9 Sept 2025集誌社#7273
Kwu Tung land resumption | Residents unhappy after receiving rehousing letters only yesterday and having their homes cleared today; Lands Department brings in security to clear site — “Arrangements will be made with people in mind”
古洞北今日（9日）有鄰近古洞站地盤的三個寮屋單位被政府收回。地政總署早上 9 時許，連同漁護署、保安公司、警員等逾 60 人入村。有居民不滿昨天才收到派樓信，今日已有地政入村清場，雙方一度爭執，最後也要離開。今日最少有兩間保安公司入村築人牆封路，翻查資料，其中一保安公司創辦人為警方前反恐專家。
Three squatter units near Kwu Tung Station were resumed by the Government today (the 9th). At about 9am, the Lands Department entered the village with more than 60 people, including personnel from the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, a security company and police officers. Some residents were unhappy that they had only received rehousing allocation letters yesterday, while Lands Department staff entered the village to clear the site today. The two sides argued for a time, but the residents eventually had to leave. At least two security companies entered the village today, forming human barriers and blocking roads. A records check showed that the founder of one of the security companies was a former police counterterrorism expert.
9 Sept 2025獨媒#7278
Users Report Overheating Handles on New Pool Hairdryers; LCSD Says Improvements Will Be Made in Response to Public Views
政府採購的物品近日引起爭議，有讀者向《獨媒》表示，觀塘泳池更衣室加設的新款吹風機，其手柄出現過熱問題，雖然已加設護膠，但其後更停用。記者走訪其他九龍區泳池，亦見該新款吹風機，不過未見加設護膠。康文署回覆《獨媒》表示，一直留意場地各項設施使用情況，並會因應市民的意見及建議，與相關工程部門包括機電工程署商議研究，適時作出改善工作。
Government-procured items have recently sparked controversy. A reader told The Independent Media that the handles of newly installed hairdryers in the changing rooms at Kwun Tong Swimming Pool had become overheated. Although protective rubber guards were later added, the hairdryers were subsequently taken out of use. A reporter visited other swimming pools in Kowloon and also found the new model, but no protective rubber guards had been added. The Leisure and Cultural Services Department told The Independent Media that it had been monitoring the use of facilities at its venues and would consult and study the matter with relevant works departments, including the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department, and make improvements when appropriate in response to public views and suggestions.
8 Sept 2025Yahoo#7270
Night economy | Hong Kong Night Vibes official website inaccessible two years after government campaign to revive post-pandemic economy
政府 2023 年為了振興疫後經濟，在同年 9 月宣布推出「香港夜繽紛」活動，在灣仔、堅尼地城及觀塘海濱場地舉辦活動、擺設小食檔等，期望吸引市民在入夜後出外玩樂和消費，亦令「夜繽紛」成為一時關鍵字。不過《Yahoo 新聞》發現，「香港夜繽紛」事隔兩年，相關的官方網站在近日已經無法瀏覽。《施政報告》下周三（17 日）就會發表，政府會否再次推出「夜經濟」項目，值得留意。
對於「香港夜繽紛」活動成效，《Yahoo 新聞》已經向財政司司長辦公室和文化體育及旅遊局查詢，正待回覆。
曾借用灣仔、堅尼地城及觀塘海濱舉辦夜市
根據政府新聞公報，財政司司長陳茂波在當年 9 月 14 日主持了「香港夜繽紛」活動啓動禮。陳茂波在致辭時指，3 年疫情改變了市民生活習慣，期望透過今次政府牽頭，匯聚社會各界力量令晚上市道氣氛更旺；至於一系列活動就由中秋節前後陸續推出，橫跨國慶、萬聖節、聖誕節、新年，一直至 2024 年初。
In 2023, the Government announced in September that it would launch the “Hong Kong Night Vibes” campaign to revive the post-pandemic economy. Activities, including the setting up of snack stalls, were held at venues along the Wan Chai, Kennedy Town and Kwun Tong waterfronts, with the aim of encouraging members of the public to go out for leisure and spending after nightfall. “Night Vibes” also became a buzzword for a time. However, Yahoo News found that, two years after the “Hong Kong Night Vibes” campaign, its official website has recently become inaccessible. The Policy Address will be delivered next Wednesday (the 17th), and it remains to be seen whether the Government will launch another “night economy” initiative.
