5 Sept 2025集誌社#7266
Swire Beverages strike | Union committee member sacked after crash; over 100 workers strike for a day as dismissal is withdrawn and suspension imposed
一名香港太古可口可樂的貨車司機，上月在將軍澳倒車時，發生交通意外，撞倒一名行人。香港太古可口可樂昨（4日）以公司安全指引「倒車時未有穿戴安全帶」為由，即時解僱該車手。太古飲料(香港)職工總會指，公司過往甚少解僱發生交通意外的員工，涉事車長同為工會理事會成員，工會今（ 5 日） 早上在公司門外發起無限期罷工，約百多員工支持，工會要求公司取消解僱涉事車長、承諾對外勤同事工作上遇到檢控，作出法律支援及承擔等。 警方指現場為非法集會。
勞資雙方舉行會議後，公司讓步，撤回解僱安排，以停職等候判決，期間會支付底薪。公司同意不會處分罷工同事，只作無薪處理，並表示會檢討「安全條款」，加強培訓，日後也會設立「法律顧問」，給同事諮詢，日後如有罷工，會在五日前通知。工人結束罷工，明日（6日）復工。
A truck driver for Swire Coca-Cola Hong Kong was involved in a traffic accident in Tseung Kwan O last month while reversing, knocking down a pedestrian. Swire Coca-Cola Hong Kong dismissed the driver yesterday (4th), citing the company’s safety guideline that he had not worn a seatbelt while reversing. The Swire Beverages (Hong Kong) Employees’ Union said the company had rarely dismissed employees involved in traffic accidents in the past, and that the driver was also a union committee member. The union launched an indefinite strike outside the company this morning (5th), with more than 100 employees supporting it. It demanded that the company cancel the driver’s dismissal and commit to providing legal support and assuming responsibility when field staff faced prosecution in the course of their work. Police said the gathering at the scene was an unlawful assembly.
After the two sides held a meeting, the company conceded and withdrew the dismissal, placing the driver on suspension pending the judgment while continuing to pay his basic salary. The company agreed not to discipline the striking employees, but to treat the time as unpaid, and said it would review the “safety clause”, strengthen training, and establish a “legal adviser” service to provide consultations for employees. It also said that five days’ notice would be given in future if there was a strike. The workers ended the strike and will return to work tomorrow (6th).
5 Sept 2025集誌社#7267
Blacklisting Candace Chong｜Performing arts academy meets students; senior officials take a detour to avoid media
資深編劇莊梅岩早前公開批評，演藝學院抽起其訪問、又勸阻她在音樂劇演出後謝幕，批評校董會「拿著放大鏡」找「軟對抗」，校方則一直未有正式回應是否「封殺」莊梅岩；校方昨向學生發短訊，稱因「特殊情況」，學校高層將與學生「會面溝通」。校董會主席、校長等人今午與學生閉門會面，職員多次表示不會回應傳媒，會面結束後，高層未有從正門離開、「兜路走」拒見記者。
綜合與會學生，校方在會上多次重申事件「溝通有問題」，變相承認莊梅岩指控屬實，又引述校方指下指示的人已離開學校，形容「成件事嘅發生係一個好蠢嘅藉口」，又肯定日後學生能演出莊的劇本。演藝學院傍晚以電郵回覆傳媒，指「有關部門在內部溝通及處理流程確有未盡完善之處」，會汲取經驗、檢討機制。
Veteran playwright Candace Chong earlier criticised the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts for pulling an interview with her and discouraging her from taking a curtain call after a musical performance. She accused the school’s governing council of “holding a magnifying glass” to look for “soft resistance”. The academy has not formally responded to whether it was “blacklisting” Chong. The school sent students a text message yesterday saying that, due to “special circumstances”, senior school officials would “meet and communicate” with them. The governing council chair, the president and others held a closed-door meeting with students this afternoon. Staff repeatedly said they would not respond to the media, and after the meeting the senior officials did not leave through the main entrance, instead taking a “detour” to avoid reporters.
