8 Aug 2022同文#2315
Department of Justice to Relaunch Government Counsel Recruitment Mid-Month; Applicants Need Only Pass Basic Law and National Security Law Test
在2019年至2020年兩年內流失33人的律政司，將在今月中電次展開政府律師的招聘工作，律政司今日（ 8/8 ）發出新聞稿特別提醒有意投考人士須注意的投考資格，其中在《基本法及香港國安法》測試一項中，竟只需取得及格即可達到入職條件。
The Department of Justice, which lost 33 staff members over the two years from 2019 to 2020, will relaunch its recruitment of government counsel in the middle of this month. In a press release issued today (8/8), the department specifically reminded prospective applicants of the eligibility requirements, including that they need only obtain a pass in the Basic Law and Hong Kong National Security Law Test to meet the entry requirement.
7 Aug 2022獨媒#2304
Survey Finds 60% of Domestic Helpers Endure Mistreatment Without Terminating Contracts, Fearing Visa Refusal for Job-Hopping
入境處加強打擊外傭「跳工」問題，去年因跳工被拒簽證個案達2,833宗。有外傭工會調查顯示，46%受訪外傭反映曾受苛刻對待，如長達17至19小時工作及食物不足，惟當中62%未有終止合約，大部分擔心入境處以「跳工」為由拒批簽證。
The Immigration Department has stepped up efforts to tackle job-hopping among foreign domestic helpers, with 2,833 cases refused visas last year on grounds of job-hopping. A survey by a domestic helpers’ union found that 46% of respondents had experienced harsh treatment, including working 17 to 19 hours a day and insufficient food. However, 62% of them had not terminated their contracts, with most fearing that the Immigration Department would refuse to approve their visas on grounds of job-hopping.
5 Aug 2022獨媒#2299
Eunice Yung declares in newspaper that she has severed her father-in-law relationship with Yuen Gong-yi
何良懋、袁弓夷及梁頌恆在海外宣布籌組「香港議會」，保安局指已涉嫌違反《港區國安法》第22條「顛覆國家政權罪」。袁弓夷媳婦兼新民黨立法會議員容海恩，今日在報章刊登廣告發聲明，以「國之大義」之名，宣布與袁弓夷脫離爺媳關係。
Victor Leung Mau Ho, Yuen Gong-yi and Sixtus Leung announced overseas that they were forming a “Hong Kong Parliament”. The Security Bureau said they were suspected of violating Article 22 of the National Security Law, the offence of “subversion of state power”. Yuen Gong-yi’s daughter-in-law and New People’s Party Legislative Council member Eunice Yung published a statement in a newspaper today, declaring in the name of “the greater good of the nation” that she had severed her father-in-law and daughter-in-law relationship with Yuen Gong-yi.
3 Aug 2022獨媒#2293
All LegCo Members Strongly Condemn Pelosi’s “Sneak Visit to Taiwan”
美國眾議院議長佩洛西昨晚抵台，今日會見台灣立法院代表及總統蔡英文。外交部以及政府高層，昨晚起陸續發聲明強烈譴責佩洛西「竄訪台灣」。今日立法會全體議員亦發出聲明，強烈譴責佩洛西訪台。
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Taiwan last night and met representatives of Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan and President Tsai Ing-wen today. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and senior government officials issued statements from last night onwards strongly condemning Pelosi’s “sneak visit to Taiwan”. All Legislative Council members also issued a statement today strongly condemning Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan.
2 Aug 2022獨媒#2289
Education Bureau compiles “National Education Calendar” for primary and secondary schools, suggests discussing Communist Party development and watching three patriotic anti-Japanese films a year
教育局向全港中小學發函，強烈建議在新學年全面及有系統地規劃國民教育學習活動。局方隨函附上的「國民教育活動規劃年曆」，詳列各「重要日子」建議的學習活動，包括在「七七事變」等三個紀念日安排學生看愛國或抗日電影，並分享觀後感；在「南京大屠殺死難者公祭日」安排師生悼念；在「中國共產黨建黨 102 周年」於課堂上討論共產黨的發展等。
The Education Bureau has written to all primary and secondary schools in Hong Kong, strongly recommending that they comprehensively and systematically plan national education learning activities for the new school year. Attached to the letter is a “National Education Activities Planning Calendar”, which sets out suggested learning activities for various “important dates”. These include arranging for students to watch patriotic or anti-Japanese films and share their reflections on three commemorative days, including the July 7 Incident; arranging for teachers and students to mourn on the National Memorial Day for the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre; and discussing the development of the Communist Party in class on the 102nd anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party.
