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Re: All flights into and out of HKG today cancelled due to protests
« Reply #1 on: August 12, 2019, 09:08:59 AM »
Insanity. Perfect for my trip there in 2 weeks.
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Re: All flights into and out of HKG today cancelled due to protests
« Reply #2 on: August 12, 2019, 09:21:17 AM »
Same for me next week from TLV. Should I create a backup plan or change my plans at this point?

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Re: All flights into and out of HKG today cancelled due to protests
« Reply #3 on: August 12, 2019, 09:21:37 AM »
I just canceled my trip  >:(

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Re: All flights into and out of HKG today cancelled due to protests
« Reply #4 on: August 12, 2019, 09:32:17 AM »
Same for me next week from TLV. Should I create a backup plan or change my plans at this point?

No way China allows this thing to continue for me then a day or two

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Re: All flights into and out of HKG today cancelled due to protests
« Reply #5 on: August 12, 2019, 09:34:20 AM »
No way China allows this thing to continue for me then a day or two
Its already been that long. Took a few days to get large enough for such a disruption. If they would have wanted it to stop they should have stopped it when it started in the airport.
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Re: All flights into and out of HKG today cancelled due to protests
« Reply #6 on: August 12, 2019, 09:38:15 AM »
Sounds like most of the protesters fled after a rumor of impending police action.
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Re: All flights into and out of HKG today cancelled due to protests
« Reply #7 on: August 12, 2019, 09:49:07 AM »
I just canceled my trip  >:(
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Re: All flights into and out of HKG today cancelled due to protests
« Reply #8 on: August 12, 2019, 11:10:37 AM »
Totally insane! Shutting down such a huge hub is absolutely and totally absurd.

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Re: All flights into and out of HKG today cancelled due to protests
« Reply #10 on: August 12, 2019, 11:46:53 AM »
I’m glad that the people of Hong Kong won’t give up so easily

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Re: All flights into and out of HKG today cancelled due to protests
« Reply #11 on: August 12, 2019, 12:42:11 PM »
there are definitely flights landing and taking off based on Airlive.net I wonder what their criteria is for flights leaving and coming.

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Re: All flights into and out of HKG today cancelled due to protests
« Reply #12 on: August 12, 2019, 02:08:02 PM »
there are definitely flights landing and taking off based on Airlive.net I wonder what their criteria is for flights leaving and coming.
Flights arriving are not an issue at the moment. Also, transit customers are being allowed to depart HKG. Customers that need to go through immigration have to wait since it's closed.

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Re: All flights into and out of HKG today cancelled due to protests
« Reply #14 on: August 13, 2019, 10:09:48 AM »
In general protests are dumb, but this cause really affects hundreds of millions of people, not to mention significant parts of the world economy.

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Re: All flights into and out of HKG today cancelled due to protests
« Reply #15 on: August 13, 2019, 10:32:00 AM »
In general protests are dumb, but this cause really affects hundreds of millions of people, not to mention significant parts of the world economy.

In the 20th century alone big government has murdered 100's of millions of people... The right to protest against your government is essential to democracy and it works (at times, to a degree)

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Re: All flights into and out of HKG today cancelled due to protests
« Reply #16 on: August 13, 2019, 11:37:30 AM »
In the 20th century alone big government has murdered 100's of millions of people... The right to protest against your government is essential to democracy and it works (at times, to a degree)
The first half of your statement makes one question the end assumption.

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Re: All flights into and out of HKG today cancelled due to protests
« Reply #17 on: August 13, 2019, 12:05:02 PM »
This is a test case of whether democracy can even exist in todays climate, I can only hope for the best to the people of Hong Kong. A very precursory read on the topic will show how China infringes on the rights of the people of Hong Kong and is looking to completely get rid of their rights.
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Re: All flights into and out of HKG today cancelled due to protests
« Reply #18 on: August 13, 2019, 12:08:01 PM »
how China infringes on the rights of the people of Hong Kong and is looking to completely get rid of their rights.
This was a foregone conclusion since the handover. Only a question of how long it would take.
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Re: All flights into and out of HKG today cancelled due to protests
« Reply #19 on: August 13, 2019, 12:29:11 PM »
This was a foregone conclusion since the handover. Only a question of how long it would take.
Maybe so, Taiwan is next then a couple of other countries...not good for anyone Chinese expansionism
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