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dArKeR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-24-05 10:16 AM
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HK politics, cash conspire against `Mad Dog' Wong
Fans of Raymond "Mad Dog" Wong (???) used to spend their evenings listening to the shock jock bash the Hong Kong government on his radio show.
But after the talk show host was sacked, about 2,000 of his listeners instead spent a recent Saturday night at a candlelit sit-in at a downtown park. They saw Wong's dismissal as the latest sign that their right to free speech was slipping away in the former British colony.

Not everyone agrees. Wong's former employer, Commercial Radio, said his departure was the result of a contract dispute, while some analysts say the move simply reflects a shift in listeners' tastes.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2005/07/24/2003264826
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