25 Oct 2025集誌社#7450
Legislative Council election | Regina Ip, Lai Tung-kwok and Eunice Yung will not run; Lee Tsz-king, Judy Ka Pui Chan and six others to contest; Ip: “I am not retiring”
立法會選舉提名期昨（24日）展開，有指「六走三」的新民黨今（25日）公布派出八人應戰，出選七區及選委會界別。年過「七十大限」的葉劉淑儀、黎棟國，以及被指有「障礙」要克服的容海恩一如所料不選。上屆選委界議員陳家珮「轉跑道」接棒葉劉參選港島西，盛傳「翻生」的李梓敬競逐連任新界東北，選委界何敬康亦競逐連任。葉劉淑儀說：「我唔係退休」，會繼續行會、新民黨、匯賢智庫等工作，推動民間外交。她說：「希望我支持者，應援會，網民唔好失望，我唔會離開各位，會為國家，為香港，為未來服務。」
The nomination period for the Legislative Council election began yesterday (24th). The New People’s Party, described as having “six out, three remaining”, announced today (25th) that it would field eight candidates in seven constituencies and the Election Committee constituency. As expected, Regina Ip, Lai Tung-kwok, who are both over the “age-of-70 limit”, and Eunice Yung, who was said to have “obstacles” to overcome, will not run. Last term’s Election Committee constituency legislator Judy Ka Pui Chan will “switch tracks” to contest Hong Kong Island West, taking over from Ip, while Lee Tsz-king, who was widely rumoured to be making a comeback, will seek re-election in New Territories North East. Election Committee constituency candidate Adrian Pedro King Hong Ho will also seek re-election. Ip said: “I am not retiring.” She will continue her work with the Executive Council, the New People’s Party and the Savantas Policy Institute, promoting people-to-people diplomacy. She said: “I hope my supporters, support groups and netizens will not be disappointed. I will not leave you all; I will serve the country, Hong Kong and the future.”
24 Oct 2025集誌社#7448
Legislative Council election — nominations | 23 forms received on first day; “replacement” Lee Sai-wing accompanies Yip Ngai-tung to file; Christine Fong runs for sixth time
今天（24日）是立法會換屆選舉提名期首日，選舉主任接 23 份提名表格，多個建制派政黨報名，民建聯舉行候選人集氣會，油尖旺區議員葉傲冬「空降」新界東南「替補」現屆議員李世榮，李陪葉報名，並說葉是「好兄弟」，「如有人離間我哋，我哋只會越來越強」，五度敗選的方國珊加入此區混戰。失去四名年逾 70 老將的經民聯，仍末公布參選名單的經民聯，副主席梁美芬報名角逐連任選委會。
Today (24th) was the first day of the nomination period for the Legislative Council election, with returning officers receiving 23 nomination forms. Several pro-establishment parties filed nominations, while the Democratic Alliance for Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong held a rally to build support for its candidates. Yau Tsim Mong district councillor Yip Ngai-tung “parachuted” into New Territories South East to “replace” incumbent legislator Lee Sai-wing, who accompanied Yip to file his nomination and said Yip was a “good brother”: “If anyone tries to drive a wedge between us, we will only grow stronger.” Christine Fong, who has lost five elections, joined the contest in the constituency. The Economic and Livelihood Alliance, which has lost four veterans aged over 70 and has yet to announce its candidate list, saw its vice-chairwoman Priscilla Leung file to seek re-election in the Election Committee constituency.
23 Oct 2025集誌社#7444
Legislative Council election | Liberal Party to field five; Transport and Shipping seat held for 30 years lost, former political assistant Jeremy Chit On Young to contest Hong Kong Island West
立法會選舉提名期明日（24日）開始，現屆議有四席的自由黨，76 歲的張宇人、72 歲的易志明已宣布棄選。該黨今日（23日）在立法會大樓外公布，來屆將有五人參選。批發及零售界邵家輝、選舉委員會李鎮強，均會爭取連任。張宇人所屬的飲食界別，會由其議員助理、經營中式酒樓的昇悅集團執行董事梁進出選；自由黨亦另外新增兩名區議員加入直選。東區區議員阮建中出戰港島東。前自由黨議員楊孝華之子、藝人張新悅丈夫、前教育局政治助理楊哲安，參加港島西直選。
The nomination period for the Legislative Council election begins tomorrow (24th). The Liberal Party, which currently holds four seats, announced today (23rd) outside the Legislative Council Complex that it will field five candidates in the coming term. Tommy Cheung Yu-yan, 76, and Frankie Yick Chi-ming, 72, have announced that they will not seek re-election. Peter Shiu Ka-fai of the Wholesale and Retail constituency and Lee Chun-keung of the Election Committee constituency will seek re-election. The Catering constituency currently represented by Cheung Yu-yan will be contested by his legislative assistant and executive director of the Chinese restaurant operator Sing Yuet Group Jonathan Chun Leung. The Liberal Party will also add two district councillors to its candidates for direct-election constituencies. Eastern District councillor Kenny Kin Chung Yuen will contest Hong Kong Island East. Jeremy Chit On Young, the son of former Liberal Party legislator Yeung Hau-wah, husband of artiste Cheung San-yuet and former political assistant to the Education Bureau, will contest Hong Kong Island West.
