Checkley Sin Kwok-Lam speaks in an interview with Xinhua in Hong Kong, south China, April 1, 2021. (PHOTO / XINHUA)
HONG KONG – Checkley Sin Kwok-Lam, 64, was known in Hong Kong as a film producer, kung fu master and business leader. But his talk show that disclosed Western hypocrisy on Hong Kong affairs has earned him new fame.
One of his recent videos about how the United States vets public officers was viewed by 50,000 times and had over 800 comments on YouTube.
Having produced several blockbuster kung fu movies, Sin was shocked by how actors were vetted and blacklisted by the US government
Most of the comments were supportive. They were like: "Master Sin's argument is reasonable and supported by solid evidence. He has the courage to speak up (the truth)," "Hong Kong people stand with you for 100 percent," "Master Sin's video increased my knowledge."
"Not only YouTube. I also said the same thing on Twitter and Facebook. There have been more than 120,000 views," Sin said proudly.
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The resonance with viewers cheered on Sin. "More and more people started to realize that they may be misled if only reading Western media," he said.
"In terms of political vetting, former US President (Harry) Truman signed United States Executive Order 9835 in 1947 that allowed loyalty screenings of government employees, which is the first open document of political vetting," he said.
The loyalty review was even strengthened after former US President (Dwight) Eisenhower took office in 1953 and employees could be fired just on suspicion, he said.
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Having produced several blockbuster kung fu movies, Sin was shocked by how actors were vetted and blacklisted by the US government. Once serving as a police officer for a year in Hong Kong during the British colonial rule, he also remembered a number of his relatives underwent government scrutiny for his job.
With a clear understanding of such practice, Sin said it is all but double standards that Western politicians and media assaulted and demonized the improvement to Hong Kong's electoral system.
"Obviously, they say one thing and do the opposite. What they can do, you can't," he said.
The recent video was just one of his smash hits.
Sin's road to fame as an "internet celebrity" began in October 2019, when he uploaded his first episode about violent incidents in Hong Kong. After watching the footage of rioters besieging and storming the Legislative Council building in July, Sin decided to make his show to speak out his opinion and tell Hong Kong young people the right thing.
As far, he has talked about a wide range of topics from social unrest and government policies. He currently has some 148,000 subscribers on YouTube.
At its height, Sin's show was once watched by nearly 700,000 people at the same time but as Hong Kong has resumed peace and order, the views have dropped sharply. However, he did not see it as a bad thing.
"You step forward when your country needs you," read one comment on his show.