▲The China, Guangdong Culture Board's Shenzhen concert Approval
091123 'They Sold Tickets Without Permission' TVXQ Fans Submit A Civil Appeal To The Government
According to the statement released on the Guandong Culture Board's webpage, TVXQ's Shenzhen concert officially received permission on October 28th. However, SM began selling tickets for the concert in late September.
TVXQ fans have submitted a civil appeal against SM Entertainment to the government stating that the agency began selling tickets of the Shenzhen concert, originally scheduled for the 21st, before they received permission from the Chinese government.
TVXQ fan site 'DNBN' submitted a petition under the name 'SM Entertainment's Disregard for the Chinese Administrative Procedures may obstruct Culture Exchanges between Korea and China' to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on the 16th.
They pointed out that, "On the homepage of the Guangdong Culture Board, it clearly states that SM received permission for TVXQ's Shenzhen concert on October 28th," and "Ticket sales began in late September, therefore, SM was selling tickets without permission from the Chinese government."
They especially stated that, "The fact that China has administrative procedures for such an event implies that SM is publicly disregarding another country's administrative procedures," and "Such ticket sales could not only hurt the image of the Korean Entertainment industry, but the image of the country as well. What SM did resembling gambling in which the future performances of Korean singers in China are on the line."
They also added, "Till now, SM has been getting permission for Chinese concerts at least 4~6 months before the concert date for their singers and then proceeded to sell tickets, but this concert seems to be the only one that SM rushed to get."
In the appeal, these fans asked that the official dates of permission application and permission for the Shenzhen concert as well as the ticket sales period be checked thoroughly. They also asked for action to be taken against the act of selling tickets before permission was given by the Chinese government.
On the other hand, a representative of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism stated, "Although there is no way for this ministry to personally go into agencies and watch over what they do as entertainment agencies are free enterprise businesses, we can call a representative of SM forth to clarify and set regulations so that such an event will not occur again."
This representative also said, "In China, permission must be given before advertising or ticket sales are allowed, so we do not know why SM acted in such a way," and "If the Chinese government feels that there was a problem in the administrative steps of the procedure, the future culture exchange between the two countries may be endangered so we would like SM to be more careful from now on."
According to the statement released on the Guandong Culture Board's webpage, TVXQ's Shenzhen concert officially received permission on October 28th. However, SM began selling tickets for the concert in late September.
TVXQ fans have submitted a civil appeal against SM Entertainment to the government stating that the agency began selling tickets of the Shenzhen concert, originally scheduled for the 21st, before they received permission from the Chinese government.
TVXQ fan site 'DNBN' submitted a petition under the name 'SM Entertainment's Disregard for the Chinese Administrative Procedures may obstruct Culture Exchanges between Korea and China' to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on the 16th.
They pointed out that, "On the homepage of the Guangdong Culture Board, it clearly states that SM received permission for TVXQ's Shenzhen concert on October 28th," and "Ticket sales began in late September, therefore, SM was selling tickets without permission from the Chinese government."
They especially stated that, "The fact that China has administrative procedures for such an event implies that SM is publicly disregarding another country's administrative procedures," and "Such ticket sales could not only hurt the image of the Korean Entertainment industry, but the image of the country as well. What SM did resembling gambling in which the future performances of Korean singers in China are on the line."
They also added, "Till now, SM has been getting permission for Chinese concerts at least 4~6 months before the concert date for their singers and then proceeded to sell tickets, but this concert seems to be the only one that SM rushed to get."
In the appeal, these fans asked that the official dates of permission application and permission for the Shenzhen concert as well as the ticket sales period be checked thoroughly. They also asked for action to be taken against the act of selling tickets before permission was given by the Chinese government.
On the other hand, a representative of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism stated, "Although there is no way for this ministry to personally go into agencies and watch over what they do as entertainment agencies are free enterprise businesses, we can call a representative of SM forth to clarify and set regulations so that such an event will not occur again."
