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Petition
A lot of people have e-mailed me saying that they don’t know how to sign the Racism Petition we posted yesterday. This is what you have to do:
1. Read the petition
2.Copy the WHOLE page
3.Paste the WHOLE page in a new e-mail
4.At the bottom of the e-mail TYPE your name, address AND date
5.Send the e-mail to ALL your friendsThat’s all you have to do. Also, I did not write the petition. Somebody sent the petition to me and I noticed that the original English might be hard to understand for some people so I edited the English. Anyway…hopefully the message is going around Hong Kong and the rest of the world. Even if you are NOT from Hong Kong you can STILL sign the petition and try to help make the Hong Kong government understand how important it is to have a law to protect minorities (NOT Chinese) in Hong Kong. CLICK HERE TO SEE THE PETITION AGAIN
ON A SIDE NOTE: We have updated some pictures from past shows…CLICK HERE
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APRIL 14, 2001
A lot of people have e-mailed me saying that they don’t know how to sign the Racism Petition we posted yesterday. This is what you have to do:
1.Read the petition
2.Copy the WHOLE page
3.Paste the WHOLE page in a new e-mail
4.At the bottom of the e-mail TYPE your name, address AND date
5.Send the e-mail to ALL your friends
That’s all you have to do. Also, I did not write the petition. Somebody sent the petition to me and I noticed that the original English might be hard to understand for some people so I edited the English. Anyway…hopefully the message is going around Hong Kong and the rest of the world. Even if you are NOT from Hong Kong you can STILL sign the petition and try to help make the Hong Kong government understand how important it is to have a law to protect minorities (NOT Chinese) in Hong Kong. CLICK HERE TO SEE THE PETITION AGAIN ON A SIDE NOTE: We have updated some pictures from past shows…CLICK HERE
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Fight racism in Hong Kong!
Want to know what you can do to FIGHT RACISM in Hong Kong? There are no laws against racism in Hong Kong – I find that hard to believe and disgusting. I am someone who loves Hong Kong very much and am very proud to be a Hong Kong resident. I always talk to people and promote Hong Kong as one of the worlds most modern and international cities. When you walk around Hong Kong you will find people from all over the world who hold Hong Kong identity cards…it is a great feeling to be a part of this great city. But the Hong Kong government does not want to make laws to fight racism in Hong Kong. That means, if you are a minority of Hong Kong (not Chinese) and if you try to apply for a job and the company does not want to hire you because of your race – that means there is nothing you can do about it. That means the company can always dismiss people ONLY because of their race. The boss can walk into my room tomorrow and say, “Hi Riz – I don’t like Pakistani’s anymore so I am going to fire you…please do not come to work starting tomorrow” – and I cannot take him to court. That means the government will not help me fight against this kind of problem. Now what can you do? Their is a new petition for YOU to sign…please CLICK HERE to read the petition.
I have already simplified the English A LOT so it is easier to understand. What you must do is READ the petition then SIGN the petition then FORWARD it to your friends and every time the 50th person signs the petition that person MUST FORWARD THE PETITION TO THE GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG. All the details can be found in the PETITION…please get involved with your city and sign it.
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APRIL 13, 2001
Want to know what you can do to FIGHT RACISM in Hong Kong? There are no laws against racism in Hong Kong – I find that hard to believe and disgusting. I am someone who loves Hong Kong very much and am very proud to be a Hong Kong resident. I always talk to people and promote Hong Kong as one of the worlds most modern and international cities. When you walk around Hong Kong you will find people from all over the world who hold Hong Kong identity cards…it is a great feeling to be a part of this great city. But the Hong Kong government does not want to make laws to fight racism in Hong Kong. That means, if you are a minority of Hong Kong (not Chinese) and if you try to apply for a job and the company does not want to hire you because of your race – that means there is nothing you can do about it. That means the company can always dismiss people ONLY because of their race. The boss can walk into my room tomorrow and say, “Hi Riz – I don’t like Pakistani’s anymore so I am going to fire you…please do not come to work starting tomorrow” – and I cannot take him to court. That means the government will not help me fight against this kind of problem. Now what can you do? Their is a new petition for YOU to sign…please CLICK HERE to read the petition. I have already simplified the English A LOT so it is easier to understand. What you must do is READ the petition then SIGN the petition then FORWARD it to your friends and every time the 50th person signs the petition that person MUST FORWARD THE PETITION TO THE GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG. All the details can be found in the PETITION…please get involved with your city and sign it.
