A well-known and popular host of phone-in programs on Commercial Radio (商業電台) was fired several days ago, on 12 February, 2014. Commercial Radio did not give the reason for the firing. Li has been a harsh critic of the government, and she believes that Commercial Radio is bowing to pressure from the government. Commercial Radio and the government (of course) both deny the allegation.
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Li has been a very popular host for many years, since joining Commercial Radio in 2004. Her phone-in programs have been attracting a lot of listeners, and drawing in a lot of advertising revenue. Why would a company fire an employee who is one of their major drawing cards? Other than political pressure, there are no obvious explanations so far.
The message seems clear: If you criticise the government too harshly, you are going to lose your job. It indeed looks like a bleak day for freedom of speech in Hong Kong.
1 comment:
actually radio license for Commerical Radio (and other TV/radio stations) were due to renewal in 2015-2016...the gov't threatened to NOT RENEW if LI Wai Ling is not fired.
unfortunately, it makes the HK gov't and the CCP looks like a joke.
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