14 Nov 2024集誌社#4238
Lingnan University Council Election｜Acting Student Union President Disqualified for ‘Self-Promotion Through Unofficial Channels’
《嶺南大學條例》去年被修訂，當中取消由學生會會長出任校董會當然成員及諮議會成員，改由學生互選產生、再由校董會委任。修例後的首次校董會本科生代表選舉，原定今日（14日）舉行，學生會署理會長賴卓賢是參選人之一，昨突被校方取消參選資格，指他「以非官方途徑進行自我宣傳」(promoting himself through unofficial channels) 屬違反選舉規則，並宣布教務會學生代表由唯一候選人學生盧鄭愛娃當選。
賴卓賢昨晚在社交媒體發文，指校方接獲實名投訴，舉報他在校園範圍內張貼宣傳海報、在社交媒體進行宣傳、接受傳媒訪問，校方裁定違規後未有給予其申訴機會。他批評校方口頭禁止候選人作公開宣傳，選舉規例又未有明文列明，他因此而被取消資格「是極為荒謬」；又表示已就事件諮詢法律意見，考慮申請司法覆核。嶺大回覆指，確認收到實名投訴，經查證後證實候選人透過非官方渠道進行自我宣傳，因而取消其參選資格。
The Lingnan University Ordinance was amended last year, removing the provision that the president of the Students’ Union would serve as an ex officio member of the Council and a member of the Court. The arrangement was changed so that the representatives would be elected by students and then appointed by the Council. The first undergraduate representative election for the Council following the amendment was originally scheduled for today (14th). Lai Cheuk-yin, the acting president of the Students’ Union, was one of the candidates, but the university abruptly disqualified him yesterday, saying that he had breached the election rules by “promoting himself through unofficial channels”. It subsequently announced that student Lo Cheng Oi-wa, the sole candidate, had been elected as the student representative on the Academic Board.
Lai Cheuk-yin wrote on social media last night that the university had received complaints made under the complainants’ real names, alleging that he had put up publicity posters on campus, promoted himself on social media and accepted media interviews. He said the university had ruled that he had breached the rules without giving him an opportunity to appeal. He criticised the university for verbally prohibiting candidates from conducting public promotion while the election regulations did not expressly state this, saying that his disqualification was “extremely absurd”. He also said he had sought legal advice on the matter and was considering applying for judicial review. Lingnan University said it confirmed receiving complaints made under the complainants’ real names and, after investigation, established that the candidate had promoted himself through unofficial channels, leading to his disqualification.
17 Sept 2024獨媒#4054
Tse Sai-kit’s Appointment to Social Workers Disciplinary Committee Revoked; Complaint Filed with Ombudsman
社工註冊局「完善」後，隨即修訂社工紀律委員會備選委員名單，新名單在9月6日刊憲，除勞工及福利局局長孫玉菡早前點名的陳虹秀被剔除外。「抗河蟹社工」、近年主力保育大嶼山的謝世傑亦被剔出名單。謝世傑在事前未有收到通知，他在發現事件後去信註冊局查詢，日前獲回覆稱因應修例，原有委任已告失效。謝世傑去信申訴專員公署投訴，認為涉違法及違反程序公義。
After the Social Workers Registration Board was “overhauled”, it revised the list of alternate members of the Social Workers Disciplinary Committee. The new list was gazetted on September 6. Besides Chan Hung-sau, who had earlier been named by Secretary for Labour and Welfare Sun Yuk-han, “anti-censorship social worker” Tse Sai-kit, who has focused mainly on Lantau conservation in recent years, was also removed from the list. Tse Sai-kit had not been notified beforehand. After discovering the matter, Tse Sai-kit wrote to the Registration Board for clarification and recently received a reply saying that the original appointment had become invalid following the legislative amendment. Tse Sai-kit then wrote to the Office of the Ombudsman to complain, alleging that the matter involved breaches of the law and procedural justice.