According to students who attended, the school repeatedly said at the meeting that there had been “problems with communication”, effectively acknowledging that Chong’s allegations were true. They also quoted the school as saying that the person who gave the instructions had left the school, describing the whole incident as “a very stupid excuse”, and assuring them that students would be able to perform Chong’s scripts in future. The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts replied to the media by email in the evening, saying that “the relevant departments’ internal communication and handling procedures were indeed not fully完善”, and that it would learn from the experience and review its mechanisms.
4 Sept 2025獨媒#7255
As One Moves to Tai Nan Street Shop; Founder Kong Wai Chu: “We’ll Keep Going for as Long as We Can”
前區議員朱江瑋創辦網購平台「如一」，開業四年曾多次「搬舖」，目前旺角店位於旺角好望角大廈，惟6月中旬獲業主通知不獲續租，原址全層租出作補習社，需於8月31日出遷出。「如一」決定首次離開商場，在太子大南街設地舖，昨日起（9月3日）試業。
「如一」門市曾多次獲不同部門關注，朱江瑋表示，曾向原業主爭取租用好望角其他單位，惟並不成功，引述稱業主「驚警察上門」。最終「如一」新店選址大南街，新舖位花費約20萬，「做啲自己覺得啱嘅嘢，做得幾耐得幾耐」。
Former district councillor Kong Wai Chu founded the online shopping platform “As One”. In its four years of operation, it has moved premises several times. Its current Mong Kok shop is in Ho Wang Kok Building, but the landlord notified it in mid-June that the lease would not be renewed. The entire floor at the original site was rented to a tutorial centre, and the shop had to vacate by 31 August. “As One” decided to leave a shopping centre for the first time and open a ground-floor shop on Tai Nan Street in Prince Edward. It began a trial opening yesterday, 3 September.
The “As One” shop had attracted attention from various departments on several occasions. Kong Wai Chu said it had sought to rent another unit in Ho Wang Kok Building from the original landlord, but was unsuccessful, quoting the landlord as saying they were “afraid the police would come to the door”. The new “As One” shop was ultimately located on Tai Nan Street, at a cost of about $200,000. Kong Wai Chu said: “We’ll do what we feel is right and keep going for as long as we can.”
4 Sept 2025明報#7256
Schools respond to live-streamed military parade; students say a strong military ensures national security
教育局上月向全港中小學發通函，鼓勵學校昨日舉行升國旗儀式及唱國歌，以及收看閱兵儀式直播，昨日有不同學校響應。署理教育局長施俊輝表示，閱兵儀式是最好的國安教育，冀學生可傳承愛國情懷。有參與的學生認為國強才能國安，將來會投身紀律部隊貢獻國家。
施俊輝：歷史是最好教科書
昨日多間學校舉行升旗禮，並安排學生觀看閱兵直播，包括中華基督教會協和小學（長沙灣）及香港教育工作者聯會黃楚標中學等。香港專業進修學校更邀請同學及老師為直播旁述，向200名師生講解中國軍備。負責旁述的學生帥斌華表示，歷史不能遺忘及重演，認為只有中國的影響力日漸強大，對未來戰爭規則才有改寫的能力，世界和平才有保障，「強軍才能國安」。
施俊輝昨到愛國教育支援中心出席抗戰勝利紀念日儀式，席上他感謝學界積極響應局方號召，認為閱兵儀式是最好的國家安全及愛國主義教育，「歷史是最好的教科書」，又稱香港在抗戰期間擔當重要角色，展現出不屈不撓的愛國精神。
他又說，國家能走上繁榮昌盛的道路使人民安居樂業，並在國際舞台上舉足輕重，這些成果均得來不易，冀學生珍惜並傳承先烈的愛國之情，好好裝備自己，為國家未來發展作貢獻。
Last month, the Education Bureau issued a circular to all primary and secondary schools in Hong Kong encouraging them to hold flag-raising ceremonies, sing the national anthem and watch a live broadcast of the military parade yesterday. Various schools responded. Acting Secretary for Education Jeff Chun Fai Sze said the parade was the best national security education and hoped students would carry on the patriotic spirit. Participating students said that a strong country and military were necessary for national security, and some said they would join the disciplined services in future to contribute to the country.
