Greetings to everyone! I am Hua Vi Van, an actor from Vietnam 🇻🇳. I am writing to confirm that this is my only official Facebook page, with the blue verification badge. This is also my only presence on social media. Besides this Facebook page, and my manager’s company e-mail, I do not use any other communication channels. I am writing this to notify all of my international friends and followers, all the way from Hong Kong, Malaysia, Thailand, China, Ecuador, South Africa, Australia, and so on. They are my international friends present on this Facebook page, who have informed me the presence of fake accounts representing my name, using my photos and personal data to engage in fraudulent actions. I regret that these issue have happened, and I sincerely hope that your loss has been recovered, or at least not too significant. As we live in a hi-tech era, I think we should always stay vigilant and be careful to trust anyone without proper evidence and verification of identity. We could verify an identity behind a Facebook account with such measures as video-calls, to find out whether the person behind the screen is truly your family members, friends or acquaintances, or not. My only advice to ones facing a significant damage is to seek help from authorized agents. Forces such as cybersecurity police could help identify the ones behind these frauds and schemes. Similar cases have been successfully resolved by Vietnam’s government before.
My hope is that, through these events, we will stay more alert and avoid any other similar issues. Hopefully, my local fans in Vietnam will be delighted to know that our international friends have finally been able to follow and communicate with the official account of a Vietnamese actor, and to get to know the person behind our favorite movies better personally. I am thankful of all your support for the movies I participate in and my work. I wish for you all the best and may health and happiness come to you. Love you all from my heart! Hua Vi Van -------------- Xin chào, tôi là Hứa Vĩ Văn, là diễn viên Việt Nam và đây là page chính thức có tích xanh trên facebook và cũng là trang duy nhất của tôi trên mạng xã hội, ngoài ra tôi không sử dụng bất kì một liên lạc nào khác ngoài email của quản lý công ty của tôi. Nay tôi viết bức thư này gởi đến các bạn ở các nước như Hongkong, Malaysia, Thailand , China, Ecuador, Nam Phi, Úc... các bạn quốc tế có trên facebook này của tôi với lý do các bạn đã cung cấp cho tôi thông tin hơn 2 năm nay có người giả mạo sử dụng hình ảnh của tôi với các nick name khác nhau để lừa các bạn và sau này các bạn mới biết sự thật rằng người giả mạo lừa đảo đó đã sử dụng hình ảnh của một diễn viên Việt Nam là tôi. Tôi rất lấy làm tiếc về điều này và hy vọng các bạn không bị quá nhiều tổn thất. Ở thời buổi hiện đại 4.0 tôi nghĩ để lấy được niềm tin của người khác phải có bằng chứng xác minh danh tánh rõ ràng, chúng ta nên xem xét rõ nhất facebook hoặc số