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Hong Kongās Home Affairs Department bans the distribution of āPeaceful Lifeā Fai Chun ā District Councillors: The phrase sourced from a China TV drama song
//Home Affairs Department (HAD) in Hong Kong disallows the printing of āPeaceful Lifeā Fai Chun from Wong Tai Sin District Council (WTSDC).
//The councilor questioned that the HAD by banning the printing of Fai Chun could violate the rules against China or China approve TV drama.
//MOK Yee-ha: Elderly commonly share graphics with āPeaceful Lifeā phrase
//This year WTSDC would like to produce Fai Chun with the phrase āPeaceful Lifeā and distribute it to the residents.
//She stated that many elderly think āPeaceful Lifeā has good meanings, āmany graphics used or shared between eldersā phones use peaceful lifeā.
//The WTSDC started that they considered the perspectives of citizen and called for the authority to be open-minded, āthis is a civil society, and stop thinking of it as from only one perspectiveā.
//Service Committee of Choi Hung Estate, MOK Ho-chit Sean, mentioned, the phrase āPeaceful Lifeā is also used on the website of Social Welfare Department (SWD) in Hong Kong, calling citizens to send each other messages with the phrase, āsending others good wishes, peaceful life for being goodā.
//LAU Ka-man pointed out āPeaceful Lifeā used by China Central Television
//Fai Chun in question was āreferenced from the popular history of the People Republic of Chinaā, different religions would also blessing each other using the same phrase, demonstrated that āPeaceful Lifeā is not inappropriate.
//District Councillor pointed out the Social Welfare Department, Leisure and Culture Service Department (L&CSD) also used āPeaceful Lifeā: itās only for blessing others.
//Chairman of District Council, HUI Kam-shing of Hong Kong Association for Democracy and Peopleās Livelihood, blamed the HAD and Secretary for abusing their power, District Council had approved its production, which should be executed effectively, āunless the production is breaking the Law, it should not be ban due to inappropriatenessā.
//Commissioner of HAD reiterated the wording is not common blessing
//WONG Chi-wah, Commissioner of HAD, who had been received many criticisms, stated that Head of HAD was the financial controller of āsocial participation plan, he has the authority to approve the funding. He reiterated the reply from the Secretary, and repeated that āPeaceful Lifeā was not commonly used in Fai Chun, leading the possibility of public unpleasantness.
//Don CHONG mocked, ā wording likes āLiberate HK, Revolution of our timesā should not be said, but why āPeaceful Lifeā is prohibited?ā
//HUI Kam-shing advised HAD again for not to obstructing the plan, and stated that WTSDC would bear all legal liabilities. He pointed out that the HAD only governed the officials and monitored whether the operation of Councils had fulfilled the āDistrict Council Ordinanceā, instead of undergoing political screening.
Full Translation Here: Hong Kong Echo
Source: InMediaHK
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Hong Kongās Home Affairs Department bans the distribution of āPeaceful Lifeā Fai Chun ā District Councillors: The phrase sourced from a China TV drama song
//Home Affairs Department (HAD) in Hong Kong disallows the printing of āPeaceful Lifeā Fai Chun from Wong Tai Sin District Council (WTSDC).
//The councilor questioned that the HAD by banning the printing of Fai Chun could violate the rules against China or China approve TV drama.
//MOK Yee-ha: Elderly commonly share graphics with āPeaceful Lifeā phrase
//This year WTSDC would like to produce Fai Chun with the phrase āPeaceful Lifeā and distribute it to the residents.
//She stated that many elderly think āPeaceful Lifeā has good meanings, āmany graphics used or shared between eldersā phones use peaceful lifeā.
//The WTSDC started that they considered the perspectives of citizen and called for the authority to be open-minded, āthis is a civil society, and stop thinking of it as from only one perspectiveā.
//Service Committee of Choi Hung Estate, MOK Ho-chit Sean, mentioned, the phrase āPeaceful Lifeā is also used on the website of Social Welfare Department (SWD) in Hong Kong, calling citizens to send each other messages with the phrase, āsending others good wishes, peaceful life for being goodā.
//LAU Ka-man pointed out āPeaceful Lifeā used by China Central Television
//Fai Chun in question was āreferenced from the popular history of the People Republic of Chinaā, different religions would also blessing each other using the same phrase, demonstrated that āPeaceful Lifeā is not inappropriate.
//District Councillor pointed out the Social Welfare Department, Leisure and Culture Service Department (L&CSD) also used āPeaceful Lifeā: itās only for blessing others.
//Chairman of District Council, HUI Kam-shing of Hong Kong Association for Democracy and Peopleās Livelihood, blamed the HAD and Secretary for abusing their power, District Council had approved its production, which should be executed effectively, āunless the production is breaking the Law, it should not be ban due to inappropriatenessā.
//Commissioner of HAD reiterated the wording is not common blessing
//WONG Chi-wah, Commissioner of HAD, who had been received many criticisms, stated that Head of HAD was the financial controller of āsocial participation plan, he has the authority to approve the funding. He reiterated the reply from the Secretary, and repeated that āPeaceful Lifeā was not commonly used in Fai Chun, leading the possibility of public unpleasantness.
//Don CHONG mocked, ā wording likes āLiberate HK, Revolution of our timesā should not be said, but why āPeaceful Lifeā is prohibited?ā
//HUI Kam-shing advised HAD again for not to obstructing the plan, and stated that WTSDC would bear all legal liabilities. He pointed out that the HAD only governed the officials and monitored whether the operation of Councils had fulfilled the āDistrict Council Ordinanceā, instead of undergoing political screening.
Full Translation Here: Hong Kong Echo
Source: InMediaHK
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