Multiple Functional Constituency Lawmakers are Connected to Existing TV Operators

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Apple Daily 30th October 2013 Multiple Functional Constituency Lawmakers are Connected to Existing TV Operators 功能組別多人與電視台有利益關係 表決特權法 八議員應避席 Hong Kong SAR Government rejected HKTV’s license application and issued two licenses to Cable TV and NowTV. The beneficiaries are not only the two paid TV companies (Cable and Now), but…

A mass demonstration in Hong Kong to open tv airwaves.

The large demonstrations surrounding the Hong Kong Central Government Headquarters this entire week is for the following reasons.  HKTV a local television production company applied to the government for a free to air license along with 2 other companies.  They invested about 900 million HKD about $120M USD.  They had a staff of 320.  Most of the staff have…

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Hong Kong is a wealthy place and currently has a HK$64.9 billion (USD$8.4 billion) budget surplus. Yet the city lacks a proper social safety net due to ineffective or a lack of government policies and remains home to the widest rich-poor gap in the developed world from business collusion with the government – and it…

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Passed the 4,900 mark of visitors in less than two months.  I believe that the goals of the website have succeeded. Looking at the visitors to the website and country distribution (top 12 listed here) it appears to have fulfilled a human rights need.  Thank you to those who read the information.  The point is…

ATV anchor tells the reason why she quit after 7.1 demonstration. ATV前主播自爆7.1劈炮內幕

News link:  http://www.sharpdaily.hk/article/news/20130923/233384/ 亞視近日正值多事之秋,亂局影響新聞部,元老陸續請辭,其中亞視主播兼副採主吳秀華也被波及。 吳秀華劈炮,就是因為心淡,有高層叫她封口避談敏感的政治新聞,「呢啲留返畀報紙做咪得囉」,言論逐漸被蠶食,新聞部變成如富士康的民工般工作,失去靈魂。 她向《爽報》怒爆亞視新聞部受政治干預而自我審查,最後她在7月1日決定抽身離去的過程,「主播唔只係花瓶,同樣要有思想有內涵判斷是非,乜都唔報得咁仲做嚟做乜?」 記者:羅鈺歡 攝影:鄧振權 吳秀華在2000年9月入職亞視,2007年離開,四年後再回歸。似是故人來,離開前仍記得亞視新聞部工作熱誠,重歸後雖人面依舊,但自己卻變成了陌路人,高層忌諱她,同事也嫌她多事。 剛進入亞視那些年,她仍覺是最美好的年代,「嗰陣只得23歲,仲記得第一次直播喺會展做立法會大選,我冇做大show經驗,竟然唔記得攞稿,仲對住鏡頭話『冇稿㖭』!之後被全行人恥笑,真係好大打擊,但上司伍健強不停鼓勵,叫我唔好因少少挫折就唔做」,她說當時亞視新聞部比現在積極得多。 2007年10月,因病辭職,那次是她第一次離開亞視。之後做過各類公關工作,包括到澳門漁人碼頭替前香港高官鄺其志做公關,又在盧子健的顧問公司工作,主力做公共事務宣傳。世事多變,2011年亞視找她回去做副採主,料不到竟成一場噩夢。 2007年第一次離開亞視,吳秀華在新聞部廠景中留影。受訪者提供圖片 吳秀華曾要求梁振英給市民承諾,卻被梁粉投訴。 愛冒險探索的吳秀華,2009年曾到西藏自由行。 梁粉投訴 採訪臨時被取消 她剛回巢,就遇到新聞部地震,而自己一直奉行的採訪方式,在新的潛規則下,變成了自己的絆腳石,「我返去嗰陣啱啱係錯報江澤民死訊後,內部地震,換咗老闆兼主管,而呢啲人明顯有大陸背景」。這種背景開始發生影響,今年1月的施政報告答問大會後就開始出事,「我當時只係要求特首畀個指標和承諾香港人,而唔係講廢話蹉跎歲月,否則唔再爭取連任」。 平淡的發問,想不到卻觸動了梁粉神經,有人暗地向亞視高層投訴,「上司同我講有人投訴我答問大會中問題唔專業,言詞尖酸刻薄」。投訴後,有關政府事務的活動一概不讓她出席,「2月時新聞處追攞財政預算案出席記者人名,會係我去開,上司亦叫我出席,但到答問會當日,突然冇任何解釋下叫我放假唔使去,上司仲死撐冇人阻撓採訪自由,但就承認係我寸咗啲」,她明查暗訪找真相,結果不出所料,「有位智庫朋友透露,投訴確實係梁粉所為」。她感覺公司文化變得消極,往往避開報道敏感政治新聞,少做少錯,新聞人有我有就算。 2006年港燈風力發電站啓用儀式,行家為吳秀華拍攝工作照留念。 吳秀華回想施政報告當晚,張震遠還笑她「聽聞你幾辣喎」! 新聞被刪剪 即日憤而辭職 她的不滿終於在7.1回歸時爆發,當日梁振英授勳,頒授大紫荊勳章給譚惠珠,「我記得梁競選特首時,譚惠珠任榮譽會長的現代化協會,曾經捐過100百萬畀佢,我就用呢啲公開資料解釋二人關係」,當日早上及午間新聞仍有報道相關內容,但六點新聞後,老闆竟以片段過長為由,刪剪捐錢內容,「嗰段交代片得十幾秒,晚間新聞成45分鐘,根本冇可能唔夠時間」,擺到明被河蟹,還有甚麼好說,她就在當日辭職。 眼見奉行的新聞自由每日被打壓,社會也越來越撕裂,吳秀華感到痛心無奈,「呢兩年喺梁振英領導下嘅香港走向兩個極端,歸邊或者對抗,一係支持一係反對,仲經常發生打鬥吵鬧,咁樣只會撕裂香港,對社會一啲好處都冇」,她沒有意欲倒梁,只強調凡事該有灰色地帶,「倒梁係不設實際,佢唔做,咁邊個做呢?反而要佢對香港人承諾先實際,特首與其日日俾人鬧,點解唔做啲成績畀大家睇!」 人人都說主播只是花瓶,何必如此動真格?她對此完全不認同,「人人都想見到個靚仔靚女報新聞,但唔係人哋叫你做乜嘢就做乜嘢,要有內涵同專業智識判斷」,她說新聞從業員的質素,也同樣影響新聞自由,「如果記者質素低,你根本唔知佢講乜,又點知要爭取乜嘢民主自由呢?呢啲核心價值遲早都冇,所以新聞小花只係小問題,記者嘅心態、能耐同熱誠先係最重要」。 ATV recent positive troubled , chaotic influence DPI, another veteran resignation , which anchors Vice mining Master Wu Xiuhua ATV also be affected . Wu Xiuhua split shot , because disheartened ,…

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