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The “Evil Law Diary”: How to Destroy a News Department
(19 Jun)Clear skies, night-time in Mongkok, a lot of people queuing outside a small shop as though nothing has happened.
//I rushed back home to watch the last episode of Headliner...The Emperor’s Mother (a character in Headliner mocking Carrie Lam) said “we hope to meet again”, which was a lie. It would have been difficult to say “we will definitely come back" as it is highly uncertain.
//The world of media is wailing today.
//the show is in a dire situation and there is no specified date to meet again. Even if it does come back one day, it will for sure be under a harmonious but intolerable veneer. Perhaps, the personnel at Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) will be completely different by then.
//Today was the 25th anniversary of the Apple Daily Newspaper. A special edition was issued. Editors understood that their boss, Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, is now a prime target of the power elites/gangsters. They celebrated the 25th anniversary because they cannot see a 30th anniversary celebration at this point. Someone proposed "The End of Apple Daily" as the title of the special edition. In the end, it was entitled "Not the End of Apple Daily". There is no reason to surrender. They will treat every day like it is the final one and persist.
//a retiree and former executive at TVB will be the new boss of the Now TV news department and he will bring in a team from CCTVB.
//What does an untrustworthy government which likes to lie and deceive its citizens hate the most? A credible news media for sure.
//how do you destroy a news department? The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is good at this - by replacing management, manipulating an organization’s structure through personnel changes, setting new targets, and controlling daily operations
//it is natural selection; survival of those who are obedient; an elimination of the capable ones so that the inferior will survive.
Full translation:
https://telegra.ph/The-Evil-Law-Diary-How-to-Destroy-a-News-Department-06-25
Source: Stand News
Further reading:
Headliner Farewell Its Audience
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/22738
NOW TV chief Cheung Chi-kong will retire in August, former TVB Chinese team head Bill Chan takes his position
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/22607
#Censorship #ChinaInfiltration #Headliner #TVB #FreedomOfPress #RTHK #NowTV #AppleDaily #ICable #NationalSecurityLaw
The “Evil Law Diary”: How to Destroy a News Department
(19 Jun)Clear skies, night-time in Mongkok, a lot of people queuing outside a small shop as though nothing has happened.
//I rushed back home to watch the last episode of Headliner...The Emperor’s Mother (a character in Headliner mocking Carrie Lam) said “we hope to meet again”, which was a lie. It would have been difficult to say “we will definitely come back" as it is highly uncertain.
//The world of media is wailing today.
//the show is in a dire situation and there is no specified date to meet again. Even if it does come back one day, it will for sure be under a harmonious but intolerable veneer. Perhaps, the personnel at Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) will be completely different by then.
//Today was the 25th anniversary of the Apple Daily Newspaper. A special edition was issued. Editors understood that their boss, Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, is now a prime target of the power elites/gangsters. They celebrated the 25th anniversary because they cannot see a 30th anniversary celebration at this point. Someone proposed "The End of Apple Daily" as the title of the special edition. In the end, it was entitled "Not the End of Apple Daily". There is no reason to surrender. They will treat every day like it is the final one and persist.
//a retiree and former executive at TVB will be the new boss of the Now TV news department and he will bring in a team from CCTVB.
//What does an untrustworthy government which likes to lie and deceive its citizens hate the most? A credible news media for sure.
//how do you destroy a news department? The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is good at this - by replacing management, manipulating an organization’s structure through personnel changes, setting new targets, and controlling daily operations
//it is natural selection; survival of those who are obedient; an elimination of the capable ones so that the inferior will survive.
Full translation:
https://telegra.ph/The-Evil-Law-Diary-How-to-Destroy-a-News-Department-06-25
Source: Stand News
Further reading:
Headliner Farewell Its Audience
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/22738
NOW TV chief Cheung Chi-kong will retire in August, former TVB Chinese team head Bill Chan takes his position
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/22607
#Censorship #ChinaInfiltration #Headliner #TVB #FreedomOfPress #RTHK #NowTV #AppleDaily #ICable #NationalSecurityLaw
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The “Evil Law Diary”: How to Destroy a News Department
(19 Jun) Clear skies, nighttime in Mongkok, a lot of people queuing outside a small shop as though nothing has happened. I rushed back home to watch the last episode of Headliner. Anthony Wong Yiu-ming sang his new song, “Summer of Freedom". Anthony said…
Political allegiance suspected to be a key consideration in Personelle Change in i-Cable News
i-Cable Communications Limited announced on August 7 that Fung Tak-hung who “rejoined” the company as Executive Director last year, will move onto an advisory role, with effect from August 10.