13 Sept 2024集誌社#4047
Social Workers Registration Board permanently strikes off Chung Kam-lun and Si Tak-lai; barrister Jeffrey Chun Kit Tam not reappointed to disciplinary committee
新社工註冊局上任後，據悉有七名紀律委員會備選委員小組的成員「任命失效」，除了捲暴動案的社工陳虹秀、活躍社運，正就新田發展環評提司法覆核的「抗河蟹」社工謝世傑外，據《集誌社》了解，另一名委員、大律師譚俊傑，也不獲「續任」。翻查資料，譚俊傑有民主黨背景，多次為反修例運動案件的被告辯護。此外，47 人案罪成的被告鍾錦麟和施德來，上月中已被社工註冊局永久釘牌。
After the new Social Workers Registration Board took office, it is understood that the appointments of seven members of the reserve panel for the disciplinary committee became “invalid”. Apart from social worker Chan Hung-sau, who was involved in a riot case, and “anti-cover-up” social worker Tse Sai-kit, who is active in social movements and is seeking a judicial review of the environmental impact assessment for the San Tin development, The Collective Newsroom understands that another member, barrister Jeffrey Chun Kit Tam, was also not reappointed. Records show that Jeffrey Chun Kit Tam had Democratic Party links and had defended defendants in cases arising from the anti-extradition bill movement on multiple occasions. In addition, Chung Kam-lun and Si Tak-lai, defendants convicted in the 47-person case, were permanently struck off by the Social Workers Registration Board in the middle of last month.
9 Sept 2024集誌社#4031
Social Workers Registration Board DQs｜Second casualty after Chan Hung-sau: “anti-censorship” social worker Tse Sai-kit also removed from disciplinary committee
新社工註冊局的紀律委員會備選委員小組名單，上周五（6日）刊憲，據《集誌社》了解，除了捲暴動案的社工陳虹秀，另一社工謝世傑也被 DQ。謝世傑周一（9日）向社工註冊局查詢時，局方職員告訴他，新名單較舊名單少七人，日內會去信通知相關人士。
The list of alternate members of the disciplinary committee of the new Social Workers Registration Board was gazetted last Friday (6th). According to The Collective, apart from social worker Chan Hung-sau, who was involved in a riot case, another social worker, Tse Sai-kit, was also disqualified. When Tse Sai-kit contacted the Social Workers Registration Board on Monday (9th), a board staff member told him that the new list had seven fewer people than the old list and that the relevant individuals would be notified by letter in the coming days.
5 Jun 2024獨媒#3645
Nomination to Run for Hong Kong Journalists Association Chair Ruled Invalid; Online Media Editor Lee Man-nei Says Matter May Enter Legal Proceedings
香港記者協會執委會換屆在即，現任主席陳朗昇獲「溫馨提示」後宣布不爭取連任。上周五（5月31日）選舉提名期結束，記協收到兩人報名參選主席，當中包括網媒《透視報》主編李敏妮，記協指李的其中一名提名人撤銷提名，亦未能在限期前補上新提名，提名無效。李敏妮及後發文「投訴」記協，認為沒有給予足夠時間補交提名。《獨媒》過去一周兩度邀約李敏妮訪問，均被拒絕。她今日向《獨媒》稱「事件或許會進入法律程序」，並稱「會採取一切適當的行動」。
陳朗昇向《獨媒》表示，如李敏妮認為記協處事不公或有所投訴，可向獨立委任的選舉委員會投訴，委員會的成員完全獨立於執委會，會公正處理任何涉及記協選舉的投訴。
With the Hong Kong Journalists Association’s executive committee election approaching, incumbent chair Chan Long-sing announced that he would not seek re-election after receiving a “friendly reminder”. The nomination period ended last Friday (May 31), and the association received two applications to run for chair, including one from Lee Man-nei, editor-in-chief of online media outlet Tou Si Po. The association said one of Lee’s nominators withdrew the nomination and that she failed to submit a replacement nomination by the deadline, rendering the nomination invalid. Lee later posted a “complaint” about the association, saying she had not been given sufficient time to submit a replacement nomination. InMedia invited Lee for an interview twice over the past week, but she declined both times. She told InMedia today that “the matter may enter legal proceedings” and that she “will take all appropriate action”.
