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Christmas installations open at 7 harborfront sites

Posted on 09 December 2022 No comments

 

The jazz-themed display at HarbourChill in Wanchai 

Members of the public, including OFWs, can now enjoy – for free – the Christmas pop-up installations and various activities that the government has organized at seven harborfront sites in Hong Kong.

The Christmas installations and activities being organized for them by the government’s Development Bureau and the Harbourfront Commission under the concept of Harborfront is One and All, are sponsored by the Hong Kong Jockey Club as one of the initiatives to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

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The installations are at the following places:

The kiddie-themed display at Belcher Bay Promenade in Kennedy Town

  • The Belcher Bay Promenade in Kennedy Town.
  • The Connector in Admiralty along the promenade between Tamar Park and the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.
  • The HarbourChill in Wan Chai.
  • The Water Sports and Recreation Precinct in Wan Chai.
  • The Revitalised Typhoon Shelter Precinct in Causeway Bay.

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  • The East Coast Park Precinct in Fortress Hill.
  • The Tsuen Wan Promenade.

Each of the sites has been turned into Christmas performance stages where the public can enjoy the shows with the dazzling harbor as a backdrop.

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​At the HarbourChill in Wan Chai, for example, a gigantic 11-meter-tall waltz-themed Christmas tree is accompanied by Christmas orchestral music from a music box to create a romantic atmosphere;

At the Belcher Bay Promenade in Kennedy Town, local artist Messy Desk has designed a colorful, pop music-themed Christmas tree. Children can play in the music tunnels under the tree and ride the mini music carts.

The Connector in Admiralty is decorated with snowy lights and Christmas sledges, as well as a Christmas tree showcasing the graceful dancing posture of ballerinas to portray the ballet theme.

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The highlight of the Water Sports and Recreation Precinct in Wan Chai is a Christmas tree made of LED lights with rock music as the theme. Brightly-colored inflatable installations of rock music instruments further inject a Christmas vibe.

Christmas rock 'n roll is the theme of the Wanchai Watersports & Recreation Precinct

At the Typhoon Shelter Precinct in Causeway Bay, a ribbon-wrapped Christmas tree presents an elegant swirling visual effect, where people can imitate different ribbon dance postures.

Under the theme of jazz music, the Christmas tree at the East Coast Park Precinct in Fortress Hill is made of metal chimes of various lengths, transforming it into a percussion instrument. A number of three-dimensional Christmas installations are also available.

The Christmas tree at the Fortress Hill waterfront is made up of musical chimes


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The Tsuen Wan Promenade carries the theme of tap dancing. Adorable little penguins showing tap dancing poses bring a lively rhythm to the promenade.

The Government and the Harbourfront Commission will arrange music shows, ribbon dance performances and Christmas workshops at four harbourfront sites, namely the Belcher Bay Promenade in Kennedy Town, the HarbourChill in Wan Chai, the Water Sports and Recreation Precinct in Wan Chai and the Tsuen Wan Promenade, for three consecutive weekends starting tomorrow (December 10).

For details on the activities, visit the Harbourfront Commission’s website (www.hfc.org.hk/en/hss/index.html).

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Mga parating na FDH, 5 araw na lang ang testing at isolation

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5 araw na lang ang rapid test at isolation ng mga FDH na hindi agad pinapatuloy sa bahay ng amo

Simula ngayong araw ng Biyernes, Dec. 2, ay paiiksiin na sa lima, mula sa pitong araw, ang panahon na kailangang manatili sa hotel o boarding house ng mga foreign domestic workers na bagong dating sa Hong Kong at hindi agad pinapatuloy sa bahay ng employer.

Ibig sabihin, limang araw na lang din sila kailangang mag rapid antigen test (RAT) imbes na pito. Pero mananatili ang regulasyon na dapat silang mag PCR test pagdating sa airport, at sa Day 2 o sa ikalawang araw ng kanilang pagdating. 

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Ito ay mula sa pahayag ng Labour Department na inilabas kagabi.

Pero nilinaw din ng LD na yung mga pinadiretso sa bahay ng kanilang employer ay maari nang lumabas para mamalengke o sumakay sa mga pampublikong sasakyan kahit naka yellow vaccine pass sila sa unang tatlong araw ng kanilang pagdating.