Current supervisor of the International Finance Channel, Edna Chan Yin-na will oversee the news division. Sources also revealed that the News Controller role will be split into two and filled by Chan Hing-cheong, former senior management of ATV, a pro-China channel, and Oscar Lee, General Manager of Content Development of i-Cable, respectively.
Academia questioned that replacing media veterans with those who have less relevant experience could have been an action which has been consideration based on their political allegiances.
Source: Apple Daily #Aug7
#PressFreedom #ICable #News
i-Cable Communications Limited announced on August 7 that Fung Tak-hung who “rejoined” the company as Executive Director last year, will move onto an advisory role, with effect from August 10.
Current supervisor of the International Finance Channel, Edna Chan Yin-na will oversee the news division. Sources also revealed that the News Controller role will be split into two and filled by Chan Hing-cheong, former senior management of ATV, a pro-China channel, and Oscar Lee, General Manager of Content Development of i-Cable, respectively.
Academia questioned that replacing media veterans with those who have less relevant experience could have been an action which has been consideration based on their political allegiances.
Source: Apple Daily #Aug7
#PressFreedom #ICable #News
#iCable #CableNews #HongKongMedia
Sources: 3 Heads of Engineering Team at Cable News Fired by News Director
According to sources cited by Apple Daily, three engineering team heads got a termination letter from their news director on August 21, 2020 effective immediately.
They have worked at Cable News for around 20 years. They were the first batch of employees when Cable News was just established. They were responsible for maintaining network connections, live broadcast signals, assisting news interviewing, editorials and other back-end works. They have a good relationship with journalists. It's reported that some journalists couldn’t stop crying when they knew the company let go of them.
Cable News had underwent a major staffing change during early August, with Anderson Chan Hing-cheong and Oscar Lee taking the position of news director.
Source: Apple Daily #Aug21
#LayOff
Sources: 3 Heads of Engineering Team at Cable News Fired by News Director
According to sources cited by Apple Daily, three engineering team heads got a termination letter from their news director on August 21, 2020 effective immediately.
They have worked at Cable News for around 20 years. They were the first batch of employees when Cable News was just established. They were responsible for maintaining network connections, live broadcast signals, assisting news interviewing, editorials and other back-end works. They have a good relationship with journalists. It's reported that some journalists couldn’t stop crying when they knew the company let go of them.
Cable News had underwent a major staffing change during early August, with Anderson Chan Hing-cheong and Oscar Lee taking the position of news director.
Source: Apple Daily #Aug21
#LayOff
#iCable #LayOff #Petition
200+ employees petition for i-Cable management to reveal reasons behind dismissal of engineering team heads
Source: Stand News #Aug22
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200+ employees petition for i-Cable management to reveal reasons behind dismissal of engineering team heads
Source: Stand News #Aug22
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200+ employees petition for i-Cable management to reveal reasons behind dismissal of engineering team heads
More than 200 employees from the Public Information of i-Cable petitioned, requesting for the management to reveal their true intentions behind the firing of 3 heads of the engineering team.
i-Cable responded to not affect the operation of the public information department
i-Cable filled the vacant roles in what seemed like an unbroken succession. The 3 heads of the engineering team were fired on 21 August on immediate notice.
Read here: https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/24406
More than 200 people in Public information Department, including every editors and journalists from the Hong Kong News team and all journalists from the China news team signed the petitioned directed to the i-Cable chairmen, David Chiu Tat -Cheong, and the Chief financial officer (CFO), Kwok Chi-Kin.
The employees felt “shocked, puzzled and angry” and expressed that this move would result in an “irrevocable loss of i-Cable”
They mentioned in the open letter that they did not approve of the management's decision to that dismiss the 3 heads without any prior notice. They also doubted the claims that from the management that this doing had no adverse effects on the daily operation of the company. They also requested for the management to explain the reasons behind the personnel changes.
