18 Mar 2021立場新聞#1278
National security education enters UGC-funded universities as UGC demands compulsory inclusion in bid for places and resources
《立場新聞》獲悉，教資會針對 2022 至 2025 年度的 3 年期「優配學額」計劃，已按慣例向相關資助大學發出「啟動籌劃信件」（Start Letter），列出政府要求的「宏觀規劃指標」，包括要求將《港區國安法》教育列為必修。據悉，上月初磋商相關議題的教資會會議，教育局局長楊潤雄亦有出席。教育局回覆查詢時，稱不會就揣測性報導作評論。
Stand News learned that, under the three-year “優配學額” scheme for 2022 to 2025, the University Grants Committee (UGC) has, as usual, issued “Start Letters” to the relevant UGC-funded universities, setting out the government’s “macro planning indicators”. These include a requirement to make education on the Hong Kong National Security Law compulsory. It is understood that Secretary for Education Kevin Yeung Yun-hung also attended a UGC meeting early last month to discuss the issue. In response to enquiries, the Education Bureau said it would not comment on speculative reports.
9 Mar 2021立場新聞#1267
[“Castrated Election”] Carrie Lam: Amendments to be completed before next March’s chief executive election; time is tight and top priority
人大會議審議「完善香港選舉制度」相關草案。行政長官林鄭月娥接受內地媒體訪問時，表明會在明年3 月特首選舉前完成相關修例及選舉安排。她未有透露修改選舉制度的具體內容，僅指其中一個重點是要設立制度，審核或證明候選人資格，確保立法會及特首選舉參選人均符合「愛國者」的條件。
The National People’s Congress meeting considered draft legislation related to “improving Hong Kong’s electoral system”. In an interview with mainland media, Chief Executive Carrie Lam said the relevant legislative amendments and electoral arrangements would be completed before next March’s chief executive election. She did not disclose specific details of the changes to the electoral system, saying only that one focus was to establish a system to vet or certify candidates’ qualifications, ensuring that all candidates in Legislative Council and chief executive elections met the conditions of being “patriots”.
5 Mar 2021立場新聞#1263
Kevin Yeung: Met UGC-funded university presidents to discuss implementing National Security Law education; “curriculum and arrangements” to change next academic year
教育局局長楊潤雄出席立法會教育事務委員，指已與數名資助大學校長會面，商討在校內實踐《國安法》中防範、制止違害國安行為的要求，以及如何推行國安法教育。楊潤雄透露，下學年「新開始」之時，「大家都會見到課程同安排有啲改變」，而處理資助大學的《國安法》教育之後，下一步將輪到自資院校。
Secretary for Education Kevin Yeung attended a meeting of the Legislative Council Panel on Education and said he had met several presidents of UGC-funded universities to discuss implementing on campus the requirements under the National Security Law to prevent and suppress acts endangering national security, as well as how to promote National Security Law education. Yeung said that at the “new beginning” of the next academic year, “everyone will see some changes to the curriculum and arrangements”. After addressing National Security Law education at UGC-funded universities, the next step would be self-financing institutions.
4 Mar 2021立場新聞#1259
[Two Sessions open] Xia Baolong reportedly to meet Hong Kong CPPCC members tonight, expected to discuss electoral system
綜合多間傳媒引述消息，港澳辦主任夏寶龍晚上在北京接見一眾港區政協委員，料談及「完善」選舉制度。全國政協副主席、前特首梁振英在北京接受港台專訪時，提到香港需要完善選舉制度，以確保選舉結果做到「愛國者治港」。
Multiple media outlets, citing sources, reported that Xia Baolong, director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office, would meet a group of Hong Kong members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in Beijing tonight. He was expected to discuss “improving” the electoral system. In an interview with RTHK in Beijing, Leung Chun-ying, vice-chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and a former chief executive, said Hong Kong needed to improve its electoral system to ensure that election results achieved “patriots governing Hong Kong”.
27 Feb 2021RTHK#1247
Power for Democracy announces cessation of operations and dissolution, says coordination work has fulfilled its historic mission
多次協調民主派參與本地選舉，包括去年立法會初選的組織民主動力，宣布停止運作及解散。
Power for Democracy, which repeatedly coordinated the participation of pro-democracy parties in local elections, including last year’s Legislative Council primary, announced that it would cease operating and dissolve.
24 Feb 2021立場新聞#1241
[Budget] First $8 Billion Set Aside for “Safeguarding National Security”; Spending to Cover “Coming Years”, Departments Involved Unclear
政府發表財政預算案，撥款80億元用於未來數年「維護國家安全」開支。據國安法條文，有關開支及涉及的人員編制不受香港現行法律規定限制。
The Government announced its Budget, allocating $8 billion for “safeguarding national security” expenditure over the coming years. Under provisions of the National Security Law, the relevant expenditure and the personnel establishment involved are not subject to restrictions under Hong Kong’s existing laws.
