18 Jul 2020獨媒#7780
【Education Purge】Teacher Who Drew Current-Affairs Cartoons Not Offered Contract Renewal, Reluctant to Leave Students: Wants to Watch Them Do Well in the DSE
繪時事漫畫教師不獲續約
A teacher who drew current-affairs cartoons was not offered a contract renewal.
17 Jul 2020獨媒#7776
Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute: Police May Have Taken Primary Polling Station Chiefs’ Data; Letter Sent Seeking Explanation
上周五民主派初選舉行前夕,警方上門搜查香港民意研究所辦公室。香港民研主席及行政總裁鍾庭耀表示,一個載有初選票站主任聯絡資料的文件可能被警方取走,已發信要求警方提供當日取走的資料的副本。
On the eve of last Friday’s pan-democratic primary, police searched the office of the Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute. Its chairman and chief executive, Chung Ting-yiu, said a document containing the contact details of the primary’s polling station chiefs might have been taken by police, and that he had written to the police requesting a copy of the information taken that day.
17 Jul 2020獨媒#7777
Councillors’ Work Reports Criticise National Security Law; Post Office Refuses to Mail Them, Yuen Siu-kin Condemns Political Censorship
民主黨立法會議員尹兆堅及屯門區議員馬旗的工作報告,疑因內容批評《港區國安法》,遭郵政署拒寄並沒收。兩人今(7月17日)召開記者會,抗議郵政署做「政治打手」,打壓言論自由。尹兆堅提到黨友甘乃威亦有同類遭遇,對連續出現政治打壓感憂慮,稱現時「已經唔係溫水煮蛙,係大滾水淥蛙」,但強調會追究到底,反擊白色恐怖。
The work reports of Democratic Party Legislative Council member Yuen Siu-kin and Tuen Mun District Councillor Kee Ma were allegedly refused delivery and confiscated by the Post Office because their contents criticised the Hong Kong National Security Law. The two held a press conference today (17 July) to protest against the Post Office acting as a “political hatchet man” and suppressing freedom of expression. Yuen Siu-kin said his party colleague Kam Nai-wai had experienced something similar, and expressed concern about the repeated occurrence of political suppression, saying that “it is no longer a frog being boiled slowly in warm water; it is a frog being scalded in boiling water”. He stressed that they would pursue the matter to the end and fight back against white terror.
16 Jul 2020聞庫(立場)#7772
Trump Signs Hong Kong Autonomy Act; Pro-establishment Camp Calls It Political Extortion and an Attempt to Create a Chilling Effect
美國總統特朗普於當地時間 13 日簽署《香港自治法》及行政命令,單方面取消或暫緩多項政策,包括暫停對港特殊待遇、凍結破壞香港民主自由的人士在美國的資產、暫緩港美引渡逃犯協議等。建制派立法會議員今日( 16 日)發表聯合聲明,表示強烈抗議及譴責美國的制裁行動。
US President Donald Trump signed the Hong Kong Autonomy Act and an executive order on the 13th local time, unilaterally cancelling or suspending a number of policies, including suspending Hong Kong’s special treatment, freezing in the United States the assets of people who undermine democracy and freedoms in Hong Kong, and suspending the Hong Kong–US agreement on the extradition of fugitives. Pro-establishment Legislative Council members issued a joint statement today (16th), expressing strong opposition to and condemnation of the US sanctions.
16 Jul 2020獨媒#7773
Kamm Nai-wai’s Work Report Allegedly Refused Postal Service over “★Restore Hong Kong” Wording
民主黨中西區區議員甘乃威的工作報告,懷疑因內容有「★復香港」字眼,被郵政署拒絕郵政通函服務。甘乃威表示,事件為從政以來首次遇到,強調不會為迎合政權「紅線」而修改字眼,「呢個字係我嘅底線,唔會改」,「cut走咗完全表達唔到我光復香港嘅想法」。
A work report by Democratic Party Central and Western District councillor Kamm Nai-wai was allegedly refused postal circular service by the Post Office because it contained the wording “★Restore Hong Kong”. Kamm said this was the first time he had encountered such an incident since entering politics. He stressed that he would not alter the wording to accommodate the authorities’ “red lines”: “This phrase is my bottom line; I won’t change it. Cutting it out would completely fail to express my idea of restoring Hong Kong.”
