Senior media worker Siu To Poon shared a Facebook post on Wednesday, claiming that a customer ordered a Winnie the Pooh cake on Maxim’s Cakes, and paid extra for “XX (name of daughter) Happy Birthday! Reclaim Hong Kong, Revolution of our time” to be written on chocolate sign, but found that only “XX Happy Birthday!” was written when she collected it.
Our newspaper reached out to that customer via Poon, and was presented with the online order confirmation stating clearly that the cake sign should include “Reclaim Hong Kong, Revolution of our time”. Her daughter’s birthday was on the 11th of this month, she collected the cake from the Lam Tin MTR station store on the 10th to find that the cake did not compromise requirements of the order and returned the cake under dissatisfaction.
Reporters of our newspaper went to Maxim’s Cakes Heng Fa Chuen store as a customer to order a Maxim’s Angel Cake with a sign which has “Happy Mid-Autumn Festival, Reclaim Hong Kong, Revolution of Our Time” written on it, store staff immediately claimed that “these cannot be written” and expressed that the company had updated guidelines since the Anti-Extradition Bill (Photo Above) and that “Reclaim Hong Kong, Revolution of our time” cannot be written. Store staff showed guidelines listing that “customised congratulatory messages must not contain profanities or use of indecent language that will include slander, abuse, attack, promote hatred, insult, malign, obscene, coarse language, salacious, distaste, deceit, threaten, sham or mislead any persons, companies, groups or nations. Our company reserves all rights without separate notice.” Our reporter inquired how the requested words had violated the guidelines and the store staff merely claimed that “these cannot be written”, “there had been orders made in the past, the phrases will disappear”. A separate investigation into Maxim’s Cakes official website indicated that related guidelines were updated in June this year. Our newspaper reached out to Maxim’s for comment consecutively since Wednesday and did not receive a response till the deadline of this article
Subsidiary “Arome Bakery” once claimed “no censorship whatsoever”
Our newspaper reached out to Maxim’s subsidiary “Arome Bakery” in June for allegedly refusing to write “do not touch my behind” for political reasons. Arome Bakery responded and expressed that there was miscommunication between the stuff and customer, an apology was made to recreate the cake, claiming the group of companies had “no censorship whatsoever” on congratulatory messages.
Maxim’s Group was found to be on Netizen’s boycott list. It was disemminated that school administration groups were discontent with The Chinese Foundation Secondary School student who struck and might penalise students. The person in charge of the school administration group is also founder of Maxim’s Group, James Wu’s eldest daughter, Annie Wu. Hong Kong Federation of Women’s Chairperson Pansy Ho Chiu-king and Annie Wu went for a speech at United Nations Human Rights Council days ago, Wu claimed at the meeting that violent persons besieged the airport and destructed public facilities, affecting Hong Kong’s image.
Source: https://m.mingpao.com/pns/要聞/article/20190914/s00001/1568399613922/美心更新指引-蛋糕牌拒寫「光復香港」
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Our newspaper reached out to that customer via Poon, and was presented with the online order confirmation stating clearly that the cake sign should include “Reclaim Hong Kong, Revolution of our time”. Her daughter’s birthday was on the 11th of this month, she collected the cake from the Lam Tin MTR station store on the 10th to find that the cake did not compromise requirements of the order and returned the cake under dissatisfaction.
Reporters of our newspaper went to Maxim’s Cakes Heng Fa Chuen store as a customer to order a Maxim’s Angel Cake with a sign which has “Happy Mid-Autumn Festival, Reclaim Hong Kong, Revolution of Our Time” written on it, store staff immediately claimed that “these cannot be written” and expressed that the company had updated guidelines since the Anti-Extradition Bill (Photo Above) and that “Reclaim Hong Kong, Revolution of our time” cannot be written. Store staff showed guidelines listing that “customised congratulatory messages must not contain profanities or use of indecent language that will include slander, abuse, attack, promote hatred, insult, malign, obscene, coarse language, salacious, distaste, deceit, threaten, sham or mislead any persons, companies, groups or nations. Our company reserves all rights without separate notice.” Our reporter inquired how the requested words had violated the guidelines and the store staff merely claimed that “these cannot be written”, “there had been orders made in the past, the phrases will disappear”. A separate investigation into Maxim’s Cakes official website indicated that related guidelines were updated in June this year. Our newspaper reached out to Maxim’s for comment consecutively since Wednesday and did not receive a response till the deadline of this article
Subsidiary “Arome Bakery” once claimed “no censorship whatsoever”
Our newspaper reached out to Maxim’s subsidiary “Arome Bakery” in June for allegedly refusing to write “do not touch my behind” for political reasons. Arome Bakery responded and expressed that there was miscommunication between the stuff and customer, an apology was made to recreate the cake, claiming the group of companies had “no censorship whatsoever” on congratulatory messages.
