After all, we hold up half the sky. If Hong Kong people are to lose any measure of our freedom to speak our hearts and minds, then inevitably, women too, will suffer. Mr. Xu is a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. The government, whichever government, anywhere in the world, has no money. Public money belongs to the people.
Public money comes essentially from taxation of the people and of their activities.
The government uses public money in the name of the public to serve the public interest. I doubt Hong Kong people want their money to be used for promoting government propaganda. That is why, in the free world, public broadcasters are given editorial independence from the executive branch of the government. Corruption is usually a pervasive problem with officials siphoning off benefits for themselves and their cronies. Non-elected governments tend to want to control the media so that the government can be projected in a positive light.