WSJ分析跨國公司正逐步撤離香港程度是自上次全球金融危機以來最大規模者:
"Dozens of international companies have moved regional headquarters or offices from the city since 2019, government data show. That has contributed to the highest rate of commercial real estate vacancies in 15 years, with more than 80% of the vacant space surrendered by international companies, data compiled by Cushman & Wakefield show. All told, more people—expatriates and locals—departed the business hub in 2020 than any year since the global financial crisis."
[ The government may only want to weaponize the privacy law to arm itself with yet another tool against expression of dissent, rather than genuinely protecting people’s privacy.
Also, under the amendment bill, the PCPD will suddenly be transformed from a “toothless tiger” to an agency with unchecked power. ]
[The PCPD may conduct searches on service providers’ electronic equipment and order arrests without a warrant, using “reasonable force.” It can request that content be removed from websites hosted outside Hong Kong.]
https://thediplomat.com/2021/09/the-downfall-of-hong-kongs-privacy-law/
「隱私專員可以申請進入搜查處所和扣押材料進行調查,並且可以在沒有搜查令的情況下訪問電子設備,還可以在世界發通知刪除內容或阻止訪問該內容。
包括谷歌、臉書和推特在內的倡導組織亞洲互聯網聯盟在6月25日致香港隱私專員的信中警告說,如果當局繼續進行更改,科技公司可能會停止在香港提供服務。
該聯盟表示,這些措施“不符合全球規範和趨勢”,任何可能限制言論自由的立法“都必須建立在必要性和相稱性原則的基礎上”。」
https://www.voacantonese.com/a/hong-kong-begins-talks-on-controversial-anti-doxxing-privacy-bill/5975084.html