15 Jul 2020聞庫(立場)#7769
Kevin Yeung: 222 Teachers Complained Against for Professional Misconduct; 17 Reprimanded, 9 Given Written Warnings
教育局局長楊潤雄今日(15 日)在立法會回答民建聯周浩鼎的質詢指,去年六月至今年六月間,教育局共接獲 222 宗關於教師在社會事件中涉嫌專業失當的投訴。當局已大致完成 180 宗個案的調查,當中 63 宗投訴不成立。而成立的個案中,當局已向 17 名教師發出譴責、向 9 名教師發出書面警告,無教師被取消註冊資格。與今年 3 月底的數字相比,老師被投訴的個案增加了 30 宗。
Education Secretary Kevin Yeung said in response to a question from Holden Chow of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong in the Legislative Council today (15th) that the Education Bureau received 222 complaints between June last year and June this year alleging that teachers had committed professional misconduct in social incidents. The authorities have largely completed investigations into 180 cases, of which 63 complaints were found to be unsubstantiated. Among the substantiated cases, 17 teachers have been reprimanded and nine have been given written warnings. No teacher has had their registration cancelled. The number of cases in which teachers were complained against increased by 30 compared with the figure at the end of March this year.
15 Jul 2020獨媒#7770
Au Nok-hin Quits Work on Pro-democracy Primary, Citing Fears for Personal Safety
民主派初選發起人區諾軒今早在facebook宣布,因未能確保人身安全,退出初選一切工作。
Au Nok-hin, an initiator of the pro-democracy primary, announced on Facebook this morning that he was withdrawing from all work related to the primary because he could not ensure his personal safety.
13 Jul 2020獨媒#7767
Yan Shing Court ousts Incorporated Owners entrenched for over 20 years; 13-member residents’ team elected unanimously
粉嶺欣盛苑昨日(7月12日)召開特別業主大會,通過撤換盤踞屋苑超過20年的舊業主立案法團,由「欣盛同行」團隊13人補上。會前有居民派發單張反對,雙方一度爭執:「以前劉國勳唔會有呢啲嘢㗎,點解要嘥4萬蚊搞(特別業主大會)?」
Yan Shing Court in Fanling held a special owners’ meeting yesterday (July 12), which passed a motion to replace the old Incorporated Owners, which had been entrenched in the estate for more than 20 years. All 13 members of the “Yan Shing Together” team were elected to fill the positions. Before the meeting, some residents distributed leaflets opposing the move, and the two sides argued briefly. One resident said: “Liu Kwok-hung wouldn’t have had this sort of thing before. Why waste $40,000 on holding [the special owners’ meeting]?”
13 Jul 2020獨媒#7768
600,000 vote in primary as Benny Tai urges authorities to see that “Hong Kong people have never abandoned the pursuit of democracy”
民主派立法會初選晚上完成投票,負責協調和統籌的港大法律系副教授戴耀廷等人見記者,戴耀廷認為,投票的意義已較尋找民主派代表參選立法會為重要,因為在國安法立法下,仍有60萬港人無畏無懼,堅持發聲。他呼籲當權者看清楚,「港人從沒放棄追求民主。」
The pan-democratic camp’s Legislative Council primary completed voting on Sunday evening. Benny Tai, an associate professor in the University of Hong Kong’s Department of Law who was responsible for coordination and organisation, and others met reporters. Tai said the significance of the vote had become more important than finding representatives of the pan-democratic camp to contest Legislative Council elections, because even amid the enactment of the National Security Law, 600,000 Hong Kong people remained undaunted and persisted in making their voices heard. He urged those in power to see clearly that “Hong Kong people have never abandoned the pursuit of democracy.”
11 Jul 2020獨媒#7765
Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute refuses police seizure of computers; Chung Ting-yiu: “We have done nothing wrong”
民主派明日舉行立法會初選,警察網絡安全及科技罪案調查科晚上到香港民意研究所搜查,欲撿走辦公室內的電腦和文件。警方在搜查近六個多小時後仍未離開,香港民意研究所主席兼行政總裁鍾庭耀凌晨交代最新情況,表明研究所會努力捍衛個人資料,所以拒絕讓警方取走電腦,「我哋行得正企得正,攞走電腦即係唔能夠再運作。我哋依加係操作如常。」
The pro-democracy camp will hold a Legislative Council primary election tomorrow. The Police’s Cyber Security and Technology Crime Bureau searched the Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute in the evening and sought to seize computers and documents from its office. After more than six hours of searching, police had still not left. Institute chairman and chief executive Chung Ting-yiu explained the latest situation in the early hours, saying the institute would strive to protect personal data and had refused to let police take the computers: “We have done nothing wrong and stand upright; taking away the computers would mean we could no longer operate. We are operating as usual.”
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