At the “Movies That Matter” human rights film festival in the Hague, The Netherlands

2018

Interview with TVB NewsMagazine 新聞透視
Episode: “華為事件” (Huawei Incident)
Broadcast date: 22 December

Featured in Zolima CityMag about Hong Kong Noir
Article: “Hong Kong Noir: a literary journey into Hong Kong’s heart of darkness” by Zabrina Lo
Date: 19 December

Book launch of Hong Kong Highs and Lows, 2018 anthology by Hong Kong Writers Circle
Story: “Points of Inflexion”
Venue: Bookazine, Prince’s Building
Date: 14 December

Delivered talk at BNP Paribas’ MixLunch
Topic: “Gender equality and diversity”
Venue: Taikoo Place, Quarry Bay
Date: 14 December

Guest speaker and prize presenter at 2018 Hong Kong’s Top Story Awards
Venue: Broadcasting House, Kowloon Tong
Date: 11 December

Speaker at Enrich HK’s Migrant Stars award ceremony
Venue: Remex Centre, Wong Chuk Hang
Date: 9 December

Became a founder member of Soho House
Venue: Soho House Hong Kong, Sheung Wan
Date: 8 December

Appearance on TVB's news report 新聞透視

Interview with RTHK News 香港電台新聞部
Article: “有美國執業律師認為孟晚舟引渡申請很大機會獲批” (U.S. legal expert says Canada likely to grant U.S. request to extradite Meng Wanzhou)
Publication date: 9 December

Interview with Commercial Radio news program 在晴朗的一天出發
Segment 1: “何志平理論上可以引渡返香港服刑,但要美國政府同意” (Patrick Ho may apply to serve sentence in Hong Kong, but only with U.S. government’s consent)
Segment 2: “其實只要你用美金結算,美國政府都可以拉你,因為你經過美國金融體系犯法” (U.S. laws may apply to transactions settled in U.S. dollars)
Hosts: Stephen Chan/Chan Chung/Ken Kwok
Broadcast date: 7 December

Interview with RTHK Radio news program 千禧年代
Episode: “何志平涉賄案罪成” (Patrick Ho's convicted of bribery)
Host: Jonathan Yip
Broadcast date: 7 December

Interview with TVB 6:30 Evening News
Segment: Arrest of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou and U.S. sanctions law
Broadcast date: 6 December

Interview with Cable TV News
Episode: “美執業律師料何獲批上訴機會微” (Legal expert says Patrick Ho unlikely to be granted leave to appeal)
Broadcast date: 6 December

Interview with NOW TV News
Segment: Patrick Ho's conviction
Broadcast date: 6 December

Interview with South China Morning Post
Article: “Former Hong Kong minister Patrick Ho convicted in U.S. court on 7 of 8 counts in bribery and money-laundering case” by Alvin Lum
Publication date: 6 December

Hosted Nepali writer Manjushree Thapa as part of PEN Hong Kong’s Literature & Human Rights Lecture Series
Venues: Foreign Correspondents' Club and University of Hong Kong
Date: 26 - 29 November

Talk at Independent Schools Foundation Academy
Topic: “Becoming a writer in Hong Kong”
Venue: Telegraph Bay, Pokfulam
Date: 29 November

Launch of new website: jasonyng.com
Date: 26 November

At the launch of Hong Kong Noir


Launch of Hong Kong Noir, part of Akashic Books’ international noir series
Story: “Ghost of Yulan Past”
Venue: Bleak House Books, San Po Kwong
Date: 24 November

Speaker at pledge signing ceremony with Fair Employment Agency
Venue: IFC Two, Central
Date: 16 November

Speaker at PEN Hong Kong’s movie screening to mark 37th annual Day of the Imprisoned Writer
Movie: “Gamer” by jailed Ukrainian writer Oleg Sentsov
Date: 15 November

Panelist at Pink Dot Hong Kong 2018
Topic: “Choice of jurisdiction for same-sex marriage”
Venue: West Kowloon Cultural District
Date: 21 October

Speaker/panelist on BNP Paribas diversity & inclusion panels
Topic 1: “What is an LGBT ally?”
Venue: BNP Paribas, IFC Two
Date: 8 October

