14 Nov 2023獨媒#8642
李家超「日程事宜」留港 續主持行政會議
Chief Executive John Lee earlier announced that he would remain in Hong Kong for “scheduling matters” and would not travel to the United States to attend the APEC meeting (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation), held from November 15 to 17. Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po represented Hong Kong instead. He continued to chair the Executive Council meeting this morning and spoke to reporters beforehand to continue promoting the District Council election, saying the election atmosphere would become increasingly enthusiastic and urging members of the public to vote on December 10. “Every voter must remember to vote in this election.”
行政長官李家超早前宣布因「日程事宜」留港，沒有往美國出席11月15日至17日舉行的APEC會議（亞太經濟合作會議），由財政司司長陳茂波代表。他今早續主持行政會議，會前見記者續推銷區議會選舉，指選舉氣氛將愈來愈熱烈，籲市民於12月10日投票日投票，「每位選民係今次選舉，都要記住投票」。
10 Nov 2023獨媒#8630
區議會選舉399候選人 資格全獲裁定有效
December 10 is polling day for the District Council election. A total of 399 nominations were received for the direct and indirect elections. The authorities announced today that the District Council Eligibility Review Committee had completed its review and determined that all 399 candidates met the statutory requirements and conditions of upholding the Basic Law and pledging allegiance to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and that their nominations were valid.
12月10日是區議會選舉投票日，本屆直選及間選共收到399份提名。當局今日公布區議會資格審查委員會已完成審查，399人全部符合「擁護《基本法》」和「效忠香港特區」的法定要求和條件，裁定他們的提名為有效。
2 Nov 2023獨媒#8590
全港一成關愛隊員因選舉停職 麥美娟讚「有承擔」 稱不影響服務
Media reports estimate that about 460 Care Team members have suspended their duties because they intend to stand as candidates in the District Council election or serve as election agents. In some neighbourhood Care Teams, half of the members have suspended their duties. Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs Alice Mak Mei-kuen said this afternoon that about 10% of Care Team members across Hong Kong had applied to the Home Affairs Department to suspend their duties. She said, however, that she believed this would not affect the Care Teams’ services. She also praised the members for having “a sense of responsibility”, saying that they not only took part in Care Team services but also “actively participated in the election”, which she considered “worthy of support”.
有傳媒統計，有約460名關愛隊成員因有意成為區議會選舉候選，或選舉代理人而暫停職務，部分「小區」關愛隊更有一半成員停職。民政及青年事務局局長麥美娟下午回應時確認，全港約有10%關愛隊員已民政總署申請暫停職務。不過她稱相信不會影響關愛隊的服務，她又稱關愛隊員「有承擔」，因不單參與關愛隊服務，還「積極參與選舉」，她認為「值得支持」。
1 Nov 2023獨媒#8585
團結香港基金訪問北京 陳智思引述夏寶龍：中央所做一切都是為了香港好
Bernard Chan, chairman of Our Hong Kong Foundation, led 15 directors and members of the management team on a visit to Beijing at the end of last month. They were received by Xia Baolong, director of the Hong Kong and Macao Work Office of the State Council, at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse for nearly two and a half hours. Chan quoted Xia as saying that the central government’s policy on “one country, two systems” would not change, and reiterated that “one country, two systems” is the best institutional arrangement for Hong Kong and Macao to maintain long-term prosperity after their returns, and must be upheld over the long term: “Since the handover, everything the central government has done has been for the good of ‘one country, two systems’ and for Hong Kong’s good.”
