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Horse Racing

Hong Kong horse races cancelled amid protest chance

by Jackie Baldwin September 19, 2019
by Jackie Baldwin September 19, 2019 0 comment

Hong Kong, Sep 18 (IANS) Hong Kong’s Jockey Club known as off races on Wednesday, just hours earlier than the occasion was to begin because of fears that protesters may want to compromise the protection of its group of workers, clients, and horses.

Pro-democracy protesters had in advance threatened to target the Happy Valley race event as it changed into speculated to characteristic a horse belonging to seasoned-Beijing lawmaker Junius Ho.

The debatable parent was thrust into the limelight while he publicly defended the white-clad guys who indiscriminately attacked civilians in Yuen Long in July, even as he became also filmed shaking their hands and thanking them, the South China Morning Post mentioned.

“Our concerns are tied to capacity social unrest inside the area, the very actual risk of a disturbance or feasible violence at Happy Valley Racecourse, and uncertainty regarding transportation in and across the area,” stated a Jockey Club spokesperson.

“This is a completely tough and maximum unfortunate choice to make, however public protection is of paramount significance to the club. We wish the racing network and the Hong Kong public will understand our reasons for doing so.”

It is the modern-day blow to Hong Kong’s economy linked to a political crisis that has lasted for months. Pro-democracy protesters in the metropolis have taken to the streets for 15 directly weekends.

According to every day, the Jockey Club had a dialogue with Ho approximately probably chickening out his horse from the race, however, he didn’t budge.

The unrest has affected other sectors of Hong Kong’s economic system, which includes the city’s restaurant and motel industry. The global airport became additionally in brief shut down ultimate month.

Mass demonstrations began in early June in opposition to a contentious extradition bill that would have allowed Beijing to nab “fugitives” in search of shelter in Hong Kong and try them within the mainland, underneath a gadget without safeguards.

Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced the formal withdrawal of the extradition bill on September 4, however, it has didn’t mollify discontented residents who insist the government reply to all five demands, which consist of introducing regularly occurring suffrage and setting up an impartial frame for an inquiry into alleged police brutality.

The town’s economic system is already beneath pressure from America-China exchange conflict and slowing consumption in China. The authorities introduced the final month that it is pumping billions of greenbacks into the financial system to forestall a recession.

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