Ang hindi lang nila maaring gawin ay pumasok sa mga restaurant o ibang lugar na tinatawag na “high risk” katulad ng mga ospital at korte kung saan dikit-dikit ang mga tao.

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Ang limang araw na pananatili sa loob ng kanilang kuwarto ay ipapatupad lamang kapag pinili ng employer na huwag munang dumiretso sa bahay nila ang kanilang paparating na FDH, at manatili sa isang hotel o boarding house.

Sa loob ng panahong ito ay dapat bayaran ng employer ang tinutuluyan ng FDH at bigyan sya ng food allowance. Dapat din niyang bayaran ng buo ang suweldo ng FDH.

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Ang mga nasa hotel na bago ipatupad ang bagong patakaran ay maari pa ding kumpletuhin ang pitong araw ng kanilang pananatili.

Kapag nakatanggap ng negative na resulta sa RAT ang isang bagong dating ay magiging blue o asul na ang kanilang vaccine pass, na ang ibig sabihin ay maari na silang magpunta sa kahit anong pampublikong lugar.

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Ipinaalala din ng gobyerno na kailangan pa ring magpakita ng negative na resulta sa RAT na kinuha ng hindi lalampas sa 24 oras bago ang takdang paglipad, ang sinumang darating sa Hong Kong mula sa ibang bansa, kabilang ang mga FDH.

Dapat din nilang kumpletuhin ang “Health & Quarantine Information Declaration” ng Department of Health (www.chp.gov.hk/hdf) bago sila sumakay ng eroplano papunta sa Hong Kong.

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Para sa mga karagdagang detalye, basahin lang ang pahayag ng gobyerno tungkol dito: www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202212/08/P2022120800701.htm.

Maari ding tumawag sa 24-hour hotline ng Labour Department, 2717 1771 o mag email safdh-enquiry@labour.gov.hk o mensahe sa kanilang website: www.fdh.labour.gov.hk.


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Music never ends for HKMU’s veteran members

Posted on 08 December 2022 No comments

 By Daisy CL Mandap

 

85-year-old Clarin Ebron on fire

It was a musical treat like no other.

Imagine an 85-year-old keyboard player who hesitated at first when called to perform on stage, but as soon as he sat down to play, appeared to have shed not just his inhibitions, but also half his age.

Then there was also the 81-year-old lounge singer who retired ages ago, but stood upright as she took to the stage to sing in her alluring voice as if she were back under the spotlight of the Hong Kong Country Club, where she was the featured singer for decades.

Don't let that cane fool you: Valiente and Ledesma can still sing the blues away

The keyboard whiz was Clarin Ebron, who used to play with, and was a close pal of the late musical legend Tony Carpio; while the singer was Lulu Valiente, who performed with both men when they were all much younger.

Ebron and Valiente were among a select group of long-retired musicians who were invited to get together on Tuesday, Dec 6, for the so-called Veterans Day of the Hong Kong Musicians Union, held at their headquarters in Mirador Mansion, Tsim Sha Tsui.

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According to HKMU chairman, Lito Castillo, he and his fellow officers decided it was time they paid tribute to their more senior peers.

“We noticed we have been seeing each other only during funerals, so we thought we should gather our veteran musicians and have fun instead,” Castillo said.

And fun they did, with the invited vets hitting their instruments with pure joy, or singing to their hearts’ content. They included Paul Candelaria who tirelessly played bass, crooner Anita Barce-Ledesma who has kept her sexy singing style at age 77, vocalist Boying Sinacsi who would have given Louis Armstrong a run for his money, and several others who would have been happy just catching up with each other.

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As it turned out, Ebron was not even the oldest among them. Band leader Ding Herrera, a former HKMU chair who also jammed with the other vets, is a sprightly 86-year-old.

Ebron, Herrera, Bedana, Galagar are happy to see each other again 

Happily serving as their back-ups were Castillo, vice-chairman Bong Galagar, secretary Maricel Bedana, and the seasoned drummer of the renowned Family Birth Control band in the Philippines, Alex Ahongon.

Bedana, who took charge of feeding and looking after the guests, said she took the initiative of calling them up one by one after seeing them at Carpio’s funeral last month.

