17 Dec 2022嶺大編委會#5848
Lingnan University Proposes Amendment to Ordinance to Remove Students’ Union President’s Membership of Council and Senate
修例草案建議廢除《主體條例》第 2 條中學生會的定義，學生會會長將不再是校董會和諮議會的成員，兩會中的學生代表將由一名改為兩名：由本科學生按照規程互選產生並由校董會委任的全日制學生，以及由研究生學生按照規程互選產生並由校董會委任的全日制學生。
The amendment bill proposes removing the definition of the Students’ Union from Section 2 of the Principal Ordinance. The Students’ Union president would no longer be a member of the Council and Senate, while student representatives on the two bodies would increase from one to two: a full-time undergraduate student elected by undergraduate students in accordance with the regulations and appointed by the Council, and a full-time postgraduate student elected by postgraduate students in accordance with the regulations and appointed by the Council.
17 Dec 2022獨媒#5849
Civic Party may wind up within a year after failing to form executive committee
公民黨今日召開周年大會，黨主席梁家傑指無人參選執委，即處於「斷莊」，現有執委會將過渡成臨時執委會，相信很有可能一年內逐步進行清盤。多名公民黨元老出席大會，前立法會議員吳靄儀提到，公民黨已完成許多應做的事，「無論今日發生咩事，都唔可以將嗰啲事抹殺」，又認爲不能夠太貪心，「做到幾多得幾多。」
The Civic Party held its annual general meeting today. Party chairman Alan Leong said that, with no one standing for election to the executive committee, the party was in a situation where no executive slate had been formed. The existing executive committee will transition into an interim executive committee, and he believed the party was highly likely to begin winding up gradually within a year. Several veteran Civic Party members attended the meeting. Former Legislative Council member Margaret Ng said the party had accomplished many of the things it needed to do and that, “whatever happens today, those things cannot be erased.” She also said the party could not be too ambitious and should “do as much as we can.”
17 Dec 2022財庫局網誌#5851
Regulating Crowdfunding to Keep Pace with the Times
我們(財庫局)亦應防患於未然，建立完備的制度，令合法、正當用途的眾籌活動有規可循，以助建立最佳操作守則，保障眾籌活動相關人士的利益，同時更有效防範不法資金策劃危害公眾和國家安全，或支持違法活動等行為。
財庫局將在下星期公布文件，說明我們建議規管眾籌活動的架構和措施，並會展開為期三個月的公眾諮詢。我們期待收到社會各界的意見，集思廣益，為下階段的立法工作做好準備。
We (the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau) should also guard against problems before they arise by establishing a comprehensive system so that crowdfunding activities for lawful and legitimate purposes are governed by clear rules. This will help establish best practices, protect the interests of people involved in crowdfunding activities, and more effectively prevent activities such as planning illicit funding schemes that endanger public and national security or support unlawful activities.
The Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau will publish a paper next week setting out the framework and measures we propose for regulating crowdfunding activities, and will conduct a three-month public consultation. We look forward to receiving views from all sectors of the community, pooling ideas and preparing for the legislative work in the next stage.
16 Dec 2022獨媒#5842
Christine Choi: Teachers involved in criminal offences and fundamentally wrong conduct may be permanently struck off; says teachers have long awaited guidelines
教育局昨日公布《教師專業操守指引》，教師如嚴重違規，可面臨終身「釘牌」。教育局局長蔡若蓮進一步解釋指，如教師涉及刑事及本質上犯錯後被「釘牌」，肯定不會獲得重新註冊的機會，稱「無辦法接受佢係會影響我哋學生」，「再成功申請註冊嘅機會就無啦」。她又表示，同行對《指引》期待已久，認為可以保護老師、守護專業，在有所警惕後便不會容易作違反專業行為。
The Education Bureau yesterday published the Guidelines on Teachers’ Professional Conduct. Teachers who seriously violate the rules may face lifetime deregistration. Education Secretary Christine Choi Yu-lin further explained that if a teacher was involved in criminal conduct and was struck off for fundamentally wrong conduct, there would definitely be no opportunity to re-register, saying, “There is no way we can accept that they would affect our students,” and “there will be no chance of successfully applying for registration again.” She also said the profession had long awaited the guidelines, believing they could protect teachers and safeguard the profession, and that after being alerted, teachers would not easily engage in conduct that violated professional standards.
16 Dec 2022獨媒#5843
Yeung Ho-por: “Chief Executive’s Commendation List” is the highest level, the best of the best and the ultimate honour
現時嘉許公務員的獎項和方式林林總總，但政府計劃在明年第二季推出嶄新「行政長官表揚榜」獎勵計劃，表楊「極為出色」的公務員。立法會一個委員會討論新計劃，有議員問與過往獎勵計劃有無級數之分，公務員事務局局長楊何蓓茵指新榜只會表揚「好中之好」，是「最高級別表揚」，又謂如果成功上榜可算「至高無上榮耀」。她同時指，政府正研究簡化懲罰機制，令長期表現欠佳的公務員離開。
There are currently various awards and ways of commending civil servants, but the Government plans to launch a new “Chief Executive’s Commendation List” award scheme in the second quarter of next year to recognise “extremely outstanding” civil servants. A Legislative Council committee discussed the new scheme, with a legislator asking whether it would be ranked against previous award schemes. Secretary for the Civil Service Yeung Ho-por said the new list would recognise only “the best of the best” and constitute the “highest-level commendation”; she also said that successfully making the list could be regarded as the “ultimate honour”. She added that the Government was studying ways to simplify the disciplinary mechanism so that civil servants with persistently poor performance could leave.
