Au Ka-lam signs ‘banned book’ at book fair, laments gradual disappearance of freedom of expression
區家麟書展簽「禁書」 嘆表達自由漸消失
The Leisure and Cultural Services Department’s public libraries recently removed several books from their shelves for review, including works by veteran media figure Au Ka-lam. The Hong Kong Book Fair opened this morning, and Au signed his “banned book” at the fair in the evening. He hoped the public libraries would return the books to their shelves after the review, and said the reasons for removing all “problematic” books should be made public “so everyone knows what the problem is”. Asked whether the removal of books would affect booksellers’ sales, Au said: “I don’t think it will be affected by the removal of some books. Rather, overall, a lot of freedom of expression seems to have gradually disappeared bit by bit.”
康文署公共圖書館早前將多本書籍下架作檢視，包括資深傳媒人區家麟的著作。香港書展今早開幕，區家麟傍晚到書展為其「禁書」簽名，他希望公共圖書館在檢視書籍後能重新上架，並應將所有「問題」書籍的下架原因公告天下「話俾大家知有咩問題」。被問到書籍下架會否影響書商的出售，區家麟就稱：「我諗都唔會係因為有一啲書下架而所影響，而係整體嚟講，好多嘅表達自由已經係慢慢一點一滴咁好似無咗啦。」