23 Oct 2025集誌社#7447
Legislative Council election · FTU | Currently the only party with no withdrawals, fielding 16 candidates and contesting nine geographical constituencies; Dennis Tsz Wing Leung switches to Election Committee constituency: “Even Ah Ying-yin is worried I’ll go down to contest”
立法會第七屆最後一次大會今（23日）完結，工聯會下午宣布 16 人參選名單。「棄選」陰霾下，工聯會是目前唯一能保住現屆議員「零棄選」的政黨，七名現任議員全部有得留低角逐連任，其中三人轉跑道，選委會陸頌雄轉直選新界西北。勞工界郭偉强轉直選港島西。同任勞工界的梁子穎，亦在來屆轉戰選委會。
梁子穎被問及為何不轉直選，他說：「我去是旦一個區，都有人唔開心…就算（新界）西南，呀穎欣都驚我落去做」。他指參與選委會，「都係一個帶三個做工作」。成為目前唯一「零棄選」政黨，在港島區爭連任的工聯會會長吳秋北表示，工聯會團隊，是「最優秀人員出來參選」，也是理事會認可的參選名單，肩負工聯會重托、工友期望，將一定力爭出線。
The final meeting of the Seventh-term Legislative Council ended today (23rd), and the FTU announced its list of 16 candidates in the afternoon. Amid concerns over withdrawals, the FTU is currently the only party whose incumbent legislators have all remained in the race: all seven incumbent legislators will contest re-election, with three switching constituencies. Election Committee constituency legislator Leung Song-hung will contest the New Territories North West geographical constituency, while Labour constituency legislator Kwok Wai-keung will contest Hong Kong Island West. Dennis Tsz Wing Leung, who also represents the Labour constituency, will switch to the Election Committee constituency in the coming term.
Asked why he would not switch to a geographical constituency, Dennis Tsz Wing Leung said: “If I go to any one constituency, someone will be unhappy … even in the New Territories South West, Ah Ying-yin is worried I’ll go down to contest.” He said that taking part in the Election Committee constituency election “is also a case of one person taking three along to do the work”. FTU chairman Wu Chun-pak, who is seeking re-election in Hong Kong Island, said the FTU team consisted of its “most outstanding personnel” standing for election and that the list had been approved by its executive committee. They bore the FTU’s heavy mandate and workers’ expectations, and would certainly strive to win election.
21 Oct 2025集誌社#7441
‘Farewell’ motion｜Lee Wai-hung withdraws motion, citing Friday’s nomination period and the need to ensure a fair election
立法會「棄選潮」下，部分尚未表態的議員，原計劃明日（22日）在立法會最後一次大會的議員「告別議案」訴「臨別」心聲，惟政圈近日流傳醞釀取消。提動議的內務委員會主席李慧琼今午見傳媒，宣布為確保選舉公正而撤回議案，她指近日有議員關注議案辯論與周五開始的提名期非常接近，而「選情異常激烈」下或對選舉不公。記者會全程約六分鐘，李慧琼多次被追問有否考慮個別議員演辭敏感或令政府尷尬，她五次重覆「冇補充」，期間承認「議會外」亦有不同持分者向其反映。
Amid a wave of Legislative Council members deciding not to seek re-election, some members who have yet to announce their plans had originally intended to express their parting thoughts tomorrow (22nd) at the Council’s final plenary meeting through a members’ “farewell motion”. However, political circles have recently been discussing the possibility of cancelling it. Lee Wai-hung, chairwoman of the House Committee and the motion’s mover, told the media this afternoon that she was withdrawing the motion to ensure electoral fairness. She said some members had recently raised concerns that the debate would take place very close to the nomination period beginning on Friday and, amid an “exceptionally intense election contest”, could be unfair to the election. The press conference lasted about six minutes. Lee was repeatedly asked whether she had considered that the speeches of individual members might be sensitive or embarrass the government; she repeated “nothing to add” five times. She acknowledged during the conference that different stakeholders “outside the legislature” had also conveyed their views to her.