15 Dec 2022獨媒#5835
Education Bureau Announces New Guidelines Requiring Teachers to Safeguard National Security and Report Potential Risks
教育局今公布《教師專業操守指引》，列舉多項教師「應該」或「不應該」做的事情，並歸納出8項教師具備的操守及個人道德。指引要求教師「恪守法治」，不謹個人要守法，還要「自覺維護國家安全」，教師被要求收到「違反社會普遍接受的道德標準的資訊」時，或者「發現校園內有任何潛在違法違規時」，須向學校管理層及警方等舉報。涉及嚴重失當的教師，可以終身停牌不得重新註冊。
The Education Bureau today announced the Guidelines on Teachers’ Professional Conduct, listing various things teachers should or should not do and summarising eight aspects of teachers’ conduct and personal morality. The guidelines require teachers to “abide by the rule of law”: they must not only obey the law personally, but also “consciously safeguard national security”. Teachers are required to report to school management and the police, among others, when they receive “information that violates generally accepted moral standards in society” or “discover any potential illegality or non-compliance on campus”. Teachers involved in serious misconduct may have their licences suspended for life and be barred from re-registration.
14 Dec 2022獨媒#5827
Tik Chi-yuen Says Security Bureau Will Decide Within Weeks Whether to Prosecute 6,000 Arrested Anti-Extradition Bill Protesters, Promising ‘Lenient Handling’
立法會今日舉行前廳交流會，新思維狄志遠表示，在會上追問保安局如何處理未提起訴的反修例案件。他引述保安局局長鄧炳強及警務處處長蕭澤頤稱，不涉及理大衝突的6,000人，大部分個案屬「輕微」，將「寬鬆處理」，稱數周內有決定。《獨媒》正向保安局及警務處查詢。
The Legislative Council held a front-bench exchange session today. Tik Chi-yuen of New Thinking said he had asked at the session how the Security Bureau would handle anti-extradition bill cases in which no prosecutions had yet been brought. He quoted Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung and Commissioner of Police Raymond Siu Chak-yee as saying that most of the cases involving 6,000 people not connected with the Polytechnic University clashes were “minor” and would be handled “leniently”, with a decision expected within weeks. InMedia said it was seeking comment from the Security Bureau and the Police Force.
14 Dec 2022獨媒#5828
Choi Lam Estate residents petition Home Affairs Department, urge statutory monitoring of owners’ corporation
目前規管法團及物業管理事宜的《建築物管理條例》，主管當局為民政及青年事務局，具體事務由民政事務總署及各區民政處負責。繼日前西環海都樓，今日再有業主到灣仔民政事務總署，促當局按《條例》積極介入，監察法團。
The Building Management Ordinance currently regulates owners’ corporations and property management matters. The responsible authority is the Home and Youth Affairs Bureau, while specific matters are handled by the Home Affairs Department and district offices. Following the recent case involving Hoi To Lau in Sai Wan, more owners went to the Home Affairs Department in Wan Chai today to urge the authorities to actively intervene and monitor the owners’ corporation in accordance with the Ordinance.
14 Dec 2022獨媒#5833
Access to Police Welfare Fund Records Prohibited; Ombudsman Partially Upholds Complaint, but Police Reject Recommendation
「警察福利基金」的捐款收入龐大，捐款來源一直備受關注，但查閱福利基金的細節，往往困難重重。申訴專員公署在年度報告提及一宗投訴，警隊只安排投訴人在指定時間內前往警察總部即場查閱，既不提供資料副本，也不准以任何形式記錄，甚至不准該人核對自備的筆記。申訴專員認為投訴部分成立，並指警隊對「索閱」的狹窄解讀，一般人未必理解。不過警務處回覆公署的報告，指要保障捐款人的私隱和安全，決定維持現有安排。
The Police Welfare Fund receives substantial donation income, and the sources of its donations have long attracted attention. However, accessing details of the fund is often difficult. The Ombudsman’s annual report mentioned a complaint in which the police only arranged for the complainant to inspect the records in person at Police Headquarters during a designated period. No copies were provided, and the complainant was not allowed to make records in any form or even check notes brought along. The Ombudsman found the complaint partially substantiated, saying that the police’s narrow interpretation of “access” might not be understood by the general public. In its reply to the Ombudsman’s report, the Police said the existing arrangement would be maintained to protect donors’ privacy and safety.
13 Dec 2022獨媒#5825
Government announces scrapping LeaveHomeSafe scanning from tomorrow, will write to Google again over national anthem issue
行政長官李家超今日舉行行政會議前見記者，終在內地調整防疫政策近一星期後有大動作，宣布取消掃「安心出行」以及「黃碼」，惟仍保留疫苗通行證。對於 Google 搜尋國歌一事，李家超表示會再次去信對方。
Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu met the press before the Executive Council meeting today and, nearly a week after the mainland adjusted its anti-epidemic policy, announced major measures to cancel LeaveHomeSafe scanning and the Amber Code, while retaining the Vaccine Pass. On the issue of Google searches for the national anthem, Lee said he would write to Google again.
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