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HK residents are a bunch of Hard headed people! or a they still human? i think not. why dont you ever keep your mouths shut…… i hope there are no longer filipinos in hong kong so that you would not have MAIDS to be spanked or maltreated or even killed.. You killed more filipino OFW’s in hongkong than this recent dead “8″ eight!! hostages. you see, that’s KARMA!!!

the local media coverage of the hostage taking SHOULD ALSO BE partly to blame.. They are not professional, in order for them to get the scoop of the drama they had to coverage the scenes that should not be aired SUPPOSEDLY. When they were partly provoking the hostage taker. they always thinking of competing with other network.. they should ask and learn from other country’s media (CNN, BBC…), they don’t know the SOP.

As part of the payment to the victims, the Philippine government should also allow the HK court to find Ronald Singson guilty of bringing cocaine to HK and be jailed for the rest of his life. Although this will really not ease the pain that the family’s victims feel and the HK people as a whole, it can show the Phil. sincerity to straighten its corrupt government. No one is surprised that Singson had cocaine with him. At least the Phil. gov’t will not spend a dime taking care of him in jail.

blame it to the ground commander he must be the one in control of the situation, whoever he was he must answer all question’s on the outcome last hostage drama. He must be replace from his position he doesn’t know on how manage on situation like that..Poor management,supervision and decision making by officer in charge..a lot of tourist was died cuz of wrong judgment call….my condolences to hongkong people..

The Philippines is a poor country, with no budget for the latest SWAT equipment and training. But it does not excuse them for the botched job. But it happens around the world, in Israel, Palestine, London, Madrid etc., which are even worst – bombings in trains and buses – so you can call their security lax and incompetent also. By the way, Makati – you hit the nail on the head. It’s karma and collateral damage.

Hey Makati, you are wrong, if you want to see OFW’s spanked and mistreated you should go to Wanchai… Trust me, it’s not the locals who do the worst of the worst. If the conditions were so insufferable they have legs to leave. No one forces them to be there.

I hope no one living in HK reads your comment and feels that those hard-header filipinos need to have some karma for your comment. Why don’t you keep YOUR mouth shut. No human being would look upon the slaughtering of an innocent family and try to justify it as well deserved.

My family and I have a schedule for a much-awaited vacation to HK this weekend. But now, we are not so sure to push through because of fear of growing hostility they might feel toward Filipinos.

Can you email me of what advise you could give us regarding this (Is it safe for Filipino tourist to be in HK in times like this? )

This incident happened in my beloved country. I am saddened for the lost lives of the victims and even to Mr. Mendoza’s chance to clear his name.

I believe that we are “human” regardless of our race and I am asking for forgiveness and understanding of HK people.

Let us not focus on what went wrong but let us seek for what we can do to overcome this crisis.

My condolences to the victims.

Quoted from the above”Was he a sacrificial lamb persecuted so someone else could get away free?”

At a personal level, I think there must have been some conflicts arouse between this former veteran police enforcer and other top level police executive, somehow happened to the involvement in drug-related crimes and extortion. Do you think a hostage taker dare to commit the hostage crime alone? Will there be any secret behind that forced this man to call an explanation to the Media?

it is very obvious on tv. the police didn’t know what to do when mendoza fired shots at the windows. you can also notice that it is not automatic but seem just to drive them away.

the police looked stupid when they couldn’t smash the windows and doors. there is also nothing ‘special’ with their weaponry, supposed to be of a ‘swat’ unit. there is also no clear tactics. at the rear, they are trying to get in, but nothing happens on the front, thus, giving mendoza one side to watch out.

this should really be investigated! how a bemedalled cop turned hostage-taker. he must be a victim of politics within the force, by those close to ruling government officials.

we also appeal to hongkong people not to condemn filipinos as we are also victims of the government fascist and corrupt forces. the arroyo government has caused more than a thousand extra-judicial killings, 561 were farmers, 129 farmers were abducted and still missing, and many are in prison with fabricated charges. all of these are doings of the police and the military upon orders of top government officials along the counter-insurgency program Oplan Bantay Laya.

President Noynoy Aquino continues this program and there is still no justice for the victims. Aquino continues to exploit Filipino farmers and people by protecting his interest in Hacienda Luisita and not serving justice to victims of Hacienda Luisita Massacre on November 16, 2004. The hostage-taking is just a symptom of a corrupt and fascist rule against the people, this time victimizing the Hongkong people. Please support the Filipinos in calling to abolish Oplan Bantay Laya, corruption and join us in our call for justice to victims of human rights abuses perpetrated by the police and military.

Quote: “The BBC’s South East Asia correspondent Rachel Harvey says the gunman would have been trained in police tactics, and would have known what to expect – so the police moved very cautiously.”

