HK tourists in Manila bus hijack
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hong kong is an expert in media communications....the movie will target at the Philippines....it will be a great hit and message to global crimes and terrorism...the deaths will be honoured for greater world peace
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of course the proceeds of the great movie will be given to the deaths of these innocent families
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i hope all the best HK directors and artistes will combine their social efforts to make this inspiring movie to honour the innocent deaths....it will be one of the greatest and saddest HK or Oscar disaster film of all time after Titanic
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After reading the protest march in HK and reading about the large turn out attendee at the furneral of the hostage taker........I got the feeling that this is an issue of
Chicken Crying over Duck.
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Originally posted by Arapahoe:
After reading the protest march in HK and reading about the large turn out attendee at the furneral of the hostage taker........I got the feeling that this is an issue of
Chicken Crying over Duck.
No matter how they protest, phil sit and watch only. -
the deaths are real and the innocent families' tears are real...whatever the irrelevance of any reports...nothing stings but these families over aggrieved loss of their loved ones...
they really need help
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Originally posted by Fcukpap:
the deaths are real and the innocent families' tears are real...whatever the irrelevance of any reports...nothing stings but these families over aggrieved loss of their loved ones...
they really need help
Yes, especially one woman lost hubby and 2 daughters, son in criticall conditions...the feeling is terrible...nothing can help her now...she is very very sad....no words can console her...no hugs can make her strong....she lost 3 dear lives....better if she and her son also died together...make the suffering end with whole family go to heaven together. -
Originally posted by Fcukpap:
the deaths are real and the innocent families' tears are real...whatever the irrelevance of any reports...nothing stings but these families over aggrieved loss of their loved ones...
they really need help
Yes but the media fail to explain why the Phil behave the way they do.....
Again there is a disconnected between the way how things are perceived and report between the 2 towns.
HKG seemed to emplify the personal tragedy of this event and directing the pain towards the country and its people.
While the Phil seemed to look at the smypathy of the event as corruption officials. and I think that is because Mendoza is a folk hero from their town....he was mistreated by "whoever
Karma don't even match........
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Originally posted by Arapahoe:
Yes but the media fail to explain why the Phil behave the way they do.....
Again there is a disconnected between the way how things are perceived and report between the 2 towns.
HKG seemed to emplify the personal tragedy of this event and directing the pain towards the country and its people.
While the Phil seemed to look at the smypathy of the event as corruption officials. and I think that is because Mendoza is a folk hero from their town....he was mistreated by "whoever
Karma don't even match........
It's true that it is a personal tragedy. However, I feel that the issue now is not about crying out loud because of the incident that took place, but because of the mishandling of the situation that led to the deaths of the tourists. The march is more about the pressure to ensure that the phil provide accurate information on their findings, and not let corruption stand in their way.
As a Singaporean, I also feel sad, not because the hostage taking took place in a poverty ridden country, but because of the way it was handled that could have turned out for the better.
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kiao tuo
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Originally posted by Fcukpap:
i hope all the best HK directors and artistes will combine their social efforts to make this inspiring movie to honour the innocent deaths....it will be one of the greatest and saddest HK or Oscar disaster film of all time after Titanic
not only titanic
WTC
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R.I.P to the victims..
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Philippines urges media restraint after hostage chaos
The Philippines has urged the media to show more restraint in covering crisis situations.
It follows concerns that live broadcasts of last Monday's Manila hijacking incident fuelled tensions that led to the death of eight Hong Kong tourists.
Police stormed the bus 10 hours into the ordeal after the hijacker started firing his weapons.
It seems he had been outraged after watching on a television screen in the bus, images of his brother being arrested just outside the vehicle.
A presidential spokesman said he would hold talks this week with executives of Manila television and radio networks about their coverage of the siege.
A sacked policeman last Monday took a busload of Hong Kong tourists hostage in a bid to get his job back.
The government has admitted to making many errors in handling the crisis.
The episode has since chilled diplomatic ties with Hong Kong.-- 938Live
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Poor poor in handling this life and death situation.
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please film it for posterity.....i urge all HKongers....use media to broadcast the inefficiencies and crimes...and raise funds for the innocent deaths....this will have great impact
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Originally posted by Fcukpap:
i hope all the best HK directors and artistes will combine their social efforts to make this inspiring movie to honour the innocent deaths....it will be one of the greatest and saddest HK or Oscar disaster film of all time after Titanic
Actually there was a HK movie on tour bus hijack in Philippines. One of the actresses was the late veteran 邓碧云 (Tang Pik Wan).
The movie title was 安�战场 (Fatal Vacation).
You can read more about it in here http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/movie.asp?id=654 or http://baike.baidu.com/view/848921.htm
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then remake another...this time is the real thing real story....and real message to the world....with the greatest impact
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its definitely easy for a bystander to take his cool and objectively offers opinions...there must be one side to allow the natural dissent and frustration of the public arising from the incident...another for the specialists to investigate on the truths....and of course when the aftermath settles, a film to honour the dead and help the families...
to suppress public outcry is like suppressing on you over someone who harms your parents deliberately and say sorry to you sarcastically...
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Originally posted by Fcukpap:
please film it for posterity.....i urge all HKongers....use media to broadcast the inefficiencies and crimes...and raise funds for the innocent deaths....this will have great impact
and what would that achieve? more social and economics disparity....so why not look at the problems and help....rather than throw stone and add oil into fire?
This is what i call irrational reaction.
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Originally posted by Fcukpap:
its definitely easy for a bystander to take his cool and objectively offers opinions...there must be one side to allow the natural dissent and frustration of the public arising from the incident...another for the specialists to investigate on the truths....and of course when the aftermath settles, a film to honour the dead and help the families...
to suppress public outcry is like suppressing on you over someone who harms your parents deliberately and say sorry to you sarcastically...
