26 Aug 2025光傳媒#7211
Sharp Drop in Opinion Polls as Multiple Research Organisations End Surveys on Chief Executive and Officials’ Popularity
民意調查、民望這些字眼，過往大家可能常常在新聞聽到，但在現今的社會環境下，部分民調機構不惜大減民調數量，甚至避開「民望」等敏感議題。2月宣布無限期擱置所有自費研究的香港民意研究所則形容，「紅線處處」令機構和受訪者卻步；香港研究協會就表示，去年終止特首及官員民望調查，是避免民望被「有心人」利用「嘩眾取寵」。中大學者李立峯憂慮，若連不太敏感的政策都缺乏民調，或影響政府制定政策時評估民情。
香港民意研究所、中大香港亞太研究所，以及香港研究協會，過去是本港最主要的民調機構，統計顯示，三間研究所公開發表的民調近半年愈趨減少。以香港研究協會為例，去年曾發表14份調查結果，包括「市民對特首、司局長及特區政府滿意度評分調查」、「市民對2024年特首李家超《施政報告》的期望調查」等；而今年截至7月底，僅發表過3份報告，包括「市民對利是錢及新年消費的意見調查」、「市民對2025至26年度財政預算案的期望調查」及「市民對社會發展概況的意見調查」。
The terms “opinion polls” and “popularity ratings” may once have been frequently heard in the news, but amid the current social environment, some polling organisations have sharply reduced the number of surveys they conduct and even avoided sensitive issues such as “popularity ratings”. The Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute, which announced in February that it would indefinitely suspend all self-funded research, said that “red lines everywhere” had deterred both the organisation and respondents. The Hong Kong Research Association said it ended its surveys on the popularity of the Chief Executive and officials last year to prevent popularity ratings from being used by “people with ulterior motives” for “sensationalism”. Li Lifeng, a scholar at CUHK, expressed concern that if even relatively non-sensitive policies lacked opinion polls, this could affect the Government’s assessment of public sentiment when formulating policies.
The Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute, the Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies at CUHK, and the Hong Kong Research Association were previously Hong Kong’s three main polling organisations. Statistics show that the number of polls publicly released by the three institutes has declined increasingly over the past six months. The Hong Kong Research Association, for example, released 14 survey results last year, including a “Survey on Public Satisfaction Ratings of the Chief Executive, Secretaries of Departments and Directors of Bureaux, and the HKSAR Government” and a “Survey on Public Expectations of Chief Executive John Lee’s 2024 Policy Address”. As of the end of July this year, it had released only three reports, including a “Survey on Public Views of Lai See Money and Chinese New Year Spending”, a “Survey on Public Expectations of the 2025–26 Budget”, and a “Survey on Public Views of Social Development”.
26 Aug 2025集誌社#7215
Lingnan University Students’ Union | Members say police searched them and security confiscated orientation publications; university says activity was unauthorised
嶺南大學昨（25日）舉行開學禮，有學生會成員稱在大學門外派發迎新刊物期間被警員截查，校園保安亦沒收同學手持刊物、提醒新生「內容不盡正確」。嶺大臨時編委署理總編輯表示對事件感到憤怒和不解，質疑校方是否有權力收走編委出版刊物，擔心事件會造成寒蟬效應，令其他學生組織噤聲。另外，嶺大學生會晚上宣布原定於 8 月尾舉行的迎新營，因場地方「不可抗力因素」無法按計劃舉行。
嶺大回覆時未有回應校方是否報警、為何要沒收刊物等，僅重複上月發出的聲明，指學生會為外部註冊社團，未獲授權於校內進行任何活動。《集誌社》向警方查詢是否接獲校方報案、基於甚麼理由行動等，仍候回覆。
Lingnan University held its opening ceremony yesterday (25th). A Students’ Union member said that members were stopped and searched by police while distributing orientation publications outside the university, and that campus security confiscated publications held by students and reminded freshmen that the “content was not entirely accurate”. The acting editor-in-chief of the interim editorial board said they were angry and puzzled by the incident, questioned whether the university had the authority to take away publications issued by editorial board, and feared the incident would create a chilling effect, silencing other student organisations. Separately, the Lingnan University Students’ Union announced last night that its orientation camp, originally scheduled for the end of August, could not be held as planned because of “force majeure factors” at the venue.
