7 Nov 2025集誌社#7505
Suicide Notice | Hong Kong censorship review still unfinished; more than 100 Hongkongers book out Taipei screening to support Kiwi Chow. Audience: It digs deeply into problems with the education system
當《自殺通告》仍一等再等電檢結果，導演周冠威已赴台灣，為新作做首映宣傳。一班香港人發起飛台灣撐周冠威睇《自殺通告》活動，150 張門票近乎售罄。《集誌社》現場直擊，有不少專程從香港飛台灣的觀眾表示：「一世人未試過用幾千蚊買飛睇戲」，也有觀眾說，請假參與包場，是不甘心看電影權利被剝削，參與活動不僅要撐周冠威，也捍衞自己看電影自由。
While Suicide Notice continues to wait for the Hong Kong censorship review result, director Kiwi Chow has already gone to Taiwan to promote the premiere of his new film. A group of Hongkongers organised a trip to Taiwan to support Kiwi Chow by watching Suicide Notice, with nearly all 150 tickets sold. The Collective observed the event and found that many audience members had flown from Hong Kong to Taiwan specifically for the screening. Some said, “I’ve never spent several thousand dollars on a movie ticket in my life.” Others said they had taken leave to attend the private screening because they were unwilling to see their right to watch films taken away. They said participating in the event was not only about supporting Kiwi Chow, but also about defending their own freedom to watch films.
6 Nov 2025Yahoo#7495
Sha Tin Government Primary School Allows Simplified Chinese in Exams; Leung Chun-ying Says Students of All Backgrounds Should Learn Traditional Chinese: “If Teaching Is Not Strict, It Is the Teacher’s Negligence”
沙田官立小學允許學生在校內測驗及考試使用簡體字作答引起爭議，前行政長官梁振英今日（6 日）在社交平台發文回應，指「學生學習繁體字的進度和成績是一碼事，學校放棄要求，放棄教的責任是另外一碼事。」他又指，香港保留的繁體字、粵語和高水平的英語能力，都是香港的特色，認為是有必要，最後更以「教不嚴，師之惰」形容事件。
反問「為什麼不努力學繁體字？」
梁振英表示，理解有「內地背景或習慣使用簡體字的學生」初來香港未必習慣繁體字，但香港是使用繁體字的特區，反問「為什麼不努力學繁體字？日後在香港工作，可以不用繁體字嗎？」他強調，香港在政府公文、外資中資港資企業、報刊書籍，還有內地來港的學生在香港的證件，無一不用繁體字。
Sha Tin Government Primary School’s decision to allow students to answer internal tests and examinations in simplified Chinese has sparked controversy. Former Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying responded on social media today (the 6th), saying, “Students’ progress and results in learning traditional Chinese are one matter; a school giving up the requirement and abandoning its responsibility to teach is another.” He said that the traditional Chinese characters retained in Hong Kong, Cantonese and a high level of English proficiency are all characteristics of Hong Kong, and considered them necessary. He ultimately described the incident as “If teaching is not strict, it is the teacher’s negligence.”
Asking, “Why not make an effort to learn traditional Chinese?”
Leung said he understood that students from mainland backgrounds or who were accustomed to using simplified Chinese might not initially be used to traditional Chinese after coming to Hong Kong. However, Hong Kong is an SAR that uses traditional Chinese, and he asked, “Why not make an effort to learn traditional Chinese? If you work in Hong Kong in the future, can you do without traditional Chinese?” He stressed that traditional Chinese is used in government documents, foreign-funded, mainland-funded and Hong Kong-funded companies, newspapers and books, as well as in the documents of students from the mainland who come to Hong Kong.
