Hong Kong Journalists Association cancels annual dinner after 2 hotels axe booking
Hong Kongâs largest journalism group has been forced to âtemporarilyâ cancel its annual fundraising dinner after a second hotel in a week pulled out from hosting the event, with the groupâs chairwoman suggesting the venues had faced âpolitical pressureâ.In an email sent to attendees on Thursday and seen by the Post, the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) Executive Committee said the Eaton HK informed the group a day before that the hotel in Kowloon was unable to host the event.The dinner, which was slated for next Monday, was earlier delayed by more than a week after the Regal Hongkong Hotel in Causeway Bay told the group last Thursday it had to cancel the booking due to âserious damageâ to part of the hotelâs power supply causing an âunstable and intermittentâ supply.The association...