6 Jun 2023獨媒#6559
Police Write to HKJA, Say Mak Yin-ting Was ‘Not Engaged in Reporting’ and Demand Withdrawal of Statement
前記協主席麥燕庭前日在採訪六四事件34周年時，被警方帶返警署扣查。記協昨日發聲明要求警方解釋嚴重阻礙採訪工作的原因。警方即日去信反駁記協，並在Facebook公開信件全文，指控記協的聲明「內容嚴重失實，令警隊形象受損」，強烈譴責之餘亦要求記協立即撤回聲明。警方信件提及六四當日在「高風險地區」執行截停搜查防罪工作，記者與市民一樣，沒有免於被截查的特權。獨立法律研究員黃啟暘則認為「法律唔係咁運作」，警方截查權力是基於對個別市民的懷疑而作出；他又指法庭案例清楚闡述，市民查問被截查的原因不構成「阻差辦公」，而新聞工作亦不僅僅只包括「採訪行為」。
Former Hong Kong Journalists Association chairperson Mak Yin-ting was taken to a police station for questioning the day before yesterday while covering the 34th anniversary of the June Fourth incident. The HKJA issued a statement yesterday demanding that police explain the reason for seriously obstructing journalistic work. Police responded in a letter sent the same day and published the full letter on Facebook, accusing the HKJA’s statement of being “seriously untrue” and damaging the image of the police force. As well as strongly condemning the statement, police demanded that the HKJA withdraw it immediately. The letter said police were carrying out stop-and-search crime prevention operations in a “high-risk area” on the day of June Fourth, and that journalists, like members of the public, had no privilege exempting them from being stopped and searched. Independent legal researcher Edward Wong Kai-yeung i said, however, that “that is not how the law works”: police powers to stop and search are exercised on the basis of suspicion concerning an individual member of the public. He also said court cases had clearly established that asking why one was being stopped and searched did not constitute “obstructing a police officer in the execution of duty”, and that journalistic work was not limited to “reporting activity”.
6 Jun 2023獨媒#6561
PORI Cancels Release of “June 4 Anniversary Survey Report”, Citing Advice Following Government Departments’ Risk Assessment
香港民意研究所原定今日在網上發布「六四週年調查報告」，但今午宣布因應相關政府部門經過風險評估後的建議，決定取消發布。
今年是八九六四34周年，香港民研原定今日（6日）在網上發布「六四週年調查報告」，但因應相關政府部門經過風險評估後的建議，決定取消發布。民研未有進一步交代詳情，但表示會按照計劃在下周四（15日）舉行新聞發布會，公布政府和部份官員的最新民望數字。
The Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute had been scheduled to release its “June 4 Anniversary Survey Report” online today, but announced this afternoon that it had decided to cancel the release in response to advice from relevant government departments following a risk assessment.
This year marks the 34th anniversary of June 4, 1989. Hong Kong PORI had originally planned to release the report online today (6 June), but decided to cancel the release in response to the advice. It did not provide further details, but said it would hold a press conference next Thursday (15 June) as planned to announce the latest popularity figures for the government and some officials.
5 Jun 2023光傳媒#6550
Major Newspapers Going to Zero, Media Silenced? June 4 Coverage More Than Halved in Five Years
今年是六四34周年，維多利亞公園連續第四年不見燭光，傳統紙媒對「六四」相關新聞的報道亦大幅減少。《光傳媒》以「六四」為關鍵字搜尋，今年6月5日全港報刊只有28篇「六四」新聞報道，篇數不及四年前的一半。在28篇報道中，8成來自《明報》和《信報》。翻查過去5年報道，《星島》今年更首次「清零」六四新聞。
This year marks the 34th anniversary of June 4. For the fourth consecutive year, Victoria Park has seen no candlelight vigil, while coverage of June 4-related news in traditional print media has also fallen sharply. A search by Guang Media using “June 4” as the keyword found that Hong Kong newspapers published only 28 June 4 news reports on June 5 this year, fewer than half the number published four years ago. Of the 28 reports, 80% came from Ming Pao and the Hong Kong Economic Journal. A review of coverage over the past five years found that Sing Tao published no June 4 news this year for the first time.