The 3 new senior management officers mentioned in the letter are ex-senior management of another pro-Establishment TV station ATV, Anderson Chan Hing-cheong, Edna Tse, and Oscar Lee. Fung Tak-hung was reappointed to be an advisor.
i-Cable responded that the dismissal of the 3 people from engineering teams was a result of a “regular review of organisation structure and Human Resources”. They also mentioned that a reasonable and sufficient compensation package have been arranged according to the Employees’ Compensation Ordinance of Labour Department. They further reiterated their claims the dismissal "will not affect the daily operation of public information department”.
Source: Stand News #Aug22
https://bit.ly/31ghHSSn
#ATV #Management
200+ employees petition for i-Cable management to reveal reasons behind dismissal of engineering team heads
More than 200 employees from the Public Information of i-Cable petitioned, requesting for the management to reveal their true intentions behind the firing of 3 heads of the engineering team.
i-Cable responded to not affect the operation of the public information department
i-Cable filled the vacant roles in what seemed like an unbroken succession. The 3 heads of the engineering team were fired on 21 August on immediate notice.
Read here: https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/24406
More than 200 people in Public information Department, including every editors and journalists from the Hong Kong News team and all journalists from the China news team signed the petitioned directed to the i-Cable chairmen, David Chiu Tat -Cheong, and the Chief financial officer (CFO), Kwok Chi-Kin.
The employees felt “shocked, puzzled and angry” and expressed that this move would result in an “irrevocable loss of i-Cable”
They mentioned in the open letter that they did not approve of the management's decision to that dismiss the 3 heads without any prior notice. They also doubted the claims that from the management that this doing had no adverse effects on the daily operation of the company. They also requested for the management to explain the reasons behind the personnel changes.
The 3 new senior management officers mentioned in the letter are ex-senior management of another pro-Establishment TV station ATV, Anderson Chan Hing-cheong, Edna Tse, and Oscar Lee. Fung Tak-hung was reappointed to be an advisor.
i-Cable responded that the dismissal of the 3 people from engineering teams was a result of a “regular review of organisation structure and Human Resources”. They also mentioned that a reasonable and sufficient compensation package have been arranged according to the Employees’ Compensation Ordinance of Labour Department. They further reiterated their claims the dismissal "will not affect the daily operation of public information department”.
Source: Stand News #Aug22
https://bit.ly/31ghHSSn
#ATV #Management
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Sources: 3 Heads of Engineering Team at Cable News Fired by News Director
According to sources cited by Apple Daily, three engineering team heads got a termination letter from their news director on August 21, 2020 effective…
Sources: 3 Heads of Engineering Team at Cable News Fired by News Director
According to sources cited by Apple Daily, three engineering team heads got a termination letter from their news director on August 21, 2020 effective…
#PressFreedom #iCable
Over 400 Former Staff Demand iCable Management to Stop Sacking and Tarnishing the Channel's Credibility
Source: Stand News #Aug25
#TVB #Suppression #FreeSpeech
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Over 400 Former Staff Demand iCable Management to Stop Sacking and Tarnishing the Channel's Credibility
Source: Stand News #Aug25
#TVB #Suppression #FreeSpeech
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Over 400 Former Staff Demand iCable Management to Stop Sacking Employees and Tarnishing the Channel's Credibility
Over 240 staff from Cable News petitioned to condemn the management for unreasonably sacking 3 senior supervisors of the Engineering Department at the news channel.
Read more about the petition:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/24432
On August 25, a joint statement signed by 406 former staff was published on Stand News, Apple Daily and Mingpao Daily through crowdfunding, demanding the iCable management to stop making unreasonable personnel changes.
The collective statement pointed out that the reputation and credibility of Cable News were not built overnight. Seeing its impending decline, former staff members could not stay in silence.
Read more about the management's response:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/24406
According to Stand News, at least 2 former Cable News staff who are now working at the free-to-air pro-Establishment channel TVB, were pressured by the management of the news department to remove their signature from the petition.
Source: Stand News #Aug25
#TVB #Suppression #FreeSpeech
Over 400 Former Staff Demand iCable Management to Stop Sacking Employees and Tarnishing the Channel's Credibility
Over 240 staff from Cable News petitioned to condemn the management for unreasonably sacking 3 senior supervisors of the Engineering Department at the news channel.