6 Nov 2025集誌社#7498
Suicide Notice | ‘Incarcerated’ by Film Censors for Three Months: Review of 21 Recent Films Finds Average Censorship Time of 10 Days
由周冠威執導、黃秋生主演的電影《自殺通告》，昨（5日）在台灣舉行首映禮，在中國影片平台 bilibili 更有懷疑外洩版本可觀看，但在香港送檢 95 日，至今仍上映「無期」。周冠威日前發文批評政府無理拖延，勸電檢官員不要用電檢或國安名義「囚禁」電影。記者盤點正在上畫的 21 齣電影，發現由電檢「收到」申請、到發出核准證明書，一般需時 7 到 18 個工作天不等，平均僅需時約 10 日。
《集誌社》日前向電影報刊辦和商經局查詢，《自殺通告》申請電檢為何三個月仍未獲回覆，有否違反條例所限時間？電影報刊辦回覆指決定時限每次不多於 28 天，但不限制「同一齣影片提出延長決定時限的次數」，又指商經局長會考慮每個個案實際情況和所有相關因素，「不會評論個別申請個案」。
The film Suicide Notice, directed by Derek Chiu and starring Anthony Wong, held its premiere in Taiwan yesterday (the 5th). A suspected leaked version is also available on the Chinese video platform bilibili. In Hong Kong, however, it has been awaiting film censorship approval for 95 days and still has no release date. Chiu recently criticised the government in a post for delaying the process without reason, urging film censors not to “incarcerate” films in the name of film censorship or national security. A review by the reporter of 21 films currently showing found that the time from the Office for Film, Newspaper and Article Administration receiving an application to issuing a Certificate of Approval generally ranged from seven to 18 working days, averaging about 10 days.
6 Nov 2025集誌社#7499
47-Person Case | Released After Completing Sentence at End of May, Li Ka-tat, Frontman of Forward, Releases New Song: “It’s Time to Keep Moving Forward”
47人案被告之一、今年五月底獲釋的前社工、觀塘區議員李嘉達，出任主音的樂隊 Forward，今晚（6日）發布新歌《出走半生（歸來篇）》，MV 拍攝李嘉達和樂隊重聚。Forward 今在 YouTube 頻道發布 MV 並寫上，「時隔四年，Forward 成員再聚，重新錄製《出走半生》，拼湊缺失的音符，完成這首屬於我們的歌」。
One of the defendants in the 47-person case, former social worker and Kwun Tong District Councillor Li Ka-tat, was released after completing his sentence at the end of May this year. Forward, the band for which he is lead vocalist, released a new song tonight (6th), “Half a Life Away (Return Edition)”. MV filmed Li Ka-tat and the band reuniting. Forward posted MV on its YouTube channel today, writing, “After four years, Forward’s members have reunited, rerecorded ‘Half a Life Away’, pieced together the missing notes, and completed this song that belongs to us.”
6 Nov 2025集誌社#7502
HKBU cleaner | Johnson admits urging Ying to leave without warning was inappropriate; “forced to resign” Ying willing to return to work
浸會大學一名清潔工上月被承辦商莊臣兩度要求簽署「自願離職信」，浸大日前稱若發現承辦商不當，必嚴正處理。莊臣昨約見事主英姐會面，表示無意要求英姐離職，但承認未警告便勸退是不理想、需加強溝通，亦願讓英姐復職。英姐表示滿意會面結果，亦感受到公司誠意，已於今早回覆有意返回浸大原有崗位工作。協助英姐的工會代表樂見莊臣承認過失，但盼浸大能定期安排校方與勞資雙方進行三方會談，「期望見到浸大有多啲承擔」。
A cleaner at Hong Kong Baptist University was asked twice by contractor Johnson last month to sign a “voluntary resignation letter”. HKBU said earlier that it would deal firmly with any improper conduct by the contractor. Johnson met Ying, the worker involved, yesterday and said it had no intention of asking her to resign, but acknowledged that urging her to leave without warning was inappropriate and that communication needed to be strengthened. It also agreed to let Ying return to work. Ying said she was satisfied with the outcome of the meeting and had felt the company’s sincerity. She replied this morning that she intended to return to her original post at HKBU. The union representative assisting Ying welcomed Johnson’s admission of fault, but hoped HKBU would regularly arrange tripartite meetings between the university, the employer and employees, saying: “We hope to see HKBU take more responsibility.”