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Fringe Club
w/ King Ly Chee, FatJob, Kick Oaf, Very Ape, Love Motel and one other band…
We’ve been looking forward to this show for some time. The last show we played in Hong Kong was the Lingnam College show and because of the time of the show – we were only allowed to play 2 songs. Anyway, we knew we would have only one show in March so we were pretty happy to save our energy and to go crazy that night…
Finally, the night had arrived…we had been practicing with Ming on a brand new song called “Lik Kit” (chinese name which means something like no energy) and it was beginning to sound really good while we were practicing. We actually finished the song only a few days before the show and so we were obviously nervous.
We finally arrived at Fringe around 7:30 and we found out the show was already sold out. I thought this was strange because inside their was A LOT OF ROOM for more people. But the people inside were all sitting down…if they all stood up then everybody who weren’t allowed to come inside the show could come inside. A lot of our friends could not come to watch the show to support the other bands. Anyway…next time I guess.
The best part about playing in this venue was the atmosphere. The room was dark and the walls are all black – the lighting is minimal and which added a great effect on the bands playing. The first band to play was Love Motel – a very brit/pop style band who sounded great tonight. Then I had to leave to see how my friends could come to watch the show but it was no use…they could not come inside. I came back to watch Very Ape play their crazy grunge-rock songs – the bass player is incredible! After Very Ape played they told me that they were going to join us in Taiwan next week at the Spring Scream festival show! Cool! More Hong Kong bands are coming to promote Hong Kong in Taiwan!!!
The next band to play was Kick Oaf and this was going to be their bass players (Bong) last show. For me I have seen their first 3 shows and I think this was their best performance so far. Next was FatJob and of course Fuck Fai forgot the lyrics to some of the songs! hahahaha…but they were still great and energetic. Shun had some problems with his guitar but that is because his own guitar has been broken for almost 2 weeks…when he gets it fixed he will rip as usual. We came on next and I was very nervous about playing “Lik Kit”…this was our first time to play the song LIVE. Everything seemed pretty good until we fucked up the end of the song “Sickened Eyes” but it didn’t matter because members of the audience were having fun dancing and feeling the music so even when we fucked up, the effect was good! Then we played “Lik Kit” next and personally, I think we played it pretty well!!!Okay okay okay…it is now 3:31am…I am very tired so I will stop writing…we will go to Taiwan next week to play 2 shows so after we come back I’ll post the show reviews…bye bye…I’d like to say a BIG THANK YOU to Chinese University for inviting us again to play! THANKS!
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Show…
A lot of people have been asking for the address for the show on Thursday – here it is in Chinese: 香港中環下亞厘畢道二號 / 電話: (852) 2521-7251. Hopefully most of you will be able to come to that show…the show starts at 7:30 and there are amazing bands playing Very Ape, FatJob, Love Motel, Kick Oaf, King Ly Chee and I believe one more…its $60 dollars…come down if you can! Peace…
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MARCH 27, 2001
A lot of people have been asking for the address for the show on Thursday – here it is in Chinese: 香港中環下亞厘畢道二號 / 電話: (852) 2521-7251. Hopefully most of you will be able to come to that show…the show starts at 7:30 and there are amazing bands playing Very Ape, FatJob, Love Motel, Kick Oaf, King Ly Chee and I believe one more…its $60 dollars…come down if you can! Peace…
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Fracture fanzine!
