31 Oct 2025集誌社#7467
DQ 謝世傑｜社工註冊局正式登報釘牌三年 謝世傑：告別社工名義，但沒磨滅社工意志
The 68-year-old convener of the Save Lantau Alliance, Tse Sai-kit, was officially gazetted today (the 31st) as having their registration cancelled for three years by the Social Workers Registration Board, on the grounds that they had been convicted of fraud, damaging the reputation of the social work profession. Tse Sai-kit had earlier made representations against the striking-off decision, but these were rejected by the Registration Board. Tse Sai-kit responded again today, saying that being struck off for three years was equivalent to saying goodbye to the social worker title, but had not erased the social worker spirit. They said they had been an “anti-censorship social worker”, an “outspoken social worker” and a “community social worker”, and would remain so in the future.
68 歲的「守護大嶼聯盟」召集人謝世傑，今（31日）正式被社工註冊局登報，註銷其註冊三年，理由是他被裁定干犯欺詐罪，令社工專業聲譽受損。謝世傑早前就釘牌決定提出申述，被註冊局駁回。謝世傑今日再回應指，停牌三年，等如告別社工名義，但沒磨滅社工意志，指自己曾是「抗河蟹社工」、「彈散社工」、「民間社工」，將來也是。
4 Oct 2025集誌社#7391
DQ 謝世傑｜欺詐長生津罪成 被釘牌三年 提申述質疑懲處欠標準、無申辯機會、對人不對事
Tse Sai-kit, convenor of the Save Lantau Alliance, applied for a judicial review last year over the environmental impact assessment report for the San Tin Technopole development. He was subsequently arrested for failing to inform the Social Welfare Department, when applying for the Old Age Living Allowance, that his income exceeded the limit. He admitted to four fraud charges and was sentenced to 120 hours of community service in July this year. Tse Sai-kit, formerly a registered social worker, was notified by the Social Workers Registration Board early last month that, as a senior social worker familiar with the social welfare system and its regulations, he had nevertheless been found guilty of the offences, seriously damaging the reputation of the social work profession, and that it intended to strike him off for three years.
Tse Sai-kit went to the Social Workers Registration Board on Thursday (2nd) to submit written representations, questioning the authorities’ lack of standards and mechanism for making representations, and accusing them of “targeting the person rather than the matter”. He did not believe that the representations would succeed, and would not pursue another judicial review, but hoped the authorities would explain the standards and reasons behind the decision and establish a communication mechanism allowing social workers involved in such cases to explain themselves before disciplinary action was taken. According to statistics compiled by Initium Media, since the Registration Board was reconstituted last July, at least 30 social workers have had their registrations revoked, excluding Tse Sai-kit.
「守護大嶼聯盟」召集人謝世傑，去年就新田科技城發展環評報告提司法覆核，其後因涉申請長者生活津貼時，無告知社署其收入超出限額被捕，承認四項欺詐罪，今年 7 月判處 120 小時社會服務令。原為註冊社工的謝世傑，上月初獲社工註冊局通知，指他作為資深社工，熟識社會福利制度及規定，卻被裁定犯下該罪行，令社工專業的聲譽嚴重受損，有意將他「釘牌」三年。
謝世傑周四（2日）到社工註冊局提交書面申述，質疑當局懲處欠缺標準和申辯機制，「對人不對事」。他不認為申述會成功、亦不會再進行司法覆核，但望當局解釋決定標準和理由，並設溝通機制，給予機會涉事社工解釋才作懲處。據《集誌社》統計，自註冊局去年七月改組，不計謝世傑，至今已有至少 30 名社工被註銷註冊。
27 Sept 2025明報#7363
當選中大校友校董譚天樂：盼跟進選舉DQ問題
The results of the election for an alumni representative to the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Council were announced yesterday. Of the more than 252,000 eligible voters, 1,114 cast ballots, exceeding the specified minimum threshold of 1,000 voters, for a turnout of 0.44%. Timothy Tin Lok Tam, chair of the Board of Directors of the CUHK Alumni Association Federation Education Foundation, was elected with 688 votes, while the other candidate, Barbara Pik Lin Kwok, founding president of the CUHK Greater Bay Area Alumni Association, lost with 426 votes. Timothy Tin Lok Tam told this newspaper that they were “happy” with the result, but also considered that “the responsibility is heavy and the road ahead is long”. After being elected, they hoped first to follow up on issues concerning restrictions on publicity during the election and the disqualification (DQ) of a candidate.
