TVB Under Fire for Cutting Bao Hei Jing's Thanks to ATV During TVB’s Sunday night broadcast of the Hong Kong Film Awards, ATV actress Bao Hei Jing won the Best Actress award. However, the newly minted movie queen’s thanks to ATV was edited out of the broadcast. In addition, “Lifetime Achievement Award” winner Josephine Siao’s acceptance speech was also edited so much that it became fragmented. TVB was heavily criticized for being petty and for carelessly editing the awards show. TVB General Manager, Stephen Chan, yesterday immediately try to make up for the mistake. He ordered a rebroadcast of Bau Hei Jing and Josephine Siu’s acceptances speeches, to try to quell the criticism. Derek Yee: The Work of Servants Director Derek Yee was extremely angry after learning of the edited version of Bau Hei Jing’s acceptance speech. He said, “I’m very angry. I don’t believe that Sir Run Run Shaw and Mona Fong are this petty, it’s the servants under them that made this decision for the cuts. This is the Hong Kong Film Awards, not a TVB program. The winners’ acceptance speeches should not be cut. At the after-party, many HKFA workers were unhappy with the decision to edit, we will hold a meeting to have an understanding of the situation.” Josephine Fong’s Acceptance Speech Fragmented Reporters surrounded Stephen Chan when he appeared at a function yesterday. In response to the “petty” criticism leveled at TVB, he emphasized, “TVB’s standpoint is not petty. Towards this misunderstanding, I am willing to apologize and will immediately try to fix it. Bau Hei Jing and Josephine Fong’s acceptance speeches will be re-broadcast tonight on “The Scoop.” Stephen Chan Apologizes In response to the criticism that the awards broadcast was incomplete, Stephen Chan expressed remorse, “Our coworkers tried their best, but there is room for improvement. The awards were broadcast an hour after the live show, there was not enough time between airing and editing.” When asked about Bau Hei Jing’s thanks to ATV being edited out, Stephen Chan replied, “I don’t feel that it was because she thanked ATV that it was cut, the main issue was the time and length of the broadcast. It is definitely the wrong way to do things, if the speech cut because of the ATV mention. The company has never made any order on what to cut. This was an unsuitable handling of the matter and we will follow up on the issue.” He expressed that it was possible that HKFA will be re-broadcast. If Bao Hei Jing’s contract allows, he would like to invite her onto “Be My Guest.” When asked about Derek Yee’s remarks, Stephen Chan said, “If it caused a misunderstanding, I need to apologize. I don’t wish for anyone to be unhappy.” Received 19 Complaints HKFA chairman Gordan Chan expressed that a lot of winners’acceptance speeches were cut and that he received complaints. He felt that TVB’s editing was very rushed. Gordan Chan continued and said, “I’m not sure if Bau Hei Jing’s thanks to ATV were cut. Sometimes it’s hard to choose. Of course, the more that it broadcast, the better.” As to whether the broadcast rights for HKFA will be given to TVB next year, he expressed that there will be a bid on it. Louis Fan Misunderstood to have Cursed TVB execute Tsang Tsing Ming expressed that TVB received 19 complaints over the HKFA broadcast. The main complaint was over Josephine Fong’s acceptance speech not being broadcast in its entirety. One complaint was over Bau Hei Jing’s acceptance speech being cut. As to Louis Fan’s suspected cursing being broadcast, Tsang Tsing Ming said that under review, “Louis did not curse, he was just playing with the pronunciation of colloquial terms.” The average ratings of the HKFA was 28 points, with a peak of 29 points. It was 4 points higher than last year’s HKFA ratings. Source: MingPao Translated by: themissingpiece @ AsianFantics
