicken Pizza: Spicy popcorn chicken, calamari, tempura, Oreo cookies

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Joel Chan

@kjoules

2 years

It has been over a week since @tripperhead went on holiday, and I gotta say that I appreciate the amount of work and effort he has done to inform and delight #HKTwitter _even more_

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@kjoules

2 years

Covid-19 deaths, Singapore vs. Hong Kong Total deaths 🇸🇬 1094 🇭🇰 1554 Total deaths per 1M population 🇸🇬 200.7 🇭🇰 209.9 Deaths in the last 7 days 🇸🇬 66 🇭🇰 1027

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@kjoules

1 year

LOL

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@kjoules

7 months

For a somewhat hilarious take on a serious story, here are some of the accused’s search history on Google prior to his email message to the Chinese Consulate in Turkey and his trip to Hong Kong

Joel Chan

@kjoules

7 months

A former U.S. Army Sergeant, arriving from a flight from Hong Kong, was arrested at SFO Int’l yesterday. He is alleged to have travelled to HK in March 2020 to provide top secret national defense information to Chinese security services, residing in Hong Kong until his arrest

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@kjoules

2 years

Read it and weep, Hong Kong

Singapore Government

@govsingapore

2 years

Thanks to the collective efforts of everyone, Singapore is in a position to take the next step towards living with COVID-19 by easing our community Safe Management Measures. More information below. Infographics: @MTI_sg

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@kjoules

2 years

This is truly the stupidest reporter ever

Aaron Busch

@tripperhead

2 years

Q (missed which outlet he is from): Is 7 day quarantine enough? Maybe the government should move to 14 days quarantine?

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@kjoules

9 months

If you want to compare and contrast responses to Fukushima, here is evidence of ACTUAL science from Taiwan that is orders of magnitude more convincing than the "science" at today's embarrassing press conference in Hong Kong

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@kjoules

1 year

Missed this SCMP article on Monday night: -65yo woman gets robbed, cops investigate -After cops leave, she discovers her iPad is missing -With Find My… app, cops finds iPad at the residence of one of the investigators at the scene -29yo officer arrested

Hong Kong cop arrested after ‘app tracks stolen iPad from crime scene’

He was part of team sent to Sheung Shui flat to investigate burglary on Friday morning, source says.

www.scmp.com

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@kjoules

2 years

Recommendation: Hong Kong transitions to endemicity. There is no vaccine that will eliminate all variants of coronavirus in the near future.

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@kjoules

1 month

Andrew Left, who was fined and banned from trading shares in Hong Kong for 5 years by the Securities and Futures Commission for making “reckless” allegations about China Evergrande Group’s financial situation in 2012, now wants a refund and an apology

Andrew Left, Banned for Evergrande Warning, Now Wants an Apology

US short-seller Andrew Left wants an apology from Hong Kong’s market regulator — and a refund.

www.bloomberg.com

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@kjoules

3 months

Apparently this is the best photo of Leo Messi that Brand Hong Kong could come up with (h/t @MulhollandLynne )

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@kjoules

2 years

Guess the two worst performing economies in the world in 2022, according to @TheEconomist

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@kjoules

5 months

I have a better plan, why don’t we require tourists to quarantine for 2 weeks before being allowed to enter society. We could use an app to determine if they are permitted to enter restaurants to minimize infection

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@kjoules

2 years

Who woulda guessed that during the 5th wave, the lower the median household income of a district, the higher the incidence rates for Covid?

Joel Chan

@kjoules

2 years

Hong Kong, Covid cases per 100000 residents by district, Jan 1 to Apr 23 KL Wong Tai Sin 12951 KL Kwun Tong 12747 NT Kwai Tsing 12525 KL Sham Shui Po 11536 NT Tuen Mun 11532 KL Yau Tsim Mong 10515 NT Sha Tin 10181 NT Yuen Long 9653 NT North 9302 NT Tsuen Wan 9162

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@kjoules

2 years

With @tripperhead returning from vacay and the typhoon receding, I am going to step back from posting current news and return to primarily tweeting about numbers and data with a slight pandemic slant. Needless to say, he is your source for all Hong Kong Covid-related news

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@kjoules

5 months

On a 0-10 scale of being pissed off, HKSAR’s National Security Department has reached 11

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Joel Chan

@kjoules

2 years

There are about 120000 toddlers aged 0-2 that are unvaccinated. Based on current CFRs by age, if all of them catch Covid, we would expect about 16 deaths. There are about 113000 elderly aged 80+ who are still unvaccinated. If all of them catch Covid, we would expect 18215 deaths

HK Press Releases

@hkgpress

2 years

SCS appeals to parents for early COVID-19 vaccination arrangements for their children (with photos)

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@kjoules

2 years

Congratulations to Sophia Chan for her Gold Bauhinia Star; under her leadership as Secretary of Food and Health, Hong Kong had the worst Covid death rate in the world after vaccines were widely available, and over 11200 excess deaths since March