The CUHK alumni trustee election was repeatedly embroiled in controversy before polling. These included a prospective CUHK alumni candidate being disqualified on the grounds of lacking a record of “good service to CUHK”. In addition, an official WeChat post by CUHK (Shenzhen) promoted only Barbara Pik Lin Kwok and did not mention Timothy Tin Lok Tam, prompting alumni to question whether this was unfair; the post was subsequently removed. Some CUHK alumni also said in recent days that the election had introduced new rules prohibiting candidates from promoting themselves online. In an earlier response, CUHK only said that candidates could promote their campaigns on multiple election platforms provided by the university.
香港中文大學校董會校友評議會成員選舉昨公布結果，逾25.2萬名合資格投票人中，有1114人投票，超過最少1000人投票的指定門檻，投票率0.44%。當中「中大校友會聯會教育基金會董事會」主席譚天樂獲688票當選，另一候選人「香港中文大學粵港澳大灣區校友會」創會會長郭碧蓮以426票落敗。譚天樂回覆本報稱對結果「開心」，同時認為「任重道遠」，當選後冀先跟進是次選舉宣傳受限及有參選人被取消資格（DQ）的問題。
今次中大校友校董選舉於選前屢傳爭議，包括有擬參選的中大校友被以欠缺「良好服務中大」紀錄為由DQ。另中大（深圳）官方微信有帖文只宣傳郭碧蓮，但未提譚天樂，被校友質疑是否不公平，而帖文早前下架。亦有中大校友日前稱，今次選舉設新規則禁止候選人自行在網絡宣傳，中大早前回覆時僅稱候選人可在校方多個選舉平台宣傳競選。
22 Sept 2025Yahoo#7346
中大校董選戰｜兩校友被DQ 禁自行網上拉票 候選人後援會：公開選舉走向弔詭沉寂
The Chinese University of Hong Kong is holding the election for a member of the Alumni Constituency of the University Council, with one alumni trustee to be elected. Electronic voting begins today (22nd). The election has been beset by a series of controversies, including the suspected introduction of a “good service to CUHK” threshold, which resulted in prospective alumni candidates being disqualified (DQ), and a new rule prohibiting candidates from promoting themselves online independently, requiring them to use the university’s official channels. The support group of qualified candidate Timothy Tin Lok Tam posted a statement questioning why an election that should be open had, oddly, become quiet. CUHK told Yahoo News that candidates may conduct campaign activities on “multiple election platforms of the university”.
中文大學舉行「大學校董會校友評議會成員選舉」，選出一位校友校董，今（22日）起進行電子投票。今次選舉接連發生風波，包括疑新增「良好服務中大」門檻，有意參選的校友被取消參選資格（DQ）；又增設規則禁止候選人自行網絡宣傳，必須透過校方官方渠道。成功入閘候選人譚天樂的後援會發文質疑，本應公開的選舉，弔詭地走向沉寂。中大校方向《Yahoo新聞》覆稱，候選人可在「校方多個選舉平台」進行競選宣傳活動。
2 Sept 2025集誌社#7242
DQ 社工｜曾貼「光時」照 社工局推翻譴責「原判」改釘牌半年 「不足反映涉國安嚴重性」
Since the Social Workers Registration Board was reorganised following amendments last July, 30 social workers have had their registrations cancelled. Statistics compiled by The Collective Newsroom show that 20 of the cases were related to the social movement. In the latest case, a social worker posted an image bearing the words “Liberate Hong Kong; revolution of our times” on social media in 2020. The “new Social Workers Registration Board” received a complaint and held a disciplinary hearing in January. The social worker deleted the image in 2023. The board’s disciplinary committee recommended a written reprimand and that the matter be recorded, but the board overturned the original decision and instead struck the social worker off the register for six months. It is the first case involving no criminal offence in which a social worker has been struck off the register.
