‘Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these courageous couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds’. Yet another day when the whole city shuts down because a passing cyclone is technically a ‘Number 8’, even though most districts experience only unremarkable wind and precipitation. And looking through the results (Tech and Innovation, for example), it seems that in most of these polls every candidate but one wins. Hong Kong’s prisons have become a hidden front in the city’s broader assault on civil liberties, where unchecked power and secrecy prevent accountability. Former inmates report widespread difficulties obtaining proper medical care, including untreated seizures, broken bones, and full-body rashes.