4 Dec 2025集誌社#7633
Screenings cancelled | Three Japanese films in food-themed programme halted; LCSD: Programme adjustment
再有電影被取消放映。康文署原定本週六（6日）啟動「心間盛筵──人間煙火映百味」電影放映活動，電影節目辦事處昨（3日）突在網頁公布取消放映三部日本電影，包括《海鷗食堂》、《蒲公英（4K修復版）》，及《甜味人間》。康文署回覆查詢時未有回應撤映是否與近期中日關係有關，僅稱是「節目調整」。
More film screenings have been cancelled. The Leisure and Cultural Services Department had scheduled the “Feast in the Heart—映照百味人間煙火” film programme to begin this Saturday (6th), but the Film Programmes Office suddenly announced on its website yesterday (3rd) that three Japanese films—“Kamome Diner”, “Tampopo (4K Restoration)” and “Sweet Taste of Life”—would not be screened. In response to enquiries, the LCSD did not say whether the cancellations were related to recent China-Japan relations, stating only that they were due to a “programme adjustment”.
4 Dec 2025集誌社#7634
Wang Fuk Court No. 5 alarm fire | Online claims large quantities of supplies discarded; Home Affairs Department says some were badly damaged and would not be provided to residents
大埔宏福苑大火發生後，市民自發捐贈物資予居民，不過民間物資站在過去周末被退場，官方則設立了物資捐贈平台。有網民昨（3日）指，大元社區會堂的臨時物資中心棄置捐贈物資。有市民目擊情況，見到物資從貨車卸下，未幾就被送上夾斗車，但就不肯定物資是否潔淨。民政事務總署昨傍晚澄清，有關物品部分滿佈污漬、破爛不堪，因安全和衞生考慮絕不會供受影響居民使用，故另行處理。
After the fire at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po, members of the public voluntarily donated supplies to residents. However, community supply stations were cleared out over the past weekend, while the authorities set up an official supply donation platform. A netizen said yesterday (3rd) that donated supplies had been discarded at the temporary supply centre at Tai Yuen Community Hall. Some members of the public witnessed supplies being unloaded from a lorry and then loaded onto a grab lorry shortly afterwards, although they were uncertain whether the supplies were clean. The Home Affairs Department clarified yesterday evening that some of the items were covered in stains and badly damaged, and would absolutely not be provided to affected residents for safety and hygiene reasons; they would therefore be handled separately.
4 Dec 2025集誌社#7635
Five-alarm fire at Wang Fuk Court｜KOLs stop commenting after receiving “very accurate intelligence” and citing “force majeure factors”: roundup of content removals, arrests and questioning
火災之後外媒紛紛將矛頭指向竹棚，KOL Ellie Yuen 製作英文短片，解釋天價維修工程、為何竹棚非火災的罪魁禍首等，兩短片過去一週在社交平台累積逾 500 萬觀看次數。曾揭發「藥倍安心」事件的學生鄭曦琳 Hailey ，就事件接受多間外媒訪問，亦多次在社交平台以中英文發表評論。
鄭曦琳：收「非常準確的情報」不再發表火災留言
鄭曦琳活躍的 Threads 和 X 帳號昨日（3日）一度被發現無法查看，她其後發文報平安，惟昨晚表示收到「非常準確的情報」，不會再繼續發表關於火災的留言、也不再接受任何媒體訪問；Ellie Yuen 早前發文指自己收到多個私訊要求其「解釋、澄清」自己發布的內容，昨晚則明言，就宏福苑火災相關新聞工作已結束「基於顯然易見的不可抗力因素，並無進一步評論、補充或其他相關工作」。
After the fire, foreign media widely pointed the finger at bamboo scaffolding. KOL Ellie Yuen produced English short videos explaining the exorbitantly expensive repair works and why bamboo scaffolding was not the culprit behind the fire, among other points. The two videos accumulated more than 5 million views on social media over the past week. Student Hailey Cheng Hei-lam, who previously exposed the “藥倍安心” incident, gave interviews about the matter to multiple foreign media outlets and posted comments in Chinese and English on social media several times.
Hailey Cheng: Received “very accurate intelligence” and will no longer post comments about the fire
Cheng’s active Threads and X accounts were found to be inaccessible for a time yesterday (the 3rd). She later posted to report that she was safe, but said last night that she had received “very accurate intelligence” and would no longer continue posting comments about the fire or accept any media interviews. Ellie Yuen earlier posted that she had received multiple direct messages asking her to “explain and clarify” the content she had published. Last night, she stated that her work on news coverage related to the Wang Fuk Court fire had ended, citing “obvious force majeure factors”, and said there would be no further comments, supplementary information or other related work.