Topic 2: “Male allies: a panel on gender diversity”
Venue: BNP Paribas, IFC Two
Date: 12 October

Inspiration speaker at Leadership & Social Entrepreneurship Program graduation ceremony co-organized by Wimler Foundation and Ateneo University
Venue: Yasumoto International Academic Park, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Date: 23 September

Panel judge at Leadership & Social Entrepreneurship Program co-organized by Wimler Foundation and Ateneo University
Venue: Migrants Empowerment Resource Center MERC, Central
Date: 19 August

Delivered writing workshop for asylum seekers as part of Cha Writing Workshop series for Justice Centre HK
Venue: Centennial Campus, University of Hong Kong
Date: 16 June

Speaker for Enrich HK’s “Ask the Experts” series
Topic: “Understanding Hong Kong culture”
Date: 11 June

Delivered legal workshop for foreign domestic workers at Pathfinders HK
Topic: “Financial literacy”
Venue: Pathfinders, Tai Kok Tsui
Date: 4 June

Moderator at Hong Kong Baptist University’s “Backreading Hong Kong” symposium
Topic: “Writing Hong Kong in English: a dual challenge”
Venue: Oen Hall Building, Hong Kong Baptist University
Date: 5 May

Literature panel with Mexican writer Aurelio Asiain

Appointed to Board of Advisors of Hong Kong Baptist University’s International Writers’ Workshop (IWW)
Date: May

Bowling/ping pong for charity: campaigns to raise funds for St. James’ Settlement and Room to Read HK
Venue: Ladies’ Recreation Club/IFC Two
Date: 25 - 26 April

Hosted Ukrainian writer Andrei Kurkov as part of PEN Hong Kong’s Literature & Human Rights Lecture Series
Venues: various
Date: 16 - 20 April

Delivered writing workshop for asylum seekers as part of Cha Writing Workshop series for Justice Centre HK
Venue: Justice Centre HK, Kennedy Town
Date: 14 April

Honored as human rights defender at Movies that Matter Film Festival 2018 awards ceremony
Location: The Hague, The Netherlands
Date: 29 March

Speaker at Movies that Matter Film Festival 2018
Location: The Hague, The Netherlands
Dates: 23 - 31 March

Delivered legal workshop for foreign domestic workers organized by Philippine Consulate General HK and Wimler Foundation
Topic: “Understanding Hong Kong culture”
Venue: Philippine Consulate General HK, Admiralty
Date: 18 March

Book launch of 《香港二十: 反思回歸廿載》, Chinese translation of PEN Hong Kong anthology Hong Kong 20/20: Reflections on a Borrowed Place
Venue: Kubrick, Yau Ma Tei
Date: 4 March

Panelist at literature discussion with Mexican writer Aurelio Asiain
Topic: “Crossing cultures and language”
Venue: Mexican Consulate General HK, Wanchai
Date: 3 March

Moderator at screening of documentary “The Helper”
Venue: BNP Paribas, IFC Two
Date: 28 February

Book launch of HK24, 2017 anthology by Hong Kong Writers Circle
Stories: “00:05” and “23:55”
Venue: Bookazine, Prince’s Building
Date: 13 February

Article on Hong Kong food culture appeared in Spanish magazine Altaïre
Title: “Callejera y lujosa: una escena culinaria multicolor” (From Street to Chic: Hong Kong’s many-colored food scene)
Issue: February 2018

Commencement of spring semester at Faculty of Law of University of Hong Kong, LLM program
Course: International Securities Law
Venue: Centennial Campus, Pokfulam
Dates: 26 January - 27 April

Business mentor for foreign domestic workers organized by Enrich HK
Topic: Financial literacy
Venue: BNP Paribas, Exchange Square Three
Date: 18 January

Became core member of Progressive Lawyers Group
Date: 12 January

Guest speaker and prize presenter at RTHK Hong Kong’s Top Story 2017 Awards
Venue: RTHK Radio 3, Kowloon Tong
Date: 11 January

Became writing workshop instructor for Cha Writing Workshop Series
Date: January

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