Albert Cheng says he will return, despite reports his contract is being terminated
Outspoken radio-talk-show host Albert Cheng King-hon declared yesterday he would return to the airwaves on September 28 after a four-month break, despite reports Commercial Radio is planning to end his contract prematurely.
'I have done nothing wrong and why would they want to fire me? They have assured me that they won't fire me. I have a mission to carry on,' said Cheng, who quit his Teacup in a Storm phone-in show in May after saying he felt 'suffocated by political repression'.
Cheng told the South China Morning Post yesterday his contract with the station would not end until February 29, 2008.
Commercial Radio said Cheng was on leave until the end of September, but would not comment further.
Chinese-language newspapers reported yesterday that Commercial Radio, which has said repeatedly in the past two months that it would stand firm on protecting freedom of speech, planned to end Cheng's contract.
Sources were quoted as saying the management was unhappy with Cheng's unilateral decision to take leave.
