For Immediate Release
21 July 2006

          A total of 20 international organizations from more than ten cities launched a press conference for the release of journalist Ching Cheong, the chief China correspondent for Singapore’s The Straits Times newspaper on 20 July 2006 in their cities.

            Beginning with a press conference in Melbourne, Australia hosted by International Federation of Journalists at 10:00 a.m. local time (HK July 20, 8a.m.) and ending with a closing of a press conference in Los Angeles, California hosted by Visual Artists Guild at 5 p.m. local time (HK July 21, 8 a.m.), for 24 hours around the clock, spanning eight time zones, someone is thinking about Ching Cheong and working on his behalf to secure his release.

            International Federation of Journalists submitted via e-mail to Her Excellency Madam Fu Ying [email protected] in Yarralumnia, ACT Australia.

Ms Serenade Woo

Chairperson of the HKJA