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Notable News Anchor, Wendy, Man Tsoi Cheung severs ties with TVB to follow her conscience
The pro-democracy campaign in Hong Kong has been ongoing for more than 4 months. The TVB News so as its frontline reporters, have been unpopular with activists because of the biased reporting favors government, and became target of protesters to reflect their discontent against TVB.
With at least 8 staffs from the News and Information Division handed in their notice, sources (Appledaily) suggested that Wendy, Man Tsoi Cheung, Principal News Anchor/Reporter, who has worked in TVB for 10 years, also decided to sever tie with TVB to follow their dictates of conscience. Cheung is not a frontline reporter but as a news anchor, reporting politically-biased and fake news violates her conscience as a journalist. In fact, early in Jun 2019, she has demonstrated her support to the Hong Kong pro-democracy campaign on facebook - replacing her usual profit picture with “plain- black” and “black-and-white bauhinias”.
According to Cheung’s friend, Cheung kept on complaining about her work. Due to the wave of resignation, increasing workload and the agitation caused by being a TVB anchor, Cheung finally resigned from TVB with support from her “fireman hubby”.
In fact, besides Cheung, many staffs have been discontent with TVB. Recently, 48 nos. of TVB staffs, expressed their disaffection against TVB with staff cards posted on internet, spreading the word such as “Oppose Fake News” and “Keith, Yuen Chi Wai (Assistant General Manager, TVB News Division) Step Down”, which resulted in the dismissal of several staffs (including the staff calling for this move to blame News Division online) - dealing heavy blow in TVB.
Excerpt: https://hk.entertainment.appledaily.com/enews/realtime/article/20191015/60156502?utm_campaign=hkad_social_appledailyent&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_content=link_post
Notable News Anchor, Wendy, Man Tsoi Cheung severs ties with TVB to follow her conscience
The pro-democracy campaign in Hong Kong has been ongoing for more than 4 months. The TVB News so as its frontline reporters, have been unpopular with activists because of the biased reporting favors government, and became target of protesters to reflect their discontent against TVB.
With at least 8 staffs from the News and Information Division handed in their notice, sources (Appledaily) suggested that Wendy, Man Tsoi Cheung, Principal News Anchor/Reporter, who has worked in TVB for 10 years, also decided to sever tie with TVB to follow their dictates of conscience. Cheung is not a frontline reporter but as a news anchor, reporting politically-biased and fake news violates her conscience as a journalist. In fact, early in Jun 2019, she has demonstrated her support to the Hong Kong pro-democracy campaign on facebook - replacing her usual profit picture with “plain- black” and “black-and-white bauhinias”.
According to Cheung’s friend, Cheung kept on complaining about her work. Due to the wave of resignation, increasing workload and the agitation caused by being a TVB anchor, Cheung finally resigned from TVB with support from her “fireman hubby”.
In fact, besides Cheung, many staffs have been discontent with TVB. Recently, 48 nos. of TVB staffs, expressed their disaffection against TVB with staff cards posted on internet, spreading the word such as “Oppose Fake News” and “Keith, Yuen Chi Wai (Assistant General Manager, TVB News Division) Step Down”, which resulted in the dismissal of several staffs (including the staff calling for this move to blame News Division online) - dealing heavy blow in TVB.
Excerpt: https://hk.entertainment.appledaily.com/enews/realtime/article/20191015/60156502?utm_campaign=hkad_social_appledailyent&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_content=link_post
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Rumors of actor Alex Mak was ordered by TVB to stop working due to participation of Hong Kong pro-democracy movement
(14 May)Hong Kong police have been accused of abusing its power and conducting indiscriminate arrests during the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong in 2019, also known as the Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill Movement.
So far, nearly 8,000 people have been arrested. Of the arrested, one of them is 26-year-old up-and-coming TV actor Hoi Ching (Alex) Mak, according to Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily. He was reportedly arrested at the end of 2019 after participating in one of the protests.
Mak is employed by local pro-establishment TV station TVB. It is said that TVB has stopped all of Mak’s work following the arrest. Mak was not seen in the promotion of a recently aired TVB show, in which he is one of the actors. Mak decided to return to his hometown in France after being suppressed by the company due to his political views.
Mak was one of the favorite actors of TVB’s top management team, headed by Yee Ling (Virginia) Lok and Wing Shan (Sandy) Yue. Following his arrest, Mak’s dense working schedule was quickly cancelled by TVB.
Mak’s colleagues at TVB were surprised by his sudden departure.
There are reports that TVB has issued a gag order to forbid the few people who are familiar with the matter to say much.
Mak was actively posting promo videos and photos relating to the latest TVB show he participated in before his employer took him out of all promotional work. He disappeared from Instagram for around three months.
Recently, Alex posted a selfie on his social media platform. In the photo, he wore sunglasses without expression. The caption was: "Take a break. Take a look."
Online comments from his fans included: "You left TVB?", " Why you been gone so long?"
Source: Apple Daily News
https://bit.ly/2T6KKUy
#AlexMak #TVB #WhiteTerror #Censorship #SharpPower #HumanRights #Freedom #AntiELAB
Rumors of actor Alex Mak was ordered by TVB to stop working due to participation of Hong Kong pro-democracy movement
(14 May)Hong Kong police have been accused of abusing its power and conducting indiscriminate arrests during the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong in 2019, also known as the Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill Movement.