Maxim’s Group was found to be on Netizen’s boycott list. It was disemminated that school administration groups were discontent with The Chinese Foundation Secondary School student who struck and might penalise students. The person in charge of the school administration group is also founder of Maxim’s Group, James Wu’s eldest daughter, Annie Wu. Hong Kong Federation of Women’s Chairperson Pansy Ho Chiu-king and Annie Wu went for a speech at United Nations Human Rights Council days ago, Wu claimed at the meeting that violent persons besieged the airport and destructed public facilities, affecting Hong Kong’s image.
Source: https://m.mingpao.com/pns/要聞/article/20190914/s00001/1568399613922/美心更新指引-蛋糕牌拒寫「光復香港」
#ChinaInfluence
#BoycottMaxims
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美心更新指引 蛋糕牌拒寫「光復香港」 - 20190914 - 要聞
【明報專訊】繼美心集團旗下的東海堂一度拒為顧客寫「唔好搞我後面」蛋糕牌，美心西餅亦拒寫自訂賀詞。有市民日前訂購蛋糕時要求在蛋糕牌寫「光復香港 時代革命」，取貨時不見該字句。本報記者前日以顧客身分在美心訂購蛋糕，店員稱公司近月更新指引，「有人訂過蛋糕，呢行字會無咗」。本報於周三向美心查詢，並連日跟進，至昨截稿沒回應。
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Medical Professor and SARS Expert Joseph Sung: Giving up on Hong Kong's younger generation means losing faith in future
At the start of the pro-democracy movement in 2019, the Hong Kong government, and business sector have been ignoring the youngsters' demands. Annie Wu, daughter of Maxim's Catering's founder, said that she had lost all hope in them, causing the pro-democracy fraction to boycott the company and its chains.
In a radio show recently, Joseph Sung, former professor and ex-Vice-Chancellor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (#CUHK) disagreed that one should give up and lose hope on the younger generation.
During the show, Sung said that he understood the frustrations of the younger generation, but they should not lose hope just because they are unable to own homes. He suggested that if one cannot get married and have kids, they could perhaps work overseas for a few years and contribute to the society when they are back. He also said that the younger generation is very creative and energetic, and that people should not write them off. He said that giving up on the younger generation means losing faith in the future, and urged the different generstions to listen to each other.
Source: Apple Daily #Oct4
https://hk.appledaily.com/local/20201004/JVB5EHGCPJCBTM3WXEGKU3TXMA/
#BoycottMaxims #JosephSung #AnnieWu
Medical Professor and SARS Expert Joseph Sung: Giving up on Hong Kong's younger generation means losing faith in future
At the start of the pro-democracy movement in 2019, the Hong Kong government, and business sector have been ignoring the youngsters' demands. Annie Wu, daughter of Maxim's Catering's founder, said that she had lost all hope in them, causing the pro-democracy fraction to boycott the company and its chains.
In a radio show recently, Joseph Sung, former professor and ex-Vice-Chancellor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (#CUHK) disagreed that one should give up and lose hope on the younger generation.
During the show, Sung said that he understood the frustrations of the younger generation, but they should not lose hope just because they are unable to own homes. He suggested that if one cannot get married and have kids, they could perhaps work overseas for a few years and contribute to the society when they are back. He also said that the younger generation is very creative and energetic, and that people should not write them off. He said that giving up on the younger generation means losing faith in the future, and urged the different generstions to listen to each other.
Source: Apple Daily #Oct4
https://hk.appledaily.com/local/20201004/JVB5EHGCPJCBTM3WXEGKU3TXMA/
#BoycottMaxims #JosephSung #AnnieWu