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SCMP Reporter

Station pulls programme for two months as official warns of penalties

Commercial Radio has decided to suspend popular hosts Sammy Leung Chi-kin  and Kitty Yuen Siu-yee and their programme So Fab for two months, as it faces the possibility of penalties over a poll about indecently assaulting celebrities.

In a statement last night, the station said So Fab, on Commercial Radio 2, would go off the air for two months from Monday. It said  Leung and Yuen would take two months of no-pay leave and would not be allowed take up any new freelance jobs during this period.

The station came in for heavy  condemnation last week after So Fab launched the internet poll asking listeners to vote for female artists they would most like to indecently assault.

Leung and Yuen, the most popular hosts on the station, also appear in television commercials and programmes. At present, they are hosting a game show called 15/16 on TVB.

Commercial Radio reiterated its apology in the statement, saying an internal review had been carried out over the past few days.

The poll, launched last Friday, listed 20 celebrities, including Canto-pop duo Twins' Gillian Chung Yan-tung  and Charlene Choi Cheuk-yin and singers Miriam Yeung Chin-wah  and Kelly Chen Wai-lam.

The Broadcasting Authority has received at least 68 complaints against the programme and will hold a special meeting next week to discuss the incident.

Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology Joseph Wong Wing-ping  has said the  station could be penalised with a warning or fine, but the final decision would be in the hands of the authority.

The Women's Commission said the  programme was 'a blatant act of disrespect to females and encouraged violence against women', while the Equal Opportunities Commission said it would follow up on the issue with Commercial Radio and the Broadcasting Authority.

Leung and Yuen subsequently apologised in a podcast on the radio station's website and the poll's topic was changed to 'the sexiest Hong Kong female artist'.



Radio hosts suspended over poll insult