1 Dec 2023獨媒#8738
Chan Kwok-ki: Civil servants’ voting will not be monitored; not voting does not amount to “soft resistance”
「完善」後的首場區議會選舉尚有9日舉行，政府各部門均動員鋪天蓋地宣傳。政務司司長陳國基接受《now新聞》專訪，指政府積極宣傳是希望加強開心氣氛、鼓勵投票，與投票率沒有直接關係。他又指不會監察公務員有否投票，即使公務員不投票亦不等於「軟對抗」。
Nine days remained before the first District Council election following the “improvements”, with government departments mounting extensive publicity campaigns. In an interview with Now News, Chief Secretary for Administration Chan Kwok-ki said the government’s active publicity was intended to create a more joyful atmosphere and encourage voting, and was not directly related to voter turnout. He also said the government would not monitor whether civil servants voted, and that civil servants not voting did not amount to “soft resistance”.
30 Nov 2023獨媒#8726
Online Calls to Tick Twice in District Council Election Prompt Reminder That Only One Candidate May Be Chosen
「完善」區議會選舉後，區議會直選議席大減至88個，並改劃為44個選區，制度由單議席單投票制改為雙議席單票制。近日網上有人在討論區發帖，稱「提下大家每選區有兩席，大家要在選票上打兩個剔」。繼廉政公署昨日發稿後，選舉事務處今日亦發稿，指地方直選每名選民只能投選一名候選人，又重申任何人在選舉期間內藉公開活動煽惑他人不投票或投無效票，均屬違法，一經定罪，最高可判處監禁三年及罰款20萬元。
Following the “improved” District Council election, the number of directly elected District Council seats was reduced to 88 and reorganised into 44 constituencies. The system was changed from a single-member, single-vote system to a two-member, single-vote system. Recently, a post on an online discussion forum said: “Just a reminder that each constituency has two seats, so everyone should put two ticks on the ballot paper.” After the Independent Commission Against Corruption issued a statement yesterday, the Registration and Electoral Office also issued a statement today, saying that each elector in the geographical constituency elections may vote for only one candidate. It also reiterated that anyone who, through public activities during the election period, incites others not to vote or to cast an invalid vote is committing an offence and, upon conviction, is liable to a maximum sentence of three years’ imprisonment and a fine of HK$200,000.
29 Nov 2023獨媒#8715
12th LegCo Front Office Exchange held five months later; officials and lawmakers pose with District Council election posters
相隔5個月後，第12次立法會前廳交流會今早（29日）再舉行，由財政司副司長黃緯綸主持。他在會後強調，會面氣氛親切、坦誠，會悉心考慮議員提出的意見。根據立法會秘書處的相片，一眾官員和議員亦在前廳手持區議會選舉的海報影大合照，呼籲選民投票。
The 12th Legislative Council Front Office Exchange was held again this morning (29th) after a five-month interval, chaired by Deputy Financial Secretary Wong Wai-lun. After the meeting, he said the atmosphere was cordial and candid, and that he would carefully consider the views put forward by lawmakers. According to photographs from the Legislative Council Secretariat, officials and lawmakers also held District Council election posters and posed for a group photograph in the Front Office, calling on voters to cast their ballots.
29 Nov 2023獨媒#8716
District Council Election Festivities See Tung Wah Charity Show Postponed by a Week
當局為力推區選，在投票日前夕的12月9日舉行「區選繽紛日」，當晚將舉辦大型戶外音樂會及無人機表演，由多個電視台聯播。原定於12月9日晚舉行的歡樂滿東華2023亦因此要讓路，延遲一星期至12月16日舉行。
To promote the District Council election, the authorities will hold a “Colourful District Council Election Day” on 9 December, the eve of polling day. A large outdoor concert and a drone show will be staged that evening and simulcast by multiple television stations. As a result, Tung Wah Charity Show 2023, originally scheduled for the evening of 9 December, will make way for the event and be postponed by one week to 16 December.