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Thus, even while all HKMU officers were busy doing pre-Christmas gigs, they pushed ahead with the gathering, much to the delight of the retirees who had not been on stage for years.

For Ebron, who traveled alone from his home in Lantau, it was double the happiness as he told everyone it was his first time to see the HKMU office, which has been home to its members for more than seven decades.

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But the feeling was mutual. Bedana said she was so overjoyed to see the invited musicians giving it all and having fun.

Candelaria with the show organizers: Bedana, Galagar and Castillo

Nakakaiyak sa saya na mabigyan sila ng chance na makatugtog at makakanta ulit,” she said. (It makes me weep with joy, thinking how we have given them the chance to play and sing again).

The HKMU now plans to stage a second round of the happy reunion to accommodate the others who could not be invited to this initial stage, as their office is not big enough to hold them all.

The only problem is, the lucky ones who just got invited so enjoyed themselves that they are asking to be included in the next gathering as well. 

It's a happy aftermath that the HKMU would certainly find a way to accommodate.

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Aktibistang OFW, yumao matapos atakihin sa puso

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Si Lilybeth ay aktibong miyembro ng Unifil-Migrante HK

Nagluluksa ang kilusang migrante sa Hong Kong dahil sa pagkamatay kahapon, Miyerkules, ng isa sa kanilang aktibong miyembro na si Lilibeth Perez Mulat sanhi ng atake sa puso.

Tamang tama lang na nakarating sa Hong Kong ang anak nitong si Princess bago idineklarang  wala ng buhay si Lilibeth na ilang araw na rin nakaratay nang walang malay sa Ruttonjee Hospital sa Wanchai.

Ayon kay Esther Bangcawayan ng Bethune House Migrant Women’s Refuge kung saan isang volunteer si Lilibeth ay nahilo lang daw ito habang naglalakad sa may  Wanchai Market noong Biyernes, Dec. 2, at agad na itinakbo sa ospital pero hindi na nagkamalay.

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Katatapos lang niyang maoperahan sa Pamela Youde Eastern Hospital sa Chai Wan para sa kanyang varicose veins at naka sick leave pa hanggang Dec 5 nang atakihin siya.

Base sa mismong post ni Lilibeth sa Facebook noong Nov. 30 ay tagumpay ang kanyang operasyon at nagpapagaling na lang siya.

Pero sa sulat ng doktor na tumingin sa kanya sa Ruttonjee ay kritikal na ang kundisyon nito dahil sa atake sa puso, at iminungkahi ang dagliang pagbisita ng kanyang pamilya para makita siya sa huling sandal.

“She has suffered from a cardiac arrest secondary to massive pulmonary embolism. Her condition is complicated with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, and she is in critical condition,” sabi ni Dr Anthony Yu.

“We suggest for her family members to visit her as soon as possible due to her grave prognosis.”

Agad namang naghanda sa kanyang pag-alis si Princess mula sa kanilang bahay sa Quezon nguni’t nabalam nang ilang araw dahil sinubukan munang nagpunta sa opisina ng Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) sa Maynila para humingi ng tulong.

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Nabigo si Princess sa kanyang pakay dahil imbes tulungan agad ay sinabihan daw ito sa OWWA na sa Senado pumunta para mapabilis ang pag-asikaso sa kanyang hiling.

Agad namang sumulat si Bangcawayan sa OWWA sa Hong Kong para idaan sa kanila ang hiling ng pamilya ni Lilybeth at makiusap na rin na dalawin nila ang maysakit sa ospital “para malaman ang kanyang kundisyon at matulungan siya at kanyang pamilya.”

Pero ilang oras lang matapos ito ay nabalitaan nilang pumanaw na si Lilybeth, at si Princess ay nakarating sa Hong Kong para makita siya sa huling pagkakataon.

Paglalakad ang isa sa mga paboritong ginagawa ni Lilybeth sa araw ng pahinga

Agad na nagpahayag ng pagkalungkot ang mga grupong kaanib ng United Filipinos in Hong Kong, kung saan naging aktibong miyembro si Lilybeth.

Kamakailan lang ay umani ito ng papuri nang may sunduin itong isang migranteng na-terminate sa gitna ng bagyo, at hinatid ito sa Bethune House.

