27 Jan 2025Yahoo#4470
Varsity Report on Care Teams Draws Attention; HKJA Says CUHK Staff Faced Systematic Attacks by Same Users Who Harassed Journalists Last Year
中大新聞與傳播學院學生實習媒體《大學線》在月初發表〈事不「關」己〉報道，探討關愛隊工作成效，包括指出關愛隊工作及財務報告並不公開，公眾無法查閱；學生亦曾經以隱蔽鏡頭拍攝活動過程，事後向義工、以及民政及青年事務局官員查詢。香港記者協會昨（26 日）發表調查，指報道在 1 月 3 日出街後四日，Facebook 出現一系列針對《大學線》、相關院校及教職員的帖文和圖片，帖文指責《大學線》報道以偏概全、斷章取義等，又指控負責《大學線》的中大新聞及傳播學院教職員為「黑暴」支持者或推手。記協並指，在今次針對《大學線》的行動中，至少兩個最早出現的帖文，其發表者跟去年發帖滋擾記者的用戶相同。
Varsity, a student-run internship media outlet of CUHK’s School of Journalism and Communication, published a report titled “None of Our ‘Care’” earlier this month examining the effectiveness of Care Teams. It noted, among other things, that the teams’ work and financial reports were not made public and could not be accessed by the public. Students also used hidden cameras to film activities and subsequently questioned volunteers as well as officials from the Home and Youth Affairs Bureau. The Hong Kong Journalists Association said in a survey released yesterday (the 26th) that, four days after the report was published on 3 January, a series of posts and images targeting Varsity, the relevant institution and its staff appeared on Facebook. The posts accused Varsity’s report of generalising from limited information and taking statements out of context, and alleged that CUHK School of Journalism and Communication staff responsible for Varsity were supporters or instigators of “black violence”. The association also said that, in the action targeting Varsity, the users who published at least two of the earliest posts were the same users who posted to harass journalists last year.
27 Jan 2025明報#4471
Artist Luke Ching Chin Wai dismissed by McDonald’s after calling for restoration of meal-break pay
關注勞工權益、近年從事不同散工的藝術家程展緯於麥當勞兼職半年，昨遭麥當勞以違反員工使用社交平台指引為由解僱。他認為勞工有表達權利，批評該決定令人失望，擔心令其他員工不敢討論公司政策。香港麥當勞發言人回覆本報稱，程受聘期內將公司內部營運及商業資訊於公開平台分享，違反僱員守則，曾勸喻及安排管理層會面，惟未改善，故決定終止僱傭關係。
麥當勞：公開內部資訊 違僱員守則
程展緯上周於本報「星期日生活」向麥當勞發公開信呼籲恢復飯鐘錢，他昨於社交平台稱遭解僱。程向本報表示，上周以電郵向麥當勞反映意見，事後有管理層到分店聆聽其意見，會面逾一小時，他認為此舉有誠意，更寫感謝信予對方。
Artist Luke Ching Chin Wai, who has advocated for workers’ rights and taken on various casual jobs in recent years, was dismissed yesterday after working part-time at McDonald’s for six months. McDonald’s said the dismissal was for violating its guidelines on employees’ use of social media. He said workers had the right to express their views and criticised the decision as disappointing, fearing it would deter other employees from discussing company policies. A McDonald’s Hong Kong spokesperson told this newspaper that Cheng had shared the company’s internal operations and business information on public platforms during his employment, in breach of the employee code of conduct. He had been advised and meetings with management had been arranged, but there had been no improvement, so the company decided to terminate his employment.
McDonald’s: Publishing internal information breaches employee code of conduct
Luke Ching Chin Wai wrote an open letter to McDonald’s in this newspaper’s “Sunday Life” section last week, calling for the restoration of meal-break pay. He said on social media yesterday that he had been dismissed. Cheng told this newspaper that he had expressed his views to McDonald’s by email last week. Management subsequently visited the branch to hear his views, in a meeting lasting more than an hour. He said he considered the move sincere and later wrote a letter of thanks to the management representatives.