điện thoại thật giả bằng video call là tốt nhất để có thể biết rằng người đó có thật hay không. Tôi có lời khuyên thế này, nếu những ai bị hại tổn thất ở mức độ nào đó nghiêm trọng nên trình báo với cảnh sát sở tại nước của bạn, tôi tin rằng cảnh sát an ninh mạng sẽ tìm ra hung thủ giấu mặt này mà chính phủ Việt Nam chúng ta đã từng làm được. Tôi hy vọng qua câu chuyện này sẽ mong các bạn sẽ không bị những khuất mắt nào nữa và tất cả khán giả của tôi ở Việt Nam sẽ rất vui khi biết rằng các bạn nay đã biết đến anh chàng diễn viên Việt Nam này ở đây rõ hơn và người thật trong bức hình mà bạn đã từng tin tưởng yêu quý, hy vọng các bạn sẽ có dịp xem được các bộ phim tôi đóng. Chúc sức khoẻ và may mắn đến tất cả. Yêu thương mọi người. Hua Vi Van ❤️
social issue in hong kong writing 在 Dr. Ray 的急症室迎送生涯 Facebook 的最讚貼文
醫者有社會責任去保障公眾健康,我們認為梁卓偉教授和陳家亮教授作為香港兩所醫學院院長責無旁貸。因此,我們呼籲所有醫護人員參與連署,懇請兩位院長履行社會使命發表聲明保障社會大眾的健康和人身安全。
連署連結: https://forms.gle/teMGNCiZPMYatVbh8
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《致香港大學李嘉誠醫學院院長、中文大學醫學院院長的公開信》
梁教授、陳教授道鑒:
有鑑於在六月十二日、七月二日及二十一日,香港警察濫用武力以控制群眾。如此行徑實對公眾健康遺害無窮,我們一眾醫療人員對此極為關切。作為香港大學李嘉誠醫學院院長、中文大學醫學院院長,吾等懇請兩位院長細察香港警察控制群眾之手段,以保障公眾健康。
據多家本地及國際媒體報導,香港警察於六月十二日,發射多輪催淚彈、橡膠子彈及布袋彈,以驅散聚集在金鐘的示威者。報導提及,警方向示威者發射至少一百五十枚催淚彈,二十輪布袋彈以及數枚橡膠子彈,造成至少七十二人受傷。從多家媒體直播可見,橡膠子彈更直射一名教師眼球,創傷嚴重,對其視力之損害非同等閒。另外,警方亦曾以數枚催淚彈包抄示威者,堵塞其退路;而當示威者被逼退守至中信大廈,警方竟朝人群中央投以催淚彈,造成數以百計的市民受傷及呼吸困難,生死攸關,不容小覷。此外,警方向一名手無寸鐵的市民,近距離發射橡膠子彈,以致其下腹嚴重受傷,情況慘不忍睹。
據多份醫學期刊綜述──如《刺針》(Lancet)[1] 及英國醫學期刊(BMJ (Open))[2],橡膠子彈乃可致命武器。同時,橡膠子彈不易操控,準確性低,有引致重傷,乃至死亡之風險。多份期刊不約而同指出,橡膠子彈不適宜用於密集人群之管制。
然而,香港警察漠視上述已知風險,仍於七月二日及七月二十一日繼續使用此類武器。在七月二十一日,警察更於鄰近民居之地,向群眾發射多輪催淚彈及橡膠子彈,當中更殃及記者。此等武器之禍害影響深重,不單有損呼吸系統,更會導致燒傷、嚴重鈍物創傷及爆炸性創傷。據媒體報導,武器造成至少十四人受傷;更有市民懼於警方之搜捕行動,而未敢求醫,致使受傷數字難以估算。
人權醫療組織(Physicians for Human Rights)醫生哈爾(Dr Rohini Haar)在接受紐約時報訪問時指出,警方對市民使用不成比例的武力,實有濫用武力之嫌。早在二零一四年,潘冬平教授[3]亦對香港警察使用催淚氣體情況深表關注,擔心催淚氣體損害市民呼吸系統。可見,催淚彈、橡膠子彈及豆袋彈等武器危害不輕,對香港市民公眾健康的損害不容置疑。
兩大醫學學院一直致力培育杏林菁英,不遺餘力。一眾醫療人員亦謹承《希波克拉底誓詞》之教誨,不論病患身份職要,一直為全人類之福祉著想,嚴守不懈。學院循循善誘,吾等縷心刻骨。誓詞薪火相傳,代代不息;缺少對生命健康之尊重,醫療人員何以自立?故此,我們一眾醫療人員懇請院長,發表聲明,呼籲香港警察:
一、避免濫用催淚彈及任何類型子彈,以免導致人命傷亡及其他不可見之損傷。
二、在使用武力時,必須顧及市民安全,並保持專業克制。
醫療人員一直存仁心,行仁術;保護市民之健康,乃至生命,吾等責無旁貸。院長為學為醫,高風峻節,茍以吾等同心同德,捍衛市民之生命健康,必見杏林春暖。
謹祝
道安
一眾醫療人員謹上
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Dear Professor Leung and Professor Chan,
We are a group of healthcare professionals, some of us being also graduates from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong and the Chinese University of Hong Kong. We are writing to express our gravest concerns over the persistent and serious threats to the health of members of the public posed by weapons deployed in crowd control by the Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF) on 12 June, 2 July and 21 July. We hereby urge the Deans of the sole Faculties of Medicine in Hong Kong to take actions in censuring the HKPF and the Hong Kong Government against the serious health risks in their crowd-control tactics.
