This is a fight between a Legislative body that's allegedly pro-Beijing, a newly appointed Chief Executive that's allegedly pro-Beijing, market forces, protecting free speech, enforcing government transparency and openness, and jobs. To me, this all comes across as the Central Government's bid to whittle away at the Basic Law bit by bit before 2047, which they've already started to do.
The Story Starts Here....
The Chief Executive's Idiocy:
The Standard: Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying made the ultimate decision to reject HKTV's free-to-air TV license
The Protest on Sunday:
From BBC: Thousands of people protest in Hong Kong at what they see as a lack of official transparency, after a local TV network was refused a licence.
Then, there's the jobs. It gets personal:
The Standard: Anger over real-life drama
The HKTV Owner's reaction:
The Standard: 'Don't infuriate me ...'
Popular Support:
The Standard: Two film directors enter frame in HKTV row
And finally, the CE's weak response:
The Standard: 'We can't please everyone'
The English language press glosses over local HK news. For those who can read Traditional Chinese, I encourage you to go read the Chinese Language versions of the news, because they are more revealing and detailed.
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