16 Jun 2023Channel C#7818
LegCo education subcommittee advocates national security education for kindergarten, primary and secondary students; new teachers to pass national security test
立法會教育事務委員會的「研究推動國民及國安教育小組委員會」日前發表報告，指本港學生缺乏民族意識及愛國情懷。報告提議，幼稚園、中小學應推動國民及國家安全教育，建議將國民教育改名為「愛國教育」，並加強老師在國民及國家安全教育的培訓工作，例如由下學年開始，所有新聘教師必須通過「基本法及香港國安法測試」。
A report published recently by the Legislative Council Panel on Education’s Subcommittee to Study the Promotion of National and National Security Education said that students in Hong Kong lacked national awareness and patriotic sentiment. It proposed that kindergartens, primary schools and secondary schools promote national and national security education, and recommended renaming national education as “patriotism education”. It also proposed strengthening teachers’ training in national and national security education, including requiring all newly recruited teachers to pass the “Basic Law and Hong Kong National Security Law Test” from the next school year.
15 Jun 2023獨媒#7811
Education Bureau Rolls Out ‘Enhanced’ National Security Measures, Requiring Immediate Police Reporting of Violations
教育局推出「增強版」學校國家安全措施，除了要求所有公帑資助學校須委派「專責統籌人員」，規劃國家安全教育；亦要學校增設多個監察機制，例如圖書館電子版藏書、巡視課室璧報和校內書本有無「危害國家安全」內容。教育局甚至提供聲明樣本，若學校遇到有人組織罷課或組人鏈等活動，須澄清與學校無關，兼表達遺憾。若校方發現學生穿戴含政治訊息衣著物件、破壞學校設施、口號或唱帶有政治訊息的歌曲等行為，情況嚴重「須立即報警」。
The Education Bureau has introduced an “enhanced” set of national security measures for schools. In addition to requiring all government-funded schools to appoint a designated coordinator to plan national security education, the measures require schools to establish various monitoring mechanisms, including checking electronic books in library collections and inspecting classroom noticeboards and school books for content that may “endanger national security”. The bureau has also provided sample statements for schools to clarify that they are unrelated to activities such as organising class boycotts or human chains, while expressing regret over them. If schools find students wearing clothing or accessories containing political messages, damaging school facilities, displaying slogans, or singing songs with political messages, they must “immediately report to the police” if the situation is serious.
13 Jun 2023獨媒#7799
Executive Council to consider importing foreign workers; airport staff to get cross-border transport, aviation union says: “We are left to fend for ourselves”
特首李家超早前提及，政策局正研究建造業及運輸業輸入外勞，不過多份報章今日引述消息，政府決定繞過勞工顧問委員會機制中，透過「特別計劃」輸入外勞，人數達最少2萬人，涵蓋的行業更延伸至航空業，更有即日跨境交通安排。行會今早將會拍板，李家超今早見記者時稱「好快會公布」。有航空業工會主席在電台節目形容，政府對外勞「嗰啲就服務周到，我哋就自生自滅咁囉」，本地勞工除了低薪，亦試過多次要求運輸署加開凌晨巴士，或批准營運村巴，惟均被署方拒絕。
Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu previously said that the policy bureaux were studying the importation of foreign workers for the construction and transport sectors. However, several newspapers today quoted sources as saying that the Government had decided to bypass the Labour Advisory Board mechanism and import foreign workers through a “special scheme”, involving at least 20,000 people. The sectors covered would also be extended to aviation, with same-day cross-border transport arrangements. The Executive Council is expected to approve the plan this morning, while Lee said when meeting reporters that it would be announced “very soon”. The chair of an aviation industry union said on a radio programme that the Government provided “attentive service” to foreign workers while local workers were “left to fend for ourselves”. In addition to low wages, local workers had repeatedly asked the Transport Department to introduce more overnight bus services or approve the operation of village buses, but the requests were rejected.