5 Nov 2025集誌社#7491
Suicide Notice | Cheung Koon-wai says film has been with censors for three months, criticises Hong Kong government for unreasonable delay
周冠威執導、黃秋生主演的電影《自殺通告》，送檢 93 日，電檢程序仍未完成，周冠威指超出電檢規定14天要交出結果，如有國安疑慮可多 28 天審批。他昨（4日）在社交媒體發文，批港府無理拖延，失程序公義。他表示，不會放棄爭取《自殺通告》在港放映，勸電檢官員「好自為之」，履行責任，回歸邏輯與程序，不要用電檢或國安名義去「囚禁」這電影。
The film Suicide Notice, directed by Cheung Koon-wai and starring Anthony Wong, has been submitted for censorship for 93 days, but the censorship process has yet to be completed. Cheung said this exceeded the film-censorship requirement to provide a result within 14 days, with an additional 28 days allowed for review if there are national security concerns. In a social media post yesterday (the 4th), he criticised the Hong Kong government for causing an unreasonable delay and undermining procedural justice. He said he would not give up seeking a Hong Kong screening for Suicide Notice, urged the film-censorship officials to “act appropriately” and fulfil their responsibilities, return to logic and procedure, and not use film censorship or national security as a pretext to “imprison” the film.
4 Nov 2025社區二手店#7486
Community Second-hand Shop to Close
社區二手店本著「惜物環保、資源再分配及創造有意義的合作勞動」的理念，服務深水埗社區23年，終於到了退休結業的時候！
作為一個非牟利社區經濟項目，在長期沒有資助下能持續經營至今，全靠得到社會各界的慷慨支持。工作團隊的辛勤付出，更是關鍵。當中包括因理念認同而作出義務承擔的成員，一班受僱的專職人員，大家共同奮鬥多年，不少已屆退休之齡。加上面對疫情後的經濟打擊，近年來的經營愈趨困難，我們不得不作出結束的決定！
在此再一次感謝支持我們多年的社區街坊和各方好友，祝大家過去惜物積福，未來生活豐足！
Guided by the principles of cherishing goods and protecting the environment, redistributing resources, and creating meaningful cooperative work, the community second-hand shop has served the Sham Shui Po community for 23 years and is now closing down as it reaches retirement. As a non-profit community economic project, it was able to continue operating for so long without regular funding only because of generous support from people across society. The hard work of the team was also crucial, including members who took on voluntary responsibilities because they shared its principles and a group of employed full-time staff. They worked together for many years, and many have now reached retirement age. In addition, the economic impact following the pandemic has made operations increasingly difficult in recent years, leaving the shop no choice but to decide to close. The shop again thanked local residents and friends from all sectors for their years of support, and wished everyone abundant lives in the future after cherishing resources and accumulating blessings in the past.
4 Nov 2025集誌社#7487
RTHK Content Removed Again | “Removal Order” Expires, More Than 10,000 Programme Holdings Taken Down from Eight University Libraries
《集誌社》上月中曾報道，香港電台要求各大學下架圖書館館藏電視節目，其中教育大學向師生發通告，指須於 11 月 5 日前「全面下架」港台節目。「下架令」今日（4日）期滿，記者翻查和比對，各大學圖書館於 10 月中和今日的館藏搜尋紀錄，發現多間受資助大學原有近一萬項影像館藏，現大多數已下架，僅餘下約 50 至 180 項不等的影像館藏，當中大多數為獲政府部門或公營機構贊助的節目。
《集誌社》向多間院校查詢，中大 5 日回覆「不會對圖書館個別館藏相關事宜作出評論」，其餘院校仍候回覆。
Kap Zi Se reported in the middle of last month that Radio Television Hong Kong had asked universities to remove television programmes from their library holdings. The Education University of Hong Kong issued a notice to staff and students saying that RTHK programmes had to be “fully removed” by 5 November. The “removal order” expired today (4 November). Reporters examined and compared library catalogue search records from mid-October and today, finding that several publicly funded universities had originally held nearly 10,000 video items, most of which have now been removed. Only about 50 to 180 video holdings remain at each institution, most of them programmes sponsored by government departments or public bodies.