In one week we will have our first show in over one month in Hong Kong! So try to come to that show and have a good time with us and the other bands playing: FatJob, Kick Oaf, Very Ape, Love Motel and one more band…it should be a good show. For more information go to our UPCOMING SHOWS section.
ALSO: A friend from the UK sent me a magazine called Fracture (which is the most famous punk rock/hardcore magazine in the UK) and they reviewed the King Ly Chee CD! Its a great review. This is the review we got:
“I think, though I might be wrong (as I often am), that this is the first record by a Hong Kong band I’ve ever reviewed…or are they a Chinese band? No, I think you still say they’re from Hong Kong. But geographical nuances aside, I digress from the emotional hardcore that KING LY CHEE play. It’s a great mix of screamed and shouted hardcore and jangly parts with sung or spoken lyrics. These guys can be just a sweetly poppy as they can be manically thrashing. They also blend a fair amount of political tendencies in their lyrics and song explanations, particularly based around everyday life in Hong Kong which makes for interesting reading from a different perspective. Oh in case you were wondering, they do sing in English, but Chinese translations are provided. I get the idea in listening to the anger and passion that was driven into this recording that these guys would put on an energetic live performance. But for now I’ll have to suffice with this cool album.” – FRACTURE MAGAZINE
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MARCH 23, 2001
In one week we will have our first show in over one month in Hong Kong! So try to come to that show and have a good time with us and the other bands playing: FatJob, Kick Oaf, Very Ape, Love Motel and one more band…it should be a good show. For more information go to our UPCOMING SHOWS section. ALSO: A friend from the UK sent me a magazine called Fracture (which is the most famous punk rock/hardcore magazine in the UK) and they reviewed the King Ly Chee CD! Its a great review. This is the review we got:
“I think, though I might be wrong (as I often am), that this is the first record by a Hong Kong band I’ve ever reviewed…or are they a Chinese band? No, I think you still say they’re from Hong Kong. But geographical nuances aside, I digress from the emotional hardcore that KING LY CHEE play. It’s a great mix of screamed and shouted hardcore and jangly parts with sung or spoken lyrics. These guys can be just a sweetly poppy as they can be manically thrashing. They also blend a fair amount of political tendencies in their lyrics and song explanations, particularly based around everyday life in Hong Kong which makes for intersting reading from a different perspective. Oh in case you were wondering, they do sing in English, but Chinese translations are provided. I get the idea in listening to the anger and passion that was driven into this recording that these guys would put on an energetic live performance. But for now I’ll have to suffice with this cool album.” – FRACTURE MAGAZINE
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Government’s views on human rights…
Did you want to know what the government does about human rights, racism or about culture in Hong Kong? There’s a link you can check out for a department of the government called the Home Affairs Bureau 民 政 事 務 局…CLICK HERE FOR CHINESE…CLICK HERE FOR ENGLISH. You can even contact the department through e-mail (如 有 任 何 查 詢 ， 請 電 郵): hab1@hab.gcn.gov.hk hab1@hab.gcn.gov.hk COME ON! Get involved with your city – find out what the government is SUPPOSED to be doing for us! For a brief introduction on this department, I copied this information from their website:
“Our key policy objectives are to -
* protect and promote the rights of individuals;
* promote community and youth development;
* promote the development of the arts, culture, sport and recreation as well as preservation of our heritage; and
* promote good and responsible practices in building management by giving support and advice to owners and tenants of private buildings.”“本 局 的 主 要 施 政 方 針 如 下 -
* 維 護 和 促 進 個 人 權 利 ；
* 促 進 社 區 和 青 年 發 展 ；
* 促 進 藝 術 、 文 化 、 體 育 和 康 樂 發 展 ， 以 及 保 護 本 地 文 物 古 蹟 ； 及
* 向 大 廈 業 主 和 住 客 提 供 支 援 及 實 用 的 建 議 ， 以 促 進 良 好 及 負 責 任 的 大 廈 管 理 。”
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