4 Dec 2025集誌社#7637
Five-Alarm Fire at Wang Fuk Court｜Wang Shing Court Resident Says Staircase Windows Were Removed During Works, Allowing Fire and Thick Smoke In｜Who Should Be Held Responsible? “I Won’t Talk—I’m Afraid I’ll Say the Wrong Thing”
宏福苑大火發生至今（4日）第九日，有居民返回附近一帶了解情況和申請資助，有年長災民，跟「一戶一社工」，至今也只是以電話溝通。有上屆立法會選舉仍有投票的居民表示不會再投票，但拒絕透露原因。他認為事件「梗係要」有人問責，至於是誰？他說：「我唔講，因為我講多錯多，我驚。」他又憶述當時火警鐘沒有響，很多樓梯的玻璃窗都被拆，變成木門方便工人爬出去工作，「但到火燭，啲煙咪喺嗰度走入嚟。」
Today (the 4th) is the ninth day since the fire at Wang Fuk Court. Some residents returned to the surrounding area to understand the situation and apply for assistance. An elderly survivor, who had been paired with “one social worker per household”, had so far communicated only by telephone. One resident who voted in the previous Legislative Council election said he would not vote again, but refused to disclose why. He believed that “of course” someone should be held accountable for the incident. As to who, he said: “I won’t talk, because the more I say, the more likely I am to say the wrong thing. I’m afraid.” He also recalled that the fire alarm had not sounded at the time, and that the glass windows of many staircases had been removed during the works and replaced with wooden doors to make it easier for workers to climb out and work. “But when there was a fire, wouldn’t the smoke come in through there?”
3 Dec 2025rfi#7624
CCP-Style Disaster-Response Tactics Emerge in Hong Kong: Civilian Press Conference Cancelled, Support Wall Erased, Grassroots Efforts Co-opted
至今已造成至少156人死亡的大埔宏福苑五級火災，維修工程的問題成為檢視範圍之一，不過，民間團體昨日(12月2日)午欲就高樓維修政策召開記者會，卻因“有部門通知”而被取消，團體負責人廖成利更遭警方國安處約見；港人在災場附近設立的“宏福打氣區”，同日的打氣便利貼已全被清除；另外，有外籍新聞工作者被拒入境，而火災當日由港人自發籌集和派送物資的攤位亦因港府聲稱要統一處理而退場。凡此種種，均與中國內地政府處理災情時只突顯官方主旋律的手法相似。
The No. 5 alarm fire at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po has so far killed at least 156 people. Problems with the maintenance works have become one area of scrutiny. However, a civil society group’s press conference on high-rise maintenance policies, scheduled for yesterday afternoon (2 December), was cancelled after it was notified by “a department”; the group’s person in charge, Bruce Sing Lee Liu, was also asked to meet the Police National Security Department. All the encouragement notes at the “Wang Fuk Support Zone” set up by Hong Kong people near the disaster site were removed on the same day. In addition, a foreign journalist was refused entry, while stalls where Hong Kong people had spontaneously collected and distributed supplies on the day of the fire also withdrew after the Hong Kong government said it wanted to handle the matter centrally. These developments resemble the way mainland Chinese governments handle disasters by highlighting only the official line.
3 Dec 2025集誌社#7628
Tai Po Wang Fuk Court No. 5 alarm fire | Engineering consultant Hung Yik reportedly to cease operations; office shuttered
大埔宏福苑五級火，至周二（2日） 死亡人數增至 156 人，周二有消息傳出，宏福苑大維修的工程顧問鴻毅建築師有限公司，在中午口頭通知維修工程客戶，公司將會結業，稍後會發出書面請辭通知，約 200 樓宇維修工程受影響。該公司今日落閘。
The death toll from the No. 5 alarm fire at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po rose to 156 by Tuesday (2nd). On Tuesday, it was reported that Hung Yik Architects Limited, the engineering consultant for Wang Fuk Court’s major renovation works, verbally told maintenance project clients at noon that the company would cease operations and would later issue written notices of resignation. About 200 building maintenance projects are affected. The company’s office was shuttered today.
