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To: Snowshoe who wrote (149225)	6/18/2019 4:53:50 AM
From: TobagoJack	4 Recommendations Recommended By Cogito Ergo Sum dvdw© ggersh WalterWhite Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 217944

Hong Kong civil servants are amongst the highest if not the highest paid in the world, counting in benefits / retirement packages etc etc, and as such they best behave as good servants As I noted from since long ago, and several times, there are two governing authorities afraid of the people they rule over, albeit differently, and one resides in Beijing, the other Hong Kong The majority of HK-ers are neither left nor right and essentially apolitical, just practical / pragmatic and want to be left alone, as is, in situ, full stop. When I am peeved enough to join the taxi drivers, and the financial district dwellers, am guessing a lot of other folks are also peeved. Some restaurants are refusing to serve known policeman. Reminding all where they call home and who their neighbours are. We are, after all said and done, a small territory, and so best do right. For the size of the crowd, the past Sunday demonstration was amazingly peaceful, and determined. Awesome.

To: Snowshoe who wrote (149225)	6/18/2019 7:34:20 AM
From: TobagoJack	Respond to of 217944

The chief executive officer apologised Will not resign The bill will die a natural death if not passed by late 2020 But the people want it withdrawn Should be an easy struggle The police commissioner also learned a lesson, that should anything bad happen on the street, accountability would be plenty Small town But let’s see bloomberg.com Hong Kong Leader Carrie Lam Makes Personal Apology, But Won't Resign Shawna Kwan Carrie Lam on June 18. Photographer: Justin Chin/BloombergEmbattled chief executive doesn’t withdraw extradition bill Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam sought to defuse protests that have rocked the city without stepping down or officially withdrawing a bill that would allow extraditions to China for the first time. “I personally have to shoulder much of the responsibilities,” Lam told reporters Tuesday, in her first public address since suspending the proposal on Saturday. “I offer my most sincere apologies to all people in Hong Kong.” Protesters have vowed to keep hitting the streets until she resigns or withdraws the bill completely. Lam said she wouldn’t proceed with the bill unless all concerns could be addressed, and noted it’s “unlikely” that would happen during the current legislative session ending next year. “I want another chance to work out the many initiatives that will help Hong Kong’s economy and to improve the lives of people,” she said, signaling she plans to finish out the final three years in her term. “I, myself, and my political team will work very hard to achieve these objectives and to meet the expectation of Hong Kong people.” The Civil Human Rights Front, which organized the protests, said its future actions would be discussed with opposition lawmakers. “CHRF does not accept at all Carrie Lam’s so-called apology,” Bonnie Leung, the group’s vice convener, said after Lam spoke. “We need to continue the anti-extradition protests.” Lam has been under pressure after a historic protest on Sunday that protesters said drew around 2 million people. Still, China -- her most important backer -- said on Monday it continues to “firmly support” Lam and her government. The government announced earlier in the day that roads near the Central Government Offices, which is next to Lam’s office, had “generally become accessible” and urged staff to return to work. The Executive Council that Lam oversees didn’t meet on Tuesday. Hundreds of thousands of protesters wearing black flooded downtown Hong Kong on Sunday, prompting her to issue a statement apologizing for causing “substantial controversies and disputes in society.” Besides stepping down and withdrawing the bill, organizers want her to release all arrested demonstrators, stop calling the protests a “riot” and investigate police for excessive violence. The dispute has attracted attention around the globe to the embarrassment of China: Beijing has blamed foreigners for provoking the protests, and urged other nations to stop getting involved in what it regards as a domestic issue. Hong Kong’s police on Monday evening dialed back their categorization of June 12’s clashes with protesters near the city’s legislative building as a “riot,” which has certain legal ramifications. Dropping the description was among the major demands of Sunday’s demonstration. Only people who threw bricks and wielded metal poles against police officers might have committed riot offenses, police commissioner Stephen Lo told reporters. “Others who have participated in the same public order event but have not engaged in any violent act need not to worry about committing rioting offences,” Lo said. He added that only five people had been arrested on riot-related offenses and that most protesters were “peaceful.” Lam on Tuesday said she agreed with the clarification.

