26 Mar 2025集誌社#6617
the Response and Rebuttal Team hits back again｜Ming Pao editor backs reporter’s questions as reasonable; Chris Tang writes to paper calling them “biased and misleading”, rebutting it twice in a month
保安局局長鄧炳強致函《明報》，批評該報今日的「編輯室手記」專欄文章內容「偏頗誤導」。該專欄文章評論鄧月初從泰國回港見傳媒時，質疑明報記者提問「打擊政府威信」，引用前特首曾蔭權例子指，記者提疑問「完全是無可厚非」。鄧炳強反駁，文章集中講述記者就外訪官員刊憲署任的提問的合理性、卻完全沒有提及鄧回應時指行動需要保密；又再次質疑明報記者當日的提問，「難免令人覺得貴報的著眼點旨在找政府不足的地方，而不是關心港人」。
Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung wrote to Ming Pao, criticising an article in the paper’s “Editor’s Note” column today as “biased and misleading”. The article commented on Tang questioning whether a Ming Pao reporter’s question had “undermined the government’s credibility” when he met the media after returning from Thailand earlier this month. Citing former Chief Executive Donald Tsang as an example, it said that the reporter’s question was “entirely unobjectionable”. Tang rebutted that the article focused on the reasonableness of the reporter’s question about the gazetted appointment of an official who had visited overseas, but completely omitted his response that the operation needed to be kept confidential. He again questioned the Ming Pao reporter’s question that day, saying it was difficult not to feel that the paper’s focus was on finding shortcomings in the government rather than caring about Hong Kong people.
25 Mar 2025Channel C#6613
Security Secretary writes to Guardian condemning biased, misleading and defamatory reporting on Jimmy Lai case; article presented differing views
保安局局長鄧炳強去信英國《衛報》，表示強烈反對該報日前發表一篇關於壹傳媒創辦人黎智英所涉案件的報道，稱報道以「偏見和誤導的語言」抹黑特區政府、詆毀香港法院的專業和公正。涉事的《衛報》文章由該報駐北京記者撰寫，引述不同法律學者就英國御用大律師Tim Owen被拒來港執業一案的評論，有受訪者批評裁決給予國安委過大權力，但同一篇報道亦有引述另一觀點學者稱無需過度解讀終院裁決。
Secretary for Security Chris Tang wrote to the UK newspaper The Guardian, saying he strongly opposed a report it published recently on a case involving Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai. He said the report used “biased and misleading language” to smear the HKSAR Government and denigrate the professionalism and impartiality of Hong Kong’s courts. The Guardian article in question was written by the newspaper’s Beijing correspondent and quoted comments from different legal scholars on the case of UK King’s Counsel Tim Owen being refused permission to practise in Hong Kong. One interviewee criticised the ruling for giving the National Security Committee excessive powers, while the same report also quoted another scholar as saying there was no need to over-interpret the Court of Final Appeal’s ruling.
7 Mar 2025Yahoo#4605
Tang Ping-keung leaves Hong Kong without gazetted acting arrangement; Ming Pao reporter presses for reason and is accused of undermining government credibility
保安局局長鄧炳強原訂昨日下午到昂坪市集出席活動，惟活動前一小時大會臨時公布鄧要離港「處理公務」。鄧炳強今（7 日）由泰國返港，在機場見記者，交代被禁錮在東南亞的港人營救行動。《明報》記者提問，為何離港未有按慣例刊憲署任安排，鄧炳強回應時質疑對方有心「打擊政府威信」。
鄧炳強昨日臨時離港，今在機場被問到為何離港時未有交代原因，及未有如慣例刊憲署任安排。他回應時首先確認記者來自《明報》，其後解釋指，政府是否出惠報，「係睇實際需要」，由於今次行動有其隱蔽性的需要，否則會影響拯救行動。
Secretary for Security Tang Ping-keung was scheduled to attend an event at Ngong Ping Piazza yesterday afternoon, but organisers announced an hour before the event that he had to leave Hong Kong to “handle official business”. Tang returned from Thailand today (7th) and met the press at the airport to explain the rescue operation for Hong Kong people detained in Southeast Asia. A Ming Pao reporter asked why his departure had not been accompanied by the customary gazetting of an acting arrangement. Tang questioned whether the reporter was deliberately seeking to “undermine the government’s credibility”.
