2009 Hong Kong Broadcasting Authority forum was a public forum held on the night of July 14, 2009 by the

Hong Kong Broadcasting Authority The Hong Kong Broadcasting Authority (HKBA) was an organisation responsible for licensing and regulating the broadcasting industry in Hong Kong. It was formed in 1987. The organisation was authorised to investigate complaints made regarding pro ...

. The forum gave the citizens a chance to provide feedback and comments about the two free

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

TV station

TVB Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) is a television broadcasting company based in Hong Kong SAR. The Company operates five free-to-air terrestrial television channels in Hong Kong, with TVB Jade as its main Cantonese language service, and ...

and ATV. A large number of questions and complaints were directed at the station representatives. Starting from issues of

self-censorship Self-censorship is the act of censoring or classifying one's own discourse. This is done out of fear of, or deference to, the sensibilities or preferences (actual or perceived) of others and without overt pressure from any specific party or insti ...

, the forum soon escalated to chaos including heated comments toward TVB general manager Stephen Chan Chi Wan.HK.yahoo.com.
HK.yahoo.com
" ''電視牌檢討公聽市民怒罵陳志雲.'' Retrieved on 2009-07-15.

Background

Both ATV and TVB's current broadcast license went into effect on 1 December 2003. Traditionally TVB news used the slogan (無綫新聞，事事關心), which means "TVB News, care about events".HK.yahoo.com.

." ''市民諷無綫新聞事旦.'' Retrieved on 2009-07-15. In June 2009 people became dissatisfied with how the

1989 Tiananmen Square protests The Tiananmen Square protests, known in Chinese as the June Fourth Incident (), were student-led demonstrations held in Tiananmen Square, Beijing during 1989. In what is known as the Tiananmen Square Massacre, or in Chinese the June Fourth ...

were being reported locally. Thus the phrase (無綫新聞，事事旦旦) became a new protest spinoff phrase. On June 5, a day after the Tiananmen square 20th anniversary, all the TV stations were analyzed for their handling of the Tiananmen broadcast. TVB, which has the largest viewership and largely regarded as a

monopoly A monopoly (from Greek language, Greek el, μόνος, mónos, single, alone, label=none and el, πωλεῖν, pōleîn, to sell, label=none), as described by Irving Fisher, is a market with the "absence of competition", creating a situati ...

, broadcast only 8 minutes of the event well after a number of lesser important programs. Some of the programs that came before Tiananmen news included students abusing drugs in

Tin Shui Wai Tin Shui Wai New Town is a satellite town in the northwestern New Territories of Hong Kong. Originally a ' fish pond area, it was developed in the 1980s as the second new town in Yuen Long District and the eighth in Hong Kong. It is due northw ...

, and lesser important news regarding Legco and the Hong Kong subway. This led TVB to be labeled as CCTVB by the critics, which is a knockoff of the

People's Republic of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

's censored state-run station

CCTV Closed-circuit television (CCTV), also known as video surveillance, is the use of video cameras to transmit a signal to a specific place, on a limited set of monitors. It differs from broadcast television in that the signal is not openly t ...

Forum

On July 14, 2009 the forum had about 350 participants. The forum originally began with the complaints of self-censorship being practiced by both stations along with other broadcast freedom issues. The questions later spiraled to issues of monopoly, controlling of celebrities etc. Each citizen had 3 minutes to ask questions.Minpao.com.
Mingpao.com Vancouver
" ''電視牌檢討公聽市民怒罵陳志雲.'' Retrieved on 2009-07-15. Some top questions directed toward Stephen Chan: * Does TVB ask actors and actresses to participate on some shows in exchange for awards. * Why was

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Gillian Chung Gillian Chung Ka-lai (born Chung Tik-shan, 21 January 1981), known by her stage name Chung Yan-tung, is a Hong Kong actress and singer. She is a member of the Cantopop duo Twins, along with Charlene Choi. Early life Chung was born in Hong Kong ...

's special TVB pay-vision response interview broadcast first, as opposed to the Tiananmen incident which was broadcast third. * Is the phrase " Puk gai" (僕街) considered a real

profanity Profanity, also known as cursing, cussing, swearing, bad language, foul language, obscenities, expletives or vulgarism, is a socially offensive use of language. Accordingly, profanity is language use that is sometimes deemed impolite, rud ...

? Why is it ok when TV series actors use it, but beeped out when politicians use it on news programs. * Other earlier complaints include the downplaying of

Jackie Chan Fang Shilong (born 7 April 1954), known professionally in English as Jackie Chan and in Chinese as Cheng Long ( zh, c=成龍, j=Sing4 Lung4; "becoming the dragon"), is a Hong Kong actor, filmmaker, martial artist, and stuntman known for ...

's Chinese people need to be controlled comment.

References

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