5 Jun 2023獨媒#6553
[June 4 34] Security Bureau condemns UN human rights office and HKJA for distorting right and wrong under guise of freedom
警方在昨日（6月4日），在維園及銅鑼灣一帶拘捕1人，「帶走」23人，包括表示正進行採訪的記協前主席麥燕庭，聯合國人權事務高級專員辦事處和香港記者協會分別發聲明批評。保安局今日發聲明，稱包括上述兩個組織「假借言論、新聞和集會自由之名對警方合法執法行動作出顛倒是非和污衊抹黑的無理言論」，強烈反對及予以譴責。
Police arrested one person and “took away” 23 others in the vicinity of Victoria Park and Causeway Bay yesterday (June 4), including former Hong Kong Journalists Association chairperson Mak Yin-ting, who said she was conducting an interview. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Hong Kong Journalists Association issued statements criticising the actions. In a statement today, the Security Bureau said the two organisations, among others, had “made unreasonable remarks under the guise of freedom of speech, the press and assembly to distort and smear the lawful enforcement actions of the police”. It strongly opposed and condemned the remarks.
2 Jun 2023光傳媒#6536
RTHK Deletes Hong Kong Comics Database “Original Space – Purely Drawn Works”
城巿速寫畫家彭啤在Facebook專頁貼文，指《香港電台》刪除紀錄香港漫畫、插畫的資料庫網頁「原創空間－純粹繪作」（下稱「純粹繪作」），涉及逾210個漫畫家、插畫家的作品，包括尊子、Pen So、柳廣成、甘小文等。記者以Wayback Machine翻查該網站，去年12月仍存在。
Urban sketch artist Pang Pei said in a post on his Facebook page that Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) had deleted the database webpage “Original Space – Purely Drawn Works” (hereinafter “Purely Drawn Works”), which records Hong Kong comics and illustrations. It contains works by more than 210 comic artists and illustrators, including Zunzi, Pen So, Lau Kwong-shing and Kam Siu-man. A reporter checked the website using the Wayback Machine and found that it was still available last December.
30 May 2023The Point#6516
Sole Candidate, Tatler Editor Takes Over as Hong Kong Foreign Correspondents’ Club Chair
一位非時事新聞背景的生活副刊編輯、名人雜誌《Tatler》旗下平台Gen.T的主管Lee Williamson，當選新一任香港外國記者會主席，他今屆唯一候選人，並以30票當選接替於接替本月底離任的香港大學（HKU）新聞學院的院長Keith Richburg。
Lee Williamson, a lifestyle editor with no current-affairs news background and head of Gen.T, a platform under celebrity magazine Tatler, has been elected the new chair of the Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Hong Kong. The sole candidate in this term’s election, he was elected with 30 votes, succeeding Keith Richburg, dean of the University of Hong Kong’s journalism school, who will step down at the end of this month.
25 May 2023獨媒#6493
Lo Chung-mau criticises The Epoch Times and Radio Free Asia over “misinformation” on organ transplantation
兩地器官移植機制爭議繼續發酵，醫衞界議員林哲玄在立法會提出議員議案討論兩地移植合作，醫衞局長盧寵茂首先發言，指社會應「識穿少數人喺今次議題上做謠作假」，他其後更半點名批評《大紀元》及《自由亞洲電台》有文章是「假資訊」及抺黑國家器官移植。盧寵茂會後見記者，再指被誤導取消登記的人是「無知」，而散播假消息的人則是「無恥」，兩者「雖然有啲相似，但係好大分別㗎」。
The controversy over the organ-transplantation mechanisms in the two places continued to grow. Health Services constituency lawmaker David Tzit Yuen Lam put forward a motion in the Legislative Council to discuss cooperation on transplantation between the two places. Secretary for Health Lo Chung-mau spoke first, saying that society should “see through a small number of people spreading rumours and fabricating falsehoods on this issue”. He later appeared to single out The Epoch Times and Radio Free Asia, saying that some of their articles contained “misinformation” and smeared the country’s organ-transplantation system. Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Lo also said that people who had been misled into cancelling their registrations were “ignorant”, while those who spread false information were “shameless”; the two were “somewhat similar, but there is a very big difference”.
