28 Jul 2022獨媒#2277
Democratic Party Has No Intention of Running in LegCo By-election
4名選委界立法會議員早前加入政府，當局將舉行補選。民主黨表示無意參選，民主黨主席羅健熙對記者稱「無乜點諗過」，解釋指由於選委會界別的勝算不高，較難吸引黨友的興趣，所以參選機會不大。
Four Election Committee constituency Legislative Council members recently joined the Government, and the authorities will hold a by-election. Democratic Party chairman Lo Kin-hei told reporters that the party had "not really thought about it", explaining that its chances of winning in the Election Committee constituency were not high, making it difficult to attract interest from party members, so there was little chance of it running.
25 Jul 2022獨媒#2260
Education Bureau: Students must participate unless they have a broken leg or serious illness
立法會國民及國安教育小組委員會舉行首次會議。民建聯梁熙提到，公民科雖要求中學生必須參加內地交流團，惟該科目成績合格與否並不影響文憑試成績，憂交流團淪為不求成果的政策。教育局局長蔡若蓮回應指，希望透過減少考試壓力，幫助學生了解國家，故不以分數衡量學習成效；副秘書長康陳翠華則補充，交流團是必須參加的活動：「除非係跌跛咗隻腳或者重病，如果唔係基本上冇得opt out」。
The Legislative Council Subcommittee on National and National Security Education held its first meeting. Leung Hei of the Democratic Alliance for Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong noted that although the citizenship subject requires secondary students to participate in mainland exchange tours, whether they pass the subject does not affect their Diploma of Secondary Education Examination results. He expressed concern that the tours could become a policy pursued without seeking results. Secretary for Education Christine Choi said the aim was to help students understand the country by reducing examination pressure, and therefore learning outcomes were not assessed by marks. Deputy Secretary-General Tsui Wah Hong Chan added that the exchange tours were compulsory activities: “Unless you’ve fallen and broken a leg or are seriously ill, basically there’s no opting out.”
13 Jul 2022明報#2212
First “Front Office Exchange” held today; John Lee hopes it will mark a new starting point for improving executive-legislative relations
首場「前廳交流會」分為三節，早上9時15分開始，至10時45分結束。李家超會後表示，議員在會上指出一些實際問題，雙方交流坦誠，認為首次交流會已有成果，有信心日後能發揮得更好。
The first “Front Office Exchange” was divided into three sessions, beginning at 9:15am and ending at 10:45am. John Lee said after the meeting that lawmakers had raised some practical issues and that the exchanges between the two sides had been candid. He said he believed the first exchange had produced results and was confident that future exchanges could perform even better.
8 Jul 2022有線#2196
HK$5.76 million allocated for new Labour Department post to head Trade Unions Registry and ensure compliance with National Security Law
立法會財委會通過撥款，予勞工處開設首席主任，監察工會符合國安法。新增的首席勞工事務主任會擔任職工會登記局局長，加強維護國家安全，包括監察和巡查工會、宣傳《港區國安法》和修訂《職工會條例》，可以因應國家安全，取消職工會的登記。
The Legislative Council Finance Committee approved funding for the Labour Department to create a chief officer post to oversee trade unions’ compliance with the National Security Law. The new Chief Labour Officer will serve as the Registrar of Trade Unions and strengthen the safeguarding of national security, including by monitoring and inspecting trade unions, promoting the Hong Kong National Security Law and amending the Trade Unions Ordinance. The officer may cancel a trade union’s registration on national security grounds.
6 Jul 2022獨媒#2185
John Lee attends LegCo Q&A session for first time, announces monthly “front office exchange meetings”, four working groups and Chief Executive’s Policy Unit
行政長官李家超上任後首次出席立法會答問大會，他在會上稱將設立立法會每月「前廳交流會」，讓司局長與立法會議員定期交流。他又指政府將設立四個工作組，分別是「弱勢社群學生擺脫跨代貧窮行動小組」、「土地房屋供應統籌組」、「地區事項統籌工作組」及「公營房屋項目行動工作組」。有議員問及會否重設中央政策組時，李家超表示將設立「特首政策組」，協助他進行宏觀決策。
Chief Executive John Lee attended a Legislative Council Q&A session for the first time since taking office. He said the government would establish monthly “front office exchange meetings” at the Legislative Council, allowing bureau secretaries and directors to exchange views regularly with Legislative Council members. He also said the government would set up four working groups: the Action Task Force on Helping Students from Underprivileged Groups Escape Intergenerational Poverty, the Land and Housing Supply Coordination Group, the Working Group on District Matters Coordination, and the Action Working Group on Public Housing Projects. In response to a legislator’s question about whether the Central Policy Unit would be re-established, Lee said a Chief Executive’s Policy Unit would be set up to assist him with macro-level decision-making.
