6 Apr 2023獨媒#6262
Ice hockey player says sports body is 'attacking its own people': 'I’m more saddened than angry'
冰球港隊今年2月到波斯尼亞比賽，主辦方在賽後播錯國歌。港協暨奧委會已啟動暫停冰協會員資格的程序，冰協或會遭削減撥款資助。港隊球員顏卓朗接受電台訪問，指港協「打自己人」出啖氣，令冰球發展受影響，對此感到心悒：「我其實係傷感大過嬲。」他又指主辦方播錯國歌，卻令冰協受罰，球員的努力同遭抹殺，認為是非常不合理：「人哋播錯咗一首歌，就搞到我哋一路嘅努力無咗⋯⋯我覺得好唔make sense。」
Hong Kong’s ice hockey team competed in Bosnia in February this year, where the organiser played the wrong national anthem after the match. The Sports Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China has initiated proceedings to suspend the Hong Kong Ice Hockey Association’s membership, and the association may face cuts to its funding. Hong Kong team player Yan Cheuk Long told a radio programme that the sports body was “attacking its own people” to vent its anger, affecting the development of ice hockey, and said he was upset: “I’m actually more saddened than angry.” He also said that although the organiser played the wrong anthem, the Ice Hockey Association was being punished, while the players’ efforts were wiped out, which he considered highly unreasonable: “Someone played the wrong song, and it made all our efforts disappear... I think it really doesn’t make sense.”
6 Apr 2023獨媒#6264
Ice Hockey Association hits back at SF&OC, saying it shows “the least respect for athletes’ efforts and achievements”
冰球港隊2月到波斯尼亞比賽，主辦方在賽後播錯國歌，港協暨奧委會前日（4日）啟動暫停冰協會員資格的程序，冰協或遭削減撥款資助。冰協今午發最新聲明，承諾會在一個月內提交全面書面解釋，但認為在事件中感受不到港協的尊重，反而三番四次發出未符事實的評論，「只感到處理這次事件的港協人員，一直希望證明只有冰球協會有錯。」冰協又提到上月與港協會面時，對方未有討論報告內容及日後如何應對，反倒質疑冰球比賽只得4至6隊參與，亞軍及季軍的成績並不突出，形容説法「感到港協口口聲聲最尊重運動員，但實際上最不尊重香港運動員的付出及成就。」
The Hong Kong ice hockey team competed in Bosnia in February, where the organiser played the wrong national anthem after the event. The Sports Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China began proceedings on the 4th to suspend the Hong Kong Ice Hockey Association’s membership, and the association could face reduced funding. In a statement issued this afternoon, the association promised to submit a comprehensive written explanation within one month, but said it had felt no respect from the federation during the incident. Instead, it said, the federation had repeatedly made comments inconsistent with the facts. It said: “We can only feel that the federation personnel handling this incident have continually sought to prove that the Ice Hockey Association alone was at fault.” The association also said that, during a meeting with the federation last month, the federation did not discuss the report’s contents or how to respond in future, but instead questioned why ice hockey competitions involved only four to six teams and said the runners-up and third-place results were not particularly outstanding. It described the remarks as showing that “although the federation repeatedly says it respects athletes most, in reality it shows the least respect for Hong Kong athletes’ efforts and achievements.”
4 Apr 2023獨媒#6250
Tuen Mun Red House cordoned off; members of public pay respects outside wire fence
辛亥革命遺址之一屯門「紅樓」近日遭鐵絲網圍封，臨近清明節，今早（4日）有市民到鐵絲網外進行拜祭，表示過去清明節前來未遇過圍封，未知是否將被拆卸。
Tuen Mun’s “Red House”, one of the sites of the Xinhai Revolution, has recently been enclosed with wire fencing. As the Ching Ming Festival approaches, members of the public went outside the fence this morning (4th) to pay their respects, saying they had never encountered the site being cordoned off when visiting before Ching Ming in previous years and did not know whether it would be demolished.
4 Apr 2023獨媒#6251
Sports Federation Starts Procedure to Suspend Ice Hockey Association Membership; Government Considers Cutting Funding as Punishment
針對早前播錯國歌事件，港協暨奧委會宣布啟動暫停冰協會員資格的相關程序，要求對方最遲下月4日前提交全面書面解釋，及企業管治改善方案，否則將暫停會籍。特區政府隨即發聲明表示支持，指考慮在不影響運動員的前提下，削減對冰協的撥款資助，以作懲處。
In response to the earlier incident involving the wrong national anthem being played, the Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China announced that it had initiated procedures to suspend the Hong Kong Ice Hockey Association’s membership. It required the association to submit a comprehensive written explanation and a corporate governance improvement plan by 4 [month] at the latest, failing which its membership would be suspended. The HKSAR Government subsequently issued a statement expressing support and said it was considering reducing funding support for the Ice Hockey Association as punishment, provided athletes were not affected.
2 Apr 2023獨媒#6245
Conditions for Church Procession Require Palm Branches and Compliance with Anti-Mask Law; Worshippers Say Church Set No Such Rules and Officers Ignored Them
上周日反對將軍澳137區填海遊行參加者被警方要求掛頸牌及拉封鎖線，遭批評要求嚴苛和具侮辱性。中環聖約翰座堂今（2日）早舉行「棕枝主日」宗教慶典巡行，是疫情後相隔三年復辦。警方不反對通知書條件列明，主辦方須分組行、確保所有參加者手持棕枝，及遵守《禁蒙面法》，惟實際遊行時沒有分組起步，部分人沒有手持棕枝或有佩戴口罩，在場警員未有理會或作出勸喻，有信眾表示教堂沒有任何規定。聖約翰座堂主任牧師陳國強則表示，感謝上帝讓警方批出不反對通知書。
Participants in a march last Sunday opposing the reclamation of Tseung Kwan O Area 137 were required by police to wear placards around their necks and put up cordons, prompting criticism that the requirements were excessively strict and humiliating. A Palm Sunday religious celebration procession was held at St John’s Cathedral in Central this morning (the 2nd), marking its return after a three-year hiatus because of the pandemic. The police letter of no objection stated that the organiser had to arrange participants to walk in groups, ensure that all participants carried palm branches, and comply with the Prohibition on Face Covering Regulation. In practice, participants did not start in groups, some did not carry palm branches or wore masks, and police officers present neither took action nor issued advice. Some worshippers said the church had imposed no such requirements. The cathedral’s senior pastor Charles Kwok Keung Chan said he was grateful to God that the police had issued the letter of no objection.