24 Feb 2021眾新聞#1242
Budget Allocations: Overseas Economic and Trade Offices’ Budget Up 70% to Promote Hong Kong; Police Add $260m for Special-Purpose Vehicles; RTHK Cut by $40m
政府發表財政預算案，律政司預算開支為25億元，當中刑事檢控預算較上一年修訂預算增加32%至10.9億元；警務處的年度預算為250.6億元，較去年增加約18億元，較大增幅在於購置和更換警隊特別用途車輛；香港電台預算減少4.6%至9.95億元，比去年減少約4千萬元，當中在公共事務及綜合電視節目的預算，比去年修訂預算減少9.2%。
The Government released its Budget. The Department of Justice’s estimated expenditure is $2.5 billion, with the budget for criminal prosecution rising 32% from the previous year’s revised estimate to $1.09 billion. The Police’s annual budget is $25.06 billion, an increase of about $1.8 billion from last year, with the larger rise mainly attributable to the purchase and replacement of special-purpose police vehicles. Radio Television Hong Kong’s budget is reduced by 4.6% to $995 million, about $40 million less than last year. Its budget for public affairs and general television programmes is down 9.2% from last year’s revised estimate.
22 Feb 2021眾新聞#1239
Beijing signals major overhaul of Hong Kong elections; Xia Baolong: opposing the Communist Party equals being unpatriotic, statutory bodies must also be controlled by patriots
港澳辦主任夏寶龍在北京一個關於愛國者治港的研討會上發言，指「香港的管治權必須掌握在愛國者手中」，並點名有激進分離勢力通過立法會、行政長官選舉委員會、區議會等平台散播港獨主張，抗拒中央管治，煽動對內地不滿情緒，肆意阻撓政府施政。他提出五個整頓香港選舉制度的原則，包括尊重中央主導權、不簡單照搬外國選舉制度，以及確保行政、立法、司法等重要法定機構都必須由愛國者把持。
Xia Baolong, director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office, said at a seminar in Beijing on governing Hong Kong by patriots that “the power to govern Hong Kong must be held by patriots”. He named radical separatist forces as having used platforms including the Legislative Council, the Election Committee for the Chief Executive and district councils to spread calls for Hong Kong independence, resist the central government’s governance, stir up dissatisfaction with the mainland and wilfully obstruct the government’s administration. He put forward five principles for rectifying Hong Kong’s electoral system, including respecting the central government’s leading role, not simply copying foreign electoral systems, and ensuring that important statutory bodies, including the executive, legislature and judiciary, must all be controlled by patriots.
19 Feb 2021立場新聞#1236
[RTHK Reckoning]: Commerce Bureau report slams “deficiencies” in editorial management; proposes staff code governing off-duty conduct and government committee consultation on editorial guidelines
商務及經濟發展局去年5月宣布成立專責小組，就港台的管治及管理進行內部檢討，今日舉行記者會公布檢討報告，批評港台在編輯管理、評估服務表現、人員管理、財務等六方面多處不足，如「問責意識薄弱」，總編輯及高層管理人員「角色被動」。
The Commerce and Economic Development Bureau announced last May that it would establish a task force to conduct an internal review of RTHK’s governance and management. At a press conference today, it released the review report, criticising RTHK for multiple shortcomings in six areas, including editorial management, service performance assessment, personnel management and finances. These included a “weak sense of accountability”, while the editor-in-chief and senior management were described as having “passive roles”.
19 Feb 2021立場新聞#1237
[Purging RTHK] Leung Ka-wing’s Contract Terminated Early; Home Affairs Bureau Deputy Permanent Secretary Li Pak-chuen Takes Charge of RTHK
政府宣布與廣播處處長梁家榮提前解約，無傳媒經驗的民政事務局副秘書長李百全於 3 月 1 日起接任及掌管香港電台。政府與梁家榮的聘任合約原於本年 8 月屆滿，被問到為何提前解約，商務及經濟發展局僅指決定是經雙方同意，未有進一步解釋原因。
The Government announced the early termination of its contract with Director of Broadcasting Leung Ka-wing, with Home Affairs Bureau Deputy Permanent Secretary Li Pak-chuen, who has no media experience, taking over and overseeing Radio Television Hong Kong from 1 March. The Government’s employment contract with Leung Ka-wing was originally due to expire in August this year. Asked why the contract was terminated early, the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau only said the decision was made by mutual agreement and gave no further explanation.
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