The Social Workers Registration Board said the social worker was alleged to have breached Section 25(1A) of the Social Workers Registration Ordinance, concerning “misconduct or neglect in a professional respect”. It said complaints submitted on the designated form would be handled under disciplinary procedures, but declined to comment on individual cases. Chi Wai (1965) Cheung, chairperson of the Hong Kong Social Workers’ General Union, said he was disappointed by the board’s “revised decision” and asked, “What do we need the committee for?”
The Social Workers Registration Board also announced last month that a social worker who had engaged in sexual activity with a service user on multiple occasions was struck off for three years. The penalty was reduced at the board’s discretion because the social worker did not contest the allegations at the disciplinary inquiry and had expressed remorse and apologised to the complainant. Another social worker was struck off for five years for signing on someone else’s behalf and misappropriating emergency funds intended for a service recipient.
社工註冊局去年七月修例改組後，至今已有 30 名社工被註銷註冊。《集誌社》統計， 20 宗與社運有關，最新個案，涉一名社工，於 2020 年在社交媒體發佈「光時」照。「新社工局」收投訴，一月開紀律聆訊。該社工在 2023 年已刪相，註冊局紀律委員會建議書面譴責及記錄在案，註冊局推翻「原判」，改判「釘牌」半年，成為首宗沒涉刑事，而遭釘牌的個案。
社工註冊局回覆指，該社工涉違《社工註冊條例》第 25 條 1A 的「在專業方面有失當或疏忽行為」，若收到指定表格的投訴，會循違紀程序處理，但不評論個別情況。社會工作者總會主席張志偉對註冊局的「改判」感失望，反問「要個委員會嚟做咩？」
此外，社工註冊局上月也公布，有社工因與服務對象發生多次性行為，因在紀律研訊不抗辯，表達悔意和對投訴人歉意，獲酌情減輕判處被釘牌三年；也有社工因冒簽私吞受助人應急錢，被釘牌五年。
15 Aug 2025集誌社#7161
中大選校董｜至少兩參選校友被 DQ 校方拒覆原因
After the Chinese University of Hong Kong’s 34-member Council was “reformed”, two seats for undergraduate and alumni representatives remain vacant. Nominations for the alumni Council election were held from the 9th to the 22nd of last month, and the Council Secretariat announced the names of two candidates on the 13th. The Collective confirmed through multiple sources that at least two CUHK alumni who had secured enough nominations and registered to stand were disqualified without receiving any inquiries or notification. An unnamed former CUHK Council member criticised the system as unfair and questioned: “On what grounds were they DQ’d?” A CUHK alumnus said the election was “merely a prearranged façade” intended to allow the Council to remain controlled by a small circle.