26 Jan 2025獨媒#4468
Luke Ching Chin Wai lobbies McDonald’s for paid meal breaks, fired a week later: “Thought McDonald’s was more broad-minded”
藝術家程展緯向來關心勞工權益，近日更入職麥當勞任清潔工，並在社交媒體、報章等發公開信，促麥當勞向員工提供「有錢飯鐘」。不過刊報一周後，程今日（26日）收到管理層通知他被即時中止合約，原因是他違反員工的社交媒體使用守則。程向《獨媒》表示，已向管理層提出復職要求，「唔係一個人提出意見，你就叫人走囉，如果我咁樣走咗，其他人仲會講意見咩？」
Artist Luke Ching Chin Wai, who has long been concerned about workers’ rights, recently joined McDonald’s as a cleaner and published an open letter on social media and in newspapers urging the company to provide employees with “paid meal breaks”. However, one week after the letter was published, Cheng was notified by management today (26th) that his contract had been terminated with immediate effect because he had violated the company’s social media usage guidelines. Cheng told InMedia that he had requested reinstatement, saying: “It’s not as though when one person expresses an opinion, you can just tell them to leave. If I leave like this, will other people still express their opinions?”
25 Jan 2025獨媒#4466
Audrey Eu writes fai chun for the public as several police officers patrol outside Mount Zero Books
農曆新年將至，前公民黨立法會議員、資深大律師余若薇今午在位於上環的見山書店為市民免費寫揮春。余若薇表示，今年的揮春字句非常特別，不少市民要求其寫好好活着、擁抱晨曦及無懼風雨等字句，自己就希望「蛇足一年」。在活動開始前，有多名軍裝及便衣警員在見山書店外巡邏，並提醒門外不要擺放雜物。
With the Lunar New Year approaching, former Civic Party Legislative Council member and Senior Counsel Audrey Eu wrote fai chun for members of the public free of charge this afternoon at Mount Zero Books in Sheung Wan. Eu said the wording of this year’s fai chun was very special, with many members of the public asking her to write phrases including “live well”, “embrace the dawn” and “fear no wind or rain”. She said she hoped for “a sufficient Year of the Snake”. Before the event began, several uniformed and plain-clothes police officers patrolled outside Mount Zero Books and reminded people not to place miscellaneous items outside.
25 Jan 2025獨媒#4467
Survey Finds More Than 70% of Social Workers Oppose Linking Continuing Education to Licence Renewal
政府去年七月修例，予「完善」後的社工註冊局制定社工持續專業進修的內容。香港社會工作者總工會早前在網上進行問卷調查，535名社工中逾七成的受訪者不同意進修與每年續牌掛勾。調查又顯示，逾九成受訪社工認為社工註冊局制定相關內容前，需先諮詢業界。
調查亦指，逾六成社工認為每年進修要求為10小時，七成人認為應提供多元進修渠道。
社總周六（1月25日）舉行記者會，會長張志偉指，過往業界一直採用自願進修的機制，「希望註冊局去諗一諗呢個持續進修對社工專業發展係一個阻力定係一個助力」，籲註冊局行使權力時不要迷失方向。他又指局方的資源來自社工400元的註冊費，指如使用過多資源於進修方面的行政工作，或有損業界期望。
張志偉亦提到，不少機構皆為社工提供內部培訓，不少社工亦有私下進修，認為現時普遍社工的進修時數已超過10小時。他又建議要求可以三年為一個周期，即三年達30小時，減輕社工壓力。
The Government amended the law last July to empower the “enhanced” Social Workers Registration Board to set the content of continuing professional development for social workers. The Hong Kong Social Workers’ General Union recently conducted an online questionnaire survey, in which more than 70% of the 535 social workers surveyed disagreed with linking continuing education to annual licence renewal. More than 90% said the Social Workers Registration Board should consult the profession before setting the relevant requirements.
The survey also found that more than 60% of social workers considered 10 hours a year to be an appropriate continuing education requirement, while 70% believed that a range of continuing education channels should be provided.
The union held a press conference on Saturday (January 25). Its chairperson, Chi Wai (1965) Cheung, said the profession had traditionally used a voluntary continuing education mechanism, and hoped the Registration Board would consider whether continuing professional development was a hindrance or a help to social workers’ professional development. Chi Wai (1965) Cheung urged the Board not to lose its direction when exercising its powers. Chi Wai (1965) Cheung also said the Board’s resources came from the HK$400 registration fee paid by social workers, and that using too many resources on the administration of continuing education could disappoint the expectations of the profession.
