2 Oct 2025明報#7384
Cui Jianchun meets US Consul General Julie Eadeh, raises “four don’ts” and urges her not to meet people she should not meet
美國駐港澳總領事伊珠麗（Julie Eadeh）因於歡迎酒會邀請前政務司長陳方安生和前民主黨議員劉慧卿出席，連日遭建制派連番批評。外交部駐港特派員公署今（2日）發稿指，外交部駐港特派員崔建春於9月30日約見伊珠麗，就其到任後有關行為提出嚴正交涉，敦促與「反中亂港分子」劃清界線。
Julie Eadeh, the US consul general in Hong Kong and Macau, has been repeatedly criticised by the pro-establishment camp in recent days after inviting former Chief Secretary for Administration Anson Chan Fang On-sang and former Democratic Party legislator Emily Lau Wai-hing to a welcome reception. The Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region said today (2 October) that Commissioner Cui Jianchun met Eadeh on 30 September and made serious representations over her conduct since taking office, urging her to draw a clear line with “anti-China, anti-Hong Kong elements”.
1 Oct 2025集誌社#7376
10.1 Fireworks | 80,000 fireworks set off over 23 minutes, themed around Dongjiang water, giant pandas and space technology
10.1 煙花，晚上八時在維港發放，23 分鐘內發放了三萬枚煙花。八幕煙花，以東江水、電影動畫哪吒、大熊貓、太空科技等為主題，有心型、哈哈笑、牡丹、金菊等造型的煙花。煙花匯演由中華總商會贊助、文體旅局統籌。
The 10.1 fireworks display was held over Victoria Harbour at 8pm, with 30,000 fireworks set off within 23 minutes. The eight-segment display was themed around Dongjiang water, the animated film Ne Zha, giant pandas and space technology, and featured fireworks in the shapes of hearts, smiling faces, peonies and golden chrysanthemums. The display was sponsored by the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce and coordinated by the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau.
1 Oct 2025追新聞#7378
CFHK and 53 international organisations write to UN in urgent appeal, alleging systematic torture in Hong Kong prisons
中共十一國慶，維港兩岸煙花盛放，但無法改變國際社會對香港人權倒退的看法。香港自由委員會基金會（CFHK）與逾50個國際人權組織及海外港人團體，聯署去信聯合國人權事務高級專員圖克（Volker Türk），要求調查香港獄中有系統地虐囚的情況，並特別提到黎智英、梁國雄、鄒幸彤及黃之鋒等人被長期單獨囚禁，強迫接受思想改造。
Fireworks lit up both sides of Victoria Harbour for the Chinese Communist Party’s National Day, but could not change the international community’s view that human rights in Hong Kong have deteriorated. The Hong Kong Committee for Freedom Foundation (CFHK), along with more than 50 international human rights organisations and overseas Hong Kong groups, jointly wrote to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, calling for an investigation into systematic torture in Hong Kong prisons. The letter specifically mentioned the prolonged solitary confinement of Jimmy Lai, Leung Kwok-hung, Chow Hang-tung and Joshua Wong, as well as their being forced to undergo thought reform.
1 Oct 2025明報#7379
Kai Tak Sports Park Holds First National Day Flag-Raising Ceremony Since Opening, with Stalls and National Security Exhibition
啟德體育園今日（10月1日）舉行開幕後首個國慶升旗儀式，慶祝中華人民共和國成立76周年，逾百位嘉賓出席。同場亦舉行互動攤位及國家安全教育展覽，吸引大批市民及遊客參與。
升旗儀式於啟德主場館南面花園舉行，文化體育及旅遊局長羅淑佩、體育專員蔡健斌、中聯辦九龍工作部副部長郭長勇、啟德體育園行政總裁莊澤基等人出席；亦有市民在美食海灣觀禮。
園方在升旗儀式後於中央廣場設置的中華文化特色互動攤位，不少家長帶同小朋友到場，品嚐叮叮糖、糖蔥餅等本地懷舊小食，並體驗糖畫、中國繩結、剪紙、書法等中華傳統文藝活動。啟德體育園說，當中免費雪糕派發攤位特別受小朋友歡迎，亦有不少市民駐足觀看國家安全教育展覽。
Kai Tak Sports Park held its first National Day flag-raising ceremony since opening today (October 1) to celebrate the 76th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, with more than 100 guests in attendance. Interactive stalls and a national security education exhibition were also held at the venue, attracting large numbers of residents and visitors.
