Glutter’s Hong Kong
Albert Cheng from “Tea cup in a Storm” a political talk radio show is going on a break, he says he’s tired from the suffocating political environment in Hong Kong, and has considered retirement. I find it a shame coz lots and lots of us in Hong Kong truly appreciates his rants for the every person and his un-ended stream of complaints on the Hong Kong government, big business, social welfare, whatever that’s topical for the day. I like the way he has a no hold’s bar way to point out exactly what is wrong with this city and our officials and his outrage is never abated and it he makes me laugh.
And there is nothing like hearing him tear into the few pro-china, anti-democratic callers he gets and lets them have it. Most other talk show hosts just sprout some niceties in a paternalistic or materialistic like they know better and tut, Mr. Cheng, has the tenacity to keep them on line to let them know what exactly is wrong with their way of thinking. He always has interesting guests who are political savvy, and they really do sing the words of what most of us feel. A voice to be heard for the public when you know who won’t listen. A man who truly loves Hong Kong I say.
But I understand, and I probably say as much as I will miss him as well as all taxi drivers, and the guys in the stores who keep him on as well as whoever else listens to him I so understand that continually fighting for a seemingly increasingly lost cause is tiring.
He’s been receiving death threats, he had his office ransacked recently and in 1998, he was attacked with choppers and was seriously injured, and then went right back on air and ranted some more at those people (most probably some triad related business boss he insulted) who will use violence and threats to shut him up. I take my hat off for that man.
I don’t mind him retiring, coz people have to life their lives, and I am sure his wife would be pleased, it can’t be fun knowing your husband might get attacked again, I just hope someone else comes along and takes his place, because the face giving, self-help rhetoric, inspirational crap most Hong Kong DJs sprouts really kills me.
Yan Sham-Shackleton Online 
Put Nevin in his shoes, consider myself facing big guns like this and I know how brave and respectable he and other talk show mavels are:
Mr Vincent Lo, boss of the local Shui On Group, which invests heavily in mainland China notably Shanghai Pudong
s Xintiandi, told us all through the media that Hongkongers “ging zau ng yum, yum fat zau".t speak Cantonese, it literally means “if you donFor those who don
t take the carrot (Beijings economic blessings), then take the stick (Beijings disenfranchising Hongkongers)” but actually it carries a foul overtone. So in English it may be like “If you dont need the big O Beijing gives you, then beat your own meat and piss off!”Not only that. The bigmouth baller said if we as Hongkongers don
t like things be done the Beijings ways, then ball out of Hong Kong.If this is not spineless, I don`t know what is. And how lucky Hongkong has a brave guy call Albert Cheng. I respect his decision.
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it’s all about nasty politics! screw all those so-called “patriotic” chinese! but then I again, why do I care? i’ve stopped calling myself a HKer a long time ago.
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You should care because some of us live here, and you read my blogs a lot which means you sorta like me in that internet way, and you don’t want me to go to jail, and not be able to access the internet and amuse, or upset, or make you think? I mean, hey I don’t call myself an Iraqi either, but what’s going on there concerns me. 😛
Yan
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I guess you’re right. I only said that because I was PISSED!!! Very pissed, and mad!
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I know… what I didn’t say, which was what I was thinking was… well you’re really upset so you do care. But you know sometimes you got keep your mouth shut when people are upset. I am upset too. But on the other hand, I went on a four hour bike ride today in tai po, and some of my agression’s gone, and at the resturant, I had to endure some very Patriotic TV being beamed into here from china CCTV 12, and all I managed to say was “Love Country! Love Country!” And kept it as that.
Yan
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Keep my mouth shut? Hey, that’s how you get your frustration out! By bitching and stuff. >:)
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No. I meant. I had to keep my mouth Shut about you caring and being upset. Of course bitching makes life better. That’s the whole point of Glutter!
Yan
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