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Hong Kong Fok Hing Gin, named after city's street, ruled offensive in UK

• mytailorisrich 5y ago
  > “The name of the product is clearly intended to shock and be pronounced as an offensive term,” the person making the complaint said. People are free to make complaints, even when they are clearly mistaken. > Commenting on the decision, the chairwoman of the Independent Complaints Panel, Nicola Williams, said: “It is not appropriate for marketing materials to purposefully link a name to profanity and no responsible marketing should cause serious or widespread offence.” However, one expects the panel to investigate before making incorrect and offensive comments like this one. Will this make headlines in the UK? I doubt it...