1 Jun 2021獨媒#1375
League of Social Democrats to Boycott 2021 LegCo Election; Avery Ng: “Don’t Expect to Get Communist Party Nomination”
社民連宣布不會參與2021年立法會選舉，是《2021年完善選舉制度（綜合修訂）條例》刊憲後，首個表明杯葛立法會選舉的泛民主派政黨。
The League of Social Democrats announced that it would not participate in the 2021 Legislative Council election, becoming the first pan-democratic party to state that it would boycott the LegCo election after the 2021 Improving Electoral System (Consolidated Amendments) Ordinance was gazetted.
26 Apr 2021RTHK#1348
RTHK: Assistant Director of Broadcasting Brandon Kwok Fung Chau resigns, leaves on July 9
香港電台證實，助理廣播處長（電台及節目策劃）周國豐已因家庭理由提出請辭，7月9日正式離任。
RTHK confirmed that Assistant Director of Broadcasting (Radio and Programme Planning) Brandon Kwok Fung Chau had resigned for family reasons and would formally leave on July 9.
30 Mar 2021立場新聞#1301
[Castrated Election] Election Committee Adds Seats for District Fight Crime and Fire Safety Committees; All Members Appointed by Home Affairs Department, Including Many Unsuccessful Pro-establishment Candidates
人大常委會全票通過修訂《基本法》附件一及二，大幅度修改選委會及立法會產生辦法。其中選委會廢除全數區議員代表，新增地區分區委員會、地區撲滅罪行委員會、地區防火委員會，合共有 156 席代表。該3 個委員會合共逾 2500 名委員均由民政事務總署署長委任。
The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress unanimously approved amendments to Annexes I and II of the Basic Law, substantially changing the methods for forming the Election Committee and the Legislative Council. The Election Committee will abolish all seats for district councillor representatives and add seats for district committees, district fight crime committees and district fire safety committees, with 156 representative seats in total. More than 2,500 members of the three committees will all be appointed by the Director of Home Affairs.
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.
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.
29 Jan 2021立場新聞#1210
Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office and Liaison Office Name and Blast New Bar Association Chairman Paul Harris, Accusing Him of Challenging Beijing and Speaking Up for Hong Kong Independence
本月當選的大律師公會主席夏博義接受多間傳媒專訪，質疑國安法損香港法治，會游說政府修改部分條文。中聯辦、港澳辦先後發文炮轟，指控他仇視中共，以英藉之便勾結外國勢力干涉香港，形容其目的是隔擋香港撥亂反正，挑戰香港憲制秩序，對抗中央。
Hong Kong Bar Association Chairman Paul Harris, elected this month, gave interviews to several media outlets, questioning whether the National Security Law had harmed the rule of law in Hong Kong and saying he would lobby the government to amend some provisions. The Liaison Office and the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office issued statements attacking him in turn, accusing him of hostility towards the Chinese Communist Party and of using his British citizenship to collude with foreign forces to interfere in Hong Kong. They described his aim as obstructing Hong Kong’s efforts to restore order, challenging Hong Kong’s constitutional order and opposing the central authorities.
27 Jan 2021眾新聞#1203
Xi Jinping stresses governing Hong Kong by patriots; phrase “implementing the two systems” disappears, timing of Hong Kong and Macau duty reports differs
港澳特首改用視像方式向中國國家主席習近平及總理李克強述職。在中央可能修改香港特首及立會選舉制度的強硬吹風下，習近平稱香港必須始終堅持「愛國者治港」，才能落實中央對港全面管治權及維護憲法及《基本法》確立的憲制秩序。習近平過去三年會見林鄭時，都有提及要堅持或全面準備貫徹一國兩制，今年類似字眼消失，直接提醒要堅持「愛國者治港」。
The chief executives of Hong Kong and Macau used video links to report on their work to Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang. Amid strong indications that the central authorities may amend Hong Kong’s electoral systems for the chief executive and Legislative Council, Xi said Hong Kong must always uphold “governing Hong Kong by patriots” in order to implement the central authorities’ overall jurisdiction over Hong Kong and safeguard the constitutional order established by the Constitution and the Basic Law. In each of his meetings with Carrie Lam over the past three years, Xi had mentioned the need to uphold or fully prepare to implement “one country, two systems”. This year, similar wording disappeared, with Xi directly reminding Hong Kong to uphold “governing Hong Kong by patriots”.
12 Jan 2021明報#1162
Without mentioning separation of powers, Andrew Cheung refers to judicial independence seven times on taking office as Chief Justice; says courts interpret National Security Law according to established principles
終審法院新任首席法官張舉能履新致辭時，七度提及「司法獨立」，但未提過往曾在判辭提及的「三權分立」，解釋因此詞語過於政治化，不宜評論。他說司法獨立是指法官不應受外界不當影響，又回應《港區國安法》對法治影響，表示香港法庭會按一貫原則詮釋國安法；對於被告可送內地審訊，他以不評論條文為由無回應。
In his inaugural speech as the new Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal, Andrew Cheung Kui-nung referred to “judicial independence” seven times but did not mention “separation of powers”, which he had previously referred to in judgments. He explained that the term had become overly politicised and that it was inappropriate to comment on it. He said judicial independence meant that judges should not be subject to improper external influence. Responding on the impact of the National Security Law on the rule of law, he said Hong Kong courts would interpret the law according to established principles. He declined to respond to whether defendants could be sent to the mainland for trial, saying he would not comment on the provisions.
1 Jan 2021聞庫(立場)#1134
DPP David Cheuk Yin Leung formally leaves office after disagreement with Teresa Cheng; William Yiu Ho Tam to act
去年年中請辭的刑事檢控專員梁卓然正式離任。據政府刊憲，副刑事檢控專員譚耀豪將署任刑事檢控專員職務至3月31日。
Director of Public Prosecutions David Cheuk Yin Leung, who resigned in the middle of last year, has formally left office. According to a government gazette notice, Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions William Yiu Ho Tam will act as Director of Public Prosecutions until March 31.
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