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Football hooliganism in Hong Kong? Filipino fans claim racial abuse
Football match at Mong Kok Stadium turns not-so-friendly
Wednesday, 05 June, 2013, 4:43pm
The Philippine Azkals celebrate after beating Hong Kong 1-0 on Tuesday night. Photo: Randy Laurea
Hong Kong football fans were accused of racial abuse, including yelling “you’re all just slaves”, as an international friendly turned not-so-friendly at Mong Kok Stadium on Tuesday night.
Social media sites were alive on Wednesday morning with Philippines fans accusing a section of the Hong Kong supporters of “calling us a slave nation”, throwing bottles at mostly women and children and booing the Philippine national anthem.
One Filipino called it a “traumatic experience”, while another said she was reduced to tears.
One expatriate fan said he was disgusted by the Hong Kong supporters, who were further incensed as Hong Kong went on to lose the game 1-0.
“At the end of the game there were ugly scenes when the Philippines side tried to celebrate with their fans and were subjected to such abuse - verbal, gestures and physical - as they were pelted with bottles and other objects,” the Englishman told the South China Morning Post on Wednesday morning.
“Then I was even more disgusted to hear some local guys shouting to the group of Philippine men, women and children, who were happily celebrating, that they were 'all just slaves'...and making obscene gestures to them.”
He said they also booed loudly throughout the playing of the national anthem and it was not reciprocated by the many Filipinos during the Chinese anthem, as they stood with reasonable respect.
The expat said he would normally cheer his “home” team Hong Kong, but after “the pathetic and boorish behaviour of the locals during the anthem, and then jeering every time the Filipinos started to cheer their team, I very quickly switched to supporting the underdogs”.
Another fan said security staff tried their best to bring order.
One fan suggested there was still a lot of ill-feeling between Hong Kong and the Philippines after eight Hongkongers died in the Manila hostage crisis in 2010 when sacked policeman Rolando Mendoza hijacked a tour bus and opened fire.
The incident also comes amid debate about racism in Hong Kong after a map created by The Washington Post based on data from the World Values Survey last month revealed that 26.8 per cent of Hongkongers did not want a neighbour of a different race.
Misinterpreted data in an earlier version of the map put the figure at 71.8 per cent, which suggested that Hong Kong was one of the least racially tolerant cities in the world.
While the revised results were less startling, they were still high by comparison with much of the world, alongside Malaysia, the Philippines and France.
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YunaJun 6th 2013
5:00pm
5:00pm
We need to buy Filipino now and before touring outside, we need to consider touring the rest of our 7,107 islands first before going to places where others clearly hate us. Choose Philippines! This is the time Filipinos. Enough is enough. We are more than 90 million strong plus those in the diaspora. Para sa Inang Bayan!
tes.aqueJun 6th 2013
4:35pm
4:35pm
Mabuhay filipinos!!we are respectful people,religious,educated compared to hongkong people..were talking about football game ..not hostage massacre ...to all hongkongers just accept that filipino football team are the best..we need sportsmanship @ respect !!!
robertatterJun 6th 2013
4:27pm
4:27pm
That is bad for Hong Kong, our industry relies on tourism, how can we be a world city with behavior like that. I guess the fact that HK lost is a just reward. Pathetic!
YunaJun 6th 2013
4:22pm
4:22pm
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Dear Filipinos, you might want to read the posts of people from Singapore (check out the link above). Please let us now unite against these people. I don't want to think that this is an ethnic thing but now I'm starting to doubt. They hate us, not all maybe but lots of them do. We should now, if possible, avoid going to these places as tourists (there are other places where we can tour), avoid going to these places to work (hope more jobs in PH will be available soon, calling government and private sectors!) or even buying their products. This is the time to be united. Our society may not be better than them but we shouldn't let them do this to us. Mabuhay ang Pilipino! Mabuhay ang Pilipinas, lahing Maharlika!