4 Jul 2022獨媒#2168
Lawmakers unhappy that only one mainland university is on overseas doctors’ recognition list; Medical Council blasted for having a “mindset that has yet to return”
立法會去年通過修訂法例，容許指定院校畢業的非本地培訓醫生來港工作5年後，在香港註冊成為醫生。目前香港只承認約50間海外院校的課程，當中內地只得復旦大學，當局指名單考慮因素之一是課程是否以英文授課。立法會一個委員會炮轟醫委會「思想未回歸」，小組主席張宇人更點名醫委會「衰到貼地」，千方百計阻撓非本地醫生註冊，明言會盡快約見醫務衞生局局長盧寵茂「嚴厲跟進」。
The Legislative Council passed amendments to the law last year allowing non-locally trained doctors who graduated from designated institutions to work in Hong Kong for five years before registering as doctors in Hong Kong. Hong Kong currently recognises courses offered by about 50 overseas institutions, of which only Fudan University is in the mainland. The authorities said one factor considered for the list was whether the course was taught in English. A Legislative Council committee condemned the Medical Council of Hong Kong for having a “mindset that has yet to return”. The committee’s chairman, James Tien, singled out the Medical Council as being “rotten to the core” and accused it of using every means to obstruct the registration of non-locally trained doctors. He said the committee would arrange to meet Secretary for Health Lo Chung-mau as soon as possible to “follow up rigorously”.
17 Jun 2022文匯報#2099
Arts Development Council election system to be revised; sector says it will ensure funded products meet national security requirements
香港藝術發展局大會將於年底屆滿，民政事務局回覆傳媒查詢時證實，特區政府將修改選舉制度。有業界人士接受大公文匯全媒體訪問時表示，修訂藝發局選舉制度符合「愛國者治港」大方向，能夠保證藝發局未來支持的機構和產品符合國家安全，而體演文出界選委具有豐富的經驗，相信可以選出專注於業界發展的人才，有助香港成為中外藝術文化交流中心。
The term of the Hong Kong Arts Development Council’s general assembly will expire at the end of the year. The Home Affairs Bureau confirmed in response to media enquiries that the HKSAR Government will revise the election system. Speaking to Ta Kung Wen Wei All Media, people in the sector said the revision was in line with the broad direction of “patriots governing Hong Kong” and would ensure that the organisations and products supported by the Arts Development Council in future meet national security requirements. They said election committee members from the sports, performing arts, culture and publishing sectors had extensive experience and were expected to elect people focused on developing the sector, helping Hong Kong become a centre for cultural and artistic exchanges between China and the rest of the world.
15 Jun 2022HK01#2079
Legislative Council passes “six secretariats, 15 bureaux” plan; incoming cabinet members did not vote
立法會以77票支持1票反對通過新一屆政府架構重組，將增設三名副司長，分拆運輸及房屋局和新設文化、體育及旅遊局。
The Legislative Council passed the restructuring of the next-term government structure by 77 votes to one. The plan will add three deputy secretaries, split the Transport and Housing Bureau, and establish a new Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau.
28 May 2022嶺大編委會#2040
Book Room retained as Representative Council approves constitutional amendment; limited operations to continue
代表會於同日晚上決議通過修章刪除相關條款，以保留書室之營運權。虎地書室表示將暫時關閉會址，並維持有限度運作，未來將以其他方式營運，舉辦各類型活動繼續服務師生。
The Representative Council resolved that evening to approve a constitutional amendment deleting the relevant clause, thereby retaining the Book Room’s operating rights. Fu Tei Bookstore said it would temporarily close its premises while maintaining limited operations, and would operate through other means in the future, continuing to serve students and teachers by organising various activities.
16 May 2022獨媒#1991
EOC Says There Is No Timetable for Legislation on Sexual Orientation Discrimination; Junius Ho Says National Security Law Bans Dissemination of Harmful Ideas
平機會向立法會匯報工作，新民黨葉劉淑儀關注性傾向歧視立法時間表。平機會主席朱敏健在會上表示，明確表示目前未有、亦不應設硬性時間表，但內部研究已就立法問題達致部分共識。另一議員何君堯認為，《中華人民共和國國家安全法》第23條中已列明，禁止傳播不良意識，認為同性戀婚姻合法化屬大是大非，會直接摧毁社會及家庭的組成，喚朱敏健留意。
The Equal Opportunities Commission reported on its work to the Legislative Council, where Regina Ip of the New People’s Party asked about the timetable for legislation on sexual orientation discrimination. EOC chairman Ricky Chu said that there was currently no timetable and that a rigid timetable should not be set, although internal research had reached partial consensus on the legislative issue. Another legislator, Junius Ho, said Article 23 of the National Security Law of the People’s Republic of China already prohibits the dissemination of harmful ideas. He said the legalisation of same-sex marriage was a fundamental matter of right and wrong and would directly destroy the composition of society and the family, and urged Ricky Chu to take note.
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