HONG KONG: Hong Kong, grappling months of sometimes violent anti-government unrest, is to spend about HK$500 million ($64.3 million) on police protective equipment, including six armoured vehicles, to help combat the threat of “local terrorism”. About HK$300 million will be used to buy protective gear, and HK$200 million will be used for special equipment, including replacing six armored vehicles and buying more water cannon. The figure includes a planned upgrade in protective gear of HK$10,000 for each of its 28,000 frontline officers. In the past nine months, we have discovered explosives in 11 incidents,” Tang said at a press briefing. Hong Kong returned to Chinese rule in 1997 with the guarantee of freedoms not enjoyed on the mainland which the protesters say are being eroded by Communist Party rulers in Beijing.

Source: Pakistan Today March 02, 2020 11:26 UTC