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Oct 19th 2013, 02:59, by Admin

Ricky Wong had been preparing the new television station HKTV for a year now and on Tuesday, the government announced HKTV will not get their free-to-air TV license. Many HKTV artists and civilians were shocked to hear the disappointing news. A group formed "The People Lifts the TV Ban Movement", a protest that will be held tomorrow (Sunday). The organizers urged protesters to wear black as they march around the government building in hope to change the government's decision. Many HKTV artists have decided to come out to voice their dissatisfaction by joining in on the protest. Frankie Lam, Yoyo Mung, Dominic Lam, Noel Leung, Zac Koo and many former TVB veteran actors such as Al Wai will be participating. Unfortunately 'HKTV First Brother & Sister' Maggie Cheung and Felix Wong won't be able to make it.

Noel Leung accepted a telephone interview and disclosed she felt heartbroken while watching the HKTV series trailers. When speaking of the protest, she'll be supporting and even started sobbing as she spoke: "I'm just a simple artist, I don't want to participate in some political movement, but I want to get an understanding and be clear on why the government didn't approve the license. Everyone and the Hong Kong civilians should know what the reason was."

Al Wai expressed the moment he found out about the unapproved license, he was so upset he wanted to break the TV and disclosed he will be participating in the protest tomorrow.

Zac Koo and Zoey Shum urged civilians on Weibo to participate in the protest as well. Zac said: "We bring respect and passion. Saturday's protest, support the government in issuing the 'HKTV Friends' a license. Please come out and support us!" Zoey said in English: "This is our life. This is our dream."

As for Felix Wong, his assistant expressed on his behalf that Felix has to work on that day and won't be able to participate. However he will still be wearing black to show his support: "I wear it every day as a silent supporter." As for the "Celebrity Children" including Felix Wong's daughter Adrian Wong, Paul Chun's son Benji Chiang and Sek Sau's son Sam Chan expressed they have work on hand and have not decided whether to take part in the protest or not.

Source: The Sun
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU Forum