12 May 2024獨媒#3522
舉重健力總會稱參賽國家地區有變 主席將講稿簡化 重申無「港獨」 意思
Chairman Wing Yuk Ip of the Hong Kong Weightlifting and Powerlifting Association said in a speech last Monday (6th) at the Asian Equipped Powerlifting Championships and Asian University Cup that “13 countries participated in the competition,” including representatives from Hong Kong and Taipei. The remarks were criticised by the government as violating the one-China principle. The association issued an apology statement late last night (11th), explaining that, because the number of participating countries and regions had changed, Wing Yuk Ip “simplified” the sentence in the speech to “13 countries,” “incorrectly omitting the mention of regions and causing misunderstanding.” It described this as serious negligence and reiterated that the speech was not intended to suggest that Hong Kong, China and Chinese Taipei were a country, and that there was “absolutely no intention of ‘Hong Kong independence.’”
香港舉重健力總會主席葉永玉上周一（6日）在「亞洲有裝備健力錦標賽暨亞洲大學生盃」致辭時，指「比賽共有13個國家參與」，當中包括香港及台北的參賽代表，遭政府點名批評違反一國原則。舉重健力總會昨（11日）深夜發「道歉聲明」，解釋因參賽國家和地區數目有變，葉永玉將講稿句子「簡化」，改為 「13 個國家」，「錯誤地沒有提及地區，引起誤會」，屬嚴重疏忽，並重申講稿的原意並非指中國香港及中華台北是一個國家，「完全沒有『港獨』 的意思」。
11 May 2024獨媒#3519
何韻詩網上演唱會 近百觀眾現場睇 感觸落淚盼大家「都可以搵個方法去療傷」
Singer Denise Ho celebrated her 47th birthday on Friday (10th) and held an online concert that evening. In a small room, she and music producer Mike Orange played guitar and performed nearly 20 songs, while also sharing many heartfelt thoughts. Nearly 100 audience members, including Anthony Wong, were present and applauded and cheered for Ho’s performance in real time. Her team also presented her with a birthday cake.
Ho became emotional and shed tears midway through the performance. Saying she was happy to be able to express her deepest self through music, she said: “I hope everyone can find a way to heal.” She also said that during the preparation stage, she already felt that the performance venue was not particularly important. Apart from taking good care of her inner self at present, she wanted to return to her original self: “Why did I want to sing in the first place? Wherever we go, we can turn that place into our own place.”
歌手何韻詩周五（10日）渡過47歲生日，她同晚舉行網上演唱會，在空間不大的房間內與音樂製作人Mike Orange手持結他唱了近20首歌，也分享許多心底話。黃耀明等近百名觀眾在現埸，為何韻詩的演出即時送上掌聲和歡呼聲，團隊則送上生日蛋糕。
何韻詩在演出中途感觸流淚，說能用音樂表達最深層的自己，感覺很開心：「希望大家都可以搵個方法去療傷。」她又說，在籌備階段已覺得演出地點不是太重要，指現時除了好好照顧自己的內在，她想回到最初的自己：「點解我要唱歌呢？無論我哋去到邊度，都可以令嗰個地方變成我哋自己嘅地方。」
11 May 2024獨媒#3520
舉重健力總會主席再度誤稱香港為「國家」 政府：違反一國原則、要求港協徹查
During the Hong Kong Weightlifting Invitational 2024 in March this year, the chairwoman of the Hong Kong Weightlifting and Powerlifting Association, Wing Yuk Ip, mistakenly referred to Hong Kong as “a relatively small country”. The association promptly issued a statement apologising. Less than two months later, in a speech at the Asian Equipped Powerlifting Championships and Asian University Cup held this Monday (6th), she again said that “13 countries” were taking part in the competition, including the participating representatives from Hong Kong and Taipei. The government criticised Wing Yuk Ip by name, saying that her remarks were “seriously inconsistent with the facts”, and has asked the Sports Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China to investigate.
今年3月的「香港舉重邀請賽 2024」期間，香港舉重健力總會主席葉永玉曾「口文之誤」稱香港為「比較細嘅國家」，總會隨即發聲明致歉。事隔不足兩月，她在本周一（6日）舉行的「亞洲有裝備健力錦標賽暨亞洲大學生盃」中致辭時，再指「比賽共有13個國家參與」，當中包括香港及台北的參賽代表。政府點名批評葉永玉的表述「與事實嚴重不符涉」，已要求港協暨奧委會調查。
2 May 2024明報#3473
康署文學獎復辦 禁影射厭惡語言 文壇憂排除部分作品 「如《圍城》參賽或不合資格
The two major literary awards organised by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department’s public libraries were suspended for more than two years amid an internal review. The Chinese Literary Creation Award, which has a 45-year history, will resume this year after missing one edition. In addition to a national security clause, the award rules now include provisions stating that entries must not contain elements that allude to or defame others, violence, pornography, foul language, indecency, or “any hateful language and conduct”; violations will result in disqualification. Literary figures questioned how “hateful” could be defined objectively, noting that techniques such as innuendo appear in classics including “The Fortress Besieged”, and expressed concern that the new rules could exclude some works. A legislator called on the authorities to explain the provisions, saying responsibility for understanding the competition rules should not rest with entrants.
