29 Dec 2020立場新聞#1125
Jimmy Lai Resigns as Next Media Chairman and Executive Director; Yut Kin Ip Succeeds as Chairman
黎智英即日起辭任董事會主席兼執行董事,「以便有更多時間處理其個人事務」,現任非執行董事葉一堅已接任董事會主席一職。
Jimmy Lai resigned as chairman of the board and executive director with immediate effect “to have more time to deal with his personal affairs”. Yut Kin Ip, currently a non-executive director, has succeeded him as chairman of the board.
23 Dec 2020HKFP#1106
Hong Kong police ‘rebuke’ officer who showed reporter’s ID card on livestream after privacy commissioner’s probe
Privacy Commissioner's report says police officer who showed a reporter's ID card on a news livestream during protest in Dec 2019 was in breach of privacy laws.
The Privacy Commissioner’s report says a police officer who showed a reporter’s ID card during a news livestream of a protest in December 2019 breached privacy laws.
22 Dec 2020立場新聞#1100
Police deliberately show Stand News reporter’s ID card to livestream camera; Privacy Commissioner finds breach; police say officer reprimanded and disciplinary review conducted
去年 12 月有記者在採訪期間被警員截查及要求出示身份證,警員之後將記者身份證在直播鏡頭前展示。個人資料私隱專員發表調查報告,指警員的行為與截查職務目的不一致,違反《私隱條例》中保障資料的原則。警方接納私隱專員調查報告。
In December last year, a reporter was stopped and checked by police while covering an event and was asked to show their identity card. The officer then displayed the reporter’s identity card in front of a livestream camera. The Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data published an investigation report finding that the officer’s conduct was inconsistent with the purpose of the stop-and-check duties and breached the data protection principle under the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance. The police accepted the Privacy Commissioner’s investigation report.
19 Dec 2020明報#1088
Metro Radio lays off 17; news department loses more than half its staff
繼有線寬頻大裁員後,新城電台昨日解僱17名員工,其中5人是新聞部員工。新城發言人表示,因經濟環境不明朗,公司需採取開源節流措施,包括裁減部分員工,受影響員工佔整體員工人數11%,其中5人是新聞部。據了解,被解僱的人數已佔新聞部逾半人手,港聞、國際、兩岸組共餘下4名員工。
Following major layoffs at i-Cable Communications, Metro Radio dismissed 17 employees yesterday, five of them from the news department. A Metro spokesperson said that, amid an uncertain economic environment, the company needed to take measures to increase revenue and reduce expenditure, including cutting some staff. The affected employees accounted for 11% of the total workforce, including five from the news department. According to sources, the dismissals represented more than half of the news department’s staff, leaving a total of four employees in the Hong Kong news, international, and mainland China and Taiwan sections.
18 Dec 2020New York Times#1083
Zoom Executive Accused of Disrupting Calls at China’s Behest
A China-based Zoom executive is accused of conspirig to disrupt & censor meetings commemorating Jun 4 Massacre.
A China-based Zoom executive is accused of conspiring to disrupt and censor meetings commemorating the June 4 Massacre.
16 Dec 2020眾新聞#1072
‘Hong Kong Connection’ report alleges inhumane treatment of detainees by Immigration Department; four department associations condemn it as biased, RTHK says programme gave detailed response
入境處四個協會/工會發聯署聲明,嚴厲譴責《鏗鏘集》14日播出、關於入境處青山灣入境事務中心(CIC)涉非法羈留及不人道對待的節目內容。
Four Immigration Department associations and unions issued a joint statement strongly condemning the content of the programme broadcast on the 14th, which concerned allegations of unlawful detention and inhumane treatment at the department’s Castle Peak Bay Immigration Centre (CIC).
16 Dec 2020眾新聞#1074
“The Hong Kong Connection” Report on Immigration Department’s Alleged Inhumane Treatment of Detainees Condemned by Four Staff Unions as Biased
港台電視節目《鏗鏘集》本周一播出最新一集《囚》,內容指入境處青山灣入境事務中心(CIC)涉非法羈留及不人道對待。入境處四個協會/工會翌日(15日)發聯署聲明,嚴厲譴責《鏗鏘集》,形容節目內容是極不負責任、立場偏頗、失實及不公正的言論,誣衊前線專業並嚴重損害處方聲譽。眾新聞向港台查詢會否因而展開內部調查,獲回覆表示:「該集《鏗鏘集》節目曾聯絡入境事務處及相關工會作出回應,節目內已作詳細交代。」
The latest episode of RTHK television programme “The Hong Kong Connection”, titled “Detention”, was broadcast on Monday and alleged that the Immigration Department’s Castle Peak Bay Immigration Centre (CIC) had unlawfully detained people and treated them in an inhumane manner. The following day (15th), four Immigration Department associations and unions issued a joint statement strongly condemning the programme, describing its content as extremely irresponsible, biased, untrue and unfair, and saying that it denigrated frontline professionalism and seriously damaged the department’s reputation. Asked by The Initium whether RTHK would launch an internal investigation as a result, RTHK replied: “The episode of ‘The Hong Kong Connection’ had contacted the Immigration Department and the relevant unions for responses, and the programme had already provided a detailed account of them.”
11 Dec 2020Bloomberg#1048
Chinese Authorities Detain Bloomberg News Staff Member in Beijing
Bloomberg receives confirmation that its Chinese citizen staffer in Beijing Haze Fan has been detained for national security reason. Fan has worked with various foreign media in China. Chinese nationals can only work as news assistants for foreign news bureaus in China and are not allowed to do independent reporting.
Bloomberg has received confirmation that its Chinese citizen staff member in Beijing, Haze Fan, has been detained for national security reasons. Fan has worked with various foreign media organisations in China. Chinese nationals may work only as news assistants for foreign news bureaus in China and are not permitted to conduct independent reporting.
11 Dec 2020眾新聞#1052
Bloomberg Chinese journalist detained over alleged national security threat
美國彭博新聞確認,彭博北京辦事處的中國員工Haze Fan(范若伊),因被懷疑危害國家安全遭中國當局拘留。
Bloomberg News confirmed that Haze Fan (范若伊), a Chinese employee at its Beijing office, was detained by Chinese authorities on suspicion of endangering national security.
2 Dec 2020SCMP#983
Workforce in turmoil at Hong Kong’s largest pay TV operator i-Cable as layoffs and resignations hit news department
Cable TV sacked 40 employees, including its entire investigative program team News Lancet (新聞刺針). The entire China news desk and more than half of the local news desk resign in protest.
Cable TV sacked 40 employees, including the entire team of its investigative programme News Lancet (新聞刺針). The entire China news desk and more than half of the local news desk resigned in protest.
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