Yahoo News has approached the Office of the Financial Secretary and the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau for information on the effectiveness of the “Hong Kong Night Vibes” campaign and is awaiting a response.
Night markets previously held at the Wan Chai, Kennedy Town and Kwun Tong waterfronts
According to a Government press release, Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po officiated at the launch ceremony of the “Hong Kong Night Vibes” campaign on 14 September that year. In his speech, Chan said that the three-year pandemic had changed people’s lifestyles, and expressed the hope that, through the Government taking the lead in the campaign, the efforts of various sectors of society could be brought together to create a livelier atmosphere for the evening economy. A series of activities would be rolled out around the Mid-Autumn Festival, spanning National Day, Halloween, Christmas and New Year, and continuing until early 2024.
8 Sept 2025明報#7271
Test Applications for 19 Jobs Find Goalposts Moved Before Foreign Labour Import; Salaries and Hours Differ from Advertisements; Labour Department to Examine Interview Details
僱主若以「補充勞工優化計劃」申請輸入外勞，須先本地招聘4星期。曾揭僱主無理拒聘本地人的藝術家程展緯今年6月起聯同「外勞政策研究小組」實測應徵17份工發現，有僱主於面試時提出的薪酬和工作地點與刊於勞工處招聘廣告的版本不同，亦有僱主在無交代原因下拒聘。本報記者兩次實測應徵亦發現，有洗碗工的招聘廣告稱毋須經驗，見工時僱主則稱需經驗，另有倉務員職位因記者缺乏「零售百貨」經驗拒聘（見另稿）。程展緯認為，勞工處應主動調查相關職位是否確有輸勞需要、相關空缺是否真實。
Employers applying to import foreign workers under the Enhanced Supplementary Labour Scheme must first recruit locally for four weeks. Artist Luke Ching Chin Wai, who previously exposed employers for unreasonably refusing to hire local people, has since June this year jointly conducted test applications for 17 jobs with the “Foreign Labour Policy Research Group”. They found that some employers offered salaries and work locations at interviews that differed from the versions stated in Labour Department recruitment advertisements, while some employers rejected applicants without explaining why. The newspaper’s reporters also conducted two test applications and found that an advertisement for a dishwashing worker said no experience was required, but the employer said at the interview that experience was necessary. A warehouse worker position also rejected a reporter for lacking “retail and department-store” experience (see separate report). Luke Ching Chin Wai said the Labour Department should proactively investigate whether there was a genuine need to import foreign workers for the positions and whether the vacancies were genuine.
5 Sept 2025獨媒#7260
Nine Country Parks to Get Plaques Promoting the CCP’s Wartime Resistance History; Tse Chin-wan: “I Wouldn’t Have Known This History If I Hadn’t Come Here”
香港的郊野公園蘊藏二戰遺跡，例如香港守軍在醉酒灣防線設下的城門碉堡，以及港島的松林砲台。今年是抗戰勝利80周年，環境及生態局宣布將在8個郊野公園地點，豎立紀念牌匾，推廣中共抗戰遺址，局長謝展寰今早在馬鞍山郊野公園西貢企嶺下西沙路，主持其中一個紀念牌匾的「揭牌儀式」，他表示該處意義非凡，當年是秘密大營救的重要渡海據點，笑言「我唔嚟到都唔知道呢個歷史」，希望更多市民和下一代認識重要的歷史。
Hong Kong’s country parks contain relics from the Second World War, including the Shing Mun blockhouses built by the Hong Kong garrison along the Gin Drinkers Line and Pinewood Battery on Hong Kong Island. As this year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory in the War of Resistance, the Environment and Ecology Bureau announced that commemorative plaques would be erected at eight country park locations to promote sites related to the CCP’s resistance history. Secretary for Environment and Ecology Tse Chin-wan officiated this morning at the unveiling ceremony for one of the plaques on Sai Sha Road in Kei Ling Ha, Sai Kung, in Ma On Shan Country Park. He said the site was highly significant, as it had been an important sea-crossing point for the secret rescue operation at the time. Joking that “I wouldn’t have known this history if I hadn’t come here”, he said he hoped more members of the public and the next generation would learn about this important history.