I understand your good intention for filming a movie. But rather than jumping on the bandwagon like previous blockbusters has done and make a pile out of it, and then in the name of kindness donate some proceeds to the victims, I feel that it reeks of hypocrisy. It's like exploiting the accident that has happen, to garner in viewers ratings and money due to the realistic events and something that has happened so close to home.
There are many ways to honour the dead, without making money at the same time. When money comes into play, there are many grey areas that would have to be resolve. Lastly, why put through the agony that the survivors has gone through again? Especially when the pain involved their loss of their love ones. Not very humane.
If we want to help these people, then maybe a fund should be set up, and governed by the government where it would given out periodically to the families who are in need of financial help. If the public sympathise with them, they can donate to follow these people through the difficult times of their life.
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R.I.P
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Officials left as Philippine bus hijack hit critical stage
Philippine officials managing a hostage crisis left their posts as a gunman who had seized a busload of Hong Kong tourists began shooting.
Manila deputy mayor Isko Moreno told a public inquiry that he'd gone to a nearby hotel to watch the crisis unfold on television.
Yesterday, it was revealed that major Alfredo Lim had similarly gone to a restaurant at the height of the incident.
The two said they left the crisis command post soon after the hostage taker rejected a compromise deal and fired a warning shot.
Mr Moreno said he had been frustrated by the city government's failure to bring a peaceful end to the situation.
His testimony came after details emerged of a catalogue of mistakes by other police and government officials in the central Manila standoff.
The incident on the 23rd of last month left 8 Hong Kong tourists dead.-- 938Live
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Originally posted by QX179R:
Officials left as Philippine bus hijack hit critical stage
Philippine officials managing a hostage crisis left their posts as a gunman who had seized a busload of Hong Kong tourists began shooting.
Manila deputy mayor Isko Moreno told a public inquiry that he'd gone to a nearby hotel to watch the crisis unfold on television.
Yesterday, it was revealed that major Alfredo Lim had similarly gone to a restaurant at the height of the incident.
The two said they left the crisis command post soon after the hostage taker rejected a compromise deal and fired a warning shot.
Mr Moreno said he had been frustrated by the city government's failure to bring a peaceful end to the situation.
His testimony came after details emerged of a catalogue of mistakes by other police and government officials in the central Manila standoff.
The incident on the 23rd of last month left 8 Hong Kong tourists dead.-- 938Live
I can understand leaders taking toilet breaks or something....
But this is the first time I've ever heard of leaders going off to relac one corner in the middle of a crisis.
Both the mayor and his deputy at that!
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Philippines needs more time
MANILA - THE Philippines on Sunday said it needed more time to complete its official inquiry into a deadly hostage crisis that left eight Hong Kong tourists dead.
The investigation, which began last week, was to have been wrapped up on Monday before a formal report is submitted to President Benigno Aquino and Hong Kong authorities. But members of the investigating committee need additional days to question more witnesses as well as to re-enact the hostage drama that ended in a bungled police rescue, Justice Secretary Leila de Lima told AFP.
'We will be extending up to Wednesday, it is not possible to wrap up (the investigation) tomorrow,' Ms de Lima said. She said members of the inquiry board would on Tuesday inspect the park where the hostage taking played out live on televisions around the world on August 23.
A re-enactment of the day-long crisis was to be also carried out Wednesday at a police camp where the bullet-riddled bus is being kept, she said.
A sacked police inspector hijacked a tourist bus full of Hong Kong tourists two weeks ago, in a crazed bid to regain his old job. The stand-off ended in a bloody mess, when unprepared police commandos launched a rescue attempt riddled with errors that left eight of the tourists dead.
Hong Kong authorities have demanded a speedy and impartial investigation amid a public outcry and a chilling of ties between the neighbours. The inquiry has so far uncovered embarrassing lapses from police and city officials who took part in the failed hostage negotiations. On Saturday, Manila's deputy mayor Isko Moreno told the inquiry that officials involved in the crisis had left their posts when the gunman began shooting while the force's best-trained unit sat out the assault. -- AFP
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'Friendly fire' suspected
MANILA - PHILIPPINE investigators admitted for the first time on Thursday that police may have shot some of the tourists in a bungled operation that left eight Hong Kong residents dead on a bus in Manila.
Armed with an assault rifle and a pistol, sacked policeman Rolando Mendoza took a busload of tourists hostage on August 23 in a desperate bid to clear himself of extortion charges and get his old job back.
Eight of the tourists were killed and seven others were injured in the central Manila standoff. Police initially insisted the bullets that killed the tourists were all fired from Mendoza's guns.
Other bullets were fired into the bus by police snipers and an assault unit but they did not result in fatalities, police had said. But Justice Secretary Leila de Lima said on Thursday: 'There is a big possibility that there (was) friendly fire,' adding experts are convinced some bullets could not have been fired by the hostage-taker.
Ms De Lima, head of an official inquiry, also said the forensic reports on some of the slain victims did not match the account of the driver of the tourist bus, who had told investigators the gunman shot the tourists at close range. 'What is crucial, occupying our minds, is if the shots were made at close range, (these) are not consistent with forensic findings,' she added.
Asked whether at least some of the victims could have been killed by 'friendly fire,' Ms de Lima said: 'We are not focusing (on that), but we should never miss that. Otherwise our report will be less than thorough.' The panel has asked the Hong Kong police to help with the ballistics aspect of the investigation, and a group of Philippine investigators are currently in the Chinese territory awaiting their counterparts' findings, she said.
-- AFP