Leung Kin-pui, 58, says talk-show host Allen Lee Peng-fei may have had a different reason for quitting than Albert Cheng King-hon and Wong Yuk-man Journey from Mei Foo to Quarry Bay $135.80
Recently, there has been much heated debate on the three radio talk-show hosts leaving the airways. I think it's just a show. It's just an illusion. I don't think there's any political pressure behind it.
The most absurd resignation was Allen Lee Peng-fei. I think he just wanted to get people's attention as his political influence in Hong Kong has greatly diminished since 1997.
He is a rich man, he did not need the job at the radio station.
I think he made a wrong move hosting Commercial Radio's Teacup in a Storm programme because it contradicted his role as a deputy to the National People's Congress. He shouldn't have gone on air.
He used to have close contacts with people with money and power. He was a deputy to the NPC. How is it possible for him to oppose or criticise these people on the air waves? It was expected that he would upset these people on the first day he stepped into the studio.