Tang left Hong Kong at short notice yesterday and was asked at the airport today why he had not explained the reason for his departure or gazetted an acting arrangement as usual. He first confirmed that the reporter was from Ming Pao, then explained that whether the government issued a Gazette notice “depends on actual needs”. He said the operation had a need for secrecy, otherwise it would have affected the rescue operation.
6 Mar 2025獨媒#4599
Johannes Chan says court handled 7.21 white-shirted men’s illegal acts quietly; Chris Tang condemns remarks as disregarding facts and misleading readers
7.21非白衣人案上周判刑，《明報》周三（5日）刊出港大法律學院客席教授陳文敏的專欄文章《評林卓廷7.21案︰上集還是中場？》，當中提及「法院低調處理白衣人有組織、有武器的非法行為，而只針對閘內人士的行為」。保安局長鄧炳強即日去信《明報》，稱特區政府絕不認同有關說法，批評文章罔顧事實、誤導讀者，「令人以為法庭裁決不公」。
鄧指《明報》編按不能免責 促勿「繼續被別有用心的人利用」
鄧炳強在信末又稱，如果《明報》是一個負責任的媒體：「理應清楚僅在專欄旁提示作品無意圖煽動他人對政府產生憎恨，並不能免除編輯須確保刊物公平、客觀、不偏不倚的責任。希望明報不要繼續被別有用心的人利用，借此平台散播混淆視聽言論，荼毒社會，製造對立。」
The 7.21 case involving non-white-shirted people was sentenced last week. On Wednesday (the 5th), Ming Pao published a column by Johannes Chan, a visiting professor at the University of Hong Kong’s Faculty of Law, titled “Reviewing the Lam Cheuk-ting 7.21 Case: The First Half or Half-Time?” The article said that “the court handled quietly the organised, armed illegal acts of the white-shirted men, while targeting only the conduct of people inside the station gates.” Secretary for Security Chris Tang wrote to Ming Pao on the same day, saying that the HKSAR Government categorically disagreed with the remarks and criticising the article for disregarding facts and misleading readers, “causing people to believe that the court’s decision was unfair.”
Tang said Ming Pao’s editorial note could not absolve it of responsibility, urging it not to “continue to be used by people with ulterior motives”. At the end of his letter, Tang said that if Ming Pao was a responsible media organisation, it “should clearly understand that merely placing a note beside the column stating that the work was not intended to incite hatred of the Government among others cannot relieve editors of their responsibility to ensure that the publication is fair, objective and impartial. I hope Ming Pao will not continue to be used by people with ulterior motives to use this platform to spread statements that confuse right and wrong, poison society and create division.”
4 Mar 2025集誌社#4592
Police complaint | Ming Pao reporter shoved and told “What the fuck are you filming?” while covering case; complaint deemed unsubstantiated after two-year probe, officer found not at fault
「影乜撚嘢」。2023 年 3 月，《明報》一位記者在灣仔區域法院外，拍攝前《立場新聞》被指煽動案的主控官伍淑娟離開法院，遭一警以粗言辱罵，兩度推撞。該記者當時拍下片段，向投訴警察課投訴。事隔近兩年，警察調查結果是，粗言穢言的投訴「無法證實」；至於「粗魯無禮」的投訴，結果是該警員當時合法執行職務，「並無過錯」。該記者已提出覆核。明報職工協會指，片段清楚顯示指控所述情况，對投訴警察課的決定感失望。警方回覆指，投訴警察課已接獲相關覆核要求，會按既定程序處理。
“What the fuck are you filming?” In March 2023, a Ming Pao reporter filming prosecutor Ng Suk-kuen leaving the District Court in Wan Chai after a sedition case involving former Stand News was allegedly brought against her was verbally abused with foul language and shoved twice by a police officer. The reporter recorded the incident and lodged a complaint with the Complaints Against Police Office. Nearly two years later, the police investigation found that the complaint concerning the foul language was “not substantiated”. Regarding the complaint of “impolite manner”, the finding was that the officer had been lawfully performing his duties and that there was “no fault”. The reporter has requested a review. The Ming Pao Staff Association said the footage clearly showed the circumstances described in the complaint and expressed disappointment at the Complaints Against Police Office’s decision. The police said the Complaints Against Police Office had received the request for a review and would handle it in accordance with established procedures.
