Hong Kongโs media should eliminate falsehoods and expand their global reach, the chief executive has said, urging journalists to serve as โspokespeopleโ for good stories about mainland China and the city.
City leader John Lee Ka-chiu on Tuesday outlined his two expectations for the industry in a speech at an event held by the media marking the 77th anniversary of the founding of the Peopleโs Republic of China.
His first expectation was for media workers to safeguard the truth, dispel falsehoods and promote the good, invoking a Chinese idiom that translates as โdraining away filth and ushering in fresh waterโ.