29 Nov 2023獨媒#8720
Democratic Party Bonnie Hoi Yan Ng: Letters to More Than 100 “"the three committees"” Members Receive No Replies or Nominations
區議會選舉將於12月10日進行，399名參選人民主派「清零」。曾表明有意參選的民主黨副主席伍凱欣，在該黨自家網台節目表示，曾去信該區逾百名「三會」成員爭取提名，惟獲零回覆零提名，更有人向她稱「今次民主黨冇得參選㗎喇，你唔好參加啦」。
The District Council election will be held on 10 December, with the pro-democracy camp “zeroed out” among the 399 candidates. Democratic Party deputy chairwoman Bonnie Hoi Yan Ng, who had previously indicated that she intended to stand, said on the party’s own online programme that she had written to more than 100 “"the three committees"” members in the district to seek nominations, but received no replies and no nominations. One person told her, “The Democratic Party can’t stand in the election this time; don’t take part.”
28 Nov 2023光傳媒#8705
Former Liaison Office Social Work Department deputy head Kam Fai (HYK) Law enters district election, declares registered social worker with no political affiliations
去年仍任職中聯辦社工處副處長的羅錦輝，今年成為區議會中西區地委會的候選人。他報稱任職註冊社工，沒有政治聯繫。43歲的羅錦輝參選前一個月動作頻頻，除了成為西營盤關愛隊的隊長，亦擔任「香港中西區關愛服務及社區發展基金」聯席主席，該基金9月新成立已籌得逾千萬元，當中恒地捐200萬元。政府發言人回覆《光傳媒》時，未有正面回應羅錦輝的背景，僅稱區議會資格審查委員會認為全部候選人符合法定要求和條件，他們的提名有效。
Kam Fai (HYK) Law, who was still serving as deputy head of the Social Work Department of the Liaison Office last year, became a candidate for the Central and Western District Council district committee this year. He declared that he was a registered social worker with no political affiliations. The 43-year-old Kam Fai (HYK) Law was active in the month before standing for election: besides becoming captain of the Sai Ying Pun Care Team, he also became co-chairman of the Hong Kong Central and Western District Care Services and Community Development Fund. The fund was newly established in September and had raised more than $10 million, including a $2 million donation from Henderson Land. In a reply to Light Media, a government spokesperson did not directly respond to questions about Kam Fai (HYK) Law’s background, saying only that the District Council Eligibility Review Committee considered all candidates to meet the statutory requirements and conditions, and that their nominations were valid.
24 Nov 2023獨媒#8695
LegCo research: Loss of young civil servants ‘accelerating markedly’; resignations multiply after anti-extradition bill protests
公務員事務局周一（20日）向立法會一個委員交代公務員編制和辭職狀況，並在文件引述數字，指去年度辭職率為2.2%，較前一個年度的2.1%微增，形容「辭職率已見放緩」。不過，立法會秘書處一份研究資料就揭示另一番景象，去年流失的10,126公務員當中，有18%是35歲以下；35歲以下的公務員流失率，自2019年後持續攀升，每年流失人數由2019年961人，倍增至去年1,821人。研究報告更形容24至35歲以下的流失「明顯加速」。
The Civil Service Bureau told a Legislative Council committee on Monday (20th) about the civil service establishment and resignation situation, citing figures showing that the resignation rate was 2.2% last year, a slight increase from 2.1% in the previous year, and describing the rate as having “slowed”. However, a Legislative Council Secretariat research document presented a different picture. Of the 10,126 civil servants who left last year, 18% were aged under 35. The attrition rate among civil servants aged under 35 has continued to rise since 2019, with the number leaving increasing from 961 in 2019 to 1,821 last year. The research report further described the attrition among those aged 24 to under 35 as having “accelerated markedly”.