Several schools held flag-raising ceremonies and arranged for students to watch the live broadcast, including CCC Heep Woh Primary School (Cheung Sha Wan) and HKFEW Wong Cho Bau Secondary School. Hong Kong College of Technology also invited students and teachers to provide commentary on the broadcast, explaining China’s military equipment to 200 teachers and students. Student commentator Shuai Binhua said history must not be forgotten or repeated, and that only if China’s influence continued to grow would it be able to reshape the rules of future wars and safeguard world peace. He said, “A strong military ensures national security.”
Jeff Chun Fai Sze attended a Victory Day of the War of Resistance commemorative ceremony at the Patriotic Education Support Centre yesterday. He thanked the education sector for actively responding to the bureau’s appeal, saying the parade was the best national security and patriotic education and that “history is the best textbook”. He also said Hong Kong had played an important role during the War of Resistance, demonstrating an unyielding patriotic spirit.
He added that the country’s progress towards prosperity had enabled its people to live and work in peace and contentment and had given it considerable weight on the international stage. These achievements had not come easily, and he hoped students would cherish and carry on the patriotic feelings of those who came before them, equip themselves well and contribute to the country’s future development.
3 Sept 2025Yahoo#7246
Privacy watchdog asks Google to remove search results over alleged disclosure of undercover officer’s identity; Google refuses, citing lawful journalism
Google 發布最新《公開資訊報告》，顯示香港政府在去年下半年共提出 36 次移除內容的要求，涉及 126 個項目，最終有 41 個項目被移除。其中一宗個案涉及個人資料私隱專員公署，要求 Google 移除 7 個網站搜尋結果，稱揭露一名臥底警察姓名及大學等資訊，但 Google 認為相關內容屬於合法新聞活動，最終沒有下架。
警方提出的移除要求最多
《報告》指出，自 2011 年以來，Google 收到來自香港政府的移除要求共 430 次，涉及 2,001 個項目。最新數字統計去年下半年，即 2024 年 7 月 至 12 月，由警方提出的移除要求最多，有 23 次，其次是私隱專員公署，有 7 次。
Google’s latest Public Information Report shows that the Hong Kong government made 36 requests to remove content in the second half of last year, involving 126 items. Ultimately, 41 items were removed. In one case, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data asked Google to remove seven website search results, saying they disclosed an undercover police officer’s name, university and other information. Google considered the content part of lawful journalistic activity and ultimately did not remove it.
Police made the most removal requests. The report said that since 2011, Google had received 430 removal requests from the Hong Kong government involving 2,001 items. The latest figures cover July to December 2024. Police made the most requests, with 23, followed by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, with seven.
3 Sept 2025追新聞#7247
9.3 Beijing Parade | Correctional Services Department Arranges for Inmates to Watch Parade, “Enhancing National Pride and Patriotic Spirit”
北京周三（3日）舉行大規模閱兵儀式，慶祝抗日戰爭勝利80周年，香港特區政府總動員，由特首李家超到幾乎全體司局長都有親身出席。在香港，大批中小學生被校方安排收看閱兵直播，就連牆內的在囚人士亦不能倖免，懲教署要求各院所囚友收看閱兵儀式，令他們「進一步提升民族自豪感及愛國精神」。
Beijing held a large-scale parade on Wednesday (the 3rd) to mark the 80th anniversary of the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government mobilised across the board, with Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu and almost all bureau secretaries and directors attending in person. In Hong Kong, large numbers of primary and secondary students were arranged by their schools to watch a live broadcast of the parade; even inmates behind prison walls were not spared. The Correctional Services Department required inmates in all institutions to watch the parade, enabling them to “further enhance their national pride and patriotic spirit”.