4 Sept 2025HK01#7254
Police to Conduct Territory-wide Traffic Enforcement at Irregular Times and Locations from Next Week; Drones to Be Trialled on Two Road Sections
警方將首次使用無人機在非市區路段作試點進行交通錄影執法，加強對違例司機的阻嚇性，包括石澳道及荃錦公路，在兩路段的上落斜急彎，以不定時形式，對橫越雙白線等違例行為，進行高空定點蒐證，警方會紀錄車牌，確認違例行為及司機身份後，發出定額罰款通知書或傳票。警方強調，無人機執法以透明及公開原則進行，無人機會在公眾地點執法，執法地點附近會設置告示通知公眾，機身會有反光貼及紅藍閃燈，無人機在錄影搜證上會遵守《個人資料（私隱）條例》。
Police will for the first time trial the use of drones for traffic video enforcement on non-urban road sections to enhance deterrence against offending drivers. The trial will cover Shek O Road and Route Twisk, focusing on sharp bends on uphill and downhill sections. At irregular times, aerial fixed-point evidence will be gathered on offences including crossing double white lines. Police will record vehicle registration numbers and, after confirming the offence and the driver’s identity, issue fixed penalty notices or summonses. Police stressed that drone enforcement would be conducted according to the principles of transparency and openness. The drones will operate in public places, notices will be placed near enforcement locations to inform the public, and the aircraft will carry reflective strips and red and blue flashing lights. The drones will comply with the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance when recording video and gathering evidence.
3 Sept 2025星島#7245
Schools must ensure external activities comply with national security requirements
教育局近日發布更新版的《學校行政手冊》，除了因應《強制舉報虐待兒童條例》將於明年初生效而加入相關資料外，亦加入有關國家安全的內容，包括要求學校在安排學生參與外間組織的活動前，須先審視活動性質、背景或形式、安全性、相關人士或單位的身份和背景等，「確保活動完全不會有涉及危害國家安全、不涉及政治宣傳、不恰當的價值觀，以及任何敏感和富爭議的議題。」有立法會議員認為，加強審視活動詳情是學校的責任，而教師應能作專業判斷。
The Education Bureau recently issued an updated version of the School Administration Guide. In addition to adding relevant information in preparation for the Mandatory Reporting of Child Abuse Ordinance taking effect early next year, it also added content on national security. This includes requiring schools, before arranging for students to participate in activities organised by outside organisations, to first assess the nature, background or format, and safety of the activities, as well as the identities and backgrounds of the relevant people or organisations, to “ensure that the activities will absolutely not involve anything that endangers national security, political propaganda, inappropriate values, or any sensitive and controversial issues.” A Legislative Council member said that strengthening the scrutiny of activity details was the schools’ responsibility, and that teachers should be able to exercise professional judgment.
2 Sept 2025HK01#7244
LCSD Staff Shoes Switch from Mizuno to No-Name Brand; Lifeguards’ Union Says Colleagues Injured and Seeks Recall
繼買飲用水買着冒牌水一事後，政府招標結果再次引來公僕的不滿。拯溺員工會表示，康文署過去一直有為救生員招標購買跑鞋，供救生員作體能訓練等用途，惟近日署方不理工會反對，棄用過去十多年一直使用的美津濃（Mizuno）跑鞋，轉用一個品牌名為「JWS」的運動鞋。工會批評新鞋不適合作運動用，轉用新鞋半年，接獲數百宗投訴，不少救生員都因新鞋而受傷。
工會又透露，新鞋的供應商過往只供應行李篋、帳篷等產品，未曾供應過波鞋。據了解，新鞋比舊鞋每對便宜約120元。署方購買了約800對，即今次採購為署方「慳」了約10萬元。
康文署回覆查詢指，署方於2024年透過報價程序採購由合約供應商JWS Worldwide Limited提供的運動鞋，運動鞋符合報價文件列明的技術規格。署方已接獲相關人員就運動鞋反映的意見，並會向供應商跟進。
Following an earlier incident in which the government’s procurement of drinking water resulted in counterfeit water being purchased, another tendering decision has prompted dissatisfaction among civil servants. The Lifeguards’ Union said the Leisure and Cultural Services Department had previously procured running shoes for lifeguards for physical training and other purposes. Despite the union’s opposition, the department recently stopped using Mizuno running shoes, which had been used for more than a decade, and switched to sports shoes under a brand called “JWS”. The union criticised the new shoes as unsuitable for sports use, saying it had received hundreds of complaints during the six months since the switch and that many lifeguards had been injured because of the new shoes.