3 Mar 2025獨媒#4585
Wen Wei Po sting finds paid entry to Kai Tak Sports Park opening ceremony without tickets or security checks
】啟德體育園開幕禮上周六（3月1日）舉行，《文匯報》今日報導，指有人稱如支付每位1,000元至1,500元，便可經後門入場。該報派出兩名記者「放蛇」，獲一名男子帶同進場，期間無須安檢及驗票，亦能將長柄雨傘及專業相機等被禁物品帶進場。
《文匯報》的報導指，該報記者當日傍晚在場館外採訪期間，有一名男子搭訕，稱可帶同記者進場，收費為「內場」每人1,000元、「高位」1,500元，兩人同行「內場」可獲八折。該男子向記者稱，已跟會場驗票人員「打好招呼」，而安檢則「形同虛設」。
該報兩名記者「放蛇」，隨男子通過安檢處，形容保安員有「默契」，沒有阻攔，驗票關卡的驗票員亦視若無睹。至主場館H入口，該男子拉開警戒線帶同記者進入。
The Kai Tak Sports Park opening ceremony was held last Saturday (March 1). Wen Wei Po reported today that people were offered entry through a back door for $1,000 to $1,500 per person. The newspaper sent two reporters undercover, and a man took them inside without security checks or ticket inspection. They were also able to bring in prohibited items, including long-handled umbrellas and professional cameras.
According to the report, while the reporters were interviewing people outside the venue that evening, a man approached them and said he could take them inside. He charged $1,000 per person for the “inner area” and $1,500 for a “high position”; two people travelling together could receive a 20% discount for the “inner area”. The man told the reporters that he had already “made arrangements” with the venue’s ticket-checking staff, while security checks were “merely nominal”.
The two reporters went undercover and followed the man through the security checkpoint. They said the security guards appeared to have an “understanding” and did not stop them, while ticket-checking staff at the ticket checkpoint also looked the other way. At Entrance H of the main stadium, the man pulled aside a cordon and took the reporters inside.
27 Feb 2025追新聞#4578
National Security Era | Overseas Hong Kong media outlet Like Water announces suspension and restructuring after website allegedly blocked by Hong Kong government last year
由多位流亡港人組成的海外港人媒體《如水》宣佈7月起休刊，即日起解散編委會，並會重新評估運作模式，探索未來發展方向。《如水》創刊至今4年，去年懷疑被港府封鎖網站至今，港警亦曾去信美國網站服務供應商要求將網站下架。
The overseas Hong Kong media outlet Like Water, formed by several Hong Kong people in exile, announced that it would suspend publication from July, dissolve the editorial board Association with immediate effect, reassess its operating model and explore its future direction. Like Water was founded four years ago; its website has allegedly been blocked by the Hong Kong government since last year. Hong Kong police also wrote to a US website service provider requesting that the website be taken down.
24 Feb 2025獨媒#4551
Eaton Hotel, the HKJA’s original Plan B spring banquet venue, says banquet floor is “under renovation”
香港記者協會籌款春茗晚宴連續兩度被取消，晚宴「Plan B」原定今晚在位於佐敦的逸東酒店舉行。《獨媒》下午到逸東酒店視察，升降機內的2樓按鈕，貼上印有「升降機現時暫停到達此樓層，不便之處，敬請原諒。」字句的貼紙。位於2樓的兩間宴會廳已上鎖，酒店職員則對記者稱「我哋裝修緊」，惟現場未見任何「裝修」痕跡。
The Hong Kong Journalists Association’s fundraising spring banquet was cancelled twice in succession. Plan B for the banquet was originally scheduled to take place tonight at the Eaton Hotel in Jordan. InMediaHK visited the hotel in the afternoon and found a sticker on the lift’s button for the second floor stating: “The lift is currently temporarily unable to reach this floor. We apologise for the inconvenience.” The two banquet halls on the second floor were locked. Hotel staff told reporters, “We’re renovating,” but there were no visible signs of renovation at the scene.
