Hong Kong is considered part of China by Chinese authorities, and the two countries share the same national anthem.
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While the Chinese anthem was being played, fans with placard saying “boo” and “Hong Kong is not China” made loud noises.
“The HKFA is disappointed, but not surprised, to learn from FIFA that disciplinary proceedings are being opened in respect of booing at the recent Hong Kong versus China football match”, its chief executive officer Mark Sutcliffe told AFP on Wednesday. In addition, the company’s gross profit decreased by about 11.1 per cent to approximately HK$353.9 million during the period, according to its filing with Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Monday.
Geoff Walsh, a Hong Kong-based spokesman for Singapore-listed China Fishery Group, declined to comment.
It’s been requested to give evidence and a statement by 1 December to Federation Internationale de Football Association, as well as the result of the investigation will probably be published prior to the conclusion of the month.
Aside from the booing, the match took place with no major event. It ended in a 0-0 draw, damaging China’s prospects in the World Cup, to the delight of Hong Kong fans.
Fans from both teams were strictly segregated, using separate entrances and even different toilets, in a bid to head off any potential trouble in a district that was one of the centres of the 2014 pro-democracy protests.
This comes after BOC Hong Kong (2388) raised the yuan deposit rate for three and six-month terms to 3 percent last week also requiring a minimum capital of 20,000 yuan.
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The organization had subsequently attributed a tiny minority of fanatics for the booing.
