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My tax dollars will be subsidising this?

As the Japanese, Korean and increasingly the Indian film/TV industry dominate the Asian entertainment media, the Hong Kong film and TV market has lagged far behind.

The 80s was the golden era of Hong Kong film and television. Most people under the age of 25 may not remember the days when guys like Chow Yun Fat, Andy Lau and the like raced through the dark, mean streets of HK fighting the triads but those days are pretty much over.

However, in its infinite wisdom, the HK government just announced this week that they will be pumping in $300 million HK to aid the revival of the film industry. Let's take a look at what the tax money will be going to. Check out this clip on Youtube.



I don't know about you but this is pretty typical of the crap that shows up on TV. While HK TV isn't as propaganda laced as the mainland stuff, it's still terrible. The Chinese will admit it themselves...yet they still watch it for some reason.

I say let the Japanese, Koreans and Indians take over the film industry. HK's streets are too narrow and crowded to be able to shoot these shows anyway. We can then devote the $300 million to more important long term ventures like education and pollution controls. HK has a huge budget surplus, we need to invest in human capital, not pouring concete and padding fat film and TV moguls' wallets.

» Thursday, March 08, 2007 6:50 PM /