So far, nearly 8,000 people have been arrested. Of the arrested, one of them is 26-year-old up-and-coming TV actor Hoi Ching (Alex) Mak, according to Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily. He was reportedly arrested at the end of 2019 after participating in one of the protests.
Mak is employed by local pro-establishment TV station TVB. It is said that TVB has stopped all of Mak’s work following the arrest. Mak was not seen in the promotion of a recently aired TVB show, in which he is one of the actors. Mak decided to return to his hometown in France after being suppressed by the company due to his political views.
Mak was one of the favorite actors of TVB’s top management team, headed by Yee Ling (Virginia) Lok and Wing Shan (Sandy) Yue. Following his arrest, Mak’s dense working schedule was quickly cancelled by TVB.
Mak’s colleagues at TVB were surprised by his sudden departure.
There are reports that TVB has issued a gag order to forbid the few people who are familiar with the matter to say much.
Mak was actively posting promo videos and photos relating to the latest TVB show he participated in before his employer took him out of all promotional work. He disappeared from Instagram for around three months.
Recently, Alex posted a selfie on his social media platform. In the photo, he wore sunglasses without expression. The caption was: "Take a break. Take a look."
Online comments from his fans included: "You left TVB?", " Why you been gone so long?"
Source: Apple Daily News
https://bit.ly/2T6KKUy
#AlexMak #TVB #WhiteTerror #Censorship #SharpPower #HumanRights #Freedom #AntiELAB
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Evident favoritism towards Pro-china Broadcaster in Communications Authority’s Enforcement
The complaint against the RTHK programme, Headliner, a popular satirical show, for "defaming and insulting" Hong Kong Police force was substantiated according to findings from Communications Authority’s investigation.
The Commerce and Economic Development Bureau, which oversees the Authority, said no broadcaster should spread hatred and the Bureau chief, Edward Yau Tang-wah, demanded an immediate review and suspension of the programme.
When it comes to controversial programmes produced by pro-china broadcasters, Hong Kong officials responded differently. A 80-min program about the Hong Kong ptotesds, which was produced by the Chinese Central Television (CCTV), was broadcasted in early June on all of the city’s free and paid TV channels, including TVB News & Finance Channel, NOW Finance Channel and Cable TV paid channel.
The program claimed to "analyse the hidden forces" behind the movement, pointing fingers directly at the “pro-independence” politicians and "foreign interference" for "strategizing and inciting the riots".
The US consulate accused the CCTV program as a “blatant fraudulent misrepresentation” and 377 complaints were received as the Communications Authority admitted.
Charles Mok, Panel Chair on Information Technology and Broadcasting of Legislative Council said “the content of the documentary could be tightened”. He urged the Authority to seriously investigate into the matter.
Surprisingly, CEDB stepped back on this incident and responded conservatively by only highlighting formalities and established complaint handling procedures as their defense.
Source: Apple Daily
https://bit.ly/2U6vdVk
#Jun4 #PressFreedom #CCTV
Evident favoritism towards Pro-china Broadcaster in Communications Authority’s Enforcement
The complaint against the RTHK programme, Headliner, a popular satirical show, for "defaming and insulting" Hong Kong Police force was substantiated according to findings from Communications Authority’s investigation.
The Commerce and Economic Development Bureau, which oversees the Authority, said no broadcaster should spread hatred and the Bureau chief, Edward Yau Tang-wah, demanded an immediate review and suspension of the programme.
When it comes to controversial programmes produced by pro-china broadcasters, Hong Kong officials responded differently. A 80-min program about the Hong Kong ptotesds, which was produced by the Chinese Central Television (CCTV), was broadcasted in early June on all of the city’s free and paid TV channels, including TVB News & Finance Channel, NOW Finance Channel and Cable TV paid channel.
The program claimed to "analyse the hidden forces" behind the movement, pointing fingers directly at the “pro-independence” politicians and "foreign interference" for "strategizing and inciting the riots".
The US consulate accused the CCTV program as a “blatant fraudulent misrepresentation” and 377 complaints were received as the Communications Authority admitted.
Charles Mok, Panel Chair on Information Technology and Broadcasting of Legislative Council said “the content of the documentary could be tightened”. He urged the Authority to seriously investigate into the matter.
Surprisingly, CEDB stepped back on this incident and responded conservatively by only highlighting formalities and established complaint handling procedures as their defense.
Source: Apple Daily
https://bit.ly/2U6vdVk
#Jun4 #PressFreedom #CCTV
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Excerpted from archived news footage from Hong Kong news station #TVB, the video recorded one of the chaotic scenes of the Tiananmen Massacre near Beijing's Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989.
The sound of gunfire is incessant.
Today, many youngsters in China have never heard about the June 4 massacre, due to the Chinese government's censorship.
Take a good look of this video.
Keep it.
Share it, and
Remember it.
#June4 #TiananmenMassacre
Excerpted from archived news footage from Hong Kong news station #TVB, the video recorded one of the chaotic scenes of the Tiananmen Massacre near Beijing's Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989.
The sound of gunfire is incessant.
Today, many youngsters in China have never heard about the June 4 massacre, due to the Chinese government's censorship.
Take a good look of this video.
Keep it.
Share it, and
Remember it.
#June4 #TiananmenMassacre