Earlier in the "Asian Rugby Sevens" series held in South Korea, the anti-revision song "Glory to Hong Kong" was mistakenly played as the Chinese national anthem.
Yang Runxiong, director of the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau, said on a radio program today (26th) that the mistake involved the dignity of the country and Hong Kong, which is absolutely unacceptable. The police are still investigating the incident and have not seen any political reasons for the time being.
The Hong Kong Federation and Olympic Committee issued guidelines a few days ago, requiring athletes to make a "T" gesture with both hands to signal a mistake if they encounter a mistake in the national anthem. If the organizer fails to correct it, the whole team needs to leave.
Yang Runxiong said that the guidance is not to punish anyone, but to help athletes cope with the situation.
Guidelines for non-punishing athletes have not yet been linked to politics
Yang Runxiong said that before the relevant incidents, athletes generally did not think that playing the national anthem would go wrong, and there was a chance to "distract" due to focusing on the performance of the game. However, I believe that in the future, when the national anthem is playing, the athletes will focus and notice the problem.
He said that if any athlete did not follow the guidelines, he would listen to the athlete's explanation depending on the actual situation, such as whether the volume of the scene would be too loud to hear the national anthem clearly, and then decide how to deal with it.
He mentioned that Ahara, president of the Asian Rugby Federation, came to Hong Kong to explain and apologize in person. The Chief Secretary for Administration, Chen Guoji, had expressed to him the dissatisfaction and anger of the Hong Kong people. .
20 hotels and 8 tour groups registered for "group in and group out"
The "group in and group out" arrangement has been implemented for more than a week. Yang Runxiong said that there are currently 20 travel agencies and 8 inbound group registrations. It is expected that the Christmas schedule will increase again. He hopes that some tourism activities will resume under the control of the epidemic situation.
He pointed out that Hong Kong's tourism industry is still competitive, but the epidemic prevention measures are more stringent than other places, mainly due to different considerations for the medical system and public health, which will have limited impact on the tourism industry in the short term, and the authorities will study more measures to assist the industry , including the development of green local tourism and cultural heritage tourism.
He pointed out that the authorities have discussed with the cruise line companies, and will arrange cruise ships to return to Hong Kong or dock in Hong Kong starting next year. They must ensure that the epidemic prevention requirements and operational needs are met, such as how to deal with passengers who are found to be diagnosed. The details are currently being discussed with the Medical and Health Bureau.
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