#Opinion by Chung Kim-wah 鍾劍華 | "What is preposterous is that we have to come to terms with that fact that candidates for the Chief Executive can only be found among a bunch of people who keep committing blunders with impunity. Now that even a former Chief Executive has been seeking to run for office again in an overt manner, how is the one who has been dreaming of taking up the post different from this man and Carrie Lam?"

Read more: https://bit.ly/3w8mXo6

"荒謬的是，今天的香港似乎要大家接受一個事實，特首就只能在這種不斷犯錯而不需負責的人選裏找。現在就連前特首都擺明車馬尋求翻閹，一直在發特首夢的那另一個人，又與林鄭及狼英有何分別？"
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【致Tim Cook 的公開信：促Apple Store停止政治審查員工】

Hongkongers' concerns over workplace censorship at HK Apple Stores

https://twitter.com/joshuawongcf/status/1296731829936902150

Dear Mr Cook,

I am writing on behalf of Hongkongers to express our concerns over Apple’s protection on its employees’ right to free expression after our national security law has been put in place.

Recently I have received several complaints from current workers at Apple Store in Hong Kong, who blasted the company’s managers for imposing restrictive guidelines at the workplace, including banning employees from wearing yellow masks or those printed with “Hong Kong”.

Workers are also required not to decorate their Memojis with yellow or black accessories, the colours that are often interpreted as pro-protest support. Apple store managers even threatened to sack workers who refuse to change their Memoji colours. The incident raises profound concerns over whether Apple introduces censorship at the workplace.

As a global leader in innovation, there is a growing expectation that Apple should be the leading champion of free expression. Especially under the newly enacted national security law in the city, Apple is also expected to play a more active role to push back on Beijing’s censorship, both overt or covert, on free expressions, including Apple’s employees.

As early as in 2013, you stressed that workplace equality is good for business, pledging to create a safe and welcoming workplace for employees and ensuring there is no need to check their identity at the door. After the tragic killing of George Floyd, you also issued an open letter to the company's employees to reiterate the importance of diversity and vow to "build an Apple that is inclusive of everyone." This inspirational message should be the core value that Apple stands for and also applicable to its employees in Hong Kong.

Since the saga will definitely undermine the company’s reputation and raise more doubts on its commitment to liberal values that its customers care most, I hope Apple can affirm its commitment to the principle of freedom of expression and introduce concrete measures to protect employees from future workplace censorship. We look forwards to hearing from you.

All the best,
Joshua Wong

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梅雨季穿上他也不會綁手綁腳的
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#星期一西門
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#星期一古著小額批發 #bluemondayvintage #vintage #80s #90s #Streetfashion #vintageclothing #vintagefashion #remake #usedclothing #HongKongvintage #vintagewhosale #taiwamvintage #Japanvintage #vintagefashion #vintage
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前一陣子，在梅根與哈利在歐普拉的採訪過後，英國知名主持人皮爾斯摩根（Piers Morgan）在自己的節目'早安英國'（Good Morning Britain）與節目搭檔貝雷斯福德（Alex Beresford）爭執有關梅根專訪的事件，最後皮爾斯憤而離席，並在當晚辭去主持人職務。

今天我要來分享他們兩位在節目中使用的用詞與說法，這也是一個聽力練習，大家可以來測試看看能理解多少影片的內容喔！

📌Useful vocabulary and phrases

- Covert 隱蔽的
- Overt 明顯的
- Cocoa 可可
- Cut and run 與生活中的某人做切割
- Negative press 負面的報導
- To trash 摧毀（同 destroy）
- To brush it off 忽略
- To take a step back 退一步再考慮不立馬做決定
- To cut someone off 把某人從生活中刪除
- Diabolical 非常糟糕/惡魔般的
- To spout off 一直說話不停止
- Ruthless/Ruthlessly 無情的/無情地
- Social climber 利用他人提升自己的地位
- To live in cloud cuckoo land 比喻 有此看法的人'瘋了'
- Stratospheric 平流層
- To have your cake and eat it 魚與熊掌不可兼得
- To cash in on 用...來賺錢
- The beginning of the end 形容 一個事物開始結束
- Ostracised 被排擠的

英國人對哈里和梅根的採訪有什麼看法？
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#英國 #英語 #英語教學

In this online class, we will look at difference between cognitive and overt behaviour. We will also discuss why overt behaviour strategy is important to marketers.

You see overt racism all the time on the news. Someone has been shot or people say words with racist connotations. A lot of racism, however, is subtle, and only sensitive people can pick it up. Perhaps I am a bit too sensitive, but these subtle racist interactions have bothered me for a long time, and I wanted to share them, both for my own personal sanity, and also for the possibility of helping someone else out there.

The only store I regularly go to is the supermarket (in this case Whole Foods Market), and so that is where I get the majority of my face-to-face human interaction with strangers. Sometimes I leave the store happy, with a pleasant check-out experience. Other times, though, I leave the store in disarray and confusion. "What the **** just happened in there?" I ask myself.

Why do some cashiers just stare at me and not say anything? Do they assume that I don't know any English because of the way I look?

Please don't get it twisted. I don't care if no one talks to me. I do not believe I am entitled to a "Hello. How are you?" That would be a silly disposition to have. The problem I have, however, is the unequal treatment that I get. A middle-aged woman of European genetics will get a warm, friendly greeting; while I, of Asian genetics, often just get stared at.

I know it can be hard, but I think it would be better to treat all your customers equally, even if you have to be fake.

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