24 Mar 2023明報#6207
SOGO Removes Artwork Containing Hidden Anti-Extradition Protest Information; Artist Says Government Requested It
美國藝術家Patrick Amadon一幅隱藏反修例定罪者資料的作品No Rioters（圖），早前一度於銅鑼灣崇光百貨（SOGO）大型LED顯示屏展示，作品近日下架。專門報道藝術界消息的Artnet News引述組織展覽的畫廊負責人稱，是崇光決定停止展出；Amadon則在Twitter稱作品應政府要求下架。
文體局稱與事件無關 畫廊指崇光決定
An artwork by American artist Patrick Amadon, No Rioters (pictured), which concealed information about people convicted over the anti-extradition protests, was previously displayed on a large LED screen at SOGO in Causeway Bay. The work was recently removed. Artnet News, which specialises in reporting on the art world, quoted the person in charge of the gallery organising the exhibition as saying that SOGO had decided to stop displaying it. Amadon said on Twitter that the work was removed at the government’s request. The Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau said it was not involved in the incident, while the gallery said SOGO had made the decision.
22 Mar 2023獨媒#6192
Kevin Yeung: Learned from News That ‘Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey’ Would Not Be Screened; Distributor’s Own Decision
電影《小熊維尼：血與蜜》本周突取消在港澳地區上映，發行商未有解釋原因。立法會今早舉行前廳交流會，《獨媒》記者問到出席文化體育及旅遊局局長楊潤雄事件會否對本港藝術創作自由有影響。楊潤雄表示自己兩日前看到相關新聞才知悉電影不會在港上映：「我諗個呢都係發行商自己嘅一個決定」。
The film ‘Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey’ was suddenly withdrawn from release in Hong Kong and Macao this week, with the distributor offering no explanation. At a Legislative Council foyer exchange session this morning, an The Independent Media reporter asked Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism Kevin Yeung whether the incident would affect freedom of artistic creation in Hong Kong. Yeung said he only learned two days ago from related news that the film would not be screened in Hong Kong: “I think this is just a decision made by the distributor itself.”
21 Mar 2023獨媒#6187
Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey Release in Hong Kong and Macau Cancelled; Film Censorship Office Says Certificate Issued
原定本周四上映的《小熊維尼：血與蜜》，因被全港戲院停止預售場次，惹來禁映疑雲。發行商VII Pillars Entertainment 今日傍晚發聲明，確認電影將取消在香港及澳門地區上映，未有解釋原因。電影、報刊及物品管理辦事處則回覆《獨媒》稱，已向影片申請人發出核准證明書，又指戲院安排哪些電影在其院內上映，純屬其商業決定，電影報刊辦不作評論。
Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey, which was scheduled to open this Thursday, sparked speculation that it had been banned after cinemas across Hong Kong stopped advance ticket sales for its screenings. Distributor VII Pillars Entertainment said in a statement this evening that the film’s release in Hong Kong and Macau would be cancelled, without explaining why. The Office for Film, Newspaper and Article Administration told InMedia that it had issued a certificate of approval to the film’s applicant, adding that which films cinemas arrange to screen on their premises is purely a commercial decision and that it would not comment.
21 Mar 2023獨媒#6188
‘Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey’ Suspected of Being Banned in Hong Kong; Private Screening Cancelled and Presale Link Invalid
由英國導演里斯．弗雷克沃特菲爾德製作的恐怖電影《小熊維尼：血與蜜》，擬於本周四（23日）在港上映，惟有放映活動搞手表示，原安排在周二晚舉行的《小熊維尼》包場活動，基於「技術原因」要取消。而原本已預售的戲院，也停止了發售該片的戲票。《獨媒》正向發行商及電檢處查詢事件。
The horror film ‘Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey’, made by British director Rhys Frake-Waterfield, was scheduled for release in Hong Kong this Thursday (23rd). However, the organiser of a screening event said that the private screening of ‘Winnie-the-Pooh’ originally scheduled for Tuesday night had to be cancelled due to “technical reasons”. Cinemas that had previously put tickets for the film on presale also stopped selling them. InMediaHK is making inquiries with the distributor and the Film Censorship Authority about the incident.
14 Mar 2023The Points#6160
Namewee’s Application for Hong Kong Leg of Tour Rejected
2019年曾公開支持反送中運動的馬來西亞歌手黃明志，宣佈今年4月起展開世界巡迴演唱會，十六站中惟欠香港。他回應傳媒時透露是申請被拒，但不清楚原因，「50年都還沒到，香港應該是自由，能舉辦任何演唱的地方」令他感到不公平和遺憾。
Malaysian singer Namewee, who publicly supported the anti-extradition movement in 2019, announced that he would begin a world tour this April. Hong Kong was the only one missing from the tour’s 16 stops. He told the media that his application had been rejected, but he did not know why. “50 years have not yet passed, and Hong Kong should be a free place where any concert can be held.” He said he felt this was unfair and regrettable.
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