{"id":256849,"date":"2020-06-02T08:55:31","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T12:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=256849"},"modified":"2025-01-10T17:13:53","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T22:13:53","slug":"malacanang-hopes-for-prosperity-to-continue-in-hk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/06\/02\/malacanang-hopes-for-prosperity-to-continue-in-hk\/","title":{"rendered":"Malaca\u00f1ang hopes for prosperity to continue in HK"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_159355\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-159355\" style=\"width: 1350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Harry-Roque.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-159355\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Harry-Roque.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Harry-Roque.jpg 1350w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Harry-Roque-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Harry-Roque-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Harry-Roque-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1350px) 100vw, 1350px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-159355\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In a virtual presser, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque expressed hope that the 300,000 Filipinos in Hong Kong would comply with the local laws. (File Photo: YANCY LIM\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Malaca\u00f1ang on Tuesday expressed hope that prosperity will continue in Hong Kong despite fresh protests triggered by Beijing\u2019s new national security laws planned for the territory.<\/p>\n<p>In a virtual presser, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque expressed hope that the 300,000 Filipinos in Hong Kong would comply with the local laws.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe continued prosperity of Hong Kong will mean continued employment for Filipinos and because of our proximity, we hope that prosperity will continue and will even prosper so that there will be more opportunities for Filipinos to work and make a livelihood in Hong Kong,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Roque said Malaca\u00f1ang respects China\u2019s sovereignty over Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the same way we do not want other countries to interfere in our affairs, that is purely a Chinese matter. We respect the exercise of China\u2019s sovereignty over Hong Kong,\u201d Roque said.<\/p>\n<p>Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said that despite the prolonged social unrest and escalating street violence in Hong Kong, Filipinos there have insisted on staying to work there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot a single OFW is asking us to bring them home. They are safe there,\u201d Bello said.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the Philippine embassy in Hong Kong issued an advisory for Filipinos regarding upcoming protest actions.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy lasix online <a href=\"https:\/\/azpsych.org\/general\/october\/html\/lasix.html\">https:\/\/azpsych.org\/general\/october\/html\/lasix.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The embassy advised Filipinos to be vigilant against \u201cflash mobs\u201d that may happen without warning.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy super cialis online <a href=\"https:\/\/azpsych.org\/general\/october\/html\/super-cialis.html\">https:\/\/azpsych.org\/general\/october\/html\/super-cialis.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Filipinos were advised to refrain from going to places where a demonstration is happening.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy clenbuterol online <a href=\"https:\/\/azpsych.org\/general\/october\/html\/clenbuterol.html\">https:\/\/azpsych.org\/general\/october\/html\/clenbuterol.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>They were also urged against wearing a black upper garment, as the color has been previously identified with protesters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 Malaca\u00f1ang on Tuesday expressed hope that prosperity will continue in Hong Kong despite fresh protests triggered by Beijing\u2019s new &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":159355,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-256849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-azer-parrocha","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256849"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":282430,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256849\/revisions\/282430"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}