“Safe na si kabayan. Kahit bago walang makakapigil sa aking pagtulong,” sabi ni Lilybeth sa kanyang Facebook post, na nilakipan pa niya ng dalawang litrato ng kababayan na tinulungan niya.

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Ang kanyang kabaitan at determinasyon na ipaglaban ang mga karapatan ng kapwa migrante ay binigyang puri ng ilang mga kaibigan bilang pagtanaw sa kanyang naging buhay dito sa Hong Kong.

“Isa na namang kasama sa kilusang migrante ang naging bayani kanina,” sabi ni Eman Villanueva, chairperson ng Bayan Hong Kong at Macau, at secretary general ng Unifil.

“Si kasamang Beth ay nanindigan para sa kapakanan ng mga migrante at sambayanan. Naglaan ng kanyang panahon para paglingkuran ang kapwa-OFW," dagdag niya.

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“Igawad natin ang pinakamataas na pagpupugay kay kasamang Beth. Isang migranteng manggagawa, aktibistang pangkultura, naglingkod sa masang migrante hanggang sa kahulihulihan.”

Inalala naman ni Janette Carnay na “hindi madamot” sa pagtulong Lilybeth sa kanilang ka-miyembro sa Unifil, lalo na sa pagbabahagi ng kanyang husay sa pagsasayaw at pagtulong sa mga gawain ng grupo.

Inulila ni Lilybeth ang kanyang asawa at tatlong anak na babae.


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Alok na piyansa ng 2 Pilipino tinanggihan

Posted on 07 December 2022 No comments

Nabigong kumbinsihin ng dalawang Pilipino na payagan silang magpiyansa sa Shatin Magistracy

Dalawang Pilipino na kinasuhan ng paglabag sa Immigration Ordinance ang tinanggihan nang mag-alok ng piyansa sa magkahiwalay na kaso ngayon sa Shatin Magistracy, kaya ibinalik sila sa kulungan.

Sinabi ni acting Principal Magistrate David Cheung sa dalawa na mabigat ang kinasangkutan nilang krimen, malakas ang ebidensya laban sa kanila, at walang kasiguruhan na babalik sila sa korte sa takdang araw, dahil wala silang tirahan sa labas.

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Nabigong kumbinsihin ni June Ernie Togle, 45 taong gulang, ang korte na palayain siya nang pansamantala kahit itinaas niya sa $10,000 ang kanyang alok na piyansa mula $5,000, at dinagdagan pa ng $10,000 na garantiya ng isa niyang kaibigan.

Nahuli si Togle noong Oct. 25 na nagtatrabaho nang ilegal sa isang restaurant sa Lamma Island.

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Bilang aplikante sa non-refoulement, o pagbabawal na pwersahang pagpapauwi sa kanya, siya ay pinakalooban ng recognizance paper upang manatili sa Hong Kong, pero bawal sa kanya ang magtrabaho o sumali sa negosyo.

Nahuli rin na kasama niya sa trabaho si Florian Funa, na may visa bilang domestic helper.

Ayon sa Immigration Ordinance, bawal magtrabaho si Funa sa labas ng bahay ng amo niyang nakalista sa Immigration Department. Hindi siya ikinulong matapos payagang magpiyansa ng $1,000.

Itinakda ni Magistrate Cheung ang paglilitis sa kaso nila sa March 13-14.

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Ang ikalawang tinanggihan ay si Joy Yecyec, 41 taong gulang, na nag-alok naman ng $1,000 bilang piyansa sa isang bail review, upang makalabas ng kulungan habang hinihintay ang susunod niyang pagdinig sa Jan. 10 sa dalawang kasong isinampa laban sa kanya ng Immigration.

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Inakusahan siyang nagpanggap na domestic helper at nagsumite ng pekeng kontrata noong July 22 sa Immigration Department upang mabigyan ng visa.

Pagkalipas ng siyam na araw, gumamit siya ng pekeng impormasyon galing dito upang makakuha ng Hong Kong ID.

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Ang taong nakalagay sa kontrata bilang amo niya ay tumanggi na nagtrabaho siya sa kanila o pinirmahan ang kontrata niya. Siya at ang asawa nito ang testigo ng taga-usig laban kay Yecyec.

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