The ten act black-list began circulating on the internet on Tuesday. Radio DJs were said to be ordered by senior management to stop playing any new or old songs by these musicians, including pop rock bands RubberBand, C AllStar and Dear Jane, as well as singers Serrini, Kay Tse, Charmaine Fong and Alfred Hui, according to local media reports.has not denied the existence of the black-list.
It has been standard practice in mainland China to banish celebrities for holding political views not aligned with the ruling Communist Party. But until recent years Hong Kong society has operated under different rules, known as One Country, Two Systems. Since authorities quashed the 2019 pro-democracy movement, many aspects of Hong Kong life have been realigned to fit mainland norms. Opposition politicians have been jailed, the electoral system has been reshaped to only allow patriots to govern, and independent media outlets have closed.
has undergone top to bottom changes since senior civil servant Patrick Li Pak-cheun was appointed as director of broadcastingLi has suspended popular current affairs programs that were deemed by pro-Beijing politicians to be biased against them. The city’s longest-running TV satire show “Headliner” was closed after an episode critical of the police stirred a backlash. And the long-running English-language current affairs program “The Pulse” was axed in July last year.
Hui said he was not worried about the alleged ban. “Music fans can find the kind of music they want to listen to on various platforms and channels these days. Music can also be released as NFTs . I still plan to release two albums this year,” Hui said in a media interview.
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