Read more about the petition:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/24432
On August 25, a joint statement signed by 406 former staff was published on Stand News, Apple Daily and Mingpao Daily through crowdfunding, demanding the iCable management to stop making unreasonable personnel changes.
The collective statement pointed out that the reputation and credibility of Cable News were not built overnight. Seeing its impending decline, former staff members could not stay in silence.
Read more about the management's response:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/24406
According to Stand News, at least 2 former Cable News staff who are now working at the free-to-air pro-Establishment channel TVB, were pressured by the management of the news department to remove their signature from the petition.
Source: Stand News #Aug25
#TVB #Suppression #FreeSpeech
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#iCable #LayOff #Petition
200+ employees petition for i-Cable management to reveal reasons behind dismissal of engineering team heads
More than 200 employees from the Public Information of i-Cable petitioned, requesting for the management to reveal their…
200+ employees petition for i-Cable management to reveal reasons behind dismissal of engineering team heads
More than 200 employees from the Public Information of i-Cable petitioned, requesting for the management to reveal their…
#Professionalism #Solidarity
5 Heads of i-Cable News and Entire China News Team Resign En Masse Against Laying Off of Journalists
On Dec 1, 2020, i-Cable News laid off 40 employees with immediate effect, angering staff at the TV news station.
According to the source, the head of i-Cable China News Szeto Yuen was the first to protest by resigning, followed by the rest of the journalists on the team. In total, one journalist was fired, and the other ten on the team, including Szeto, quit in protest. Some members from other teams also resigned to protest against the company's decision.
A senior journalist told Stand News that they felt it was better to take action together and alert the public that i-Cable News had deteriorated, instead being slowly and quietly weakened. He added that it was not worth staying anymore, since the management has intervened in the reporting again and again.
After recent salary cuts, a few junior journalists were only earning around 13,000 HKD a month. Operations at i-Cable News has nearly ground to a halt on Dec 1, 2020.
An upper-mid-level manager said that the top management had not consulted any department heads about this round of firing. The video editors and graphic designers who were fired were widely praised for their abilities by their colleagues. Many of the fired staff played important roles in middle and senior management.
i-Cable China News had investigated corrupt practices in China many times, and followed up the situation of activists; the team was long regarded to be in high reputation.
They were among the few public broadcasters in Hong Kong with a dedicated team for China news; its 11 members, including the team leader, are responsible for the daily China news reporting and the night-time “China Report”. They also have journalists regularly stationed in Beijing and Guangzhou.
Their most visible reporting in recent years were the 2012 interview of pro-democracy activist Li Wangyang, who served the longest sentence among those from the 1989 Tiananmen protests.
After broadcasting the interview, Li died in Daxiang Hospital, where he was found dead and leaning against the window, with a rope wrapped around his neck, though his legs were touching the ground. The Chinese authorities initially reported that he committed suicide, but they later changed the conclusion to “accidental death”. This incident caused strong repercussions in Hong Kong, with over ten thousand Hongkongers marching in protest, believing that Li "had been suicided".
In 2017, journalist Lam Kin-Shing covered the memorial at sea for Liu Xiaobo by a group of dissenters, the event was broadcast on Facebook live. Afterwards, Liu’s friends were arrested by China police, and the driver hired by i-Cable China News was detained for three days. Lam was transferred back to Hong Kong and barred from reporting in China again; he resigned soon after.
At the early stage of the Wuhan Pneumonia outbreak last year, China News team sent journalists to Wuhan for investigation. They were among the very few Hong Kong media who sent journalists to Wuhan for on-site reporting.
Moreover, the iCable China News team's reporting had won many awards, including Human Right Press Award and awards in the School of Journalism and Communication in CUHK. Their award-winning programs included “Damage of Nuclear weapons tests”, “The land acquisitions incident of Wukan village”, “ Li Wangyang”, “Even China police are protesting”, “Decoding the future of 30 years later”, “Tiananmen massacre 30th year anniversary”, “Poison milk powder: 10 years later”.
Source: Stand News #Dec1
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5 Heads of i-Cable News and Entire China News Team Resign En Masse Against Laying Off of Journalists
On Dec 1, 2020, i-Cable News laid off 40 employees with immediate effect, angering staff at the TV news station.