To: Snowshoe who wrote (149225)	6/19/2019 10:34:28 PM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 217944

making beef great again Undergirding inflation, that which shall make gold go up, for the greater good edition.cnn.com Alaskan fish gets deboned in China. Now it may get hit with Trump's tariffs Washington (CNN) — Matt Fass sells American-caught fish, but he's worried about President Donald Trump's threatened tariffs on China. Why? China has become one of the leading fish processors over the past 20 years. That means that fish caught around the world are headed and gutted, frozen, and then shipped to China where it may be deboned or cut into a filet before coming back to the United States. And that means that it's on the tariff list. Trump's tariffs would hit Chinese-processed pollock, salmon and cod -- even if it's originally an American catch -- unless the US Trade Representative's Office decides to exempt those fish from the list. "We've been working with China for 20 to 30 years now. They have the expertise and the infrastructure," said Fass, president of Maritime Products International. The Virginia-based fish company imports roughly 20% of the seafood it sells from China, depending on the time of year. Overall, a majority of the fish consumed by Americans is caught or processed overseas. Fass and a number of other fish importers -- including Captain D's Seafood restaurants and Gorton's, which you may recognize from the frozen food aisle of your grocery store -- are pleading with the Trump administration to keep tariffs off seafood coming from China at a hearing in Washington this week. Facing pressure, the fish were removed from an earlier round of tariffs and several importers expressed frustration Tuesday that they were having the same fight once again. Alaska Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, as well as Rep. Don Young -- all Republicans -- have also requested that the seafood be removed from the list. "We've been working with China for 20 to 30 years now. They have the expertise and the infrastructure," said Fass, president of Maritime Products International. The Virginia-based fish company imports roughly 20% of the seafood it sells from China, depending on the time of year. Overall, a majority of the fish consumed by Americans is caught or processed overseas. Fass and a number of other fish importers -- including Captain D's Seafood restaurants and Gorton's, which you may recognize from the frozen food aisle of your grocery store -- are pleading with the Trump administration to keep tariffs off seafood coming from China at a hearing in Washington this week. Facing pressure, the fish were removed from an earlier round of tariffs and several importers expressed frustration Tuesday that they were having the same fight once again. Alaska Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, as well as Rep. Don Young -- all Republicans -- have also requested that the seafood be removed from the list. "This unanticipated whiplash is creating tremendous uncertainty for our seafood industry in the months ahead, as they attempt to negotiate sales and contracts with the sudden looming threat of new, unforeseen duties on their products," they wrote in a letter sent to US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer. Business owners don't know when or if they'll be hit with a tariff. Trump said last week that there is no deadline for imposing the new taxes, as he continues to negotiate a broad trade deal with Beijing. "No, I have no deadline. My deadline is what's up here," Trump said during a press conference, pointing to his head. That doesn't help Fass who recently had to give a customer two prices for salmon and cod -- depending on whether the tariff goes into effect. He suspects the restaurant chain will go without putting the seafood on its menu if the tariff goes into effect and the price goes up. "I don't want to sound flippant about it, but you almost just have to laugh and say, 'I don't know what we're supposed to do from today to tomorrow,' " Fass said. Some importers told officials on Tuesday that they'd like to move away from processing in China to diversify their supply chain, but the transition could take years. Some species of salmon is processed in the United States, for example, but pink salmon -- which is more labor intensive -- will have to remain in China in the interim. "When you think about it, we're freezing salmon in Alaska, putting it on a barge to Seattle, shipping it to China where it's reprocessed and sold back to the US consumer. We would love to get away from that. We'd lower our global footprint, everything would be great. But the fact is, we simply cannot compete with those relative labor costs," said Robert Zuanich, a managing member of Alaska-based Silver Bay Seafoods. A 25% tariff would likely be passed on to the consumers, and fish sellers say customers will notice it on the lower cost fish. The tariff would hit pollock, which is often made into fish sticks or served as fish and chips or fish sandwiches at restaurants. George Souza, the president of Endeavor Seafood in Rhode Island, is bracing for higher prices to dampen sales. "I think a price increase is going to be a fact of life. We certainly don't make a 25% margin in this industry. We're blessed in America with an abundance of food, and people might just not go on to eat fish," Souza said. The US Trade Representative's Office will hear from more than 300 importers this week before approving a final tariff list, which could hit goods ranging from shoes to smartphones. If Trump decides to impose the duties, the United States will have tariffs on nearly everything Americans import from China.