Aaron Busch

@tripperhead

2 years

⚠️🇭🇰🏅 The 2022 Honours List has been announced. Notable winners Grand Bauhinia Medal: John Lee Gold Bauhinia Star: Sophia Chan, Patrick Nip, Alfred Sit, Kevin Yeung, Chris Tang, Starry Lee Silver Bauhinia Star: Siobhán Haughey, Cheung Ka-long

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Joel Chan

@kjoules

4 months

Happy Witman Hung's 55th birthday to all those who celebrate

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@kjoules

2 years

The gov’t could have put up $30 million for, say, $100 supermarket coupons for every elderly person that vaxxes, and you would have gotten another one-third of the elderly jabbed. Instead, the MTR lost $30 million in revenue because they thought it would increase voter turnout

South China Morning Post

@SCMPNews

2 years

Enough carrots, time for the stick: Hong Kong experts argue for tougher approach to boosting Covid-19 vaccination rate

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@kjoules

2 years

6:11pm and people are consuming food and drink at these establishments called “restaurants”

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Joel Chan

@kjoules

1 year

Anti-epidemic Command & Coordination Group Press Conference, Dec 28 CE John Lee Starting tomorrow * Close contacts no longer need to isolate * Vaccine Pass abolished * PCR tests on arrival abolished, recommend 5 days of RAT testing * Social distancing/gathering rules abolished

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@kjoules

4 months

Aaron Busch

@tripperhead

4 months

🇭🇰🚮 Local media reporting the press conference will announce the MSW start date will be pushed back from April 1st to August 1st for the general public. Govt departments will still begin on April 1st.

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@kjoules

1 year

This is amazing, especially for learners and lovers of Cantonese

Jon Chui

@jkwchui

1 year

Cantonese Font now released for Mac/Ubuntu, available freely under an Open Font License 粵語字體現在正式發行，並容許透過開放授權免費下載 🥳🥂 Read on for how it can help you 以下將會介紹字型可以點樣幫到你 (1/7) #Cantonese #HongKong #廣東話

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@kjoules

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Carrie Lam does have a point: the headline that 87% of vaccinated people who died took Sinovac, while true (data don’t lie), does not mean the Sinovac vaccine is ineffective, so it is “misleading” and sensationalist. A quick math lesson:

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Joel Chan

@kjoules

1 year

“national anthem of hong kong”, 1st song title seen: Google- God Save the King Bing- Glory to HK Yahoo!HK- Glory to HK Yahoo!US- March of the Volunteers DuckDuckGo- Glory to HK Ask- Glory to HK Baidu- Glory to HK Yandex- Boundless Oceans, Vast Skies AOL- March of the Volunteers

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Joel Chan

@kjoules

2 years

Admiralty Station (4 lines, Hong Kong) vs Shibuya Station (9 lines, Tokyo)

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Joel Chan

@kjoules

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Multinational businesses choosing as their regional HQs: Singapore 🇸🇬 4200 Hong Kong 🇭🇰 1236 Why? - Better relations with the West - Broad talent pool - Diversified economy - Tax incentives - HK now just China’s financial center by containing protests and adhering to ZeroCovid

Bloomberg

@business

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The international business community is clear on where it wants to call home in Asia: Singapore.

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Joel Chan

@kjoules

2 years

7-day daily average Covid deaths per 1M population: Hong Kong 🇭🇰 6.41 Greece 🇬🇷 6.30 Today is likely the last day Hong Kong will retain the title of “Deadliest Covid economy in the world per capita”, a title that Hong Kong has ignominiously held for 51 consecutive days

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Joel Chan

@kjoules

2 years

“Some banks have told [HK] officials that their top executives from the US and Europe will only attend if they are allowed to skip the city’s current seven-day hotel quarantine”

Wall Street CEOs Want Zero Quarantine for Hong Kong’s Big Summit

Several of Wall Street’s biggest banks have made quarantine-free travel a precondition for senior executives to attend a Hong Kong conference designed to trumpet the financial hub’s revival after...

www.bloomberg.com

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Joel Chan

@kjoules

1 year

So here’s the story: Hong Kong is preparing for the inevitable onslaught of mainlanders coming to the city for mRNA vaccines. 🧵 Speculation began on Tuesday when the government announced that all vaccines in Hong Kong were now registered as pharmaceutical products

Joel Chan

@kjoules

1 year

🇭🇰 🔔 💉 All of Hong Kong’s available Covid-19 vaccines (CoronaVac, the BioNTech monovalent, and the BioNTech bivalent) have been registered as pharmaceutical products in Hong Kong, and as such no longer require emergency use authorization by the Secretary of Health

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Joel Chan

@kjoules

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Change in mid-year population, 2018 to 2022, by Hong Kong district: — HK Island ↓7.6% — Central/Western ↓8.8% WanChai ↓13.1% Eastern ↓6.1% Southern ↓5.9% — Kowloon ↓2.7% — YauTsimMong ↓11.6% ShamShuiPo ↑7.0% KowloonCity ↓4.2% WongTaiSin ↓4.6% KwunTong ↓2.1% (more…)

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Joel Chan

@kjoules

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If we ignore the obvious conspiracy theories you might have about the vote registry system failing, 2023 is the year that clearly demonstrated that Hong Kong has no right to call itself an innovation & technology hub

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