This representative also said, "In China, permission must be given before advertising or ticket sales are allowed, so we do not know why SM acted in such a way," and "If the Chinese government feels that there was a problem in the administrative steps of the procedure, the future culture exchange between the two countries may be endangered so we would like SM to be more careful from now on."
091124 SM "We Never Sold TVXQ Tickets Without Permission"
SM has released an official statement regarding the civil appeal TVXQ fans submitted to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism that pertains to the group's China concert.
On the 24th, SM stated to Money Today Starnews that, "We had originally planned twelve concerts for TVXQ's third Asia concert tour with Korean Concert Agency Dream Maker in June of 2008," and "According to the contract, all concert procedures and permission applications, as well as ticket sales are being covered by Dream Maker and a domestic concert planning agency."
They strongly stated that, "Therefore, it is incorrect to say that SM sold TVXQ's Shenzhen concert tickets in China without the permission of the Chinese government."
SM also added, "We conversed with concert planning agency Dream Maker, who was in charge of the Shenzhen concert that was to be on the 21st as well as the entire Asia tour. Dream Maker stated that there were no problems with ticket sales or permission grants for the Shenzhen concert."
SM stated that Dream Maker said, "The Chinese concert planning agency we worked with was the 'Nanjing Asia Pacific Correspondence of Culture Exchange Corporation' and they were informed by the People's Republic of China's Ministry of Culture that 'Permission is granted for TVXQ's Guangdong (Shenzhen) concert' on the 21st of October. The Chinese agency also received the 'Ratification by the Ministry of Culture of Korean TVXQ's Concert in Guangdong (Shenzhen) [2009] Number 2146." Dream Maker states that it began selling tickets as soon as permission was granted on the 21st.
SM said, "The 'TVXQ Guangdong Concert Permission Related Ratification' that was released on October 28th was related to the documents and visas foreign artistes needed to perform in China, and had nothing to do with ticket sales."
They continued by saying "We are having to pay compensation to the Chinese concert planning agency as the Shenzhen concert was canceled," and "To say that we would sell concert tickets, then cancel the concert on purpose is just a spiteful statement; we would like it if people stopped saying false accusations that are far from the truth.
On the 24th, SM stated to Money Today Starnews that, "We had originally planned twelve concerts for TVXQ's third Asia concert tour with Korean Concert Agency Dream Maker in June of 2008," and "According to the contract, all concert procedures and permission applications, as well as ticket sales are being covered by Dream Maker and a domestic concert planning agency."
They strongly stated that, "Therefore, it is incorrect to say that SM sold TVXQ's Shenzhen concert tickets in China without the permission of the Chinese government."
SM also added, "We conversed with concert planning agency Dream Maker, who was in charge of the Shenzhen concert that was to be on the 21st as well as the entire Asia tour. Dream Maker stated that there were no problems with ticket sales or permission grants for the Shenzhen concert."
SM stated that Dream Maker said, "The Chinese concert planning agency we worked with was the 'Nanjing Asia Pacific Correspondence of Culture Exchange Corporation' and they were informed by the People's Republic of China's Ministry of Culture that 'Permission is granted for TVXQ's Guangdong (Shenzhen) concert' on the 21st of October. The Chinese agency also received the 'Ratification by the Ministry of Culture of Korean TVXQ's Concert in Guangdong (Shenzhen) [2009] Number 2146." Dream Maker states that it began selling tickets as soon as permission was granted on the 21st.
SM said, "The 'TVXQ Guangdong Concert Permission Related Ratification' that was released on October 28th was related to the documents and visas foreign artistes needed to perform in China, and had nothing to do with ticket sales."
They continued by saying "We are having to pay compensation to the Chinese concert planning agency as the Shenzhen concert was canceled," and "To say that we would sell concert tickets, then cancel the concert on purpose is just a spiteful statement; we would like it if people stopped saying false accusations that are far from the truth.
Source: [money today starnews+DNBN] and [ohmynews+DNBN]
Translation credits: jeeelim5@tohosomnia.net
Shared by: tohosomnia.net
Do not remove/add on any credits.
Do not remove/add on any credits.
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment