The Hong Kong Federation and Olympic Committee issued new guidelines to its sports associations yesterday, requiring athletes and teams participating in international competitions to express their disapproval to the organizer with a T sign and request a suspension if they find an error in playing the national anthem or hoisting the regional flag. Active and correct immediately.
The guidelines, effective immediately, mention that the Hong Kong Association and Olympic Committee will provide each association with a toolkit with the correct national anthem and regional flag, and the association will assign a team leader to attend international events and hand it over to the organizer for use. National sports associations that violate the guidelines may be suspended from membership by the Hong Kong Federation and Olympic Committee, and even government subsidies or funding will be suspended.
In addition, Qais Abdulla Al Dhalai, president of the Asian Rugby Federation, made a special trip to Hong Kong to apologize to the SAR government and citizens. He personally explained to Chen Guoji yesterday that the wrong national anthem was broadcast. Chen Guoji reiterated that the incident was unacceptable.
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