How about travel insurance (including benefits offered by credit cards)?Īns: Because Hong Kong SAR Government has claimed in several occasions that certain events during the unrest as riots, insurers may exclude coverage as a result. Use your own judgment to determine which one would work best or the least worst for you.ĥ. Many of those are not easily accessible by public transportation and are usually more expensive in comparison to hotels in similar levels. There are only limited options away from the hot spots. Because of how hotels in Hong Kong are positioned, the majority of hotels are nearby hot spots (see below) and have been impacted by the civil unrest. Their access may/can be impacted by the unrest, resulting a domino effect that eventually impact flight operations at HKG.Īns: It is entirely up to you. However, keep in mind that airport/airline employees do not generally live/stay nearby. In theory, there is no reason why you can't transit at HKG without issue. The High Court of Hong Kong has imposed an injunction against any non-legitimate use of the airport. Since the shut down on August 13, 2019, HKG has significantly tightened its security and heavily restricted its access. Should I be worry if I plan to transit at HKG only? I heard that HKG has been affected by the unrest. You will have to discuss your travel providers (airlines, hotel, TAs, etc.) for detail.ģ. However, there are reports of some exceptions have been made. So the travel provider's standard cancellation policies will apply and most likely you will have to pay a penalty or change fee. What recourse do I have if I want to change my trip to Hong Kong?Īns: So far, there is no travel waiver/exception in place for Hong Kong.
So far, only Singapore has issued a travel alerts/advisory urging against non-essential travel to Hong Kong.Ģ. Should I go to Hong Kong now? What about any future trips?Īns: It is entirely up to you. However, if there are any provocations, unrest can still occur on a business day within hours of the purported provocation.ġ. In most of the cases, non-business days are considered high risk days for the unrest. Then the confrontations start a few hours after the demonstration/protest and lasts passing midnight. Does the civil unrest happen 24/7 or else?Īns: Based on historical development, generally the unrest starts from a demonstration/protest, which usually happens after 12 pm.
anti-government/bill amendment supporters.ģ. Then it evolved to a conflict between the police and the protestors, as well as between pro-government/bill amendment supporters vs. What should I know about the situation?Īns: To make things simple, the civil unrest basically started from an anti-government movement against a proposed amendment to the existing extradition law due to an alleged murder occurred in Taiwan. FT has designated threads for the discussion of the civil unrest.Ģ. You should take any as necessary.ĭeclaimer– this thread is not intended to discuss about the civil unrest.
The information on this guide is based on non-biased publicly available facts and data.While editing will be made as necessary to reflect the most updated development, please keep in mind that this guide is non-exhaustive. The video, released to the press, caused outrage around the country and triggered a national debate on police brutality.Ans: This thread is intended to help for FTers in navigating and resolving any potential issues related to their trips to Hong Kong, in light of to ongoing prolonged civil unrest in Hong Kong. Unbeknownst to the police, a citizen with a personal video camera was filming the arrest, and the 89-second video caught the police beating King with their batons and kicking him long after he was capable of resistance. Intoxicated and uncooperative, King resisted arrest and was brutally beaten by police officers Laurence Powell, Theodore Briseno and Timothy Wind. On March 3, 1991, paroled felon Rodney King led police on a high-speed chase through the streets of Los Angeles County before eventually surrendering. Protestors in south-central Los Angeles blocked freeway traffic and beat motorists, wrecked and looted numerous downtown stores and buildings, and set more than 100 fires.
Hours after the verdicts were announced, outrage and protest turned to violence as the LA riots began. In Los Angeles, California, four Los Angeles police officers that had been caught beating an unarmed African American motorist in an amateur video are acquitted of any wrongdoing in the arrest.