Dear Filipinos, you might want to read the posts of people from Singapore (check out the link above). Please let us now unite against these people. I don't want to think that this is an ethnic thing but now I'm starting to doubt. They hate us, not all maybe but lots of them do. We should now, if possible, avoid going to these places as tourists (there are other places where we can tour), avoid going to these places to work (hope more jobs in PH will be available soon, calling government and private sectors!) or even buying their products. This is the time to be united. Our society may not be better than them but we shouldn't let them do this to us. Mabuhay ang Pilipino! Mabuhay ang Pilipinas, lahing Maharlika!
jaybJun 6th 2013
3:36pm
3:36pm
racist chants is not unique to hongkong. anyone following English Premier League, Serie A and La Liga know very well that racial chanting against black players, including tossing bananas on the pitch is common.
abrtn00101Jun 6th 2013
2:00pm
2:00pm
Without trying to be racist, this is what bothers me: 上行下效--the Chinese idiom that roughly equates to "people in lower class follow what their leaders in the upper class do." Again, I'm not trying to be racist, but I may point fingers and those of you who are Chinese might understand where those fingers are pointed.
Analysis has shown that HK's current racist views were brought on heavily by British colonial rule, but the Chinese government itself doesn't seem to mind the attitude of racism, so if 上行下效 is true, what's there to stop them now?
Individual Filipinos have long proven that they are above 上行下效. For centuries, the Filipinos have decried the inconsistencies in our governments, and for centuries, we have each, as citizen Filipinos, worked to change that. Though we may not be as well educated or as affluent as the Chinese, individual Filipinos understand that, while our government may be steeped in its share of corruption, that doesn't serve as an umbrella term to describe each and everyone of us.
And so, instead of reflecting our government in our words and actions, Filipinos are willing to work hard--even to the point of leaving our country in order to uplift its image among outsiders with our efforts. Ask any Filipino and they will tell you that we are with the HKers when it comes to what happened in 2010--we hate our government for that.
We hate 上行下效. So why can't individual Chinese hate 上行下效 too? Why can't we work together to bring peace for all?
Analysis has shown that HK's current racist views were brought on heavily by British colonial rule, but the Chinese government itself doesn't seem to mind the attitude of racism, so if 上行下效 is true, what's there to stop them now?
Individual Filipinos have long proven that they are above 上行下效. For centuries, the Filipinos have decried the inconsistencies in our governments, and for centuries, we have each, as citizen Filipinos, worked to change that. Though we may not be as well educated or as affluent as the Chinese, individual Filipinos understand that, while our government may be steeped in its share of corruption, that doesn't serve as an umbrella term to describe each and everyone of us.
And so, instead of reflecting our government in our words and actions, Filipinos are willing to work hard--even to the point of leaving our country in order to uplift its image among outsiders with our efforts. Ask any Filipino and they will tell you that we are with the HKers when it comes to what happened in 2010--we hate our government for that.
We hate 上行下效. So why can't individual Chinese hate 上行下效 too? Why can't we work together to bring peace for all?
YunaJun 6th 2013
1:27pm
1:27pm
There was no provocation whatsoever. Those racist HK fans had even a black banner about the incident in 2010. Okay a Filipino did something terrible last 2010. It was a blunder. We were sorry and embarrassed. If I had control of the situation back then, I would have taken an action that would make the outcome different. Past is past though. You can't blame all of us of what happened before. Do we need to be reminded every time and do you really need to do that in a friendly football match? Do you really need to tell us that we are nation of slaves when only a few percent of our population are domestic workers (what's wrong of being one by the way)?You can rally at the Philippine embassy or consulate all you want but don't do that when people are just there to root for their national team.
willie.chanJun 6th 2013
1:09pm
1:09pm
I'm a Chinese/Filipino (Dad chinese Mom Filipina) I was born and raised here in Hong Kong fluent both Cantonese and Tagalog.Culturally I'm more Hong Kong-nese than Filipino but I'm always encouraged to learn from both. Regardless of what happened two-three years ago,it's not an excuse to use it in this context. It's just a game.I was there that night, and I was ashamed to be a HongKonger.
I was there to root for both my country. Hong Kong and Philippines.
But what really got me was when a Filipino player was on the sidelines,this kid,can't be more than 15-16, was flipping him the finger, while shouting "F**k you Philippines"
Racism exist here in HK and that's a fact.
I was there to root for both my country. Hong Kong and Philippines.
But what really got me was when a Filipino player was on the sidelines,this kid,can't be more than 15-16, was flipping him the finger, while shouting "F**k you Philippines"
Racism exist here in HK and that's a fact.
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