On 12 June, as reported by multiple local and international news agencies, the HKPF fired multiple rounds of tear gas, rubber bullets and bean-bag rounds to disperse protesters in Admiralty. Over 150 canisters of tear gas, 20 bean-bag rounds and several rubber bullets have admittedly been directed at protestors which resulted in at least 72 injuries. As evident in the live reports from various media sources, a teacher suffered traumatic ocular injury causing significant vision loss when his eye was hit by a rubber bullet; hundreds of citizens suffered various degrees of injuries and respiratory distress consequential upon the numerous tear gas canisters shot at Citic Tower in Admiralty where protesters were trapped in a life-threatening space filled with tear gas; an unarmed man sustained injury in his lower abdomen when a rubber bullet was directed at him in a short distance.
According to multiple studies and reviews from high impact factor medical journals, in particular the Lancet[1] and BMJ (Open)[2], rubber bullets can be lethal. Their notorious inaccuracy and risk of severe injury and death render them inappropriate and unsafe means of force in crowd control.
However, despite the known risks of these weapons, the HKPF tenaciously deployed them on citizens on 2 July and 21 July. On 21 July, 55 canisters of tear gas, 5 rubber bullet rounds and 24 sponge bullets were admittedly shot, some without immediate warning, at protestors and even at journalists notwithstanding the numerous residential buildings and citizens in the vicinity. The use of these weapons has left members of the public with at the very least, various types of injuries and further, burns, blunt force trauma and explosive injuries. 14 injuries have by far been reported where others did not present themselves to the hospital in fear of the risk of prosecution.
Dr Rohini Haar of Physicians for Human Rights had in a recent interview told the New York Times that the force used by the HKPF was disproportionate and excessive. In Hong Kong, Professor Ronnie Poon had as early as in 2014 expressed openly his earnest concern over both the short term and long term health risks in the use of tear gas in particular to one’s respiratory system when the HKPF first fired tear gas at Hong Kong citizens [3]. It is indisputable that these named weapons put the health of Hong Kong citizens at serious risks.
Doctors have striven to stand by the Hippocratic oath that they remain members of society, the identity of which comes before their profession, with special obligations to all fellow human beings. The two medical schools in Hong Kong have been established accordingly for the nurture of healthcare professionals to serve the public with benevolent hearts and minds. This is the time to honour our oath that human life should deserve the utmost respect and to maintain by all means such noble traditions of the medical profession.
We, as healthcare professionals, therefore implore the Deans of the only Faculties of Medicine in Hong Kong, in the service of humanity with conscience and dignity, to take the lead in safeguarding the public’s health and to issue a statement to urge the Hong Kong Police Force to:
(1) refrain from using tear gas and bullets in any form on protestors to prevent further bloodshed and severe non-reversible injuries; and
(2) exercise due restraint over the use of force when handling protests and at all times, put the safety of Hong Kong citizens at the highest priority.
Regards,
A group of healthcare professionals
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Healthcare professionals have a social responsibility to safeguard the health of members of the public. We believe that, as Deans of the faculties of medicine in Hong Kong, Professor Leung and Professor Chan bear a paramount obligation in this regard. We appeal to all healthcare professionals to join us in this petition to urge the deans to issue a statement to honour their obligation to defend the public from health risks.