The ceremony took place in the southern garden of the Kai Tak Main Stadium. Attendees included Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism Rosanna Law Shuk-pui, Commissioner for Sports Choi Kin-pan, Deputy Director of the Kowloon Sub-office of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Kwok Cheung-yung, and Chief Executive Officer of Kai Tak Sports Park Chong Chak-kei. Members of the public also watched the ceremony at the Food and Beverage Bay.
After the ceremony, the park set up interactive stalls featuring Chinese culture in the Central Piazza. Many parents brought their children to sample local nostalgic snacks such as ding ding candy and sugar-and-scallion pancakes, and to take part in traditional Chinese cultural activities including sugar painting, Chinese knotting, paper cutting and calligraphy. Kai Tak Sports Park said the stall distributing free ice cream was particularly popular with children, while many members of the public also stopped to view the national security education exhibition.
1 Oct 2025集誌社#7382
Chinese Costumes and Lanterns Welcome National Day | Some Residents Say Display Resembles a “Paper Effigy Doll”; Organiser: Aesthetics Are Subjective
「迎國慶・華服嘉年華」周三（ 9 月 29 日）起一連四日於西九海旁舉行，其中高 12.8 米的主燈「紫霞仙子」最為注目。記者今（10 月 1 日）傍晚到場，有市民認為花燈造型「少少怪」，指鮮豔的古裝打扮在晚間惹人聯想到「紙紮公仔」，擔心「嚇親小朋友」。主辦方之一的紫荊文化集團，則有不具名工作人員指，「審美屬主觀感覺」。
The “Welcoming National Day · Chinese Costume Carnival” is being held at the West Kowloon waterfront for four days from Wednesday (September 29). The 12.8-metre main lantern, “Fairy Zixia”, has attracted the most attention. When reporters visited this evening (October 1), some members of the public said the lantern’s design was “a little strange”, saying its brightly coloured period costume brought “paper effigy dolls” to mind at night and expressing concern that it might “scare children”. An unnamed staff member of one of the organisers, Bauhinia Culture Group, said that “aesthetics are a subjective feeling”.
30 Sept 2025集誌社#7371
Singapore Denies Entry to Wanted Former Lawmaker Nathan Law; Chief Executive Does Not Say Whether Hong Kong Asked for His Extradition
被國安警懸紅通緝的前立法會議員、香港眾志主席羅冠聰早前（27日）被新加坡拒絕入境，行政長官李家超被問及事件時，未有回應港府有否要求當地合作引渡羅返港，只強調「任何國家都不應包庇罪犯」，政府「會用一切可行方法終身追捕罪犯」。
港澳辦日前三度發表文章，批評美領事伊珠麗（Julie Eadeh）早前與前政務司司長陳方安生、民主黨前主席劉慧卿見面，李家超回應指「希望任何駐港領事都做建設性嘅事，唔好做破壞性嘅事」。
Nathan Law, the former Legislative Council member and chairperson of Demosisto wanted by the national security police with a bounty, was denied entry to Singapore on the 27th. Asked about the incident, Chief Executive John Lee did not say whether the Hong Kong government had asked the Singapore authorities to cooperate in extraditing Law to Hong Kong. He stressed only that “no country should harbour criminals” and that the government “will use all feasible methods to pursue criminals for life.”
The Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office recently published three articles criticising US consul Julie Eadeh for meeting Anson Chan, the former Chief Secretary for Administration, and Emily Lau, the former chairperson of the Democratic Party. Lee said he hoped “all consuls stationed in Hong Kong would do constructive things, and not destructive things.”
30 Sept 2025HK01#7372
US consul-general meeting controversy | John Lee: Hopes no consul will do anything destructive
美國駐港新總領事伊珠麗與政務司前司長陳方安生、民主黨前主席劉慧卿在招待會上見面，連日來被議員抨擊勾結亂港分子，港澳辦更三度轉載相關批評文章。行政長官李家超今天（30日）被問到對伊珠麗的態度與會面的看法，他說希望任何領事發揮建設性功能，不要做破壞性的事，要以符合外交官身份的方式履行職務，不應干涉中國內政和香港事務。
US Consul General in Hong Kong and Macau Julie Eadeh met former Chief Secretary for Administration Anson Chan and former Democratic Party chairwoman Emily Lau at a reception. In recent days, lawmakers have criticised the meeting as collusion with elements seeking to cause chaos in Hong Kong, while the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office reposted articles making related criticisms three times. Asked today (30th) about his attitude towards Eadeh and his views on the meeting, Chief Executive John Lee said he hoped every consul would perform a constructive function rather than do anything destructive, and carry out his or her duties in a manner befitting a diplomat. Consuls should not interfere in China’s internal affairs or Hong Kong affairs.