Really? Did the Filipino SWAT team try to “second guess” the hijacker by being indecisive and not having a coordinated plan, or was the team just incompetent and poorly trained? We will have to wait for the proper inquest. However, through the lenses of the international media, the fact of the matter is that 7 hostages were killed (but it is not yet known by whom) because the authorities failed to act decisively. An extremely black day for everyone.

i just want to say that the police just acted cautiously for safety of everyone in the bus…we can’t really say that they do not have practice…

It’s a good thing that Hong Kong/China made a travel ban tp Philippines. Too much chinese businessman in phil NO PAY TAXES AH, TOO MUCH SMUGLLING AH, WANNA BUY SUPSTANDAD PWADUKS?

“Filipino domestic helpers may expect a change in how their Hong Kong employers treat them. Filipino tourists visiting Hong Kong could spend more time talking to immigration officers. Let’s find out.”

But why in the world would HK people take out their frustrations over the Philippines’ police’s inept handling of the hostage crisis on their maids and tourist income? Don’t the Filipino people themselves have to deal with such terrible law-enforcing too? I’m afraid this comes off as a rather demeaning view of HK people, and belittles the decency they have.

Frustrations,Anger and subjective satisfaction to all personalities out there, due to none existence of one official supposedly in-charge or managed the crisis that cohorts the coordination,planning and final execution of planned if there is….so the outcome is FAILURE..

i’m a filipino. and i’m so disappointed, lonely, and shocked of what happened. it’s very hard for other innocent filipino to hear that other nationalities are angry with us. i think HK and chinese nationalities should not judge all filipinos as one. condolence to all HK and chinese nationalities. on behalf of all filipinos, we’re all sorry!! :(

I was in the office when my manager told us that there is a hostage crisis at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila., I wasn’t able to watch the news yesterday night, but when I saw the daily newspaper, (both filipino and chinese newspaper) I almost cried when I found out that almost nine people were dead.

To all Chinese people around the world, not only in HK, our deepest and sincerest condolences. We can all make it. 加油！加油！加油！

no Filipino should be afraid to come to HK. This is an unfortunate incident involving incompetent police officers and commanders and have nothing to do with the good Filipino people. People may be sad here, but we have many Filipino people who work here and it is obvious there have been no violence yet, or it would have been reported on otherwise. Let us all be sensible and condemn the bad handling of the incident but not on the common Filipino people who sadly have to deal with these incompetent police as part of their daily lives.

The news just came that not only HK is issuing a travel ban to the Philippines but China as well.

“Maybe it’s in the peace-loving patience and easygoing nature of Filipinos that saw the police wait 12 hours before making a move.”

Peace-loving patience huh?
More like a bunch of lazy muthafukers. Incompetent bunch of monkeys.

This tragic incident only goes to show how totally incompetent the so called Filipino SWAT team really is. No other professionally trained police/military team in the rest of the world could botch such an operation. A single gunman on a bus…multiple kill shots that could have taken place….geezus! Don’t the damn Filipino police even have tasers…they could have taken out the madman with a simple taser when they were making the food delivery…just a bunch of dumb ass cowboys trying to look cool wearing SWAT outfits. This incident really puts other SWAT teams to shame…perhaps they should have asked for help from Hong Kong’s SDU who would have ended this fiasco in a couple of hours without any hostages being killed for nothing. Overweight Filipino cops should all quit and start a band or something…they sure can’t handle serious cases such as this one.

Those damn Filipino SWAT guys don’t even have the right small arms for this kind of hostage situation. They should have all been armed with H&K MP5′s instead of M16′s and M4′s. A tour bus is a confined place that requires the proper weapons and tactics (SWAT = Special Weapons And Tactics) which apprently the Filipino cops either didn’t have or, simply failed to use. What kind of bullshit do you call this? How hard is it to break a friggin bus window. A sledge hammer should never have been used because it is a blunt instrument which doesn’t do much on the safety glass of automotives. Stupid is a stupid does.

I second starbreez’s comments. Just because there was one rifle-wielding man and an in-ept police force who turned a bad day into a tragedy does not mean that the HK people will see the entire Filipino population as being the same. Shame on you, to think so badly of the people in HK!

And btw, your link to the Aquino government statement is no longer available…I wonder why.

Seeing how these Fillipino police operates remind me of the Thailand police. Indonesia and Malaysia probably in the same level.Corrupted organisations whose job supposingly was to serve and protect but are more concern in exploiting the civillians and collecting traffic “fines”. They are what we called the “licensed” gun welding mafias. They are probably only good at clearing roads for the VIPs in their country. Condolences to the victims.

They should give the SWAT vests to some monkeys and let them tear the door away. The monkeys will probably do a better job.

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