According to the source, the head of i-Cable China News Szeto Yuen was the first to protest by resigning, followed by the rest of the journalists on the team. In total, one journalist was fired, and the other ten on the team, including Szeto, quit in protest. Some members from other teams also resigned to protest against the company's decision.
A senior journalist told Stand News that they felt it was better to take action together and alert the public that i-Cable News had deteriorated, instead being slowly and quietly weakened. He added that it was not worth staying anymore, since the management has intervened in the reporting again and again.
After recent salary cuts, a few junior journalists were only earning around 13,000 HKD a month. Operations at i-Cable News has nearly ground to a halt on Dec 1, 2020.
An upper-mid-level manager said that the top management had not consulted any department heads about this round of firing. The video editors and graphic designers who were fired were widely praised for their abilities by their colleagues. Many of the fired staff played important roles in middle and senior management.
i-Cable China News had investigated corrupt practices in China many times, and followed up the situation of activists; the team was long regarded to be in high reputation.
They were among the few public broadcasters in Hong Kong with a dedicated team for China news; its 11 members, including the team leader, are responsible for the daily China news reporting and the night-time “China Report”. They also have journalists regularly stationed in Beijing and Guangzhou.
Their most visible reporting in recent years were the 2012 interview of pro-democracy activist Li Wangyang, who served the longest sentence among those from the 1989 Tiananmen protests.
After broadcasting the interview, Li died in Daxiang Hospital, where he was found dead and leaning against the window, with a rope wrapped around his neck, though his legs were touching the ground. The Chinese authorities initially reported that he committed suicide, but they later changed the conclusion to “accidental death”. This incident caused strong repercussions in Hong Kong, with over ten thousand Hongkongers marching in protest, believing that Li "had been suicided".
In 2017, journalist Lam Kin-Shing covered the memorial at sea for Liu Xiaobo by a group of dissenters, the event was broadcast on Facebook live. Afterwards, Liu’s friends were arrested by China police, and the driver hired by i-Cable China News was detained for three days. Lam was transferred back to Hong Kong and barred from reporting in China again; he resigned soon after.
At the early stage of the Wuhan Pneumonia outbreak last year, China News team sent journalists to Wuhan for investigation. They were among the very few Hong Kong media who sent journalists to Wuhan for on-site reporting.
Moreover, the iCable China News team's reporting had won many awards, including Human Right Press Award and awards in the School of Journalism and Communication in CUHK. Their award-winning programs included “Damage of Nuclear weapons tests”, “The land acquisitions incident of Wukan village”, “ Li Wangyang”, “Even China police are protesting”, “Decoding the future of 30 years later”, “Tiananmen massacre 30th year anniversary”, “Poison milk powder: 10 years later”.
Source: Stand News #Dec1
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All Department Heads from iCable News Quit After the Company Sacks 40 Staff in News Team
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/27039
#WuhanPneumonia #LiWangYang #ChinaNewsTeam #iCable #MassResignation #SzetoYuen #Respect #Integrity #Journalism
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#DirtyMoney: #iCable owner Chiu Tat-cheong earns profit in UK property project at the expense of press freedom in Hong Kong
Source: Liber Research Community #Dec2
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#DirtyMoney: #iCable owner Chiu Tat-cheong earns profit in UK property project at the expense of press freedom in Hong Kong
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#DirtyMoney: #iCable owner Chiu Tat-cheong earns profit in UK property project at the expense of press freedom in Hong Kong
On December 1, 2020, paid TV station i-Cable chairman Chiu Tat-cheong announced the layoff or re-deployment of a total of 100 staffs, while remaining silent on the selective layoff of all team members of "News Lancet", the only investigative program in Hong Kong.
The sackings were described by the Hong Kong Journalists Association as media suppression.
As the chairman of Far East Consortium at the same time, Chiu has widened his property search to the UK. Chiu admitted earlier that the National Security Law in Hong Kong helps to push the number of Hong Kong buyers up for its property projects in the UK. He showed support for the draconian law and claimed that their UK properties will be snapped up if all three million Hong Kong BNO holders are to settle in the UK.
