After Filipinos react and expressed their disgust against an article written by Chip Tsao and published in HK Magazine, finally he apologized.
According to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) spokesman Eduardo Malaya, Tsao conveyed his “most sincere apologies for the offense he had caused” to Philippine consulate officials and Filipino community leaders Wednesday night at the Philippine Consulate General in Hong Kong.
The controversial columnist also made a public apology on television in China’s Special Administrative Region.
In an interview at ATV, a major local TV channel, aired 7 p.m. last night, Mr. Chip Tsao said : ‘I realized that I had crossed the line…I now offer my public apology.’
In another interview with Tsao by Agence France-Presse (AFP) he said: “The article was never intended to be insulting to the Filipino domestic workers.” “Has anyone been deeply upset, it was never my intention and I feel sorry,” He added.
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