13 Jun 2023獨媒#7801
Government Relaxes Foreign Worker Scheme, Allowing Applications to Import Workers for 26 Occupations Including Salespersons, Hairstylists and Waiters
政府公布循三個渠道大規模輸入外勞，包括建造業及運輸業透過「特別計劃」分別輸入12,000及8,000人，其中建造業外勞可住在元朗潭尾方艙隔離設施，由僱主付租；航空業界外勞，機管局提供即日跨境交通，用者自付，而運輸業界則批准外勞，在接受本地小巴及旅遊巴駕駛執照考試和實習後可以就業。而政府亦放寬26個工種的外勞限制，容許售貨員、侍應生、髮型師、初級廚師等基層行業在勞顧會審批後，可以輸入外勞。
The government announced the large-scale importation of foreign workers through three channels. Under special schemes, the construction and transport sectors will import 12,000 and 8,000 workers respectively. Construction-sector foreign workers may stay at the makeshift isolation facility in Tam Mei, Yuen Long, with rent paid by employers. For foreign workers in the aviation sector, the Airport Authority will provide same-day cross-border transport on a user-pays basis. The transport sector will allow foreign workers to take local minibus and coach driving licence examinations and undergo practical training before taking up employment. The government will also relax restrictions on foreign workers in 26 occupations, allowing grassroots workers including salespersons, waiters, hairstylists and junior chefs to be imported after approval by the Labour Advisory Board.
13 Jun 2023明報#7803
New School Guidelines Require National Security Clauses in Tenders, Allowing Mid-Process Disqualification; Some School Meal, Photocopier and Tuck Shop Tenders Already Include Them
《港區國安法》生效近3年，中小學按2021年發布的指引落實維護國家安全的行政及教育措施。教育局周二（13日）發布《國家安全：學校具體措施》（2023年6月增強版），更新內容包括就採購事宜新增招標文件條款，要求學校列明基於國家安全，可取消供應商的資格（DQ）和終止合約。津貼中學議會主席李伊瑩估計，如學校察覺投標者有明顯違規，校方為免受影響可行使DQ權。
Nearly three years after the Hong Kong National Security Law took effect, primary and secondary schools are implementing administrative and educational measures to safeguard national security under guidelines issued in 2021. On Tuesday (13th), the Education Bureau released the enhanced June 2023 edition of 《National Security: Specific Measures for Schools》. The updates include new tender-document clauses for procurement, requiring schools to state that, on national security grounds, a supplier may be disqualified (DQ) and its contract terminated. Yi Ying (principal) Lee, chairperson of the Subsidised Secondary Schools Council, estimated that if a school detects an obvious violation by a tenderer, it may exercise its right to disqualify the tenderer to avoid being affected.
10 Jun 2023集誌社#7791
The Collective compiles accounts of people taken away by police on 34th anniversary of June 4
六四當日，警方在銅鑼灣封路截查，以涉嫌「破壞社會安寧」為由帶走 23 人，拘捕一女子。究竟，他們當晚做了什麼，要被帶返警署？《集誌社》整理了警察截查途人的經過，重組到其中 20 名，被警方帶走人士的經歷，發現有六人的衣服上無政治口號，在現場也未見有請願、悼念行為，當中包括有記者被指「不合作」。其餘被帶走的 14 人中，有穿印有標語黑衣，如八九年《文匯報》報道、但無作出具體行動的社運人士、也有人穿黑衣，手持電子蠟燭，或持有「良知」紙張。
《集誌社》向警方查詢，當日行動準則為何，警方回覆指按實際情況、風險評估依法處理。有大律師認為，如現場氣氛平靜，市民只是舉燭光、穿六四衣物，沒有人就相關行為有激烈反應，就不屬「破壞社會安寧」；若警方以此為由帶走市民，並不合理。
On the day of June 4, police stopped and searched people during a road closure in Causeway Bay, taking 23 people away on suspicion of “disturbing public peace” and arresting one woman. The Collective reviewed the police’s interception of passers-by and reconstructed the experiences of 20 of those taken away. It found that six were not wearing clothing with political slogans, and that no petitioning or commemorative activities were seen at the scene; among them was a reporter accused of being “uncooperative”. Of the other 14 people taken away, some social activists wore black clothing printed with slogans, as reported by Wen Wei Po in 1989, but took no specific action. Others wore black clothing, held electronic candles, or possessed papers bearing the word “conscience”.
The Collective asked police about the guidelines for the operation that day. Police replied that they had acted in accordance with the law based on the actual circumstances and risk assessments. A barrister said that if the atmosphere at the scene was calm, members of the public were merely holding candles or wearing June 4-related clothing, and no one reacted violently to those acts, this would not constitute “disturbing public peace”. If police took members of the public away on that basis, it would be unreasonable.