團結香港基金主席陳智思上月底率領15名理事及管理層訪問北京，獲國務院港澳辦主任夏寶龍在釣魚台國賓館接見近兩個半小時。陳智思引述夏寶龍的說話，指中央對「一國兩制」的政策不會變，重申「一國兩制」是香港、澳門回歸後保持長期繁榮的最佳制度安排，必須長期堅持：「回歸以來，中央所做的一切都是為了『一國兩制』好，為了香港好。」
31 Oct 2023獨媒#8576
鄭雁雄：不可能昨日反中亂港 今喊兩句口號即變「愛國者」
The government said it would help the public better understand the importance of the district council reform and held a seminar in the afternoon. Chief Executive John Lee criticised the governors of Hong Kong for completely obeying the British government and enjoying supreme privileges. He said that after the British government learned that China would resume sovereignty over Hong Kong, it substantially introduced and expanded elections, changing district council seats so that most were elected, and hurriedly implemented political reforms, “attempting to turn Hong Kong into an independent or semi-independent political entity and creating ‘loopholes’ in the district councils”. Director of the Liaison Office Zheng Yanxiong said there were “generally accepted standards” for patriots, and that in judging whether someone was a patriot, “one must listen to what they say, but even more importantly observe what they do”. He said it was “impossible for someone who was still opposing China and causing chaos in Hong Kong yesterday, or whose political group was still doing so, to transform into a patriot today just by shouting two slogans”.
政府稱要為市民更明白區議會改制後的重要性，下午舉行研討會，特首李家超批評港督完全聽命英國政府，擁至高無上特權，他稱英政府得悉中國將收回香港後，大幅引入和擴大選舉，將區議會議席變為大部分由選舉産生，急速推行政制改革，「企圖把香港變成獨立或半獨立的政治實體，令區議會產生「漏洞」。中聯辦主任鄭雁雄更言，愛國者有「公認標準」，判斷愛國者「要聽其言、更要觀其行」、「不可能昨日還在反中亂港，或者所屬政團還在反中亂港，今日喊兩句口號就搖身一變成咗愛國者」。
31 Oct 2023光傳媒#8579
區選低競爭 多敗部 6區10人爭8席 8區一半參選人曾落敗 鍾劍華：有違政治倫理
The nomination period for the first District Council election after electoral reform ended yesterday (30th). Statistics compiled by Guang Media from the nomination lists across Hong Kong’s 18 districts found low levels of competition in several districts, with the District Committee constituency seeing 10 candidates contesting eight seats and five candidates contesting four seats in different districts. Many candidates in this election were defeated in the 2019 District Council election; in the District Committee constituencies of Wan Chai and Wong Tai Sin, candidates making a “comeback from the losers’ bracket” accounted for as much as 80%. Chung Kim-wah, a Hong Kong scholar of social policy and public administration, told Guang Media that the low level of competition was expected: “There is coordination within the pro-establishment camp, and they will not sour relations.”
改制後的首次區議會選舉提名期昨日（30日）結束，《光傳媒》統計全港18區的提名名單，發現多區出現「低競爭」，多區的地區委員會界別出現「10人爭8席」、「5人爭4席」情況；而今次區選不乏2019年區選敗將參選，在灣仔和黃大仙的地區委員會界別，「敗部復活」參選人比例就高達8成。香港社會政策及公共行政學者鍾劍華向《光傳媒》表示，低競爭是預期之內，「建制派有協調、亦唔會傷和氣」。
17 Oct 2023獨媒#8503
沙田區議員周曉嵐不參選：政治形勢限制令我思考在這崗位的角色
Nominations for the reformed District Council elections opened today (17th). The Democratic Party has reduced the number of candidates it is fielding from eight to six. Incumbent pro-democracy councillors have successively announced that they will not stand, including Democratic Party Sha Tin district councillor Hiu Nam Chow, who formally announced on social media this morning that they would not contest the election. Hiu Nam Chow said: “Faced with the new District Council system, the substantial increase in the scope of services and population, together with the constraints imposed by the objective political situation, I have had to reflect on my role in this position.”
