The incident of the wrong national anthem played by the organizer when the Hong Kong team played in the second leg of the Asian Rugby Sevens caused public concern. Chief Executive Lee Kar-chiu said Hong Kong police will investigate and take appropriate action. As for the cause of the error, it is still unclear: South Korean local media quoted the organizer for saying that the Hong Kong team failed to provide the national anthem recording as requested before the match. However, the Hong Kong Rugby Federation issued a statement denying that as early as the 23rd of last month, the Asian Rugby Federation had confirmed with the Hong Kong team to play the Chinese national anthem, and stated that if should repeat similar situations, he will immediately withdraw from the game. The Asian Rugby Federation also confirmed that the Hong Kong team had presented the correct Chinese national anthem last month and revealed that the employee who played the anti-overhaul song was an intern and the error was not intentional.
In the Incheon final of the Asian Rugby Sevens Series held in Incheon, South Korea on Sunday, when the Hong Kong team played and sang the national anthem, it mistakenly played the 19-year anti-extradition law demonstration song. The local “Korea Times” quoted a PR representative of the Korean Rugby Union yesterday as saying that each team had to submit a recording of the national anthem before the game, but no recording was received from the Hong Kong team. The alliance staff searched and downloaded the “Hong Kong National Anthem” from the Internet and stored the wrong music in the “Hong Kong” folder. According to reports, the Korean Rugby Federation received a memo from the Asian Rugby Federation that the Hong Kong team should play the Chinese national anthem, but the league did not delete the wrong folder and handed it to the Hong Kong team. responsible broadcast, and finally played the wrong song.
The Hong Kong Rugby Union released a statement last night, stating that as early as the 23rd of last month, the Asian Rugby Union match manager directly confirmed to the Hong Kong coaching team that if the Hong Kong team reached the cup final in the next match, the national anthem “March of the Volunteers” should be played, the Hong Kong Lavender Association also has evidence of this information exchange. The club added that neither the Hong Kong nor the Asian club had been informed of the South Korean club’s intention to broadcast the national anthem or any other unauthorized version of the national anthem. Hong Kong Football Club reiterated that accepting this incident was an involuntary mistake, but described the incident as obvious damage to the Hong Kong team and Hong Kong citizens, and urged the general meeting to avoid the repeat, otherwise the Hong Kong team will immediately withdraw.
Asia Rugby: The incident had no ulterior motives
Benjamin van Rooyen, acting chief executive of the Asian Rugby Federation, also confirmed yesterday that the Hong Kong team played the correct Chinese national anthem last month, while the employee who played the wrong national anthem was an intern. , describing the other side as unaware of world politics, after communicating with the people concerned, he was sure that the incident involved no ulterior motives, just pure human error.
According to the Bureau of Culture, Sports and Tourism, according to the initial report of the Hong Kong Lam General Association confirmed the Lam Lam the link with the Chinese national anthem which was used late last month. The Bureau stressed that there was no mistake when the national anthem was played in Thailand, but the mistake in South Korea is under investigation.
The voluntary general secretary of the Hong Kong Association and Olympic Committee Wang Minchao said he would not comment on whether political incidents were involved, but he could not accept the idea of junior staff downloading songs and playing them. He added that every international contest has a procedure for confirming the national anthem: “Before the contest, you have to sign to confirm that you’ve heard it, so it’s not very valid to download them in disguise. It’s impossible to download the wrong thing from such a coincidence. There are so many different songs. Whether it was a coincidence to download this one, I think is a great question.” He stressed that the incident needs to be thoroughly investigated, or is it not just an individual who made a mistake: “Could be a group involved.”
Originally released on AM730 https://www.am730.com.hk/Local/Asian Rugby Claims incident is trainee-Hong Kong Rugby General-Retire if wrong national anthem is played again/348077?utm_source=yahoorss&utm_medium=referral