20 Feb 2025集誌社#4542
HKJA Spring Gathering: Backup Venue Says It Is “Unable to Host”; Banquet Cancelled and Auction Moved Online — Chair Says Political Climate Is Eroding Commercial Market
香港記者協會（記協）上周五（14日）被富豪香港酒店以「電力不穩」為由取消春茗籌款晚宴場地預訂，活動轉「後備場」，由原訂的 15 日，延至 24 日舉行；記協今（20日）公布，昨（19日）收到場地逸東酒店通知，對方在沒有提供原因下指「未能招待」晚宴。記協表示，「會繼續尋求新的方式和空間與各位相聚」，亦將啟動其他後備方案，讓春茗籌款能繼續舉行。而原定於晚宴現場的拍賣，會改網上進行。
記協主席鄭嘉如下午在逸東酒店見記者表示，要取消春茗籌款晚會。她認為是有其他方面向酒店施壓，因這不是一個理性的商業決定。
The Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) said on 20 March that Eaton HK notified it on 19 March that it was “unable to host” the spring gathering fundraising banquet, without providing a reason. Regal Hongkong Hotel had cancelled the booking for the event’s original venue the previous Friday (14 March), citing unstable electricity supply; the event had then been moved to a backup venue and postponed from 15 to 24 March. The HKJA said it would continue seeking new ways and spaces to meet, and would activate other contingency plans so that the spring gathering fundraising could proceed. The auction originally planned for the banquet would instead be held online. Speaking to reporters at Eaton HK in the afternoon, HKJA chair Cheng Ka-yu said the spring gathering fundraising banquet had to be cancelled. She believed other parties had pressured the hotel, saying this was not a rational commercial decision.
17 Feb 2025明報#4521
BBC publishes interview with Chloe Cheung Hei Ching on being wanted by National Security Department; Christopher Tang slams biased report for omitting Security Bureau response
受香港國安處懸紅通緝的19歲「香港自由委員會基金會」成員張晞晴早前接受英國廣播公司（BBC）專訪。保安局長鄧炳強去信BBC，批評報道扭曲事實及偏頗，亦不滿BBC在報道中未有包括保安局的回應。
BBC的報道提及張晞晴由移民英國和投身政治的原因，以及對被通緝的看法，張又提及要為「無法自由發聲的港人表達」，亦關注近日英國政府銳意與中國促進貿易關係，擔憂英方會否堅持保護港人的承諾。
鄧炳強去信BBC的信中就指，BBC曾就報道尋求保安局回應，但報道中並無提及，認為會影響讀者了解真相。鄧重申，張晞晴懷疑於海外繼續違反國安法， 執法部門按證據及法治原則行事，而非基於相關人士的政治背景或職業，特區政府會繼續追捕潛逃者，促請通緝人士盡快回港，當局亦反對任何試圖威脅國安的外部勢力。
The 19-year-old Chloe Cheung Hei Ching, a member of the Hong Kong Freedom Fund, who is wanted with a bounty by Hong Kong’s National Security Department, recently gave an interview to the BBC. Secretary for Security Christopher Tang wrote to the BBC, criticising the report as factually distorted and biased, and expressing dissatisfaction that it did not include the Security Bureau’s response.
The BBC report mentioned Chloe Cheung Hei Ching’s reasons for emigrating to the United Kingdom and entering politics, as well as views on being wanted. Chloe Cheung Hei Ching also said there was a need to speak for Hong Kong people who could not speak freely, and expressed concern over whether the United Kingdom would maintain its commitment to protect Hong Kong people as its government recently sought to promote trade relations with China.
In his letter to the BBC, Tang said the broadcaster had sought a response from the Security Bureau about the report, but the report did not mention it, which he said would affect readers’ understanding of the truth. Tang reiterated that Chloe Cheung Hei Ching was suspected of continuing to violate the National Security Law overseas, and that law enforcement departments acted according to the evidence and the principles of the rule of law, rather than on the basis of the political background or occupation of the people concerned. The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government would continue to pursue fugitives, and Tang urged wanted persons to return to Hong Kong as soon as possible. The authorities also opposed any external forces attempting to threaten national security.
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