10 Jun 2023集誌社#7795
On June 4, Police Stop and Search in Causeway Bay Take 23 Away on Suspicion of Breaching the Peace; One Woman Arrested — Barrister: Unreasonable if They Were Only Holding Candles
《集誌社》向警方查詢，當日行動準則為何，警方回覆指按實際情況、風險評估依法處理。有大律師認為，如現場氣氛平靜，市民只是舉燭光、穿六四衣物，沒有人就相關行為有激烈反應，就不屬「破壞社會安寧」；若警方以此為由帶走市民，並不合理。
The Collective asked the police about the criteria for the operation that day. The police replied that they acted in accordance with the actual circumstances and risk assessments, and in compliance with the law. A barrister said that if the atmosphere at the scene was peaceful, and members of the public were merely holding candles or wearing June 4-related clothing, with no one reacting aggressively to those actions, this would not constitute “breaching the peace”. The barrister said it was unreasonable for police to take people away on that basis.
9 Jun 2023獨媒#7784
Education Bureau urges students to answer one national security multiple-choice question daily during summer holidays; schools to say at morning assemblies that ‘Hong Kong’s future will certainly be better’
本月底為《港區國安法》實施三年，教育局昨（8日）向全港中小學及特殊學校校長發通函，舉辦多項國安教育活動及提供教學資源，包括「國家安全教育暑期自學教材」，每日為學生提供一條選擇題，旨在延續學生課堂學習及鼓勵自主學習，教師宜校本跟進學生自學進度。通函亦建議學校在早會或班主任課參考「講解重點舉隅」，講解《國安法》的重要性及立法原意，其中提到《國安法》實施後香港進入由治及興的新征程，「香港的未來一定更加美好。」
The end of this month marks three years since the Hong Kong National Security Law came into force. The Education Bureau yesterday (8th) issued a circular to the principals of all primary and secondary schools and special schools in Hong Kong, announcing various national security education activities and providing teaching resources, including the “National Security Education Summer Self-learning Materials”. The materials provide students with one multiple-choice question each day, with the aim of extending their classroom learning and encouraging self-directed learning. Teachers are advised to follow up on students’ self-learning progress at the school level. The circular also recommends that schools refer to the “Examples of Key Points for Explanation” during morning assemblies or form-teacher lessons to explain the importance and legislative intent of the National Security Law. It states that following the implementation of the National Security Law, Hong Kong has embarked on a new journey from stability to prosperity, and that “Hong Kong’s future will certainly be better.”
9 Jun 2023Channel C#7787
Wan Chai Complaints Against Police Office reporting centre to cease operation from June 12
警方今日（9日）表示，位於灣仔軍器廠街3號堅偉樓附翼地下的投訴警察課報案中心，將於6月12日起停止運作。當局指，市民若想親身向投訴警察課作出投訴，可透過投訴熱線2866 7700進行預約，而其他投訴渠道則維持不變。
Police said today (the 9th) that the Complaints Against Police Office reporting centre on the ground floor of the annex of Kin Wai Building, 3 Arsenal Street, Wan Chai, will cease operation from June 12. The authorities said members of the public who wish to lodge a complaint with the Complaints Against Police Office in person can make an appointment via the complaints hotline at 2866 7700, while other complaint channels will remain unchanged.
6 Jun 2023獨媒#6562
John Lee: Mass Cancellations of Organ Donation Registrations Create False Appearance, Tactics Similar to Hong Kong’s 2019 Colour Revolution
本港與內地正商討建立恆常器官移植機制，當局上月發稿指過去五個月有逾5,700宗取消器官捐贈登記，其中逾半從未登記或重覆取消，斥或意圖擾亂，警方昨日以「有犯罪或不誠實意圖而取用電腦」拘捕4人。行政長官李家超斥為「無恥之徒」，認為做法與2019年港版顏色革命類似，假借各種理由挑撥矛盾，並在網上推動及製造假象，必須譴責「呢啲無恥行為」。
Hong Kong and mainland authorities are discussing the establishment of a regular organ transplant mechanism. The authorities said in a statement last month that more than 5,700 organ donation registrations had been cancelled over the previous five months, with more than half involving people who had never registered or repeated cancellations, and condemned the actions as possibly intended to cause disruption. Police yesterday arrested four people for “accessing a computer with criminal or dishonest intent”. Chief Executive John Lee condemned the people involved as “shameless” and said the tactics were similar to Hong Kong’s 2019 colour revolution, using various pretexts to sow discord and promoting and creating a false appearance online. He said “these shameless acts” must be condemned.
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