Chan Long-sing told InMedia that if Lee Man-nei believed the association had handled the matter unfairly or had a complaint, she could complain to the independently appointed Election Committee. He said the committee’s members were completely independent of the executive committee and would handle any complaints concerning the association’s election fairly.
3 Feb 2024獨媒#2933
Lunar New Year fairs open tomorrow; academic-linked shop’s stall disqualified and relocated, FEHD gives no reason
農曆新年將至，年宵市場將於周日開幕，是繼2019年後首次恢復乾、濕貨攤位。民主黨早前投得維園攤位後被食環署指競投無效，行政長官李家超評論事件時指投標人「心中有數」。但無緣年宵的不止民主派政黨，亦有商界及學界份子。「上水貨舖」在年宵舉行前五日收到食環署通知被DQ，署方沒有交代原因；而城大學生會旗下品牌「1985」則在成功投標當日即場被DQ。最終兩方均轉場在荃灣南豐紗廠辦年宵市集。
With the Lunar New Year approaching, the Lunar New Year fairs will open on Sunday, marking the first resumption of dry- and wet-goods stalls since 2019. After the Democratic Party successfully bid for a stall at Victoria Park, the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department said the tender was invalid. Commenting on the incident, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu said the bidders “knew it in their hearts.” But the pro-democracy party was not the only group excluded from the fairs; business and academic-sector figures were also affected. Sheung Shui Goods Shop was notified by the department that it had been disqualified five days before the fairs, without being given a reason. Meanwhile, the “1985” brand under the City University Students’ Union was disqualified on the spot on the day it successfully won its bid. Both ultimately relocated their fairs to Nan Fung Factory in Tsuen Wan.
20 Dec 2023獨媒#2698
Two CUHK Alumni Disqualified; Judicial Review Says They Were Denied Chance to Respond to Negative Reports, Alumni Council Questions Public Interest
前中大逸夫書院學生會會長謝煒洛及前中大學生會代表會主席孫昊賢，今年初參選校友評議會常務委員，惟遭常委會DQ，二人要求主席楊于銘交代理由不果。二人申請司法覆核，要求法庭宣布DQ決定違憲及程序不當，並予以撤銷。高院今（20日）進行聆訊。代表二人的大律師譚俊傑指，常委會DQ之前並未有披露針對二人的新聞報導和材料，以讓二人能作充份及針對性的回應。中大校友評議會一方則指，他們僅屬大學管治架構裡的一個附屬架構（sub-body），事件與實質公眾利益難言有關係，不屬司法覆核管轄範圍；再者二人並非挑戰DQ的決策基礎，只是挑戰程序上不當，法庭不應基於常委會未有交代理由而撤銷該DQ決定。
Tse Wai Lok, former president of the Shaw College Students’ Union, and former chairman of the CUHK Students’ Union Representative Council Anthony Suen stood for election to the Alumni Council’s Standing Committee early this year, but were disqualified by the Standing Committee. The two asked its chairman Kelvin Yu Ming Yeung to explain the reasons but received no response. They applied for judicial review, asking the court to declare the disqualification decision unconstitutional and procedurally improper, and to quash it. The High Court heard the case today (20th). Barrister Jeffrey Chun Kit Tam, representing the two, said the Standing Committee had not disclosed the news reports and materials concerning them before disqualifying them, so that they could provide full and targeted responses. The CUHK Alumni Council argued that it was merely a sub-body within the university’s governance structure, and that the case could hardly be said to concern a matter of substantial public interest, placing it outside the jurisdiction of judicial review. It further said that the two were not challenging the basis of the disqualification decision, but only the alleged procedural impropriety, and that the court should not quash the decision because the Standing Committee had not given reasons.