The union also revealed that the supplier of the new shoes had previously supplied products such as suitcases and tents, but had never supplied sports shoes. The new shoes were reportedly about $120 cheaper per pair than the old ones. The department purchased about 800 pairs, meaning it had “saved” about $100,000 in this procurement exercise.
The LCSD said in response to enquiries that it procured sports shoes in 2024 through a quotation procedure from contract supplier JWS Worldwide Limited, and that the shoes met the technical specifications set out in the quotation documents. The department has received feedback from relevant personnel about the sports shoes and will follow up with the supplier.
1 Sept 2025明報#7236
Two Tseung Kwan O Hospital doctors suspected of leaking medical records; one arrested; anonymous accusations against surgeon sent to family
末期胰臟癌女病人今年2月在將軍澳醫院接受內窺鏡超聲波穿刺手術後離世，其兒子其後收到匿名電話及多封署名「有心人」信件，當中提供其母住院及其他病人多份詳細病歷，並對操刀醫生 提出多項指控，病人兒子其後向無綫《東張西望》投訴。院方就涉事病人資料外泄調查，昨晚公布有員工未經授權閱覽一名病人的個人資料，並疑將列有其他病人資料的內部文件泄露予第三方，已就事件報警。本報從多於一個消息來源得悉，泄露病歷事件涉及一名顧問醫生及一名副顧問醫生，有人疑因個人利益披露病人資料，其中一名醫生已被捕。
本報昨晚向警方查詢案情，正待回覆。個人資料私隱專員公署則向本報證實，公署8月13日收到相關機構的資料外泄事故通報，公署已根據既定程序就事件展開循規審查。
A woman with terminal pancreatic cancer died after undergoing an endoscopic ultrasound-guided needle-puncture procedure at Tseung Kwan O Hospital in February this year. Her son subsequently received an anonymous phone call and several letters signed “a concerned person”, which provided detailed medical records relating to his mother’s hospitalisation and those of other patients, and made multiple allegations against the operating doctor. The patient’s son later complained to TVB’s “Scoop”. The hospital investigated the alleged leakage of patient information and announced last night that an employee had accessed a patient’s personal data without authorisation and was suspected of leaking internal documents containing information on other patients to a third party. It had reported the incident to police. This newspaper learned from more than one source that the medical-record leak involved a consultant doctor and an associate consultant doctor. One or more persons were suspected of disclosing patient information for personal gain, and one of the doctors had been arrested.
This newspaper contacted police last night to enquire about the case and is awaiting a reply. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data confirmed to this newspaper that it received a data-breach notification from the organisation concerned on August 13, and had launched a compliance review of the incident in accordance with established procedures.
29 Aug 2025集誌社#7231
Kwai Chung Plaza police abuse | Police conduct two days of ‘peacekeeping’ patrols, distribute anti-etomidate leaflets and inspect fire exits; shopkeepers question use of police manpower
社交平台 Threads 周三（27日）流傳一段短片，片中一名軍裝警員在葵涌廣場執法，被一名南亞裔男子高聲斥罵，內容包括諷刺軍裝警為「毅進仔」、又表示「大聲唔代無禮貌」，該名黃姓男子因「在公眾地方作出擾亂秩序行為」被捕。今早（29日）另被起訴多一項「襲警」罪提堂。事發後，警方昨日（28日）起至今一連兩日，派出大批軍裝、便衣警到葵廣「洗太平地」，在四層商場駐守、巡邏；消防處今日也到場檢查商場走火通道。
A video circulated on Threads on Wednesday (27th) showing a uniformed police officer enforcing the law at Kwai Chung Plaza being loudly berated by a South Asian man. The remarks included mocking uniformed police as “Yijin boys” and saying that “speaking loudly does not mean being rude”. The man, surnamed Wong, was arrested for “engaging in disorderly conduct in a public place”. He was additionally charged with one count of “assaulting a police officer” and brought before the court this morning (29th). Following the incident, large numbers of uniformed and plain-clothes officers have been deployed to Kwai Chung Plaza for two consecutive days since yesterday (28th), stationed and patrolling across the four-storey shopping centre. The Fire Services Department also attended today to inspect the shopping centre’s fire exits.
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