21,300 (about 83%) out of the 56,600 residential units launched by Hong Kong or Chinese property developers in the UK since 2019 are owned by Far East Consortium, including New Cross Central, Aspen at Consort Place, and other 4 projects. One of the projects Northern Gateway plans for a long-term construction in the future 15-20 years on the 155-hectare land in cooperation with the Manchester City Council.
Another shareholder of i-Cable Li Sze-lim owns 3,900 residential units under his real estate developer R&F Properties, including One Nine Elms, Vauxhall Square, and other 2 investment projects. Li also owns more than half of the units launched by the Chinese developers, such as Vanke and Country Garden.
A total of 25,200 units are launched by Far East Consortium and R&F Properties, which is a hundreds of millions-worth business. Most of the projects started several years before, and come to finish in 2020, which coincides with the mass immigration wave of Hongkongers following the imposition of the National Security Law in Hong Kong.
With the businessmen's tougher suppression of press freedom in Hong Kong, it is not hard to imagine that a mass exodus will result in hot demand for UK properties.
Source: Liber Research Community #Dec2
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=3627752037320843&id=244689185627162
#iCable #NewsLancet #PressFreedom #NationalSecurityLaw #Migration #UK #Property #ChiuTatCheong #LiSzeLim
#DirtyMoney: #iCable owner Chiu Tat-cheong earns profit in UK property project at the expense of press freedom in Hong Kong
On December 1, 2020, paid TV station i-Cable chairman Chiu Tat-cheong announced the layoff or re-deployment of a total of 100 staffs, while remaining silent on the selective layoff of all team members of "News Lancet", the only investigative program in Hong Kong.
The sackings were described by the Hong Kong Journalists Association as media suppression.
As the chairman of Far East Consortium at the same time, Chiu has widened his property search to the UK. Chiu admitted earlier that the National Security Law in Hong Kong helps to push the number of Hong Kong buyers up for its property projects in the UK. He showed support for the draconian law and claimed that their UK properties will be snapped up if all three million Hong Kong BNO holders are to settle in the UK.
21,300 (about 83%) out of the 56,600 residential units launched by Hong Kong or Chinese property developers in the UK since 2019 are owned by Far East Consortium, including New Cross Central, Aspen at Consort Place, and other 4 projects. One of the projects Northern Gateway plans for a long-term construction in the future 15-20 years on the 155-hectare land in cooperation with the Manchester City Council.
Another shareholder of i-Cable Li Sze-lim owns 3,900 residential units under his real estate developer R&F Properties, including One Nine Elms, Vauxhall Square, and other 2 investment projects. Li also owns more than half of the units launched by the Chinese developers, such as Vanke and Country Garden.
A total of 25,200 units are launched by Far East Consortium and R&F Properties, which is a hundreds of millions-worth business. Most of the projects started several years before, and come to finish in 2020, which coincides with the mass immigration wave of Hongkongers following the imposition of the National Security Law in Hong Kong.
With the businessmen's tougher suppression of press freedom in Hong Kong, it is not hard to imagine that a mass exodus will result in hot demand for UK properties.
Source: Liber Research Community #Dec2
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=3627752037320843&id=244689185627162
#iCable #NewsLancet #PressFreedom #NationalSecurityLaw #Migration #UK #Property #ChiuTatCheong #LiSzeLim
#Collusion #PoliticalAssignment
Video Leaked: Carrie Lam Praises i-Cable News Director for Being "Cooperative"
On Dec 1, 2020, the paid TV station i-Cable sacked around 40 staff members in the news department, including the entire team of "News Lancet", a reputed investigative news program in Hong Kong.
The sacking has triggered the resignation of the News Team en masse and discontent among journalists and audience. Many questioned whether the News Director, Oscar Lee Tsun and other senior managers, who were recently parachuted to head the news team, are carrying out political assignment.
On the next day, a video footage leaked out, wherein the news director Oscar Li had an interview with Chief Executive Carrie Lam.
In the video, Lam mocked Lee for being too “mild” in his interview questions. In embarrassment, Lee stammered, “...harder questions will come in the next session.”
Lam, however, was not contended as she continued to taunt Lee, “No wonder my press secretary said (Cable TV) is very cooperative, very cooperative, very accommodating, very accommodating.”