20 Oct 2025集誌社#7437
Legislative Council election | 75-year-old Michael Tien Puk-sun says he is “quitting while ahead”, becoming the 16th non-contender; district election loser Mark Chong Ho-fung to take over
立法會選舉將至，距離本周五（24日）提名期還有四天，多名現任議員宣布不參選，有傳議員被劃「七十大限」。年屆 75 歲、實政圓桌唯一立法會議員田北辰，今午（20日）於政府總部門外宣布，來屆不參選，將交由其議員助理、政黨地區總幹事莊豪鋒出戰下屆地區直選；自己則續任政黨召集人。他說：「做人係咪應見好就收，趁仲有人跟你，可令你理念行多一步？」莊豪鋒表示，「壞孩子」形象不是政綱，「唔會盲撐，唔會盲反」，如不同意政策，會想替代方案。翻查資料，莊豪鋒兩區選兩敗，在去年被委任為屯門區議會交通運輸委員會增選委員。
With the Legislative Council election approaching, and four days remaining until the nomination period begins on Friday (24th), several incumbent lawmakers have announced that they will not run. There have also been reports that lawmakers have been subject to a “70-year age limit”. Michael Tien Puk-sun, 75, the Roundtable’s only Legislative Council member, announced outside the Central Government Offices this afternoon (20th) that he would not contest the next election. He will hand the party’s next geographical constituency direct-election bid to his legislative assistant and party district director-general, Mark Chong Ho-fung, while continuing as the party’s convener. He said: “Shouldn’t one quit while ahead, while people are still following you, so that you can take your ideals one step further?” Mark Chong Ho-fung said the “bad boy” image was not a political platform, and that they would “not blindly support or blindly oppose” policies; if they disagreed with a policy, they would propose an alternative. Records show that Mark Chong Ho-fung lost both of the two district council elections they contested and was appointed last year as a co-opted member of the Tuen Mun District Council’s Transport and Traffic Committee.
20 Oct 2025星島日報#7438
Three Legislative Council Metrics Hit Zero, Reflecting Changed Chamber Landscape as Lawmakers’ Amendments Plummet
第七屆立法會會期進入尾聲，本報上周刊出議員訪談系列，各人齊聲稱讚本屆議會重回正軌，行政立法良性互動，連已宣布棄選的新思維狄志遠亦自言，較適合現今議會生態。從數據對比完善選制前後的立法會，本屆立法會明顯審議效率提升、秩序井然，響鐘點算法定人數、流會、主席趕議員離場次數全部「歸零」。
第六屆立法會由於2020年換屆選舉延期，任期延長一年，而第七屆尚有一次大會未進行，因此兩者任期基數不一，比對審議法案效率時要留意。上屆議會經歷宣誓風波、「一地兩檢」立法、反修例事件等，反對派拉布及肢體衝突不斷，主戰場是大會及財委會。
As the term of the Seventh Legislative Council nears its end, this newspaper published a series of interviews with lawmakers last week. All praised the current legislature for returning to the right track and for positive executive-legislative interaction. Tik Chi-yuen of Third Side, who has announced that he will not seek re-election, also said it was better suited to the current legislative landscape. A comparison of data from the Legislative Council before and after the electoral system was improved shows that the current legislature has become markedly more efficient in scrutinising bills and more orderly: the numbers of quorum bell counts, adjourned meetings and occasions on which the president ordered lawmakers to leave have all fallen to zero.
Because the Sixth Legislative Council’s term was extended by one year after the 2020 election was postponed, while the Seventh Legislative Council still has one plenary meeting to hold, the two terms are based on different lengths of time, which should be noted when comparing the efficiency of bill scrutiny. The previous legislature went through the oath-taking controversy, legislation on the co-location arrangement and the anti-extradition bill events. Filibustering and physical clashes by the opposition were frequent, with the main battlegrounds being plenary meetings and the Finance Committee.