29 Sept 2025光傳媒#7365
US Investment Climate Report Says National Security Laws Erode Hong Kong’s Autonomy and Create Uncertainty for Foreign Investment; Hong Kong Government Strongly Dissatisfied
美國國務院發表最新一份《投資環境報告》，指出中國強推《香港國安法》削弱香港自治，並為在港營運的外資和本地企業帶來更大不確定性，而這不確定性在《維護國家安全條例》實施後進一步加劇。港府昨（28日）晚發新聞稿指報告「惡意抹黑」、作出無理失實指控並表示強烈不滿和反對。
最新一份《投資環境報告》有關香港部分共37頁、12個篇章，當中24處提及《國安法》和《維護國家安全條例》。報告指出，儘管香港部分領域仍與中國存在差異，但自《國安法》和《維護國家安全條例》實施後，香港自治被削弱，對在港營運的外資及本地企業帶來不確定性。
尤其《維護國家安全條例》對「間諜行為」、「國家機密」、「外部干預」等概念的意義，極其廣泛和模糊，加上可能在域外適用，恐防礙日常商業活動。今年3月，美國國務卿再次認證香港已不符合在美國法律下享有1997年7月1日前同等待遇的條件。
The US State Department issued its latest Investment Climate Report, saying China’s forceful imposition of the Hong Kong National Security Law has weakened Hong Kong’s autonomy and brought greater uncertainty to foreign and local businesses operating in Hong Kong. It said the uncertainty had increased further following the implementation of the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance. The Hong Kong Government said in a press release last night (28th) that the report was “maliciously smearing” Hong Kong and making unreasonable and untrue allegations, and expressed strong dissatisfaction and opposition.
The Hong Kong section of the latest Investment Climate Report comprises 37 pages and 12 chapters, with the National Security Law and the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance mentioned in 24 places. The report said that although Hong Kong still differs from China in some areas, its autonomy had been weakened since the implementation of the two laws, creating uncertainty for foreign and local businesses operating in Hong Kong.
In particular, it said the meanings of concepts such as “espionage”, “state secrets” and “external interference” under the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance were extremely broad and vague. Together with the possibility of extraterritorial application, this could hinder routine business activities. In March this year, the US Secretary of State again certified that Hong Kong no longer met the conditions for treatment under US law equivalent to that which it enjoyed before 1 July 1997.
29 Sept 2025Yahoo#7367
Cardinal Stephen Chow: Joseph Zen ‘has not spent a day in prison’; no religious persecution in Hong Kong, Western media exaggerate
天主教香港教區主教周守仁樞機，本月中在澳洲當地教區講座表示，香港並無宗教迫害。他指西方傳媒誇大了榮休主教陳日君樞機所面對的情況，「他無坐過一日監，他從未被軟禁」。目前陳日君有案在身，被警方國安處指涉嫌「串謀勾結外國勢力或者境外勢力危害國家安全」罪，須交出護照。
陳日君與「612人道支援基金」另外 4 名信託人，包括大律師吳靄儀、嶺南大學前客席副教授許寶強、前議員何秀蘭及藝人何韻詩，以及基金秘書施城威，分別於 2022 年 5 月及 11 月被警方國安處拘捕，警方准保釋候查。警方指 6 人涉嫌干犯「串謀勾結外國勢力或者境外勢力危害國家安全」罪，引用《國安法》「實施細則」附表二，要求交出護照。
Cardinal Stephen Chow Sau-yan, Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong, said at a talk held by a local diocese in Australia earlier this month that there was no religious persecution in Hong Kong. He said Western media had exaggerated the situation faced by Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, adding: “He has not spent a day in prison; he has never been under house arrest.” Zen is currently facing a case and is suspected by the Police National Security Department of the offence of “conspiracy to collude with foreign forces or external forces to endanger national security”; he is required to surrender his passport.
Zen and four other trustees of the 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund—including barrister Margaret Ng, former Lingnan University adjunct associate professor Hui Po-keung, former legislator Cyd Ho Sau-lan and artist Denise Ho Wan-see—as well as the fund’s secretary Sze Ching-wee, were arrested by the Police National Security Department in May and November 2022 respectively. Police granted them bail pending further investigation. Police said the six were suspected of committing the offence of “conspiracy to collude with foreign forces or external forces to endanger national security” and cited Schedule 2 of the Implementation Rules for the National Security Law to require them to surrender their passports.
27 Sept 2025明報#7363
Elected CUHK Alumni Trustee Timothy Tin Lok Tam: Hopes to Follow Up on Election DQ Issues
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。
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.
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