中大校董會「被改革」後，34 人校董會仍缺本科生及校友代表兩席。校友校董選舉提名上月 9 日至 22 日舉行，校董會秘書處日前（13日）公布兩名候選人名單。《集誌社》從不同消息確認，至少兩名已獲得足夠提名及報名參選的中大校友，在沒接獲任何查詢或通知下，候選資格無故被 DQ。有不願具名的前中大校董批評制度不公，質疑制度不公「憑乜嘢 DQ？」，有中大校友質疑選舉「不過是內定的幌子，志在令校董會繼續把持於小圈子之中」。
《集誌社》向中文大學查詢共幾多人報名參選、未能參選人數和原因等等。中大未有直接回覆，僅指校董會屬下「選舉事務委員會」於 13 日確認「初步獲接受的候選人提名名單」，並將於 9 月 2 日公告最終候選人名單及有關資料。
13 Jun 2025法庭線#6914
嶺大生賴卓賢參選校董會遭DQ 提覆核指不獲充分機會抗辯
Lai Cheuk-yin, vice-president (external) of the Lingnan University Students’ Union, was disqualified by the university’s election officer last November from standing for election to the Council, Court and Senate after allegedly promoting his candidacy through “unofficial channels”. He earlier filed for judicial review, seeking to overturn the election officer’s decision and the election results. The case was heard in the High Court on Friday (the 13th). After hearing submissions from all parties, Judge Ko Ho-man said he would hand down his judgment on or before July 31.
The applicant argued that when the election officer emailed Lai asking to meet, the purpose of the meeting was not mentioned. Lai was notified of the disqualification at the meeting on the same day and was given no opportunity to defend himself, amounting to procedural unfairness. The respondents argued that the election officer had explained the regulations to candidates at a briefing, and that Lai’s comments in media interviews after being disqualified, criticising the university’s requirements, showed that he understood the rules. They said it would have been unfair to other candidates if the election officer had found that Lai had breached the rules but still allowed him to stand.
After the hearing, Lai responded to an Eastweek report alleging that he had been “plotting to acquire HKFS property”. He reiterated that he merely held the property for the Hong Kong Federation of Students on trust and had obtained no personal benefit.
嶺南大學學生會外務副會長賴卓賢，去年 11 月被指以「非官方渠道」宣傳，遭校方選舉主任 DQ 校董會、諮議會、教務會的參選人資格，他早前入稟申請司法覆核，要求推翻選舉主任的決定及選舉結果。案件周五（13 日）於高等法院進行聆訊，法官高浩文聽畢各方陳詞，將於 7 月 31 日或之前頒判決。
申請方質疑，選舉主任發電郵要求與賴會面時，沒提及目的，同日見面即通知他 DQ 決定，令賴沒有機會抗辯，涉程序不公。答辯方反駁，選舉主任於簡介會已向候選人說明規例，又指賴被 DQ 後受訪曾批評校方要求，可見他清楚規則。如選舉主任斷定賴違規仍容許他參選，會對其他候選人不公。
另外，散庭後，賴回應《東周刊》指控他「謀『學聯』物業」的報道，重申自己只是以信托形式為學聯持有物業，並無個人得益。
19 Mar 2025獨媒#6600
不准用「前社工」？許宗盛：劉家棟加入「其他描述」、是好意提醒
Lau Ka-tung, who was convicted of obstructing a police officer in the execution of duty during the 2019 anti-extradition bill protests and sentenced to eight months in prison, was previously struck off the register by the Social Workers Registration Board for five years. Last month, Lau Ka-tung received a letter from the Board warning that using titles such as “independent social worker for social movement cases” or “former social worker” again could violate relevant legislation. Board chairman Herman Chung Shing Hui said that, in addition to using “former social worker”, Lau Ka-tung had also added “other descriptions”, stressing that the Board’s action was purely a well-intentioned reminder: “That description could give rise to a description of their qualifications in the social work profession. I’m not saying they’re not allowed to use it; I’m just reminding them to look at the ordinance if they use it!” As for how Lau Ka-tung should describe their former work, Herman Chung Shing Hui advised them to seek legal advice.
