Fwd: [HardNOCs] Fwd: HK Mag: Sorry for 'maid-country' remark on RP

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From: lou ramos <loura...@yahoo.com>

Date: March 30, 2009 6:07:06 PM GMT+03:00

To: Hard...@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Re: [HardNOCs] Fwd: HK Mag: Sorry for 'maid-country' remark on RP

Reply-To: Hard...@yahoogroups.com

Go go go Ms. Kira!! Idol kita talaga  --- On Mon, 3/30/09, Kira <kiradanganan@yahoo.com> wrote: From: Kira <kiradanganan@yahoo.com> Subject: [HardNOCs] Fwd: HK Mag: Sorry for 'maid-country' remark on RP To: "hardnocs" <HardNOCs@yahoogroups.com> Date: Monday, March 30, 2009, 3:32 PM lou, another one for you. we're still expecting an apology from the author himself.  Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: Shirley Flores <shirleyflores@ gmail.com> Date: 30 March 2009 7:36:13 PM GMT+08:00 To: Ed Malaya <emalaya3@yahoo. com>, Joy Quintana <chinadivision@ gmail.com>,  kira danganan-azucena <kiradanganan@ yahoo.com>,claro.cristobal@ gmail.com Subject: HK Mag: Sorry for 'maid-country' remark on RP HK Mag: Sorry for 'maid-country' remark on RP 03/30/2009 | 05:44 PM  Email this | Email the Editor | Print | Excerpt of Chip Tsao's 'The War At Home' column Manila has just claimed sovereignty over the scattered rocks in the South China Sea called the Spratly Islands, complete with a blatant threat from its congress to send gunboats to the South China Sea to defend the islands from China if necessary. This is beyond reproach. The reason: There are more than 130,000 Filipina maids working as US$3,580-a-month cheap labor in Hong Kong. As a nation of servants, you don't flex your muscles at your master, from whom you earn most of your bread and butter. As a patriotic Chinese man, the news has made my blood boil. I summoned Louisa, my domestic assistant who holds a degree in international politics from the University of Manila, hung a map on the wall, and gave her a harsh lecture. I sternly warned her that if she wants her wages increased next year, she had better tell everyone of her compatriots in Statue Square on Sunday that the entirety of the Spratly Islands belongs to China. Grimly, I told her that if war breaks out between the Philippines and China, I would have to end her employment and send her straight home, because I would not risk the crime of treason for sponsoring an enemy of the state by paying her to wash my toilet and clean my windows 16 hours a day. With that money, she would pay taxes to her Government, and they would fund a navy to invade our motherland and deeply hurt my feelings. - For full article click this link MANILA, Philippines - Following calls from Manila for an apology, the Hong Kong based-magazine that ran a column demeaning the Philippines as a country of "slaves" has said sorry for the "politically incorrect column." Asia City Publishing House, HK Magazine's publisher, with office at 301 Hollywood Centre, 233 Hollywood Road in Hong Kong, issued the statement three days after the controversial column came out.  "The publisher and editors of HK Magazine wish to apologize unreservedly for any offense that may have been caused by Chip Tsao’s column dated March 27," the statement read. "HK Magazine has long championed the rights of Filipinos working in Hong Kong. We note that Filipinos have often been unfairly treated in Hong Kong, and that they make an important contribution to this community," it added. Despite admitting that Tsao’s column was offensive, the publishing company defended that the column was satirical and could be read “in different ways." “One aspect of satire is that it can be read in different ways. In this particular case, many people have read meanings into this column that were never actually intended."  Deputy Consul General Kira Danganan earlier demanded an apology from Tsao who had insulted more than 127,000 Filipinos working in Hong Kong as domestic helpers. “While Mr. Tsao may have intended his column to be a piece of satire, he has miserably miscalculated in this endeavor," Danganan said in a statement on Monday. “Mr. Tsao and Asia Publishing owe the Filipino community in HK a formal apology for the grave disrespect they have shown." Tsao wrote in his March 27 column for the HK Magazine that the Philippines has no right to lord over the disputed Spratly Islands because it is "a nation of servants" who shouldn’t “ flex your muscles at your master, from whom you earn most of your bread and butter." China has a long-standing claim over the islands which lie at the South China Sea. - with Mark Joseph Ubalde, GMANews.TV RP envoy wants apology over HK columnist’s racist remark 03/30/2009 | 05:41 PM  Email this | Email the Editor | Print | MANILA, Philippines - The Filipino community in Hong Kong deserves an apology from Chinese journalist Chip Tsao who called the Philippines a country of slaves and threatened to fire her Filipina maid should the Spratlys be taken over by the Philippines. Deputy Consul General Kira Danganan said Tsao has to say sorry to more than 127,000 Filipinos working in Hong Kong as domestic helpers who were insulted by his racial slur. “While Mr. Tsao may have intended his column to be a piece of satire, he has miserably miscalculated in this endeavor," Danganan said in a statement on Monday. “Mr. Tsao and Asia Publishing owe the Filipino community in HK a formal apology for the grave disrespect they have shown." Tsao wrote in his March 27 column for the HK Magazine that the Philippines has no right to lord over the disputed Spratly Islands because it is "a nation of servants" who shouldn’t “ flex your muscles at your master, from whom you earn most of your bread and butter." China has a long-standing claim over the islands which lie at the South China Sea. “It is unfortunate that such an article could be published in a city that prides itself as a progressive society, that has achieved milestones in multicultural harmony, and whose very character is defined by the presence of people from all corners of the globe," Danganan said. Labor Secretary Marianito Roque had earlier cautioned Tsao to be careful with his words especially since Hong Kong depends on Filipino maids to keep their economy going. “What if in one day our 133,000 Filipino workers in Hong Kong decide not to work? Let’s see if their economy won’t stall," Roque told reporters in Filipino. “Their finance manager might not come to work just to take his kid to school," Roque added. Despite Tsao’s harsh statements, Danganan is relieved that the columnist’s view of Filipinos is not shared by the rest of Hong Kong. “Fortunately, their views are not shared by the larger society in Hong Kong…the long-standing friendship and mutual respect being enjoyed by the Filipino community in HK society will remain," she said. - GMANews.TV --  SHIRLEY L. FLORES Principal Assistant  Public Information Services Unit Department of Foreign Affairs +632-8343743 +639189455531

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