22 May 2023獨媒#6475
Hunter Bookstore Again Singled Out by Ta Kung Pao
《大公報》日前再點名前公民黨沙田區議員黃文萱開設的獵人書店，稱書店賣「黑暴書」、辦活動「吸金」以及「軟對抗」宣揚「反中亂港」思想。黃文萱在Facebook回應，重申書店第一條守則，是不准問「你唔驚㗎咩」。她又稱並非因為「膽生毛」不知恐懼，而是正正因為知道，故望認認真真面對，亦不希望大家再投射恐懼於她身上。
Ta Kung Pao recently again singled out Hunter Bookstore, founded by former Civic Party Sha Tin District Councillor Wong Man-hyun, accusing the bookstore of selling “black violence books”, holding events to “make money” and engaging in “soft resistance” to promote “anti-China and destabilising Hong Kong” ideas. Wong responded on Facebook, reiterating that the bookstore’s first rule is not to ask, “Aren’t you scared?” She said this was not because she had become fearless and did not know fear, but precisely because she knew fear that she hoped to face it seriously. She also said she did not want people to project their fear onto her.
19 May 2023光傳媒#6464
Ming Pao Marks 64th Anniversary, with All References to “64” Disappearing from Anniversary Advertisements
《明報》即將踏入創刊64周年，每年商界都願意「落廣告」慶賀。但《明報》今日逾30版的報慶廣告，隻字不提是64周年，統一用「邁向65周年」，而十年前54周年的報慶廣告，則採用「創刊54周年」，而非邁向55周年。前支聯會常委趙恩來於社交媒體上慨嘆，「究竟六四有甚麼問題？六四，究竟發生過甚麼事？大家似乎都沒有忘記！」《光傳媒》透過WhatsApp向《明報》執行總編輯劉頌陽查詢，正等待回覆。
Ming Pao is about to mark the 64th anniversary of its founding, and businesses traditionally place advertisements to celebrate the occasion. However, the newspaper’s anniversary advertisements today, spanning more than 30 pages, make no mention of the 64th anniversary, uniformly using “heading towards the 65th anniversary” instead. By contrast, the advertisements for its 54th anniversary ten years ago used “54th anniversary of its founding” rather than “heading towards the 55th anniversary”. Former Standing Committee member of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China Yan Loy Chiu lamented on social media: “What exactly is the problem with June 4? What exactly happened on June 4? It seems that everyone has not forgotten!” Light Media contacted Ming Pao executive editor-in-chief Lau Chung-yeung via WhatsApp and is awaiting a reply.
17 May 2023獨媒#6447
Library Advisory Committee Member: LCSD Should State Reasons for Removing Books and Set Up Appeal Mechanism
公共圖書館近日下架大批「敏感」書藉，當中多本為民主派人士作者。公共圖書館諮詢委員會委員崔日雄在電台表示，建議康文署設立機制，分類列出已下架的書籍及理由，「如果俾人下咗架，有個理由都會好一啲」，如能設立上訴機制則更為完善。
Public libraries have recently removed a large number of “sensitive” books, many of them authored by pro-democracy figures. Library Advisory Committee member Yat Hung Chui said on radio that the Leisure and Cultural Services Department should establish a mechanism to list the removed books and the reasons for their removal by category. “If a book has been removed, having a reason would be better.” The arrangement would be more complete if an appeal mechanism could also be established.
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