HKFP reports…
Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Tai Po was questioned by police twice after announcing a special service this Sunday to mourn the 168 people killed in the fatal blaze last November, former radio host and local parishioner Antony Yiu said.
…“As a churchgoer, I respect the church’s decision. But I’d like to ask: do police now have the power to dictate who believers pray for?” Yiu wrote.
The priest at another church, Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Wanchai, was also questioned by police about a planned memorial mass.
Whether the police have the authority to tell churchgoers what they can or cannot pray for is unclear. But it looks pretty likely that someone high up has identified the Wang Fuk Court tragedy as a possible trigger for community activities that need to be discouraged, or sentiments that are to be feared.
Is communion with the Almighty a form – perhaps the ultimate form – of collusion with a foreign power?
Not so, apparently, with Japanese porn stars. The Immigration Dept denies that it barred a group of them entry to Hong Kong to attend a fans expo. (According to the HKFP story, officials say the ladies chose to go back to Japan when they learned that the event had been cancelled. We don’t know who told them that, or who ordered the cancelling.)
A potentially useful tip from a discussion on Jensen Huang’s taste in clothes, food, etc…
…the next time you’re in seoul and thinking about dinner, look up whether jensen huang ever ate there. then don’t
Has HKFP run out of editors? That story is just so bad, in terms of English quality, journalistic quality. Poor narrative control and flow. Riddled with mistakes.
And Hilary Leung seems to be running gossip from Anthony Yiu without any verification from the church leadership itself. I’m gonna go out on a limb and suggest he is either fictional or a plant.
If cops are in any way pressuring memorial services, this is big news and it deserves a decent reporter covering it, not this bloody half-baked gormless intern.
O/T
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@Can someone et al
I dunno, seems ok to me. TBH better than the standard of, say, The Standard.
@Can someone… half-baked or not, decent reporting is no longer tolerated here. I struggle to name even one proper journalist. Perhaps you can name 2 or 3 who can do the job. Yes, a response from the hierarchy would’ve been apt, but doubtless they’d be fearful of stating anything.
Disclosure: I haven’t read the HKFP story.
Of course the police have the power to tell people what they can or cannot pray for. Have you not been paying attention?
The CCP war on remembering, which has achieved victory in the Mainland, advances in Hong Kong.
I agree with @Formerly Known As
Have you not been keeping up “@Can someone teach” because you act like an ignoramus.
The police can do whatever they want here and it is not big news in the NSL era that the police are pressuring a politically sensitive memorial service you absolute dipshit.
Journalists can be disappeared too. This isn’t Trump’s America where it is safe to cosplay as a “brave” journalist or activist taking down the big bad man. This is the real deal with serious consequences
Hilary Critic – It seems that the Hong Kong FREE Press has been operating at a deficit for the past 5 years. Since you are so bothered by its editorial standards, perhaps you should sponsor the salary of an editor that does meet your high standards for the FREE news site!
Like Tianamen, the focus is to have people forget about Tai Po.
Can someone teach …….
Before criticising I suggest you (re)read your own comment. Plus anybody who writes “gonna” is shallow, superficial and simplistic, even if you are a citizen of Mr Trump’s homeland.
Like others suggest, if you are so concerned about HKFP quality, you should support them financially. HKFP at least obtain some decent stories (such as the one in question) and report them.
As one of the contributors to Big Lychee could confirm, if he so wished (and thus draw even more attention to himself), being a journalist/reporter in Hong Kong is no longer simple or necessarily other than challenging.
My son’s long standing friend, who is very bright, chose for reasons that baffle me, to study journalism. The climate has changed and he is working as an English teacher in Wanchai. Support those who work and report.