City Forum ceases airing | Li Baiquan’s six programs disappeared and many episodes were picked up

Director of Broadcasting Li Baiquan took office on March 1st this year, "airborne". Radio Hong Kong's program production has undergone "earth-shaking" changes. In the six months since he took office, many political programs have been suddenly picked up, and many well-known and highly praised programs have been suspended. Including "Viewpoint 31", "Five Night Lectures", "Chinese Little Bits" and the English program "Pulse", etc., until yesterday (4th), the veteran program "City Forum" was not immune to news, at least 6 Shows disappeared.

After Li Baiquan took office as Director of Broadcasting this month, there have been constant disturbances in the programs of Hong Kong and Taiwan, and he has been repeatedly criticized for stepping up censorship.

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Li Baiquan, who has no broadcasting experience and a background as an administrative officer, succeeded Liang Jiarong as the Director of Broadcasting on March 1 this year.

In the first month of his tenure, a number of programs produced by Hong Kong and Taiwan were suddenly temporarily selected.

According to comprehensive media reports, in March this year, the episodes of "Hong Kong Story" involving local band LMF and "Phantom Love" writer Jiang Xiaowei were suspended. There were also two episodes involving interviews with parents of severely mentally handicapped persons who were arrested in the Democratic primary election. Li Zhirong, the former chairman of the association, and Peng Ailie, who was sentenced to 3 years and 10 months in prison for the Hoyong explosives case, have been cut down for unfinished editing.

In the past six months, Hong Kong and Taiwan stopped broadcasting many popular and popular programs, including "Viewpoint 31" and "Five Nights Lectures".

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Some episodes such as "The Clang Collection" and "Discussion and Discussion" were picked up in a hurry

Afterwards, the program "Discussions and Discussions" discussed the issue of Hong Kong's improvement of the electoral system. The interviewees included former Legislative Council Member Li Huaming and international political scholar Yuan Michang. However, the episode was selected 15 minutes before the broadcast and was directed by Hong Kong and Taiwan. The episode "Excellent Classroom" in charge of Cai Yuling, "Looking Around Everyday" in which Tan Xiaohuan participated, and "Listen to the Good Scene" narrated by Huang Qiusheng were also taken away.

Hong Kong and Taiwan’s ace program and the most-viewed program "The Clang Collection" have also been mobilized many times. The "a practice of youth" which explores the situation of the university student union "breaks the village", and the theme of "Reporter's Way Out" reported two episodes each. Can broadcast.

Li Xianzhe, the producer of "The Sound of Clang", resigned in early May. The original team had parted and was notified that he would "no longer go to work" and was transferred from "exile."

An episode of "Excellent Classroom" by Cai Yuling, the former director of Hong Kong and Taiwan, was also selected.

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The union has publicly criticized the management for lack of accountability

In addition to the suspension of "City Forum", as early as June to July, many popular and even high-profile programs such as "Viewpoint 31", "Five Night Lectures", "Daily 8:30", " "China Little Little" and the English program "Pulse" have been suspended one after another.

In addition, Ou Jialin, the host of the "phone-in" program "Free Wind Free Phone", was replaced; Zeng Zhihao and Gui Huatian, the hosts of "Crazy Show Happy People", were fired.

In early July, the staff of the TV program producer of Radio Hong Kong issued a public post describing the discontinued TV program as "slaughtered", criticizing that since Li Baiquan took over as the Director of Broadcasting, the management hastily halted multiple programs and reprimanded the management. Many times, the level did not announce or even announce the program transfer arrangements at the last minute. They lacked fair explanations and disrespect to colleagues, hosts, and audiences.

Regarding the program suspension arrangement, RTHK has repeatedly reiterated that it will review and update the program portfolio of different channels from time to time, including launching new programs to replace some of the old programs, injecting new elements into existing programs, adjusting the broadcast time of programs, and Some programs carry out seasonal suspension arrangements and so on.

The management of the city forum is suspended. The management refers to the normal schedule and host. Su Jingheng: Please check with RTHK. 01 News: "City Forum" will be suspended. RTHK: Do not comment on internal editing matters. Director He Chongen manages the news that "China Little Little" stops broadcasting. RTHK confirms that it will be re-broadcasting special Olympic programs from 7.23.

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