In its response, Lingnan University did not address whether the university had reported the matter to police or why the publications had been confiscated. It merely repeated a statement issued last month, saying that the Students’ Union was an externally registered society and had not been authorised to conduct any activities on campus. The Collective向警方查詢 whether the university had reported the matter to police and the reasons for the action, and was still awaiting a response.
25 Aug 2025BBC#7208
Bloomberg Hong Kong Correspondent Denied Visa Renewal; Foreign Correspondents’ Club Says Concerns Over Press Freedom Are Worsening
香港入境部門再次拒絕為外國記者發放工作簽證。
最新的一位涉事人為彭博新聞（Bloomberg）記者鍾碧琪（Rebecca Choong Wilkins），她已駐港6年，目前正放產假。
上周五，香港外國記者會（FCC）率先於（8月22日）發聲明公佈消息，指當局並未就其拒絕簽證續簽提供任何理由，加劇對香港新聞自由受侵蝕的擔憂。
彭博新聞發言人向BBC中文表示，不能評論個別情況，但指會全力支持鍾碧琪，並繼續透過適當渠道解決事件。
Hong Kong’s immigration authorities have again refused to issue a work visa to a foreign journalist.
The latest journalist involved is Bloomberg News reporter Rebecca Choong Wilkins, who has been based in Hong Kong for six years and is currently on maternity leave.
The Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Hong Kong, issued a statement last Friday (22 August) announcing the matter. It said the authorities had provided no reason for refusing to renew her visa, exacerbating concerns over the erosion of press freedom in Hong Kong.
A Bloomberg News spokesperson told BBC Chinese that the company could not comment on individual cases, but said it would fully support Choong Wilkins and continue to address the matter through appropriate channels.
22 Aug 2025集誌社#7198
Foreign media visa renewal denied｜Bloomberg journalist based in Hong Kong for six years refused work visa renewal; Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Hong Kong highly concerned
再有外媒記者被拒絕續領香港工作簽證，據了解涉彭博新聞 (Bloomberg) 一名自 2019 年起駐港的記者。香港外國記者會發聲明表示高度關注事件，指有關決定會加強社會對香港新聞自由的疑慮，表示遺憾。入境處則僅一如以往未有回應原因。《集誌社》正向彭博查詢，仍待回覆。
Another foreign media journalist has been refused renewal of a Hong Kong work visa. The journalist is understood to be with Bloomberg News and has been based in Hong Kong since 2019. The Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Hong Kong said in a statement that it was highly concerned about the incident, adding that the decision would heighten public concerns about press freedom in Hong Kong, and expressed regret. The Immigration Department, as usual, did not respond to questions about the reason. The Collective is making inquiries with Bloomberg and is awaiting a response.
22 Aug 2025獨媒#7201
EU Hosts Reception in Support of Ukraine; Only Legislator Paul Tse Attends
歐美的目光近日都落在俄烏和談以及戰後如何確保歐洲安全秩序的問題上。8月24日將是烏克蘭獨立日，歐盟駐香港及澳門辦事處今日舉行慶祝獨立酒會，歐盟駐港辦主任盧效偉致辭支持烏克蘭立場，任何國家不得以武力改變國際邊界，烏克蘭的領土及和平必須由烏克蘭自己做決定，「不能強加於烏克蘭，也不能在沒有烏克蘭的情況下決定」。出席酒會的有瑞典、意大利、德國和加拿大等各國駐港總領事；而立法會議員當中，僅謝偉俊出席。
With European and American attention focused recently on Russia-Ukraine peace talks and how to safeguard Europe’s security order after the war, the Office of the European Union to Hong Kong and Macao held a reception today to celebrate Ukraine’s Independence Day, which falls on 24 August. In his speech, the head of the EU Office in Hong Kong, Lo Hau-wai, supported Ukraine’s position, saying that no country should use force to change international borders, and that Ukraine itself must decide on its territory and peace: “It cannot be imposed on Ukraine, nor can it be decided without Ukraine.” The reception was attended by consuls general from Sweden, Italy, Germany, Canada and other countries. Among Legislative Council members, only Paul Tse attended.