康文署轄下公共圖書館舉辦的兩大文學獎因內部檢討停擺兩年多，其中有45年歷史的「中文文學創作獎」（文學獎）停辦一屆後今年復辦。文學獎規則除加入國安條款外，本報發現新增比賽條款，規定參賽作品不得有影射或誹謗他人成分、暴力、色情、粗言穢語、不雅，及「任何令人厭惡的語言及行為」，違者會被取消參賽資格。有文學界人士質疑，何謂厭惡難有標準，而影射等手法見諸《圍城》等經典，憂新賽規排除部分作品；有議員呼籲當局解釋規定，認為理解賽規責任不應在參賽者。
原文網址：https://news.mingpao.com/pns/%E8%A6%81%E8%81%9E/article/20240502/s00001/1714588720588
30 Apr 2024獨媒#3463
【舞台劇獎】幹事稱「排除萬難去搞」 多名得獎者台上感謝劇協
The 32nd Hong Kong Drama Awards ceremony, which did not receive government funding or a venue, was held tonight as a “private event”. The atmosphere was lively throughout, with continuous applause and cheers. Many winners thanked the organiser, the Hong Kong Federation of Drama Societies, on stage.
不獲當局資助及提供場地的第32屆香港舞台劇獎頒獎禮，今晚以「私人活動」形式舉行。全晚氣氛熱烈，掌聲及歡呼聲不斷，不少人得獎時在台上感謝主辦方香港戲劇協會。
29 Apr 2024Yahoo#3450
獨立書店「一拳書館」：原擬到學校辦推理小說書展 因匿名投訴而取消
Amid a recent series of incidents involving pressure on independent bookshops, One Punch Bookshop said today that it had originally planned to hold a small book fair focused on mystery fiction at a school, but had to cancel the event after receiving an anonymous complaint. The bookshop did not disclose the name of the school involved, but lamented that “targeting the person rather than the issue has become the norm” in society today.
In a Facebook post today, One Punch Bookshop said its staff had carefully selected the titles, placed orders and paid for the books, while colleagues who love mystery fiction had been considering how to introduce good works to students at the fair. “Just because of a complaint from someone who did not even give their name, all the bookshop’s effort and hard work have gone to waste. Is that reasonable or not? There is no longer any need to discuss it; perhaps all we can do now is learn the daily routine of the new world,” it said.
The bookshop said it would instead hold a “Mystery Week” at its premises, particularly inviting readers who were not yet mystery-fiction fans to take part, thereby fulfilling its original intention of promoting mystery fiction among young people and leading them to enjoy its appeal.
近期接連發生獨立書店被打壓的事件。獨立書店「一拳書館」今日透露，原計劃在一所學校內舉辦一場以推理小說為主題的小書展，但活動因被匿名投訴而要取消。一拳書館未有透露涉事學校名字，但就慨嘆現今社會「對人不對事已成為常態」。
一拳書館今日在 FB 發文，指書店上下用心挑選書單，真金白銀訂好了書籍，熱愛推理小說的同事一直在想如何在書展中介紹好作品給學生，「就只因一個連名字都沒有的投訴，就把書店的心機與血汗統統付諸流水。合理不合理？已經無需要討論，大概現在只能夠學習新世界的日常。」
書店指，將會改為在店內舉辦「推理週」，特別邀請未成為推理迷的讀者來參與，「完成我們向青少年推廣推理，引領他們享受箇中趣味的原意。」
29 Apr 2024獨媒#3453
何韻詩5月辦網上演唱會 未能租場、離境巡唱下「重新學習如何當歌手」
Singer Denise Ho announced today that she will hold an online concert on the 10th of next month. In a post on social media, she said that putting on a show “normally” is currently so difficult that it is virtually impossible, as she has been unable to rent a venue and, because she has a case pending, is unable to leave Hong Kong for an overseas concert tour. However, she said this may be the best time to relearn how to be a singer.
Denise Ho released her new song “William” last year, describing it as a return to her role as a singer after pulling herself together following a period of confusion. Earlier this month, she released the Mandarin song “The Strangest of This Century,” for which she wrote both the music and lyrics. She announced on social media today that she will hold the concert on the 10th of next month.
