4 Jan 2024光傳媒#2770
South China Morning Post Chinese Reporter ‘Only Allowed to Observe’ Taiwan Election, Not Report; Mainland Affairs Council: Linking It to Press Freedom Without Understanding Our Procedures
據《南華早報》今日（4日）報道，該報一名中國籍記者被台灣政府通知，只能「觀察」大選，不能進行任何相關報道，該名記者最終取消到台灣的行程。報道指有關禁令是「前所未有」，並引述不具名的台灣官員指，相關規定是基於大選的「敏感性」和「國安考量」。陸委會副主委兼發言人詹志宏今午於記者會上指，現行規定中國籍人士赴台必須專案申請，並批評相關記者「不了解我們的程序就扯到新聞自由」。
The South China Morning Post reported today (the 4th) that a Chinese national reporter from the newspaper was informed by the Taiwan government that he could only “observe” the election and could not conduct any related reporting. The reporter ultimately cancelled his trip to Taiwan. The report described the ban as “unprecedented” and quoted an unnamed Taiwanese official as saying the relevant rules were based on the election’s “sensitivity” and “national security considerations”. Mainland Affairs Council Deputy Minister and spokesperson Chien Chih-hung said at a press conference this afternoon that under the current rules, Chinese nationals travelling to Taiwan must submit a special-case application, and criticised the reporter for “linking it to press freedom without understanding our procedures”.
31 Dec 2023獨媒#2758
Mong Kok Sino Centre manga shops stop selling BL comics; owner says police received school complaint and “advised” all titles be removed
網民日前在社交網站表示，在旺角信和中心漫畫店集中地無法買得BL（Boys' Love ）漫畫，引起熱列討論。有漫畫店主向《獨媒》表示，有未成年的學生購買書籍後帶回學校被發現，校方通知警方，該書送審後被評為第三類物品，向任何人發布即屬違法。警方上周五（12月22日）到信和中心，逐間漫畫店搜查，並「建議」不應出售BL漫畫。警方回覆《獨媒》表示，當警方接獲任何投訴，定必依法調查。若然發現有違法行為，定將果斷執法。
Netizens said on social media in recent days that they were unable to buy BL (Boys’ Love) comics at the cluster of manga shops in Mong Kok’s Sino Centre, prompting heated discussion. A manga shop owner told InMedia that an underage student had bought a book and taken it back to school, where it was discovered. The school notified the police, and after the book was submitted for review, it was classified as a Category III article; publishing it to any person would therefore be unlawful. Last Friday (December 22), police went to Sino Centre and searched the manga shops one by one, “advising” them not to sell BL comics. In response to InMedia, police said that whenever they received a complaint, they would investigate in accordance with the law. If any unlawful acts were found, they would take decisive enforcement action.
31 Dec 2023renews#2759
People’s Daily-affiliated Global People magazine says it has ‘doxed’ Agnes Chow, claiming she has been bad since childhood
周庭宣布棄保流亡，原本要回港報到的期限 28 日屆滿，中國官方《人民日報》選下的《環球人物》雜誌，昨日（30 日）刊登「報道」，聲稱「起底」周庭，形容她「從小壞到大」，又稱香港網民對她「賣國求榮的行徑恨之入骨」，聲稱網民譏諷她是「裝純賣萌扮可愛，暴力無腦又媚外的花瓶」。
After Agnes Chow announced that she would abandon bail and remain in exile, the 28th deadline for her to return to Hong Kong to report expired. Global People magazine, affiliated with China’s official People’s Daily, published a ‘report’ yesterday (30th) claiming to have ‘doxed’ Chow. It described her as having been ‘bad from childhood to adulthood’, and said Hong Kong netizens ‘hate her acts of selling out the country for personal gain to the core’. It also claimed that netizens mocked her as a ‘vase who pretends to be innocent, acts cute and plays at being adorable, while being violent, brainless and fawning on foreigners’.
27 Dec 2023光傳媒#2735
Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute to Conduct Phone Polls Once Every Two Months; No One Paid, Chung Ting-yiu Says Objective Public Opinion Data Are “Not Much Use”
香港民研昨（27日）舉行記者會，宣布未來民意調查將「減產」。香港民研主席鍾庭耀表示，自7月啟用數據查冊平台以來，部份數據可付費下載，但從未有人付款。考慮民研資源和未來發展，決定減少電話民調頻率，由每月一次減至每兩個月一次。被問及減產是否與政治因素有關，他慨嘆民意數據對現時香港社會「係冇乜作用」。
The Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute held a press conference yesterday (27th), announcing that it would scale back its opinion polling. Chairperson Chung Ting-yiu said that since the data access platform was launched in July, some data had been available for paid download, but no one had ever paid for it. Taking into account the institute’s resources and future development, it had decided to reduce the frequency of its telephone polls from once a month to once every two months. Asked whether the reduction was related to political factors, he lamented that public opinion data were “not much use” in present-day Hong Kong society.