22 Aug 2025BBC#7202
Leung Chun-ying “warns” Falun Gong practitioners; Finnish Foreign Ministry says intimidation unacceptable
中國全國政協副主席、香港前特首梁振英被指在芬蘭首都赫爾辛基「公開警告」會調查法輪功學員，芬蘭外交部對BBC中文證實該事件發生，並稱不能接受任何恐嚇行為。
法輪功群體發佈影片稱，8月13日，梁振英與妻子唐青儀在赫爾辛基西貝柳斯公園（Sibelius Park）對正在練功的法輪功學員「進行公開的言語恐嚇」。具備中國國家領導人身份的梁振英稱將調查對方。
芬蘭外交部形容這是一起「不幸事件」，法輪功關聯組織稱這是「中共跨國鎮壓的最新例證」。
BBC中文曾向中國香港特區前任行政長官辦公室尋求評論，截至星期五（22日）未獲回覆。
Leung Chun-ying, vice-chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and Hong Kong’s former chief executive, was accused of “publicly warning” Falun Gong practitioners whom he said he would investigate in Helsinki, Finland. The Finnish Foreign Ministry confirmed to BBC Chinese that the incident occurred and said it could not accept any acts of intimidation.
A Falun Gong group released a video alleging that on 13 August, Leung and his wife, Tang Ching-yi, carried out “public verbal intimidation” against Falun Gong practitioners who were practising in Helsinki’s Sibelius Park. Leung, who holds the status of a Chinese state leader, said he would investigate them.
The Finnish Foreign Ministry described the incident as an “unfortunate event”, while an organisation associated with Falun Gong called it the “latest example of the Chinese Communist Party’s transnational repression”.
BBC Chinese sought comment from the office of Hong Kong’s former chief executive in China’s Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, but had not received a reply by Friday the 22nd.
21 Aug 2025HK01#7191
Liang Wendao’s Mainland Podcast ‘Eight and a Half Minutes’ Reportedly Taken Down Across the Board; Multiple Social Media Accounts Blocked
香港著名文化人梁文道在內地的收費播客節目《八分半》被指疑因觸碰敏感議題，7月下旬在多個平台下架或清空內容。梁文道當時在回覆《香港01》查詢時表示，其團隊「只是幾個社交媒體平台上的帳號收到通知，暫時不准發布新內容15天」，又指8月6日應該就會如期恢復。
外媒《聯合早報》20日（周三）報道卻指，該節目在內地至今仍處於下架狀態，梁文道此前遭清空內容的多個官方社交媒體帳號也已被封禁。《香港01》已向梁文道就事件作出查詢，暫未獲回覆。
The paid mainland podcast programme ‘Eight and a Half Minutes’ by prominent Hong Kong cultural figure Liang Wendao was reportedly removed from, or had its content cleared on, multiple platforms in late July, allegedly because it touched on sensitive topics. In response to an inquiry from HK01 at the time, Liang said that his team had “only received notices that accounts on several social media platforms were temporarily prohibited from publishing new content for 15 days”, and said the programme should resume as scheduled on 6 August.
However, Singapore newspaper Lianhe Zaobao reported on the 20th (Wednesday) that the programme remains unavailable in mainland China, and that multiple official social media accounts whose content had previously been cleared have also been blocked. HK01 has contacted Liang for comment on the matter but has not yet received a reply.
20 Aug 2025Points Media#7188
HKU, HKUST and Tsinghua Co-host Xinjiang Forum; Speakers Reject Allegations of Forced Labour and Genocide
《棱角》獨家發現，香港大學的中國、人文與全球研究中心（China, Humanities, and Global Studies Research Hub）於周三（20 日）跟清華大學人文與社會科學高等研究所，以及香港科技大學社會科學部合辦「新疆全球比較視野 Global Comparative Pespective on Xinjiang」，批判「美國為首的西方政客及傳媒」聲稱當地有種族滅絕或專制管治，並在論壇提供反抗西方知識生產的反敘述（Counter-narratives）。
據了解，整個論壇由清華主導，僅獲邀者可參與，由早上八時一直開至晚上八時。
《棱角》留意到，與會的學者及作家與中國官方媒體口徑一致，有人曾經批評 2019 年香港反修例運動是「顏色革命」，亦有人參與由前西藏黨委副書記向巴平措領導的官辦非政府組織「中國人權研究會」，在聯合國人權理事會聲言西方及美國抹黑中國。
有研究中國及香港的社會學學者批評，這些信奉左翼馬克思主義的學者，近年越發傾向毛澤東主義，甚至成為中共的大外宣一部分。
「香港作為中西文化交流學術平台，香港在研究中國是前哨 … 香港可以發揮中共「白手套」的功能，以西方的左翼理論概念，批評西方殖民統治是污穢的，作為遮醜布掩飾、合理化或美化中共的極權高壓統治。」
《棱角》 exclusively found that the University of Hong Kong’s China, Humanities, and Global Studies Research Hub co-hosted “Global Comparative Pespective on Xinjiang” on Wednesday (the 20th) with Tsinghua University’s Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences and the Division of Social Science at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. The forum criticised claims by “Western politicians and media led by the United States” that there was genocide or authoritarian rule in Xinjiang, and presented counter-narratives challenging Western knowledge production.