歌手何韻詩今日宣布下月10日將舉行網上演唱會，她在社交網站表示，現時要「正常」做一個show是如此困難，甚至形容是根本不可能，因為既不獲租借場地，亦因為有案件在身，未能出境作外地巡迴演唱，但認為或許是重新學習，如何當一個歌手的最好時候。
何韻詩去年推出新歌《威廉》，形容在迷惘後自我振作重返歌手本位，今個月初就推出國語新歌《本世紀最怪》，並一手包辦作曲填詞，今日再在社交網站宣布下月10日舉行演唱會。
24 Apr 2024獨媒#3415
詩詞學會登報反駁「馮睎乾」FB專頁 稱「亂咬亂噴、唯恐香港不亂」
On the eve of the legislation of Article 23 of the Basic Law, the Hong Kong Poetry Society placed a full-page advertisement in Ta Kung Pao, attaching an “Anthology of Poems on the Legislation” listing works by 43 “poets at large”. The Facebook page “Fung Hei-kin Thirteen Dimensions” mocked the move in a post and wrote a poem in response expressing its views on Article 23. Today, the Hong Kong Poetry Society published a “solemn statement” in the newspaper, accusing Fung’s article of malicious attacks and describing the poem as “trivial and clumsy, bringing disgrace to literature; its writing bites and spits aimlessly, fearing only that Hong Kong will not be in chaos”. The society also said that his poetry, in the struggle against the “evil forces”, revealed strength and proved that the evil forces were “pitiful and deplorable”.
「香港詩詞學會」在基本法23條立法前夕，於《大公報》刊登全版廣告，附上「立法唱和集」，將43首「廣大詩人」的作品列舉。FB專頁「馮睎乾十三維度」撰文調侃，並作詩回應對23條的看法。香港詩詞學會今日將「嚴重聲明」登報，指馮的文章惡意攻擊，詩的內容「瑣劣蹩腳，斯文掃地；行文則亂咬亂噴唯恐香港不亂」。學會又指其詩詞在與「惡勢力的鬥爭」，彰顯出力量，證明惡勢力「可憐可悲」。
21 Apr 2024獨媒#3399
【編劇自救】電影人推劇本配對平台、資助創作出版 冀扭轉「階級問題」
“I had dinner and chatted with a screenwriter yesterday. Someone asked him, ‘Have you ever had trouble collecting payment?’ He replied, ‘You’d only have trouble collecting it if there were payment to collect in the first place...’” A quip by Lau Kwok-wai, writer-director of *The Sunny Side of the Street*, highlighted the predicament facing Hong Kong screenwriters: unreasonably low pay and delayed or unpaid wages are not uncommon. Even after winning awards and becoming well known, they still have to work in an environment without institutional protections.
As film producer Man Pui-hing put it, screenwriters face a “class-based problem”—they are afraid of offending directors and producers, as well as film companies. In an effort to change the screenwriting ecosystem, Man founded the Hong Kong New Generation Creators Association, which openly solicits scripts and provides funding and publication opportunities. At the same time, screenwriter Rex Ren, Yeung Ho-yin and independent journalist Chau Ching founded the online platform “Three Scenes”, which enables creators and investors to match and trade screenplays while also providing professional guidance from script doctors and legal advisers.
「我尋日同一個編劇食飯傾偈，有人問佢，你有冇追唔到數嘅情況？佢答，有追先會追唔到啫⋯⋯」《白日青春》編導劉國瑞一句戲言，道出香港編劇面對的困局——薪金不合理或被拖糧並不罕見，即使因得獎而名聲大噪，他們仍要面對欠缺制度保障的工作環境。
或者正如電影監製文佩卿所言，編劇面對的是「階級性問題」——怕得罪導演和監製，也怕得罪電影公司。為了扭轉編劇生態，文佩卿成立香港新晉創作人協會，公開徵集劇本並提供資助和出版機會。同一時間，編劇任俠、楊皓然和獨立記者周澄亦創辦網上平台「三場戲」，讓創作者和投資者進行劇本配對及交易，同時提供劇本醫生、法律顧問等專業指導。
21 Apr 2024獨媒#3402
文學雜誌《無形》失資助 編輯室剩一人：堅信選擇、盡量不留後悔
The Hong Kong Literature Museum announced that literary magazine Formless will suspend its print publication from next month after losing funding from the Hong Kong Arts Development Council, while its online publishing platform “Fictitious Words” will continue operating. Executive editor Gloria Tsz Ying Chan (Michelle) told InMedia that, amid tight finances, the editorial team would be cut to one full-time employee: “They are both the editor and the reporter. You can imagine how difficult it actually is for one person to look after so many things.”
香港文學館宣布，文學雜誌《無形》因失去藝發局資助，下月起暫停實體出版，網上發表平台「虛詞」則會繼續營運。執行編輯陳芷盈（Michelle）向《獨媒》坦言，資金緊拙下，編輯室將裁員至剩下一名全職員工：「佢既係編輯，又係記者。你可以想像，要一個人睇晒好多嘢，其實好辛苦。」
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