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Petition Link: https://forms.gle/teMGNCiZPMYatVbh8
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參考資料/References
[1] Mahajna, A., Aboud, N., Harbaji, I., Agbaria, A., Lankovsky, Z., Michaelson, M., . . . Krausz, M. M. (2002). Blunt and penetrating injuries caused by rubber bullets during the Israeli-Arab conflict in October, 2000: A retrospective study. The Lancet, 359(9320), 1795-1800. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(02)08708-1
[2] Haar, R. J., Iacopino, V., Ranadive, N., Dandu, M., & Weiser, S. D. (2017, December 01). Death, injury and disability from kinetic impact projectiles in crowd-control settings: A systematic review
[3] Professor Ronnie Poon Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/138599119760/posts/10152753050039761?s=1014598371&sfns=mo
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social issue in hong kong writing 在 柳俊江 Lauyeah Facebook 的最佳貼文
Stand up. Respect ✊
(Update: 中文繹版連結:https://www.facebook.com/329728177143445/posts/1800273350088913/)
“An open letter to Eric Kwok, and for everyone re homophobia, discrimination and bullying”
Dear Eric,
Imagine this. You are one of the contestants on a TV talent show. You are sitting in a room with other hopefuls and one of the judges walks into the room and demanded this: “Raise your hand if you are not homophobic.”
I’m very sure you will raise your hand.
You don’t have to answer me whether or not you really are homophobic. But stay with the feeling inside your mind. How do you feel?
Your feelings are most likely the same as the feelings of your contestants when you walked into a room and asked them to raise their hands to declare their sexual orientation publicly. Because in this day and age, homophobia is just as “controversial” as homosexuality, if not more.
The reason why I’m writing this open letter to you is because after reading your apology, I want to take the opportunity to address to you, and everyone out there, the need for proper etiquette regarding LGBT issues, and to address the forms of micro-aggression, bullying and discrimination the LGBT community faces everyday especially in the workplace.
I’m taking this incident seriously because from my personal experience, this is not just a one-time slip-up for you.
I remember long time ago I was so looking forward to meeting and working with you because you are, after all, Eric Kwok the great songwriter.
You were very friendly when we talked privately. Then I started to notice how once there were audiences, media or other people around and when the cameras were turned on, you would start making insinuating and demeaning gay jokes about me and in front of me. Jokes and comments even my closest friends wouldn’t dare to make in public.
At first, I didn’t really pay too much attention. I just brushed it off as juvenile and trivial. In fact, I had been so used to these jokes since growing up that I learned not to react much.
However, as time progressed and we worked on more occasions, the same thing would happen repeatedly. The teasing and the stereotypical gay jokes continued and you would make sure that the spotlight would fall on me afterwards. The jokes no longer felt light. They felt hostile, even vindictive.
In fact, it felt like bullying.
One of these incidents was well documented in tabloids back then and you can still look it up yourself on the internet.
I came to the realization that it was not just a one-time thing. I don’t know if it’s intentional or unintentional but it’s definitely a habit and a pattern.
So many questions would be in my mind every time after working with you. Why does Eric do that every time? Is he picking on me? Does he hate me? Is he homophobic? Does he think homosexuality is something funny? Does he do this to other people too? Did I do something that pissed him off? I remember I was nothing but courteous. So why do I deserve this?
I had no answers for all of these questions. All I knew was I became fearful of working with you, dreading what words would fall out of your mouth to put me in an awkwardly embarassing position. But still I tried to give you the benefit of the doubt. You’re from California you shouldn’t be homophobic. I even defended you in my head by telling myself to loosen up.
But it’s not just you. Throughout my years in the entertainment industry, I have encountered and endured so many chauvinistic “tough guys” who like to use homosexuality as a laughing stock or source of bad comedy which were all discriminating and demeaning, yet not funny.
It’s not only me. I’m sure many people of the LGBT community face this everyday in their workplace. People around them would claim their intentions were harmless but we all knew deep down that these “jokes” have the power to put people someone in an embarrassing, inferior and even threatening positions.
We kept quiet and tolerated. Sometimes we even felt obligated to laugh along just so we couldn’t afford to look “petty” or “stiff”, especially in front of people of higher authority and stature.