3 Dec 2025集誌社#7629
Johannes Chan Bids Farewell to Ming Pao Column: “Knew This Day Would Eventually Come”
香港大學前公法講座教授陳文敏，今「告別」撰寫了近 23 年的《明報》專欄。他今在專欄「法政隨筆」中， 發表題為《告別》的文章，指是在專欄最後一篇文章。他沒有解釋「告別」原因，但指「知道這一天總會來臨，能寫到今天其實已經難能可貴」，亦為編輯部同事「帶來的壓力與擔憂致歉」。翻查資料，政府多個部門屢去信《明報》，反駁以至譴責陳文敏的評論文章。
Johannes Chan, former Chair Professor of Public Law at the University of Hong Kong, today said farewell to the Ming Pao column he had written for nearly 23 years. In an article titled “Farewell” in his column “Legal and Political Essays”, he said it was his final article for the column. He did not explain the reason for the farewell, but said, “I knew this day would eventually come; being able to write until today is actually no small achievement,” and apologised to his editorial colleagues for the “pressure and worries” he had brought them. A review of records shows that multiple government departments had repeatedly written to Ming Pao to rebut and even condemn Chan’s commentaries.
2 Dec 2025獨媒#7619
[Wang Fuk Court Five-Alarm Fire] CUHK Thanks Students for Supporting Fire Victims, Deletes Post After Student Arrest
宏福苑火災發生後第二日，鄰近的中文大學校方發帖，指有學生組織自發統籌收集及捐贈物資予災民，感謝有份參與的學生、校友及教職員。不過，中大在周末突然刪去該帖文，網民質疑是與該校學生關靖豐被捕一事有關，批評校方與學生「割蓆」。中大回覆《獨媒》查詢時，未正面回答為何刪帖，僅稱大學向所有受災居民表示哀悼和慰問，也感謝學生和校友等對災民及受影響人士提供支援。
On the second day after the Wang Fuk Court fire, the nearby Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) posted that a student organisation had spontaneously coordinated the collection and donation of supplies to fire victims, and thanked the participating students, alumni and staff. However, CUHK suddenly deleted the post over the weekend. Netizens questioned whether this was related to the arrest of the university’s student Kwan Ching Fung Miles, and criticised CUHK for “cutting ties” with the student. In response to an inquiry from InMedia, CUHK did not directly answer why the post was deleted, saying only that the university expressed its mourning and condolences to all residents affected by the disaster and thanked students, alumni and others for supporting the fire victims and affected people.
2 Dec 2025集誌社#7620
Five-alarm fire at Wang Fuk Court | Civilian press conference cancelled; Bruce Sing Lee Liu asked to meet national security police: Must each express their own position appropriately
民主黨城市規劃師吳永輝、民協廖成利和李庭豐等人士，原定在今日（2日） 下午召開「香港高樓維修政策民間記者會」，但今早指「因有部門通知，記者會需要取消」。原定出席記招的民協主席、律師廖成利，下午一時被國安警「約見」，近四時離開元朗警署。他指基於保密協議不能公開會面內容，指民協會「恰如其份」就社會事件提出民生改善建議；被問到能否再召開「民間記者會」，他就說初步睇法是「所有民間團體，大家要恰如其份地，個別自己表達自己嘅立場」。
Democratic Party urban planner Stanley Wing Fai Ng, Association for Democracy and People’s Livelihood member Bruce Sing Lee Liu, and Lee Ting-fung and others had been due to hold a “Civilian Press Conference on Hong Kong’s High-rise Building Maintenance Policy” this afternoon (the 2nd), but said this morning that the press conference had to be cancelled “because a department gave notification”. The chairperson of the Association for Democracy and People’s Livelihood and lawyer Bruce Sing Lee Liu, who had been due to attend the press conference, was asked to meet national security police at 1 p.m. and left Yuen Long Police Station shortly before 4 p.m. He said he could not disclose the content of the meeting because of a confidentiality agreement, and said the Association for Democracy and People’s Livelihood would “appropriately” put forward livelihood improvement proposals on social issues. Asked whether it could hold another “civilian press conference”, he said his initial view was that “all civic groups should, appropriately and individually, express their own positions”.
2 Dec 2025集誌社#7621
Wang Fuk Court Five-Alarm Fire | Public Press Conference Cancelled Due to “Notification from a Department”; Attendee Bruce Sing Lee Liu Reportedly Asked to Meet National Security Police
民主黨城市規劃師吳永輝等人士，原定在今日（2日） 下午召開「香港高樓維修政策民間記者會」，不過，今日上午，他們表示，「因有部門通知，記者會需要取消」。據了解，原本會出席記招的廖成利，今日被國安警邀請見面。
Democratic Party urban planner Stanley Wing Fai Ng and others had been scheduled to hold a “Public Press Conference on Hong Kong’s High-Rise Building Maintenance Policy” this afternoon (2nd). However, they said this morning that “due to notification from a department, the press conference needed to be cancelled”. It is understood that Bruce Sing Lee Liu, who was originally due to attend the press conference, was invited by national security police to meet today.
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