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Mga Pilipino, umani ng paghanga sa HK Flower Show

Posted on 12 March 2023 No comments

 

Umani ng masigabong palakpakan ang pagsasayaw ng Tinikling nang nakapiring ang mga mata

Masigabong palakpakan ang sumalubong sa mga OFW nang magbalik sila kanina sa entablado ng Hong Kong Flower Show sa Victoria Park, Causeway Bay.

Masayang naghiyawan at pumalakpak sa paghanga ang mga manonood nang magsuot ng  piring ang mga nagsasayaw ng Tinikling -- ang grupong Tinikling Group of Migrants -- bilang finale ng 30-minutong pagtatanghal ng apat na grupo ng OFW.

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Umani rin ng karangalan ang lahat ng booth ng Pilipinas sa Flower Show.

'Design Excellence' ang pinanalunan ng World Flower Council (Philippines)

Parehong nakatanggap ng Grand Award ang dalawang grupo na nagmula sa Pilipinas. Ang "Whispers of Wind" ng World Flower Council (Philippines Chapter) ay natanggap ang parangal para sa "Design Excellence" samantalang ang "Rotors" ng Blue Grass Project ay para sa "Unique Feature" sa non-local na patimpalak.

Kakaiba o "unique'' talaga ang disenyo ng Blue Grass Project 

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Ang booth ng Konsulado, na pinamagatang "Bliss in Bloom" na hango sa Pahiyas Festival ng Lucban, Quezon, ay ginawaran ng Award of Merit "For Unique Feature."

Ang "Pahiyas" ng Konsulado.

Naunang sinayaw ng Tinikling Group ang Binasuan kung saan nagbalanse ng baso ang mga mananayaw sa kanilang ulo at mga kamay; Sakuting, kung saan ang mga mananayaw ay animo’y naglalaban sa arnis at Sayaw sa Bangko. 

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Ang huling sayaw nila ay Tinikling kung saan ang bawa’t hakbang ay pag-iwas na maipit sa mga kawayang ipinag-uuntog ng kanilang kasamahan.

Napahanga ang mga manonood nang maglagay ng piring sa mata ang mga mananayaw, at  kampanteng humakbang sa bawa’t paghawi ng mga kawayan, at tiyempo ring nagtaas ng mga paa upang umiwas sa kasunod na pag-uuntugan ng mga kawayan. 

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Sa likod ng natatanging sayaw na ito ay si Marie Velarde, lider at pangunahing mananayaw ng ng Tinikling Group at siya lumakad sa gobyerno ng Hong Kong upang maisali sila sa tanghalan ng Flower Show.

“Yung finale namin na Blindfolded Tinikling ang talagang hiniyawan ng maraming manonood,” ika nya.

 

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“Nagpapasalamat po ako sa mga grupong kasama kong nag perform, sa cooperation at full support nila kahit medyo mainit kanina,” dagdag niya.

Maliban sa Tinikling Group, binuo ng tatlo pang organisasyong OFW ang apat pang sayaw na sunod-sunod na ipinamalas nila sa 30-minutong pagtatanghal.

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Ang mga grupong ito ay ang:

  • Migrant Ilonggo Cultural Dance Troupe, na nagsayaw ng Pamaypay de Manila at Sayaw sa Cuyo.
  • Star Pinoy HK, na naghandog ng Gaway Gaway.
  • Global Alliance Hong Kong na sumayaw ng Mamang Sorbetero.

Isa sa naki-palakpak sa pagtatanghal ng mga OFW ay si Consul General Raly Tejada, na sumama na rin nang magpakuha ng larawan ang mga mananayaw.

Samantala, dumagsa ang mga tao sa Hong Kong Flower Festival, na muling nagbabalik pagkatapos matigil ng tatlong taon dahil sa pandemya. 

Kabilang sa libo-libong katao na pumila para makita ang makukulay at naggagandahang mga bulaklak at halaman sa loob ng Victoria Park at magkuhanan na rin ng mga litrato ay mga Pilipinong migrante.

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‘Pahiyas,’ tampok sa booth ng Pilipinas sa Flower Show

Posted on 11 March 2023 No comments


Ang 'Pahiyas' booth ng Pilipinas sa Flower Show sa Victoria Park (kuha ni Beth Rizardo)

Muling nagbabalik ang Hong Kong Flower Show sa Victoria Park sa taong ito, at ang "Pahiyas," ang sikat na pasinaya ng pasasalamat sa magandang ani ng mga taga Lucban, Quezon ang tampok sa booth ng Pilipinas.

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Ayon sa Konsulado ng Pilipinas sa Hong Kong, nagkamit ng “Merit Award for Unique Feature” ang booth ng Pahiyas.

