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Time for the chop?

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YOU CAN'T HELP thinking Jackie Chan dying for the first time in his new movie The Medallion hints at the end of this kung fu star. Could this be an omen of things to come?

Since 1995, he has been the face of Hong Kong - a high-kicking action hero-cum-comedian with a protruding nose - famous enough to lure his fans from around the globe to boost the city's flagging tourism industry.

This month, hundreds of online messages have been posted on the Broadway Circuit website forum (www.cinema.com.hk), asking others to boycott Chan's new film because of the negative remarks he made about the July 1 massive protest against Article 23. Chan claimed his overseas fans were scared away by the march.

According to Chinese-language newspaper Ming Pao Daily, on a Commercial Radio interview aired on August 1, Chan said: 'How do you think cat-calling the chief executive in front of foreign guests such as the Liverpool football team and international media will affect the image of Hong Kong? ...This is shameful.'

Incidentally, while the thread on this particular topic has mysteriously disappeared from the site this week, on Thursday, a new post was made on the same website. It is an open letter demanding the Hong Kong Tourism Board drop Chan as its ambassador.

The letter reads: 'Mr Chan is incapable of representing Hong Kong people. We are afraid we can't agree with what he said several weeks ago in public. And no need to mention his improper behaviour and misconduct with the actress [Elaine Wu] years ago.'

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