3 Sept 2025集誌社#7248
Suppressing Zhuang Meiyan, Part 2 | Musical “The Passionate Youth’s Music and Road” Once Barred Her from Taking a Curtain Call; Academy Board Adds Three Pro-Police Members
日前揭演藝抽走校慶訪問的資深舞台劇編劇莊梅岩，今日再發文公開，由她編劇的音樂劇《奮青樂與路》上月公演，她一度被負責人勸阻在開幕表演後上台謝幕，引述對方稱「收到指令，不可以讓我上台謝幕」，遭她嚴詞拒絕。莊批評演藝校董會換屆下，「拿著放大鏡在演藝學院找軟對抗」、干擾音樂劇，質疑「這個荒誕的社會不單令人失去理性，而是失去人性。」
翻查資料，演藝學院校董會去年起換屆，由行政長官任校監委任三名新成員和副主席，包括監製兼導演高志森、前裁判官黃汝榮、前警務處副處長任達榮，三人皆有「撐警」背景。演藝學院晚上回覆查詢，沒直接回應是否封殺莊梅岩，只稱感謝莊梅岩對製作的付出，又指「莊校友當晚有與其他製作團隊成員一同在台上謝幕」、名字有出現於場刊，而海報設計「是希望把焦點放在參與演出的學生身上」。
After the Academy was recently revealed to have withdrawn a video interview with veteran playwright Zhuang Meiyan for its anniversary celebrations, she posted again today to disclose that the musical “The Passionate Youth’s Music and Road”, which she wrote, was staged last month. She was once advised by a person in charge not to go on stage for a curtain call after the opening performance. She quoted the person as saying, “I received instructions that I could not let you go on stage for a curtain call,” which she firmly rejected. Zhuang criticised the turnover of the Academy’s board of governors, saying that people were “looking for soft resistance at the Academy with a magnifying glass” and interfering with the musical. She questioned whether “this absurd society not only causes people to lose their rationality, but also their humanity.”
Records show that the Academy’s board of governors has undergone changes since last year, with the Chief Executive, in his capacity as Chancellor, appointing three new members, including a vice-chairman: producer and director Ko Chi-sum, former magistrate Symon Yu Wing Wong, and former Deputy Commissioner of Police Peter Tat Wing Yam. All three have pro-police backgrounds. The Academy replied to enquiries tonight without directly addressing whether it had suppressed Zhuang, saying it thanked her for her contribution to the production. It also said that “the alumna took a curtain call on stage together with other members of the production team that evening”, that her name appeared in the programme, and that the poster design “was intended to place the focus on the students taking part in the performances.”
2 Sept 2025獨媒#7240
Former Wan Chai Police Station bus stop renamed International Organization for Mediation
中央發起的國際調解院，總部落戶香港，位於舊灣仔警署。翻新工程已經完成，並於8月1日起正式交付國際調解院籌備辦公室。
位於總部外告士打道的巴士站，過往巴士公司曾命名為「灣仔警署」及「菲林明道」，2011年因應灣仔警署遷往金鐘，改稱「舊灣仔警署」。
隨國際調解院即將啟用，城巴於上月29日起巴士站站名改稱「國際調解院」 (International Organization for Mediation)，而九巴亦於8月31日起更名。
The International Organization for Mediation, initiated by the central authorities and headquartered in Hong Kong, is located at the former Wan Chai Police Station. Renovation work has been completed, and the premises were officially handed over to the Preparatory Office of the International Organization for Mediation on 1 August.
The bus stop on Gloucester Road outside the headquarters was previously named “Wan Chai Police Station” and “Fleming Road” by bus companies. In 2011, following the relocation of the Wan Chai Police Station to Admiralty, it was renamed “Former Wan Chai Police Station”.