So Eric I want to ask you.
Why have you been so obsessed with my sexuality all these years?
Why are you so fascinated by other people’s sexuality?
Why is being gay such a huge issue to you even to this day that you had to make it the first thing you asked your contestants?
Why you also had to specifically make a post on social media about that fact you questioned people about their sexuality?
Why do you take so much pride publicly in your ability to guess who are the gay contestants even when they weren’t ready to share that information?
And most of all why do you find all this to be so funny?
To begin with one’s sexual orientation is a very personal thing which others have no right to intrude, even in the entertainment industry where you are supposed to be fine with “controversy”.
This is for you and everyone out there: using your power and authority to demand someone to declare his or her sexual orientation, especially in a work environment, is ancient, barbaric and unacceptable.
Kicking someone out of the closet is just pure evil.
The fact you did what you did, especially with your stature and on broadcast TV, is not only wrong, but also you are telling the Hong Kong audience that it’s alright to continue this form of intrusion and micro aggression that the LGBT community wants to see gone.
You’re leading a very poor example by giving Hong Kong audience the impression that being gay is still a taboo.
How are your contestants, who are boys of young age, going to offer new perspectives to the Hong Kong audience under your guidance if you perpetuate stereotyping and demonstrate to them that being gay is still an issue?
I feel sorry for any contestants who are in fact gay sitting in that room that day too. They must have been traumatized seeing the way you forced your inquisition. The impression you left them with is that the entertainment industry is still a very unfriendly place for gays. Is that what you want them to think?
But most of all, it’s the attitude, tone and manner with which you shared about this incident on social media, giving people the impression that any matter regarding sexual orientation is still something shameful and laughable, which is on top of list the thing that the LGBT community fights hard everyday to change.
When you said in your apology you “have great respect for gay people, especially their hard fight for equality” I became baffled as what you did, in the past to me or in that room to the boys, is the exact thing that makes the LGBT community’s ongoing fight for equality so difficult.
Putting people down, perpetuate stereotypes, heckling and ridiculing yet making it look OK is anything but liberal and respectful, or Californian. I don’t see any “entertainment values” that are of good taste if they are made up at the expense of other people’s struggle.
If this incident happened in America, where you grew up, you would’ve gotten yourself in such hot waters that you probably can’t get out of.
I just want you and everyone out there to know that it’s not okay. And it never was. Never will be.
Being “as liberal as it gets” is great. Having gay friends is great too. Having dinner with your gay friends is absolutely fabulous! Playing all these cards to avoid being labelled as “homophobic” is very convenient. But having class, empathy, kindness and authentic respect is a completely different territory. These don’t come automatically with backgrounds.
At this point you don’t owe me an apology. I just hope that after this incident you can really start working and living with the essences of a truly liberal and creative individual. Inspire changes and end stereotypes. Start new trends and break old patterns. Embrace and not segregate. Do the work.
I had been away from Hong Kong and the industry for a few years now. It breaks me heart that I have to write this sort of open letter when it’s already 2018. I want to make this industry a safer, nicer and more accepting place to work in when I return. I want members of the LGBT community in Hong Kong, who have been so supportive of me and my music, to also have safer and nicer working environment in their respective lives.
I don’t mind coming off as an over-reacting petty bitch with no sense of humour if my message finally comes through and everyone, including you, “gets it”. I rather have no sense of humour than a bad one.
To all the contestants of the show. If anyone ever asks you if you are gay and you are not ready to discuss, it’s OK to stand up for yourself and say this: “It’s a rude question to begin with. You have no right to get an answer from me to begin with. And it doesn’t matter. It SHOULDN’T matter. It’s 2018. I hope one day I can use my craft to inspire the world and to make this become a non-issue.”
But if you are ready to be open, you have my complete support and love.
Let’s hope that through acceptance, learning and effort, one day there will no longer be any “controversial questions”. Wouldn’t we like that Eric?
Yours truly,
Pong
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