Kabilang din daw sa mga kalahok ang World Flower Council Philippines at Blue Grass Project Philippines na parehong nagkamit ng Grand Awards.

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Isang karangalan din sa Pilipinas ang makapagsayaw sa pangunahing entablado ang Tinikling Group of Migrants ngayong Linggo, 10:30 ng umaga. Tampok dito ang pagsasayaw ng Tinikling nang nakapiring ng pangunahing miyembro ng grupo.

Ang nanalong halaman sa Open Competition
Samantala, ipinayahag naman ng gobyerno ng Hong Kong ang mga nagwagi sa mga iba-ibang patimpalak para sa mga local na kasali sa Flower Show.

Nagwagi ang halaman na isinali ni Lee Tak-keung sa Open Competition, samantalang ang mga estudyante naman ng SPHRC Kung Yik She Secondary School ang nagwagi sa paligsahan sa mga eskwela, sa pamamagitan ng kanilang tatlong makukulay na tanim ng bulaklak na nakasabit sa basket.


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Ang nanalo naman sa pa-kumpetisyon ng Leisure and Cultural Services Department bilang Best Western Style Garden ay ang distrito ng Sai Kung samantalang ang Sha tin naman ang wagi sa Best Oriental Style Garden.

Best Western Style Garden

Ang tema ng palabas ngayong 2023, ang unang pagkakataon na itinanghal ito sa loob ng tatlong taon, ay “Bliss in Bloom” at hydrangea naman ang tampok na bulaklak.

May 400,000 na mga bulaklak, kabilang ang 40,000 hydrangeas, ang makikita sa flower show. Kalahok dito ang mahigit 220 grupo na mula sa iba-ibang bansa.

May mga palaro at sari-saring pakulpo sa mga booth bilang dagdag-kasiyahan ang mga bibisita. May mga nagtitinda din ng bulaklak at ibang gamit sa pagtatanim. Pinapaalalahanan lang ang lahat na magdalang sariling lalagyan para sa mga bibilhing tanim.

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Ang flower show ay bukas mula 9am hanggang 9pm araw-araw, hanggang March 19. May bayad na $14 ang pagpasok, at $7 sa mga bata edad 4-14 taong gulang, may edad na 60 pataas ang edad, o may kapansanan tuwing araw ng Sabado at Linggo. Libre ang mga bata, may edad at may kapansanan mula Lunes hanggang Biyernes.

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Para sa iba pang impormasyon, bumisita lang sa webpage na ww.hkflowershow.hk/en/hkfs/2023/index.html o tumawag sa telepono bilang 2601 8260.

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Immigration renews warning against illegal work

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Immigration officers round up suspected illegal workers arrested during the operation

The Immigration Department has renewed its warning against working illegaly and employing people without proper working permits.

The department issued the warning after the arrest of 13 suspected illegal workers and four suspected employers during raids on 37 target locations all over Hong Kong.

The raids were mounted under its anti-illegal worker operation codenamed "Twilight" and joint operations with Hong Kong Police codenamed "Champion" and "Windsand" for four days, on March 6-9.

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In its Twilight operation, Immigration Task Force officers raided 23 locations including an industrial building, premises under renovation, residential buildings, restaurants, a retail store and a wet market.

Eight suspected illegal workers and four suspected employers were arrested.

The arrested workers comprised two men and six women, aged 28 to 53. Among them, one woman was a holder of recognizance form, which prohibits her from taking any employment, and one woman was had a forged Hong Kong identity card.

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Also arrested were three men and one woman, aged 35 to 64, for employing the workers.

In operation Champion, enforcement officers raided 13 target locations in Central district, including a construction site and restaurants, and arrested three women, aged 24 to 40, for working illegally.

During operation Windsand, two Mainland visitors -- a man aged 23 and a woman, 44 -- were arrested for breaching their conditions of stay by being involved in suspected parallel goods trading at San Wan Road and Ka Fu Close in Sheung Shui district. The goods included skincare products, cosmetics products, health products and food.

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Those arrested for illegal work will be charged in court and, if convicted, could face punishments such as imprisonment for up to three years and fine of up to $50,000.

Those convicted of for employing illegal workers can face imprisonment of up to one year and fine of up to $500,000.

 

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Filipino jailed 19 months for burglary

Posted on 10 March 2023 No comments

The case was heard at the District Court in Wanchai

A Filipino resident who admitted entering a shop in Causeway Bay and taking a safe, $58,000 in cash and three mobile phones, was sentenced today in the District Court to 19 months in jail for burglary.

