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Hong Kong is still a more free society. So probably its not a good suggestion to make it worse than what it is already due to heavy handed approach to national
by dragonsh 5y ago
Hong Kong is still a more free society. So probably its not a good suggestion to make it worse than what it is already due to heavy handed approach to national security. Please check report in Hong Kong (52 points) [1] and Singapore (49 points) [2] on freedom.
In Hong Kong one can go for protest if its not breaking the National Security Law, in Singapore no one can protest unless approved by Police, recent case highlights it when a student send a tweet to protest when Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison visited Singapore [3].
Hong Kong is still very good when it comes to internet and freedom of expression. Also it follows common law jurisdictions and judges are able to give judgements against the government in many instances. Also Singapore has POFMA [4], which is worse than rules in Hong Kong.
In Hong Kong anyone can form a company and manage it without having a local permanent resident or citizen as Director. In Singapore one cannot form a limited liability company easily unless has a local permanent resident or citizen as Director (for others need a special conditions and permission).
[1] https://freedomhouse.org/country/hong-kong/freedom-world/2021 https://freedomhouse.org/country/hong-kong/freedom-world/202...
[2] https://freedomhouse.org/country/singapore/freedom-world/2021 https://freedomhouse.org/country/singapore/freedom-world/202...
[3] https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/spf-tweet-protest-australian-high-commission-scott-morrison-14979748 https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/spf-tweet-pro...
[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protection_from_Online_Falsehoods_and_Manipulation_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protection_from_Online_Falseho...