{#HK #ANTHEMGATE} 6-May-2023 (daytime): HK’s SF&OC accuses HK IHA of quoting certain parts of the alleged transcript between the two “out of context”, while reportedly not denying certain other parts…
https://www.sportsroad.hk/archives/413071
(I’m not wasting my time dissecting each accusation)
{#HK #ANTHEMGATE}
ICYMI (since 18-Apr-2023):
4-May-2023: HK Ice Hockey Association says “we did nothing wrong” https://twitter.com/tripperhead/status/1654116493712588801?s=46&t=kWSZ8ky7YGaWCiNRpHFRKQ
5-May-2023: HK’s olympic authority SF&OC says “Oh yes you did” https://twitter.com/tripperhead/status/1654400578032898049?s=46&t=kWSZ8ky7YGaWCiNRpHFRKQ
6-May-2023: HK IHA fights back
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RT @tripperhead
#Anthemgate Awakens!
Hong Kong …
https://twitter.com/tripperhead/status/1654116493712588801
From Orlando, Florida: here's #ANTHEMGATE with a twist...
cc @tripperhead
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RT @ics923
On April 25th, at the 2023 Cheerleading International Cup held in the United States, the Taiwan team won the championship, and the national anthem of the People's Republic of China was played at the award ceremony.
中华台北夺冠现场奏祖国国歌。
https://twitter.com/ics923/status/1651068920118534148
He's absolutely right to ask it.
https://twitter.com/tripperhead/status/1648260499816202240
3/3
#ANTHEMGATE
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RT @tripperhead
LegCo member Michael Tien has questioned whether the adding of anthem links to the CMAB website today (see here: https://twitter.com/tripperhead/status/1648201226671251456?s=20) is an indirect admission that the link system was faulty to start with.
#AnthemGate
https://twitter.com/tripperhead/status/1648260499816202240
How? Well, by uploading the national anthem file directly onto GovHK’s Constitutional & Mainland Affairs Bureau site: https://www.cmab.gov.hk/mobile/en/issues/national_anthem.htm
But will GovHK or HK Olympic authorities *admit* to not providing an easy-to-download file in the first place? Unlikely.
2/2
#ANTHEMGATE
{#HK #ANTHEMGATE} It appears that GovHK has finally responded to the key counterclaim by the HK Ice Hockey Association — that the HK Olympic body’s link to a Mainland Chinese site, in Chinese, for the national anthem file, is non-functional.
HK01: https://bit.ly/3KF2hgq
1/2
For reference: the IIHF World Championship Division III Group B standings after the event in Sarajevo, where the latest #ANTHEMGATE erupted, in which HK finished 3rd out of 6 teams.
{#ANTHEMGATE} Acrimony widens between some #HK ice hockey team members who played in Sarajevo & have spoken out to the media, & a HK olympic official who allegedly described their IIHF World Championship Divison III Group B 3rd-place result as "easy-peasy"
https://www.facebook.com/881onaclearday/posts/pfbid0fr8kDaEU2HaZp4jh8XXqcWgxy4esmVLa6ErKmAcHeUGdvqYoivW9WJLE37hScqQsl?__cft__[0]=AZUEixFFZWOU_O7Q-wF-SH2t2IB9e3BObNLuJCSEeA9FjFgQ2J5Zu5iDyPhaNYJwjaBf0PGNTTMeHS00jA9gw7e2WuUPrdeDlBRsY2kQtFGtwDF9FHiwEV4sRA3jamwSrVPfMecv2BvvVz4niphh0X50&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R
{#HK #ANTHEMGATE} The Hong Kong Ice Hockey Association isn’t budging, firing back at HK olympic officials by again pointing out the URL they supplied to it (the one with the file name in Chinese) which the overseas event in 🇧🇦 obviously “couldn’t read”.
{#HK} ICYMI: #ANTHEMGATE escalates big-time with the SF&OC of HK commencing procedures (with GovHK's backing) to suspend HK Ice Hockey Association's membership. GovHK "examining" ways to cut funding "w/o impacting athletes".
English press release 7:13pm: https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202304/04/P2023040400630.htm
So far, only this Chinese version of GovHK's press release issued at 5:49pm to go by.
{#HK} #ANTHEMGATE escalates big-time with the Sports Federation & Olympic Committee of HK commencing procedures (with GovHK's backing) to suspend Hong Kong Ice Hockey Association's membership. Its funding likely will be cut "without impacting on athletes".
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RT @hkgpresscn
特區政府支持港協暨奧委會啓動程序暫停冰協會員資格 https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202304/04/P2023040400574.htm
https://twitter.com/hkgpresscn/status/1643189678475218944
Was anyone in the government aware that the chairman of Alphabet Inc. was in town yesterday? #Anthemgate
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RT @HKUniversity
Four pioneering scientists – Prof Dame Carol Black, Prof Steven Chu, Dr Jack Dangermond and Prof John Hennessy – stressed the crucial role of science in safeguarding humanity's future and tackling pertinent global issues at the inaugural #HKU President’s Forum held today.
https://twitter.com/HKUniversity/status/1642871667113484288
{#HK #ANTHEMGATE} I'm just amazed that the HK Ice Hockey Association have managed to serve it back to the HK Olympic Committee in quite stunning fashion.
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RT @tripperhead
#AnthemGate Ice Hockey Edition update:
Association team leader Annie Kwan says it's SFOCHKC's fault; the anthem link sent by the official body to use was "problematic".
Link goes to the mainland govt website in Chinese. Click EN, the page disappears.
https://ww…
https://twitter.com/tripperhead/status/1635563932491583489
Oh dear, someone's in trouble. It's now the responsibility of Hong Kong sporting teams to make sure the correct anthem is played.
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RT @b3108
{#HK #ANTHEMGATE}
📹Latest sporting event to play “Glory to Hong Kong”: after HK beat Iran 11-1 in their IIHF 🏒 World Championship Divison III Group B match in Sarajevo yesterday…
Yes, some HK players “T-signed”.
Yes, it was “sorted out” 90secs later.
https://www.youtube.com/live/0a9ubmmYStg?t=173m…
https://twitter.com/b3108/status/1630772735961100291
📹Latest sporting event to play “Glory to Hong Kong”: after HK beat Iran 11-1 in their IIHF 🏒 World Championship Divison III Group B match in Sarajevo yesterday…
Yes, some HK players “T-signed”.
Yes, it was “sorted out” 90secs later.
Google v #AnthemGate Part 2
John Lee: Playing the wrong anthem contradicts our law on playing the national anthem, so it is an offence for someone to play a song that is not the national anthem of the PRC.
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