After the layoff plan was out on Dec 1, a number of departmenf supervisors and staff members of the News team encircled the office of the senior managers including Lee, Hui Hong-Fai, Tse Yin-na and Chan Hing-cheong.
The staff request an explanation on the TV station's criteria set out to fire them Meanwhile, 16 journalists from News Department issued a joint statement and resigned en masse in solidarity.
In the statement, they criticized management for failing to provide a clear account on reasons for sacking certain staff. They also pointed out that such decision has completely disregarded the journalists’ contribution over the years.
Source: Stand News #Dec2
#PressFreedom #WhiteTerror #Oppression #CarrieLam #OscarLi #Leak #iCable
Video Leaked: Carrie Lam Praises i-Cable News Director for Being "Cooperative"
On Dec 1, 2020, the paid TV station i-Cable sacked around 40 staff members in the news department, including the entire team of "News Lancet", a reputed investigative news program in Hong Kong.
The sacking has triggered the resignation of the News Team en masse and discontent among journalists and audience. Many questioned whether the News Director, Oscar Lee Tsun and other senior managers, who were recently parachuted to head the news team, are carrying out political assignment.
On the next day, a video footage leaked out, wherein the news director Oscar Li had an interview with Chief Executive Carrie Lam.
In the video, Lam mocked Lee for being too “mild” in his interview questions. In embarrassment, Lee stammered, “...harder questions will come in the next session.”
Lam, however, was not contended as she continued to taunt Lee, “No wonder my press secretary said (Cable TV) is very cooperative, very cooperative, very accommodating, very accommodating.”
After the layoff plan was out on Dec 1, a number of departmenf supervisors and staff members of the News team encircled the office of the senior managers including Lee, Hui Hong-Fai, Tse Yin-na and Chan Hing-cheong.
The staff request an explanation on the TV station's criteria set out to fire them Meanwhile, 16 journalists from News Department issued a joint statement and resigned en masse in solidarity.
In the statement, they criticized management for failing to provide a clear account on reasons for sacking certain staff. They also pointed out that such decision has completely disregarded the journalists’ contribution over the years.
Source: Stand News #Dec2
#PressFreedom #WhiteTerror #Oppression #CarrieLam #OscarLi #Leak #iCable
Feature Story: The doomsday of the news department as witnessed by five i-Cable journalists
A large crowd gathered outside Cable TV Tower at Hoi Shing Road, Tsuen Wan, a rare scene. All pointing their cameras at the bright red Cable TV logo, a line of photo journalists would charge forward and press the shutters whenever there was any hint of activity inside.
Among the photos, there is one showing news reader Kenix Lau Tsz-Fung leaving with a suitcase which carried her outfits on cast. Sports journalist Chan Hon-Wai held a basketball to his chest. Veteran journalist Alex Sin Ching-Fung carried a carton with a sticker “3 HK” which became a talking point of the netizens.
Source: Standnews #Dec01
#Doomsday #ICable #Journalists #Press
https://telegra.ph/Feature-Story-The-doomsday-of-the-news-department-as-witnessed-by-five-i-Cable-journalists-01-12
A large crowd gathered outside Cable TV Tower at Hoi Shing Road, Tsuen Wan, a rare scene. All pointing their cameras at the bright red Cable TV logo, a line of photo journalists would charge forward and press the shutters whenever there was any hint of activity inside.
Among the photos, there is one showing news reader Kenix Lau Tsz-Fung leaving with a suitcase which carried her outfits on cast. Sports journalist Chan Hon-Wai held a basketball to his chest. Veteran journalist Alex Sin Ching-Fung carried a carton with a sticker “3 HK” which became a talking point of the netizens.
Source: Standnews #Dec01
#Doomsday #ICable #Journalists #Press
https://telegra.ph/Feature-Story-The-doomsday-of-the-news-department-as-witnessed-by-five-i-Cable-journalists-01-12
Many indices for press freedom have plunged to the lowest ever since after iCable laying off their employees and RTHK programmes being withdrawn, according to the latest polls from HKPORI.
#PressFreedom #RTHK #iCable #HKPORI #GoHKgraphics
#PressFreedom #RTHK #iCable #HKPORI #GoHKgraphics