Hong Kong TVB viewers up in arms over travel programme appearing to promote eating bats
Friday, 12 Jun 2020 01:19 PM MYTTVB viewers got worked up after the episode featuring bats in the cuisine. — Picture via Facebook/ TVB
KUALA LUMPUR, June 12 — Hong Kong television station TVB has come under fire from its viewers for screening a programme deemed to promote the eating of bats., the station had aired the travel programme Never Ends on June 10 that showed host Marco Liao promoting Palau, an archipelago of over 500 islands, which is part of the Micronesia region in the western Pacific Ocean.
After the programme was aired, viewers expressed their disgust over the show as there were scenes showing Liao with bats, and describing bat meat was like chicken meat and tasted like duck meat.Responding to a query fromIt said the travel show was meant to introduce the world's cultures, food and information on leisure activities, with the Palau episode introducing local delicacies that included fruits and bat soup.
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