Chi Wai (1965) Cheung added that many organisations provided in-house training for social workers, while many social workers also pursued further education independently. The number of continuing education hours generally completed by social workers had already exceeded 10 hours, Chi Wai (1965) Cheung said. Chi Wai (1965) Cheung suggested that the requirement be calculated over a three-year cycle, with 30 hours required over three years, to reduce the pressure on social workers.
24 Jan 2025法庭線#4465
UK Officials Meet Four Wanted Hong Kong Residents; SAR Government Condemns
英國印太外交次官衛倩婷日前和外交發展大臣林德偉，與被本港警方通緝的在英港人會面，稱海外政府的威脅行為不可接受，會面人士包括劉珈汶、張晞晴、鍾劍華及鍾翰林。四人皆被警方國安處懸紅100萬通緝。政府昨（1月23日）稱回應傳媒查詢，對英國官員的行為表示強烈不滿並予以譴責。
四名參與會面的港人，皆是於去年12月24日被警方通緝。警方國安處指劉珈汶及張晞晴皆為「香港自由委員會基金會」要員，鍾翰林則是「香港獨立倡議委員會」要員，連同鍾劍華，四人皆鼓吹「港獨」，涉嫌干犯危害國家安全罪行。
政府昨日的聲明指，對於英國官員企圖干預特區依法採取的執法行動，表示強烈不滿並予以譴責。發言人指「有關人士竄逃外地後涉嫌干犯《香港國安法》下的罪行」，故警方依法向法庭申請拘捕令並通緝，指英國政府「漠視被通緝者的惡行，顯示出其『雙標』的虛偽面目。」
The UK Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Indo-Pacific Affairs, Wai Sin-ting, and Development Minister Lam Tak-wai recently met Hong Kong people in the UK who are wanted by Hong Kong police. They said that threatening actions by overseas governments were unacceptable. Those at the meeting included Lau Ka-man, Chloe Cheung Hei Ching, Chung Kim-wah and Chung Hon-lam. All four are wanted by the police National Security Department with a reward of 1 million each. The government said yesterday (January 23), in response to media inquiries, that it was strongly dissatisfied with and condemned the actions of the UK officials.
The four Hong Kong people who took part in the meeting were all wanted by police on December 24 last year. The police National Security Department said that Lau Ka-man and Chloe Cheung Hei Ching were key figures in the Hong Kong Freedom Committee Foundation, while Chung Hon-lam was a key figure in the Hong Kong Independence Advocacy Committee. Along with Chung Kim-wah, all four advocated “Hong Kong independence” and were suspected of committing offences endangering national security.
The government’s statement yesterday said it was strongly dissatisfied with and condemned the attempt by UK officials to interfere in law enforcement actions lawfully taken by the SAR. A spokesperson said, “After the persons concerned fled overseas, they were suspected of committing offences under the Hong Kong National Security Law,” and therefore the police had lawfully applied to the court for arrest warrants and issued wanted notices. The spokesperson said that the UK government’s “disregard for the wrongdoing of the wanted persons demonstrates its hypocritical ‘double standards.’”
23 Jan 2025集誌社#4458
Hong Kong Bar Association election | New chairman José Antonio Maurellet: Will speak out on major rule-of-law issues; human-rights specialist Martin Siu Ting Hui named vice-chairman
大律師公會今日（23日）舉行換屆投票，新主席由曾任兩屆副主席的資深大律師毛樂禮擔任。兩位副主席，包括擅長人權議題、在 2019 年離開律政司，轉為私人執業的資深大律師許紹鼎，及具處理股東糾紛、清盤、司法覆核經驗的資深大律師薛日華。
毛樂禮見記者回應包括政府未採納大律師公會去年就《基本法》 23 條立法時提出，收窄煽動案範圍等建議、海外法官人數減、請人難等問題。其中就 23 條會否再提關注、修例，毛樂禮僅稱，會密切留意案件發展。至於海外法官問題，他承認「搵新法官有一定挑戰，但我哋都係樂觀」。
The Hong Kong Bar Association held its election today (23rd), with senior counsel José Antonio Maurellet, who previously served two terms as vice-chairman, becoming the new chairman. The two vice-chairmen are senior counsel Martin Siu Ting Hui, who specialises in human-rights issues and left the Department of Justice in 2019 to enter private practice, and senior counsel Eva Yat Wah Sit, who has experience handling shareholder disputes, winding-up cases and judicial reviews.