22 Dec 2023獨媒#2718
Judiciary Selects Two Court of Final Appeal Appeals for Online Live-Streaming Trial Next Month; Rewatching Allowed but Use Prohibited
司法機構今日（22日）宣布，已選定兩宗明年1月10及16日的終審法院上訴案件，試行在網上現場直播法庭程序，測試現場直播安排的技術可行性。公眾屆時可在終審法院網站觀看該兩宗選定案件的網上直播，網站之後亦會保存影片保存兩至三天以方便重看，但強調公眾包括傳媒不得錄製或使用現場直播片段作任何用途。
The Judiciary announced today (22nd) that it had selected two Court of Final Appeal appeal cases, scheduled for 10 and 16 January next year, for a trial of live-streaming court proceedings online to test the technical feasibility of the arrangements. The public will be able to watch live streams of the two selected cases on the Court of Final Appeal website. The website will subsequently retain the videos for two to three days to facilitate rewatching, but the Judiciary stressed that members of the public, including the media, must not record or use any part of the live streams for any purpose.
18 Dec 2023光傳媒#2684
Washington Post: Andy Li abused during detention in China, testified against Jimmy Lai after returning to Hong Kong
《華盛頓郵報》今（18日）發表獨家調查報道，指「12港人案」之一的李宇軒被中國拘留期間遭虐待，日間被迫盤腿坐在混凝土櫈子，晚上在不同時間突然被叫醒。報道引述7位知情人士表示，從李宇軒的牢房一直能聽到尖叫聲。李宇軒返港後，成為證人指證《壹傳媒》創辦人黎智英。港府發言人回覆《華郵》指，不考慮客觀事實而提出相反看法完全是無稽之談。中國國家公安局和深圳市公安局則未回應查詢。
The Washington Post published an exclusive investigative report today (18th) alleging that Andy Li, one of the “12 Hong Kong fugitives”, was abused while detained in China. He was forced to sit cross-legged on a concrete bench during the day and was suddenly woken at different times during the night. Citing seven people familiar with the matter, the report said screams could be heard continuously from Li’s cell. After returning to Hong Kong, Li became a witness against Jimmy Lai, founder of Next Digital. A Hong Kong government spokesperson told the Washington Post that presenting opposing views without regard to the objective facts was completely absurd. China’s national public security bureau and the Shenzhen Public Security Bureau did not respond to inquiries.
16 Dec 2023Channel C#2679
11th CUHK News Awards | Defunct Stand News wins three awards; all related reports taken down
第十一屆「中大新聞獎」今（16 日）舉行頒獎禮，已停運近2年的《立場新聞》憑「南丫海難」報道獲「最佳視像專題獎」大獎；「保安系統三高官飯局違限聚令被罰款」報道獲「最佳視像新聞獎」大獎，及「恒大高層涉向入境處兩高官送禮籃」報道獲「最佳文字新聞獎」優異獎。
The 11th CUHK News Awards presentation ceremony was held today (16th). Stand News, which ceased operations nearly two years ago, won the Best Video Feature Award grand prize for its report on the Lamma ferry disaster; the grand prize for the Best Video News Award for its report that three senior security officials were fined for violating the ban on gatherings at a dinner; and a Merit Award for the Best Written News Award for its report that senior executives of Evergrande were suspected of sending gift baskets to two senior Immigration Department officials. All the related reports have been taken down.
15 Dec 2023獨媒#2678
Chris Tang: Filming offenders’ “noble sharing”; calling it a “televised confession” is insulting
無綫電視早前播出由警務處協助拍攝的電視節目《有法安國》，先後有中槍「健仔」曾志健及唐英傑做「主角」。保安局局長鄧炳強被問是否仿效內地「電視認罪」，他指相關「分享」反映犯事者真心悔改，他批評若有人將「善意、崇高分享」說成不好的事，「我覺得係對佢哋真心悔改嘅一份悔辱」。鄧炳強仍然不否認、也不承認早前周庭透露以「內地遊」取回護照的做法，是否屬實。
TVB earlier broadcast the programme “A Country Secured by Law”, filmed with the assistance of the Police, featuring the shot Tsang Chi Kin Tsang Chi-kin and Tong Ying-kit as its “main subjects” at different times. Asked whether this was modelled on mainland China’s “televised confessions”, Secretary for Security Chris Tang said the “sharing” reflected the offenders’ sincere repentance. He criticised anyone who described the “well-intentioned, noble sharing” as something bad, saying he believed this was an insult to their sincere repentance. Tang still neither denied nor admitted whether the method earlier disclosed by Agnes Chow—retrieving her passport through a “mainland trip”—was true.
14 Dec 2023hkfeature#2666
Multiple Independent Bookstores Repeatedly “Visited” and Warned by Government Departments
多間獨立書店被政府部門連番「問候」及警告
Multiple independent bookstores were repeatedly “visited” and warned by government departments.
13 Dec 2023獨媒#2656
Accused of “Massacring” Hong Kong Heritage Museum and Losing Its Collections, LCSD Strongly Condemns and Denounces False Statements
康文署發嚴正聲明，指網上有涉嫌海外組織及人士，指當局決定清拆香港文化博物館，及稱必然丟失大量關乎香港文化的重要檔案和藝術品，對保存香港文化遺產構成嚴重威脅，強烈譴責該些別有用心人士發放虛假言論。
The Leisure and Cultural Services Department issued a stern statement saying that certain allegedly overseas-based organisations and individuals had claimed online that the authorities had decided to demolish the Hong Kong Heritage Museum and that large quantities of important archives and artworks relating to Hong Kong culture would inevitably be lost. The department strongly condemned the ill-intentioned individuals for disseminating false statements, saying they posed a serious threat to the preservation of Hong Kong’s cultural heritage.
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