29 Jul 2022獨媒#2284
Indonesian domestic helper fined HK$10,000 over alleged compulsory-testing breach; payment suspended after media inquiry
第五波疫情期間，對抵港人士的檢疫要求多次更動。有不諳中英文、二月抵港的印傭Nia對《獨媒》表示，因未符強檢要求，遭衞生署罰款一萬元。《獨媒》向部門查詢後，Nia的僱主被告知可暫緩繳付。有工會表示，事件非單一個案，有僱主代繳罰款後，再在外傭工資內扣除。
During the fifth wave of the pandemic, quarantine requirements for people arriving in Hong Kong were changed several times. Nia, an Indonesian domestic helper who is unfamiliar with Chinese and English and arrived in Hong Kong in February, told Independent Media that she was fined HK$10,000 by the Department of Health for failing to comply with compulsory-testing requirements. After Independent Media contacted the department, Nia’s employer was told that payment could be deferred. A labour union said the incident was not isolated, with some employers paying the fines and then deducting the amounts from their domestic helpers’ wages.
28 Jul 2022獨媒#2277
Democratic Party Has No Intention of Running in LegCo By-election
4名選委界立法會議員早前加入政府，當局將舉行補選。民主黨表示無意參選，民主黨主席羅健熙對記者稱「無乜點諗過」，解釋指由於選委會界別的勝算不高，較難吸引黨友的興趣，所以參選機會不大。
Four Election Committee constituency Legislative Council members recently joined the Government, and the authorities will hold a by-election. Democratic Party chairman Lo Kin-hei told reporters that the party had "not really thought about it", explaining that its chances of winning in the Election Committee constituency were not high, making it difficult to attract interest from party members, so there was little chance of it running.
27 Jul 2022獨媒#2269
Two taken away by Customs at “Hidden Market”; Winnie the Pooh T-shirts suspected of breaching Trade Descriptions Ordinance
黃店「夠薑媒體」及「良之聯盟」在旺角合辦「隱世市集」，有售賣小熊維尼T-shirt 的檔主指，海關人員今午到場「放蛇」，指貨品涉嫌違反《商品說明條例》，並帶走兩人。海關回覆《獨媒》查詢時指，接獲舉報並檢走約40件冒牌貨，估計市值約4,300元，指相關行為最高可被判罰50萬及監禁5年。
Gau Geng Media and Leung Chi Alliance, both yellow shops, jointly held a “Hidden Market” in Mong Kok. A stallholder selling Winnie the Pooh T-shirts said Customs officers arrived this afternoon in an undercover operation, alleging that the goods might breach the Trade Descriptions Ordinance, and took two people away. In response to enquiries from The Independent Media, Customs said it had received a report and seized about 40 counterfeit goods with an estimated market value of about HK$4,300. It said the relevant conduct carries a maximum penalty of a HK$500,000 fine and five years’ imprisonment.
25 Jul 2022獨媒#2260
Education Bureau: Students must participate unless they have a broken leg or serious illness
立法會國民及國安教育小組委員會舉行首次會議。民建聯梁熙提到，公民科雖要求中學生必須參加內地交流團，惟該科目成績合格與否並不影響文憑試成績，憂交流團淪為不求成果的政策。教育局局長蔡若蓮回應指，希望透過減少考試壓力，幫助學生了解國家，故不以分數衡量學習成效；副秘書長康陳翠華則補充，交流團是必須參加的活動：「除非係跌跛咗隻腳或者重病，如果唔係基本上冇得opt out」。
The Legislative Council Subcommittee on National and National Security Education held its first meeting. Leung Hei of the Democratic Alliance for Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong noted that although the citizenship subject requires secondary students to participate in mainland exchange tours, whether they pass the subject does not affect their Diploma of Secondary Education Examination results. He expressed concern that the tours could become a policy pursued without seeking results. Secretary for Education Christine Choi said the aim was to help students understand the country by reducing examination pressure, and therefore learning outcomes were not assessed by marks. Deputy Secretary-General Tsui Wah Hong Chan added that the exchange tours were compulsory activities: “Unless you’ve fallen and broken a leg or are seriously ill, basically there’s no opting out.”
24 Jul 2022明報#2257
Choi Yuk-lin Says Education Bureau Will Donate Books on China and National Security to Schools
蔡若蓮在書展活動中表示，教育局會向學校贈書《我的家在中國》，讓學生更認識中國歷史和文化，並會與保安局攜手向中小幼學校派送《我們的國家 我們的安全》繪本助學生建立國家安全觀。
At a book fair event, Choi Yuk-lin said the Education Bureau would donate copies of *My Home Is in China* to schools to help students learn more about Chinese history and culture. She said the bureau would also work with the Security Bureau to distribute the picture book *Our Country Our Security* to primary, secondary and kindergarten schools to help students develop a concept of national security.
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