在2019年反修例運動中，被控阻差辦公罪成、判囚8個月的劉家棟，早前被社工註冊局「釘牌」5年，上月接獲社工註冊局信件，警告指對方假如再使用「社運案獨立社工」或「前社工」等名銜，或會觸犯相關法例。社工註冊局主席許宗盛表示，劉家棟除了使用「前社工」外亦加入「其他描述」，強調局方純粹好意提醒：「嗰個描述可能會引起描述佢社會工作專業嘅資格。我唔係話唔准佢用，我只不過提醒，咁用嘅話睇睇條例啦！」至於劉家棟應如何講述昔日工作？許宗盛就喚對方尋找法律意見。
17 Mar 2025法庭線#6588
嶺大學生會副會長賴卓賢參選校董會等遭DQ 提司法覆核 5.13聆訊
Lai Cheuk-yin, vice-president (external affairs) of the Lingnan University Students’ Union, was disqualified by the university’s election officer last November from standing for election to the Council, Court and Senate. He filed an application for judicial review last week, seeking to overturn the election officer’s decision to disqualify him, the Council’s decision that his complaint was unfounded, as well as the election results and related appointments, and to order a by-election.
The Judiciary website shows that the case is listed for a “rolled-up hearing” on May 13, meaning that the court will deal with the application for leave for judicial review and the substantive judicial review hearing together. The application states that the election officer disqualified Lai on the grounds that he promoted his candidacy through “unofficial channels”, including Instagram, campus posters and interviews with media outside the campus.
嶺南大學學生會外務副會長賴卓賢，去年 11 月被校方選舉主任 DQ 校董會、諮議會、教務會的參選人資格，他上周入稟申請司法覆核，要求推翻選舉主任 DQ 他、校董會指他的投訴不成立的決定，以及選舉結果和相關委任，並下令舉行補選。
司法機構網頁顯示，案件排期 5 月 13 日處理「合併聆訊」（rolled-up hearing），即法庭一併處理覆核許可申請及實質覆核聆訊。入稟狀指，選舉主任指賴以 Instagram、校園海報及接受校外媒體訪問等「非官方渠道」宣傳，而取消其參選資格。
14 Mar 2025法庭線#6581
DQ社工｜禁劉家棟稱前社工 前主席批「顛覆認知」 註冊局「倒模」覆業界：有疑慮自尋法律意見
Can a former social worker describe himself as a former social worker? In the middle of last month, Lau Ka-tung, who had been struck off, received a letter from the Social Workers Registration Board “reminding” him that describing himself as a “former social worker” might violate the Social Workers Registration Ordinance. A social welfare sector figure said this “upended personal understanding”. At least four people in the profession wrote to the Registration Board asking whether, after changing careers, they could write “former social worker” on their résumés, and whether the provision restricting the use of the title would not apply to people with academic qualifications in social work. The different questions received a three-page “templated” reply from the Registration Board, which reproduced Sections 34, “Use of title”, and 35, “Offences and penalties”, of the Social Workers Registration Ordinance, and stated that people who were no longer registered social workers could “seek legal advice on their own” as to whether describing their careers would conflict with the ordinance. After reading the reply, former Registration Board chair Chuen Suen Leung questioned the board’s evasive stance; Chi Wai (1965) Cheung, chair of the Hong Kong Social Workers’ General Union, criticised the board for shifting responsibility onto former social workers; and veteran social worker Tse Sai-kit called the explanation incomprehensible.
前社工能否自稱前社工？上月中，被釘牌的劉家棟，收到社工註冊局信件，「提醒」他自稱「前社工」或犯《社工註冊條例》，有社福界人士感「顛覆個人認知」。至少四業內人士，去信註冊局，查詢如已轉行，履歷表能否寫「前社工」？有社工學術資格，「限制使用名銜」的條文是否不適用等？不同的提問，得到註冊局三頁紙「倒模」回覆，抄錄了《社工註冊條例》第 34 條「使用名銜」、第 35 條「罪行及罰則」條文，及指不再是註冊社工人士，對描述職場生涯會否抵觸條例，「可自行尋求法律意見」。看到回覆後，社會註冊局前主席梁傳孫質疑局方姿態閃縮；社總主席張志偉不滿局方將責任卸予一眾前社工；資深社工謝世傑批說法匪夷所思。
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