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Why did Hong Kong need 8,000 police to help it celebrate National Day?

by Stephen Vines17:08, 7 October 202115:58, 8 October 2021

Unless I am very much mistaken, it has been decreed that the anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China is supposed to be a joyous occasion with much to celebrate. Why then in Hong Kong was it necessary to mobilise some 8,000 police officers to maintain order and prevent any unwarranted manifestations […]

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Hong Kong Policy Address: Leader Carrie Lam urged to criminalise insults to police; gov’t studying scope of law

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