Manuel Sy Jr., 38 years old, was jailed along with Alexander O’Neill, a Briton who was sentenced to 12 months for handling stolen property.

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Deputy District Judge Jocelyn Leung noted that Sy had three earlier convictions, having been fined $1,000 for shoplifting in March 2018, jailed 2 weeks for shoplifting in July 2018, and jailed two years and two months for burglary on 14 May 2019.

"In my view, D1’s remorse is highly questionable. He committed a similar offence within a short period of time," she said in her decision released today.

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Sy had pleaded guilty last Jan. 7 and offered to testify against O’Neill, both of which were acknowledged by Judge Leung by reducing by 42 per cent the 33 months which she set as starting point for the sentence.

But she set aside other points in his lawyer’s plea for a lighter sentence.

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“It was submitted by his counsel that D1 was remorseful for committing the present offence. He was unemployed at the time of the offence and had the urgency to financially provide for his three children. He worked very hard at his last job and intends to ask his previous employer to hire him and hopes that he does, so that he can make a fresh start to life,” she noted.

She also cited Sy’s letter expressing his remorse. “He mentioned that he committed the present offence out of economic reason i.e. to make provision for his children in the Philippines. He said that during his remand, he has taken steps to rehabilitate by following religion practice and has shown determination to improve his behavior. He promised not to commit any further crime and asked for the Court’s leniency.”

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But Sy’s “personal circumstances do not constitute any valid grounds for reduction in the sentence,” she said.

The case arose after Sy and a man he identified as Cloyd entered a ground floor unit shop inside the Haven Court on Leighton Road in Causeway Bay (“the Shop”) at 4am on June 26, 2021 and stole one safe, cash of $58,000 and three mobile phones.

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Sy had claimed that Cloyd, who was not charged in this case, used a tool to cut the lock of the shop and he was very scared so he stepped back.

Judge Leung recounted: “Cloyd then entered the shop and asked him to enter as well. After entering the shop, Cloyd passed him an object similar to the shape of a microwave oven. The object was heavy. They then left the Shop.”

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The CCTV recorded the two as they left the shop, with Sy carrying the safe.

O’Neill, who pleaded not guilty, got involved in the case when he accompanied the two an hour later to a buyer named Howard.

“In my opinion, D2’s handling provided an opportune and convenient assistance to D1 and Cloyd in the burglary,” the judge said.

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First $3k of consumption vouchers out by Apr 16

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Non-permanent residents who enter for work or study will also get $2,500 in vouchers

Recipients of the $5,000 consumption vouchers to be issued by the government this year will get the first installment of $3,000 on April 16, with the remaining $2,000 being disbursed starting on July 16.

This was announced by Financial Secretary Paul Chan at a press conference on Friday, during which he said the scheme is meant to stimulate the economy after the debilitating effects of the pandemic, and promote cash-less spending.


"I announced in 2023-24 Budget to issue consumption vouchers again in order to provide support to the general public and small and medium sized-enterprises to the best of our ability when the community is at the early recovery stage and our economy has become relatively stable,” Chan said.

“Through stimulating consumption, we can sustain the impetus to economic recovery and at the same time promote the wider use of electronic payment."

Chan (middle) announcing the dates for the new handouts

Permanent residents aged 18 and above and new arrivals from the mainland with one-way permits or have  family members in Hong Kong are entitled to receive the full $5,000 worth of e-vouchers.

For the first time, new entrants under the various work and talent schemes, as well as those on student visas, will be given $2,500 in two installment of $1,500 and $1,000 each, on the same dates of disbursements for PRs.

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According to the government, the $6.4 million or so people who have successfully registered for the CVS last year will automatically receive the first $3,000 through their designated stored value facility accounts like Octopus.

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If the account has become invalid or the relevant Octopus card has been lost or returned, the recipient will need to update their account information through designated channels.

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The first installment of $3,000 can be collected until October 31, while the remaining $2,000 will be made available starting July 16 if the recipient’s total spending on designated goods and services has reached $3,000.

Recipients must use the same account they used last year to collect the first installment of this year’s vouchers. They will be allowed to change this account for the second installment due to start on July 16.

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Details of the next phase will be announced together with how new eligible residents can apply for the vouchers.

This is the third year that the government has handed out consumption vouchers to PRs, with the one last year being doubled to $10,000, amid the fifth and deadliest wave of the pandemic.

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The usage and coverage has remained the same. The vouchers can be used only at local retail, catering and service outlets. They include spending for travel, as the industry was among the hardest hit during the pandemic.

However, the vouchers cannot be used for payments to the Government, public utilities, person to person payments and encashment, etc.

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For more information, visit the CVS website at www.consumptionvoucher.gov.hk.

 

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