Kap Zi Se contacted several institutions for comment. The Chinese University of Hong Kong replied on the 5th that it “would not comment on matters relating to individual library holdings”; the other institutions had yet to respond.
3 Nov 2025獨媒#7480
【Pink Dot】West Kowloon refuses to rent venue, event moves indoors for online concert, hopes to reunite on the lawn in future
今年是「Pink Dot HK 一點粉紅」第11週年，原定10月12日在西九文化區舉行的大型同志嘉年華，惟對方在未有提供原因下拒租場地。主辦方轉以線上音樂會形式，周日（11月2日）在南豐紗廠延續活動，COLLAR成員邱彥筒及C AllStar成員陳健安擔任粉紅大使，現場約250人出席活動，包括藝人黃耀明及前民陣召集人岑子杰。
This year marks the 11th anniversary of Pink Dot HK 一點粉紅. The large-scale LGBT carnival originally scheduled to be held at the West Kowloon Cultural District on October 12 was unable to proceed after the other party refused to rent out the venue without providing a reason. The organisers instead continued the event in the form of an online concert at The Mills on Sunday (November 2). COLLAR member Marf Yau and C AllStar member On Chan served as Pink Ambassadors. About 250 people attended, including singer Anthony Wong Yiu-ming and former Civil Human Rights Front convenor Jimmy Sham Tsz-kit.
31 Oct 2025追光者#7466
Education Bureau pressures tertiary institutions to stop scholars attending Academia Sinica’s Hong Kong seminar in Taiwan; Education Sting: a fatal blow
《追光者》上周曾報道，《東周刊》有政論文章向香港學者施壓「呼籲」要果斷拒絕出席台灣中央研究院（中研院）將於12月初舉辦的香港相關國際研討會。教育新聞平台《教育刺針》收到爆料，指香港教育局亦積極干預，聯繫大專院校阻止本港學者前往。《教育刺針》創辦人楊穎宇認為，這次教育局「開宗明義」出手算是「一劍封喉」，代表不可再發生類似事件，亦意味學術自由會進一步下降。
台灣中研院「香港研究」小組，將於12月4至5日舉行第三屆「香港研究走向全球」國際研討會，《教育刺針》昨（28日）發文稱獲得獨家可靠消息，教育局聯繫本地大專院校，直接向已報名參加會議的在港學者施壓，阻止他們出席會議。
香港八間資助大學一向都是由大學教育資助委員會（UGC）規管及撥款。不過，《教育刺針》引述報料人透露，教育局今次主動出手，在掌握有關出席學者及論文題目等資訊後，直接向院校施壓。據《追光者》了解，來自香港並將會發表論文的學者至少有5位，包括中文大學的馬嶽。
Pulse HK reported last week that a political commentary article in Eastweek had pressured Hong Kong scholars by “calling on” them to decisively refuse to attend an international conference on Hong Kong to be held by Taiwan’s Academia Sinica in early December. The education news platform Education Sting received a tip alleging that the Hong Kong Education Bureau had also actively intervened by contacting tertiary institutions to prevent local scholars from travelling to the conference. Hans Yeung Wing-yu, the platform’s founder, said the Education Bureau’s “open and explicit” intervention this time amounted to “a fatal blow”, signalling that similar incidents must not happen again and that academic freedom would decline further.
Academia Sinica’s Hong Kong Studies group will hold the third “Hong Kong Studies Going Global” international conference on 4 and 5 December. In a post yesterday (28th), Education Sting said it had received exclusive and reliable information that the Education Bureau had contacted local tertiary institutions and directly pressured Hong Kong-based scholars who had already registered to attend, in an effort to stop them from going to the conference.
Hong Kong’s eight publicly funded universities have traditionally been regulated and funded by the University Grants Committee (UGC). However, Education Sting quoted a source as saying that the Education Bureau had taken the initiative this time and, after obtaining information including the participating scholars and their paper topics, directly pressured the institutions. According to Pulse HK, at least five scholars from Hong Kong are scheduled to present papers, including Ma Ngok of The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
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