During the “Hong Kong Best News Award” organized by The Newspaper Society of Hong Kong, “Ta Kung Pao,” “Wen Wei Po,” “Sing Tao,” and other pro-Beijing and pro-establishment media had a clean sweep of many important awards.
The award ceremony was held on July 22. Guests of honour included, among others, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu and Lu Xinning, Deputy Director of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government. This line-up undoubtedly raised the question of its credibility and the criteria for such “journalism awards.” Details of the awards are shown below.
On another current topic, over 50 percent of the new political assistants appointed to government departments were from pro-Beijing media….