Speaking to reporters, José Antonio Maurellet responded to issues including the Government’s failure to adopt recommendations made by the Bar Association last year during the legislation of Article 23 of the Basic Law, such as narrowing the scope of sedition cases; the declining number of overseas judges; and difficulties in recruitment. Asked whether the association would again raise concerns about Article 23 or propose amendments, José Antonio Maurellet only said that it would closely monitor the development of cases. On the issue of overseas judges, he acknowledged that “recruiting new judges presents a certain challenge, but we remain optimistic.”
23 Jan 2025獨媒#4461
Reporter Doxxed; Privacy Commissioner Says No Further Follow-up Possible as Complainant Provided No Information
記協去年9月發布調查，指有數十名記者和家人遭不同程度滋擾，當中涉及非法起底、再將起底資料寄去鄰居或公司。私隱專員鍾麗玲去年表示接獲相關投訴，並稱會嚴肅跟進。不過她今日在總結年度工作記者會表示，接獲的兩宗投訴，其中一宗轉介予警方，另一個案，公署稱投訴人再無提供進一步資料，她表示「無辦法再跟進落去」。
The Hong Kong Journalists Association published a survey last September saying that dozens of journalists and their family members had been harassed to varying degrees, including through illegal doxxing and the subsequent mailing of doxxing information to neighbours or companies. Privacy Commissioner Ada Chung said last year that she had received related complaints and would follow them up seriously. However, at a press conference today summarising the office’s work over the past year, she said that of the two complaints received, one had been referred to the police, while in the other case the complainant had provided no further information. She said there was "no way to follow it up further".
22 Jan 2025HK01#4452
Pence Comments on Jimmy Lai Case During Hong Kong Visit; Chris Tang Says He Had Malicious Intentions and Should Not Interfere
美國前副總統彭斯上周四（16日）來港出席論壇時評論黎智英案，駐港國家安全公署今天（22日）點名批評彭斯肆意政治操弄，妄圖干預香港司法。保安局局長鄧炳強同日點名斥彭斯圖謀利用一個商業活動影響法庭公平審訊，居心不良。
Former US Vice-President Mike Pence commented on the Jimmy Lai case while attending a forum in Hong Kong last Thursday (16th). The Office for Safeguarding National Security of the CPG in the HKSAR criticised Pence by name today (22nd), accusing him of engaging in wanton political manipulation and attempting to interfere with Hong Kong’s judicial process. Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung also criticised Pence by name on the same day, saying he sought to use a commercial event to influence a fair trial in court and had malicious intentions.
22 Jan 2025集誌社#4453
Crip art exhibition | One-armed artist and friends stage exhibition by disabled and people with mental health conditions: “Everyone can show vulnerability”
身穿墨綠色格仔病人服藝術家許正宜（Jade），用瑩光綠色的顏料在展覽場上，一言不發地為散落地面的字詞畫下關係圖。
「歧視」指向「酷兒」、「獸性」、「殘疾」和「窮」。
「人類」等於「動物」等於「畜牲」。
這是 27 歲的 Jade 與殘疾人士和健全人士同住交流下得出的感悟。
Jade 參加的展覽，名為「間」，是為期一個月「夬兒藝術駐留計劃 2.0 」(Crip Art Residency) 的延伸。
五位藝術家，包括精神病患、復康者、聽障人士和兩名健全人士，於去年 11 月及 12 月期間，在西貢共同生活一個月，然後在佐敦的藝術空間展出駐留期間的藝術創作。
Wearing a dark green checked patient uniform, artist Xu Zhengyi (Jade) used fluorescent green paint at the exhibition venue to draw a relationship map for words scattered across the floor, without saying a word.
“Discrimination” pointed to “queer”, “animality”, “disability” and “poverty”.
“Human” equalled “animal”, which equalled “beast”.
These were insights reached by 27-year-old Jade through living and interacting with disabled and able-bodied people.
The exhibition in which Jade took part, titled “Between”, was an extension of the month-long “Crip Art Residency 2.0” (Crip Art Residency).
Five artists—including people with mental illnesses, people in recovery, people with hearing impairments and two able-bodied people—lived together for a month in Sai Kung during November and December last year, before exhibiting the artworks created during the residency at an art space in Jordan.
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