14 Nov 2023獨媒#8647
Democratic Party disqualified after winning Lunar New Year Fair stall; FEHD cites rule saying it need not give reasons
維園年宵攤檔今日進入第二日競投。民主黨主席羅健熙向《獨媒》表示，今日派職員參與競投，並成功投得一個攤位，惟被食環署通知競投無效，並以「參與競投的條件和規則」第10h條，指「政府保留絕對權利拒絕與任何投得攤位的人士簽訂特許協議，無須交代因由」。另外，民主黨副主席伍凱欣今日以個人名義成功投得攤位，同被食環署取消資格。她表示對此感到愕然，稱自己只是希望做些小生意，強調只是純商業運作。
The bidding for stalls at the Victoria Park Lunar New Year Fair entered its second day today. Democratic Party chairperson Lo Kin-hei told The Independent Media that the party sent a staff member to participate in the bidding and successfully won a stall, but the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department informed it that the bid was invalid. The department cited Rule 10(h) of the “Conditions and Rules for Participating in the Bidding”, which states that “the Government reserves the absolute right to refuse to enter into a concession agreement with any person who has won a stall, without giving reasons”. Separately, Democratic Party deputy chairperson Bonnie Hoi Yan Ng successfully bid for a stall in her personal capacity today, but was also disqualified by the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department. She said she was shocked, adding that she had only wanted to run a small business and stressing that it was purely a commercial operation.
6 Nov 2023法庭線#8611
Two Candidates Disqualified from CUHK Alumni Convocation Standing Committee Election Seek Judicial Review
中大校友評議會常委會，今年初被指在沒有提供理由下，取消 3 名中大校友的參選資格。其中兩人上周四（2 日）入稟高等法院提出司法覆核，要求法庭推翻常委會決定，及宣告該決定不合法及程序不當。
入稟狀透露，常委會曾開會討論兩人的參選資格，從新聞報道等得悉他們分別有反修例案底及曾被指發表分裂國家言論，最終沒給予機會二人解釋便作出「DQ」決定。入稟狀指，若他們有機會回應，會表明對案件有悔意，自己深愛香港，不會再採用暴力手段表達個人意見，亦會強調自己無意提倡分裂國家。
The Standing Committee of the CUHK Alumni Convocation was alleged to have cancelled the candidacies of three CUHK alumni early this year without giving reasons. Two of them filed for judicial review at the High Court last Thursday (the 2nd), asking the court to overturn the Standing Committee’s decision and declare it unlawful and procedurally improper.
The writ revealed that the Standing Committee had met to discuss the two candidates’ eligibility. After learning from news reports and other sources that they respectively had criminal records in anti-extradition bill cases and had previously been accused of making statements advocating secession, it ultimately made the “DQ” decision without giving them an opportunity to explain. The writ said that, if given the opportunity to respond, they would state that they regretted the cases, loved Hong Kong, would not use violence again to express their personal views, and had no intention of advocating secession.
9 Sept 2023大城誌#8346
Chan Tsz-wun’s New Work on Painful Memories, Originally Due for World Premiere Next Week, Has Its Screening Cancelled
原定下周在「跳格香港國際舞蹈影像節」世界首映的開幕短片《In Your Shoes》，被取消放映。大會周五公布，因「節目調動」緣故，兩套開幕短片將刪減為一套，《In Your Shoes》也在影展中放映無期。據知，該片曾申請電檢，亦收到處方要求的回覆，料涉及電檢問題。大會表示，不作回應。
The opening short film 《In Your Shoes》, originally scheduled to have its world premiere next week at the Jumping Frames Hong Kong International Dance Video Festival, has been withdrawn from screening. The organisers announced on Friday that, due to a “programme adjustment”, the two opening short films would be reduced to one, leaving no scheduled date for 《In Your Shoes》 to be screened at the festival. It is understood that the film had applied for film censorship and had also received a reply containing prescribed requirements, which is believed to involve censorship issues. The organisers said they would not comment.
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