Fwd: [IMO] Press and Photo Release April 2, 2009

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From: DFA - Public Information Services Unit <dfa....@gmail.com>

Date: April 2, 2009 5:43:20 AM GMT+03:00

HK WRITER APOLOGIZES TO PHILIPPINE CONSULATE AND FILIPINO COMMUNITY IN HONG KONG

2 April 2009 – Mr. Chip Tsao, the Hong Kong writer whose column outraged Filipinos in Hong Kong and all over the world, conveyed his formal and personal apology to the Philippine Consulate General (PCG) and members of the Filipino community in Hong Kong last night.

Hong Kong PCG reported to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) this morning that Mr. Tsao personally came to the consulate to apologize for his controversial article, “The War at Home,” published in the March 27 issue of HK Magazine.

In his address to the Filipino community present, Mr. Tsao conveyed his “most sincere” apologies to the Filipino people for the offense he had caused through his commentary.

He explained that he had never intended to demean any particular group when he wrote the article, whose aim was to poke fun at local authorities and other sectors. 

He said he now realized that he had crossed the line, for which he was “terribly sorry.”

After his brief address, Mr. Tsao stood up and bowed before the group.

The Philippine Consulate and community leaders officially accepted Mr. Tsao’s apology and acknowledged his gesture of visiting the Consulate General to personally meet and convey his apology to the Consulate and to the Filipino community. 

The publisher and editors of HK Magazine issued an official apology on 30 March 2009.

Mr. Tsao also expressed his apology earlier in the day on a number of occasions through television and radio stations in Hong Kong. 

He had offered to meet with the Filipino community face-to-face in his desire to address the very group that he had offended.

After the meeting, the Philippine Consulate General and Filipino community leaders appealed to the Filipino community to not allow the incident undermine the friendly relations between the community and Hong Kong society.

The meeting was attended by leaders and members of the Filipino community in Hong Kong, including representatives of the household service workers sector, religious groups, non-government organizations, and professionals.  END

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HK  WRITER APOLOGIZES TO PHILIPPINE CONSULATE AND FILIPINO COMMUNITY IN HONG KONG

2 April 2009—Mr. Chip Tsao, the Hong Kong author of the controversial article, "The War At Home", bows before the representatives of the Filipino Community to emphasize his ‘most sincere apologies.’ He addressed the Filipino community in Hong Kong in the evening of April 1 at the Philippine Consulate General. Next to him is Deputy Consul General Kira Danganan-Azucena. (Embassy Photos)

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