23 Nov 2023光傳媒#8686
District Election Feature | Failure to Report Facebook Election Advertisements May Be Unlawful — District Election Candidate: “As Far as I Know, It’s Not Necessary”
《光傳媒》昨（22日）報道荃灣「地區委員會」界別候選人莫遠君指，仍在準備選舉宣傳，故零申報選舉廣告。《光傳媒》發現，他曾多次在Facebook專頁分享另一位候選人的帖文，卻沒有依例申報。他辯稱：「據我所知就唔使（申報）嘅」。但根據選舉管理委員會的選舉活動指引列明，在社交網絡發布促使候選人當選的訊息，屬於選舉廣告，要作出申報。
Gwong Media reported yesterday (22nd) that Yuen Kwan Mok, a candidate in the Tsuen Wan District Committees constituency, said he was still preparing his election publicity and therefore declared zero election advertisements. Gwong Media found that he had shared posts by another candidate multiple times on his Facebook page but had not made the required declarations. He argued: “As far as I know, it’s not necessary [to declare them].” However, the Electoral Affairs Commission’s guidelines on election-related activities state that messages published on social networking platforms to induce the election of a candidate constitute election advertisements and must be declared.
22 Nov 2023獨媒#8679
Jimmy Wing Ka Ng criticises mainland online platforms for smearing Hong Kong as a “ruins of an international financial centre”, urges Commerce and Economic Development Bureau to follow up
立法會今早辯論《施政報告》致謝議案，經民聯議員吳永嘉繼昨日一個委員會會議，今日在大會再次提到，有內地公開網絡平台出現抹黑香港、十分不公道的說法，竟揶揄香港是「國際金融中心遺址」等，再次要求商務及經濟發展局向內地反映，積極跟進該類負面評論，包括刪帖，並全面宣揚本港與一國兩制的特殊地位及優勢，「喺內地說好香港故事」。
The Legislative Council debated the motion of thanks for the Policy Address this morning. Following a committee meeting yesterday, Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong lawmaker Jimmy Wing Ka Ng again said in the full Council that public online platforms on the mainland had published highly unfair remarks smearing Hong Kong, including mocking it as a “ruins of an international financial centre”. Jimmy Wing Ka Ng again urged the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau to relay the matter to the mainland and actively follow up on such negative comments, including deleting the posts, while comprehensively promoting Hong Kong’s special status and advantages under “one country, two systems” and “telling Hong Kong’s story well in the mainland”.
22 Nov 2023光傳媒#8683
District Council Election Feature | Less Than a Month Before Polling, Candidate Admits “I Haven’t Done Any Publicity Yet”; 15 Suspected of Declaring Zero Election Advertisements
距離區議會選舉不足一個月，《光傳媒》統計選舉事務處網站資料，截至11月15日，20位候選人未在中央平台申報過選舉廣告、亦沒有向選舉主任遞交選舉廣告。其中一位是荃灣「地區委員會」界別候選人莫遠君，他承認零宣傳，「我未有宣傳住」。有候選人則否認零申報，指是選舉事務處出錯。根據處方20日更新資料，申報選舉廣告為零的候選人減至15人。參加過4次區選的資深議員形容，選舉零廣告是不正常，可能是候選人自覺勝券在握。
With less than a month to go before the District Council election, data from the Electoral Affairs Office’s website compiled by Photon Media showed that, as of 15 November, 20 candidates had not declared any election advertisements on the central platform or submitted any election advertisements to the returning officer. One of them was Yuen Kwan Mok, a candidate in the Tsuen Wan District Committees constituency, who admitted having done no publicity, saying: “I haven’t done any publicity yet.” Some candidates denied having made no declarations, saying the Electoral Affairs Office had made an error. According to the office’s data updated on the 20th, the number of candidates declaring zero election advertisements had fallen to 15. A veteran councillor who had contested four District Council elections described having no advertisements in an election as abnormal, suggesting that the candidates might feel confident of victory.
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