The entire forum was understood to have been led by Tsinghua, with participation limited to invitees, and ran from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
《棱角》 noted that the participating academics and writers echoed the line of China’s official media. Some had previously criticised Hong Kong’s 2019 anti-extradition bill movement as a “colour revolution”, while others had participated in the official non-governmental organisation China Society for Human Rights Studies, led by former Tibet deputy Communist Party secretary Xiangba Pingcuo, and stated at the United Nations Human Rights Council that the West and the United States were smearing China.
A sociologist researching China and Hong Kong criticised these scholars, who adhere to left-wing Marxism, for having become increasingly inclined towards Maoism in recent years and even becoming part of the Chinese Communist Party’s external propaganda effort.
“Hong Kong, as an academic platform for exchanges between Chinese and Western cultures, is a frontline for research on China … Hong Kong can perform the function of the Chinese Communist Party’s ‘white glove’, using concepts from Western left-wing theories to criticise Western colonial rule as filthy, and using this as a fig leaf to conceal, rationalise or beautify the Chinese Communist Party’s totalitarian and repressive rule.”
19 Aug 2025獨媒#7173
Hong Kong Migrants in Australia Organise Hong Kong Film Festival: Laughing and Crying Together Overseas
港人移民潮下，香港電影是許多海外港人連結香港的一種方式。澳洲作為港人移民的一個熱門目的地，一群在澳洲居住的港人舉辦了「香港電影節（澳洲）」。搞手之一的阿詩指電影節是「由愛好者，為愛好者」，即由喜歡香港電影的人，為其他同樣喜歡香港電影的觀眾而舉辦，「好難得可以喺海外、喺一個戲院入面，同一班香港人聽住熟悉嘅語言，睇著熟悉嘅面孔，聽一啲大家都明嘅gag，一齊笑、一齊喊。」
Amid the wave of Hong Kong emigration, Hong Kong films have become one way for many overseas Hong Kong people to stay connected with Hong Kong. Australia is a popular destination for Hong Kong emigrants, and a group of Hong Kong people living there organised the Hong Kong Film Festival (Australia). One of the organisers, Ah Si, said the festival was “by enthusiasts, for enthusiasts”—organised by people who enjoy Hong Kong films for audiences who enjoy them too. “It’s a rare opportunity to be overseas, in a cinema, listening to a familiar language with a group of Hong Kong people, watching familiar faces, hearing gags that everyone understands, and laughing and crying together.”
19 Aug 2025獨媒#7181
Ted Hui and Tony Chung granted protection by Australia and UK; Eric Chan summons consuls to voice strong dissatisfaction
被港府懸紅通緝的前立法會議員許智峯，他上周六表示其和太太、兒女及父母已獲澳洲批出庇護身份；同被懸紅通緝的鍾翰林在上周日亦表示，獲英國內政部確認難民身份。港府表示強烈反對，政務司司長陳國基昨日更召見澳洲駐港總領事韋嘉鋒及英國駐港總領事戴偉紳，嚴正反對任何國家以任何形式包庇罪犯，並對以任何藉口包庇罪犯的行徑表示強烈不滿，斥兩國該行徑是徹徹底底地踐踏法治原則和違反法治精神，絕不利香港特區和兩地政府的關係。
Former Legislative Council member Ted Hui, who is wanted by the Hong Kong government with a bounty offered, said last Saturday that he, his wife, children and parents had been granted protection status by Australia. Tony Chung, who is also wanted with a bounty offered, said the following Sunday that the UK Home Office had confirmed his refugee status. The Hong Kong government expressed strong opposition. On Monday, Chief Secretary for Administration Eric Chan Kwok-ki summoned Australian Consul-General Wai Ka-fung and British Consul-General Tai Wai-sun, voicing serious opposition to any country sheltering criminals in any form and strong dissatisfaction with conduct that sheltered criminals under any pretext. He condemned the conduct of the two countries as utterly trampling on the principles of the rule of law and violating its spirit, saying it was not conducive to relations between the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the governments of the two countries.
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