Josiah Lau

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Josiah Lau Ka Kit (Traditional Chinese: 劉家傑, Simplified Chinese: 刘家杰, Pinyin: Liu Jiajie, born in 1940 in Hong Kong with family root in Shunde, Guangdong, China) was an English language teacher in Hong Kong who hosted "One Minute's English" in RTHK, a famous English-teaching TV programme in 1990's. He was graduated in the University of Hong Kong.

Before that, Lau worked as a news reporter in TVB. The day Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong died in Beijing on September 9, 1976, Lau narrated a 3-hour documentary about Mao. The TVB documentary was heavily criticised by Nationalists and by the local right-wing press for distorting historical fact to flatter the Communists.[1] The program was specifically criticised for attributing the Nanking massacre to the Nationalist Army.[2] Lau was suspended by the broadcaster.

He then resigned to settle the disappointment. But the reason why he said this dialogue is now still a mystery.

Lau emigrated to Canada before the transfer of the sovereignty of Hong Kong in 1997.

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  1. ^ Alfred Li, [TVB apologises for Chinese script of Mao documentary], The Standard, Oct 3, 1976
  2. ^ Watt critical of Mao film translation, The Standard, Oct 13, 1976
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