改制後的區議會選舉今（17日）開始接受提名，民主黨由派出8人減至6人角逐。現任民主派議員陸續宣布不參選，其中民主黨沙田區議員周曉嵐今早在社交媒體正式宣布不會參選。他指：「面對新的區議會制度，服務範圍、人口大幅增加，加上客觀的政治形勢上的限制，令我不得不思索在這崗位的角色。」
16 Oct 2023獨媒#8496
何俊賢：現時立法會屬協商型民主 政府更重視議員意見
After the electoral system was “improved”, the Legislative Council implemented governance of Hong Kong by patriots. However, Democratic Alliance for Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong lawmaker Ho Chun-yin said on an online media programme that there is still an “opposition” in the council, referring to lawmakers who hold views different from those of the government. He said the pro-establishment camp differed fundamentally from the pan-democrats of the past, accusing the latter of using livelihood issues to “bring down the government”: “But we are working for people’s livelihoods; we’re not trying to bring down the SAR Government.” Ho also said that, under governance of Hong Kong by patriots, the Legislative Council had experienced consultative democracy, and that the government attached greater importance to lawmakers’ views than before.
在「完善」選舉制度後，立法會落實由愛國者治港。不過，民建聯立法會議員何俊賢在一個網台節目中指，立法會內現時仍有「反對派」，即與政府持不同意見的議員，但指建制派與過往的民主派在本質上有差別，斥民主派借民生議題「倒政府台」：「但係我哋係為民生做嘢嘅嘛，唔係想個特區政府死㗎嘛。」何俊賢又認為，立法會在愛國者治港下，已體驗了協商型民主，政府亦較以往更重視議員們的意見。
16 Oct 2023明報#8499
三會會議 1700委員全勤109零出席 上半年平均出席率83% 有稱開會基本責任 有稱參與形式之一
After changes to the District Council election system, candidates must be nominated by a district “"the three committees"” (Area, Fire Safety and Fight Crime Committees), giving "the three committees" members a more important role in district affairs. The current term began early this year, with each committee meeting two or three times in the first half of the year. An analysis of the meeting records of "the three committees" committees in all 18 districts found that the average attendance rate in the first half was 83%. Some 109 members (4.4%) missed all meetings during the period, including several serving or former district councillors, while more than 1,700 members (68%) attended every meeting. Some members who were absent said they had been unable to attend because of other public duties, while some described meetings as merely one form of participation. Alex Hoi Kit Fan, vice-chairman of the Tai Po Fight Crime Committee, did not miss any meetings during the current term. He said attending meetings was a basic responsibility and believed that most "the three committees" members in the current term had participated actively.
區議會選舉改制後候選人須獲地區「三會」（分區、防火及滅罪會）提名，三會成員在地區事務扮演更重要角色。今屆三會成員任期年初開始，上半年開會兩至三次，本報透過今屆18區三會會議紀錄統計，三會委員上半年平均出席率為83%；有109名（4.4%）委員缺席上半年所有會議，包括多名現任或前任區議員，而逾1700人（68%）百分百出席。有缺席者解釋因其他公務無暇出席，有的形容「開會只不過是其中一個（參與）形式」。大埔滅罪會副主席范凱傑今屆沒缺席會議，他說開會是基本責任，相信今屆大部分三會委員參與度高。
15 Oct 2023獨媒#8493
民協2人參選區議會 重申是愛國愛港政黨
The nomination period for the District Council elections following the “improvement” of the system will begin next Tuesday. The Association for Democracy and People’s Livelihood (ADPL) is fielding two candidates: incumbent Tuen Mun District Councillor Kenny Kai Lim Chow and secretary-general Wai Shing Kwok. They told InMedia that they had still not secured the agreement of members of “"the three committees"” to nominate them. Asked how they would convince members of “"the three committees"” that they were patriots, Wai Shing Kwok stressed that the ADPL itself is a patriotic, Hong Kong-loving political party, and that both Kenny Kai Lim Chow and Wai Shing Kwok are patriots.
「完善」後的區議會選舉提名期下周二開始，民協派出2人參選，包括現任屯門區議員周啟廉、總幹事郭偉誠。他們接受《獨媒》查詢時指，仍未獲「三會」成員答應提名。被問到如何說服「三會」成員自己是愛國者，郭偉誠強調，民協本身就是愛國愛港的政黨，自己與周啟廉亦是愛國者。
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