20 Oct 2025集誌社#7440
Civil Servants’ Water Scandal｜Xin Ding Xin documents changed “Robust” to “Baishi”; Logistics Department helped “clarify” matter; repeated contract breaches but no goods returned; Audit Commission says need to ascertain whether human error was involved; Treasury Bureau: disciplinary investigation
政府物流服務署以 5290 萬元向鑫鼎鑫商貿買樽裝水，被呃得到冒牌水，審計署完成審核，指最少在四事宜需確認有否人為失誤，包括招標時，物流署曾揭發，鑫鼎鑫提供製造商公司印章為「百氏」而非「樂百氏」，物流署只向鑫鼎鑫「釐清」，對方其後「改正」。審計署認為，這明顯是詐騙跡象，物流署沒聯絡樂百氏核實，也沒向執法部門舉報，有所不足。此外，鑫鼎鑫屢次違約，逾 20 政策局及部門曾投訴，但物流署「從不退貨」。財經事務及庫務局表示，已邀請首長級甲一級政務官劉焱，就審計署建議書內點出的人為疏漏，進行紀律調查。
The Government Logistics Department purchased bottled water worth HK$52.9 million from Xin Ding Xin Trading and was duped into receiving counterfeit water. After completing an audit, the Audit Commission said it was necessary to ascertain whether human error was involved in at least four matters. During the tender process, the Logistics Department had discovered that the manufacturer’s company seal provided by Xin Ding Xin read “Baishi” rather than “Robust”. The department only asked Xin Ding Xin to “clarify” the matter, after which the company “corrected” it. The Audit Commission said this was clearly a sign of fraud, and that the Logistics Department had fallen short by neither contacting Robust for verification nor reporting the matter to law enforcement agencies. In addition, Xin Ding Xin repeatedly breached the contract, with more than 20 bureaux and departments having lodged complaints, but the Logistics Department “never returned the goods”. The Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau said it had invited Administrative Officer Staff Grade A1 Alice Yim Lau to conduct a disciplinary investigation into the human lapses identified in the Audit Commission’s recommendations.
16 Oct 2025HK01#7428
LegCo cancels farewell lunch; Chan Hak-kan expects no damage to executive-legislative relations, Michael Tien says it is “not ideal”
本屆立法會會期還有一周就完結，行政長官李家超原定周五（17日）與全體立法會議員舉行「惜別午宴」，但昨日（15日）宣布取消。民建聯主席陳克勤今日回應稱，尊重同事想將時間放在議會工作的想法，相信取消午宴不會影響行政立法關係。實政圓桌召集人田北辰則表示，很難判斷是否所有人都歡迎聚餐，但他覺得作為議員，取消與特首聚餐「似乎不太好」。
With one week remaining in the current LegCo term, Chief Executive John Lee had originally been scheduled to hold a farewell lunch with all Legislative Council members on Friday (17th), but its cancellation was announced yesterday (15th). DAB chairman Chan Hak-kan said today that he respected colleagues’ wish to devote their time to work in the legislature, and believed the cancellation would not affect executive-legislative relations. Roundtable convenor Michael Tien said it was difficult to judge whether everyone welcomed the gathering, but he felt that, as legislators, cancelling the meal with the Chief Executive “seemed not very good”.
16 Oct 2025集誌社#7430
Legislative Council election | Leung Kwan-yuen, who will not seek re-election: No special blessings for those seeking re-election; Tam Yiu-chung: Executive and legislature share honour and disgrace
立法會「棄選潮」未完，提名期下周五開始，政府今日（16日） 舉行「行政立法同心治港創未來」研討會，已宣布「棄選」的74 歲立法會主席梁君彥表示，新一屆立法會選舉，爭取連任議員，不會有任何特別祝福。香港再出發大聯盟秘書長譚耀宗表示，愛國者治港後，行政立法關係榮辱與共。「政府做出成績，立法會有功勞，做得唔好，我覺得（議員）有責任喎。」
The Legislative Council’s wave of candidates dropping out of the election has not ended, with the nomination period beginning next Friday. The government held a seminar titled “The Executive and Legislature Work Together to Govern Hong Kong and Create the Future” today (16th). Leung Kwan-yuen, the 74-year-old Legislative Council president who has announced that he will not seek re-election, said that candidates seeking re-election in the new-term Legislative Council election would not receive any special blessings. Tam Yiu-chung, secretary-general of the Alliance for Hong Kong’s Resurgence, said that after patriots governed Hong Kong, the executive and legislature shared honour and disgrace. “If the government achieves results, the Legislative Council deserves credit; if it does not do well, I think the legislators have a responsibility.”
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