With the International Organization for Mediation set to begin operations, Citybus renamed the stop “International Organization for Mediation” from 29 last month, while KMB also renamed it from 31 August.
2 Sept 2025獨媒#7241
DAB stages touring exhibition marking 80th anniversary of victory in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression; Chan Hok-kin hopes young people can experience Chinese people’s perseverance across time and space
今年是抗戰勝利80周年，民建聯舉辦「銘記歷史、緬懷先烈、珍愛和平、開創未來」巡迴展覽，民建聯主席陳克勤表示，希望透過活生生的事例，讓未曾經歷戰爭的年青人，「跨越時空感受到當時中國人嘅堅毅同埋勇敢」。
This year marks the 80th anniversary of victory in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. The Democratic Alliance for Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong is holding a touring exhibition titled “Remember History, Commemorate the Martyrs, Cherish Peace and Create the Future”. DAB chairman Chan Hok-kin said he hoped vivid examples would enable young people who had not experienced war to “cross time and space to feel the perseverance and courage of the Chinese people at that time”.
2 Sept 2025集誌社#7242
Social worker who posted ‘Liberate Hong Kong’ image struck off for six months after board overturns reprimand
社工註冊局去年七月修例改組後，至今已有 30 名社工被註銷註冊。《集誌社》統計， 20 宗與社運有關，最新個案，涉一名社工，於 2020 年在社交媒體發佈「光時」照。「新社工局」收投訴，一月開紀律聆訊。該社工在 2023 年已刪相，註冊局紀律委員會建議書面譴責及記錄在案，註冊局推翻「原判」，改判「釘牌」半年，成為首宗沒涉刑事，而遭釘牌的個案。
社工註冊局回覆指，該社工涉違《社工註冊條例》第 25 條 1A 的「在專業方面有失當或疏忽行為」，若收到指定表格的投訴，會循違紀程序處理，但不評論個別情況。社會工作者總會主席張志偉對註冊局的「改判」感失望，反問「要個委員會嚟做咩？」
此外，社工註冊局上月也公布，有社工因與服務對象發生多次性行為，因在紀律研訊不抗辯，表達悔意和對投訴人歉意，獲酌情減輕判處被釘牌三年；也有社工因冒簽私吞受助人應急錢，被釘牌五年。
Since the Social Workers Registration Board was reorganised following amendments last July, 30 social workers have had their registrations cancelled. Statistics compiled by The Collective Newsroom show that 20 of the cases were related to the social movement. In the latest case, a social worker posted an image bearing the words “Liberate Hong Kong; revolution of our times” on social media in 2020. The “new Social Workers Registration Board” received a complaint and held a disciplinary hearing in January. The social worker deleted the image in 2023. The board’s disciplinary committee recommended a written reprimand and that the matter be recorded, but the board overturned the original decision and instead struck the social worker off the register for six months. It is the first case involving no criminal offence in which a social worker has been struck off the register.
The Social Workers Registration Board said the social worker was alleged to have breached Section 25(1A) of the Social Workers Registration Ordinance, concerning “misconduct or neglect in a professional respect”. It said complaints submitted on the designated form would be handled under disciplinary procedures, but declined to comment on individual cases. Chi Wai (1965) Cheung, chairperson of the Hong Kong Social Workers’ General Union, said he was disappointed by the board’s “revised decision” and asked, “What do we need the committee for?”
The Social Workers Registration Board also announced last month that a social worker who had engaged in sexual activity with a service user on multiple occasions was struck off for three years. The penalty was reduced at the board’s discretion because the social worker did not contest the allegations at the disciplinary inquiry and had expressed remorse and apologised to the complainant. Another social worker was struck off for five years for signing on someone else’s behalf and misappropriating emergency funds intended for a service recipient.
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