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HKSAR Government emphatically condemns and goes against playing of wrong national anthem at the Asian Rugby Seven Series

The Hong Kong Unique Managerial Locale (HKSAR) Government unequivocally despises and goes against the playing of a melody firmly connected with rough fights and the “freedom” development in 2019 as the National Anthem of Individuals’ Republic of China at the men’s last between Hong Kong and South Korea of the second leg of the Asian Rugby Seven Series held in Incheon, South Korea yesterday (November 13).

     “The National Anthem is an image of our country. The coordinator of the competition has an obligation to guarantee that the National Anthem gets the regard it justified,” an Administration representative said. He added, “we have proactively kept in touch with the Hong Kong Rugby Association last night requesting them to manage this matter genuinely, send off a full and top to bottom examination and present a point by point report, and pass major areas of strength for us on to Asia Rugby, who is the coordinator of the Series.”

     In light of the fundamental data given by the Hong Kong Rugby Association to the Way of life, Sports and The travel industry Department, Asia Rugby has proactively apologized to the Hong Kong Rugby Association on the episode. Rugby Asia likewise affirmed that the recording of the National Anthem presented by the mentor of the Hong Kong Group was the right one, and made sense of that the misstep was brought about by human blunder of a lesser staff of the nearby coordinator. The Hong Kong Group carried the misstep to the consideration of the coordinator when some unacceptable anthem was played at the arena. The coordinator made a public 香港國歌 declaration conveying its conciliatory sentiment for the mix-up following the game and played the right National Anthem of Individuals’ Republic of China during the award show function when the Hong Kong Group won the last.

     The Hong Kong Rugby Crew will take part in the third leg of the Asian Rugby Seven Series to be held in Dubai toward the month’s end. The HKSAR Government has proactively mentioned the Hong Kong Rugby Association to guarantee that a comparative occurrence wouldn’t reoccur.