14 Aug 2023獨媒#8193
民主思路6至7人有意選區會 湯家驊：暫不與其他政黨合作、投票率低過三成都唔奇
District Council elections will be held at the end of the year following the “improvement” of the councils. Path of Democracy convenor Ronny Tong Ka-wah said 6 to 7 members were interested in standing, but the group did not currently plan to cooperate with other political parties because the issues it focuses on differ significantly from those of other parties. He also said the group’s opinion polls showed that the number of people taking a “centrist” position had increased. Combined with the continuing decline in voter registration figures, he believed that public willingness to vote was low, saying, “It would not be surprising if [the turnout] were below 30%.”
區議會「完善」後將於年尾換屆，民主思路召集人湯家驊表示有6至7名成員有意參選，但暫不打算與其他政黨合作，因民主思路關注的議題其他政黨甚有差異。他又指民主思路的民調反映出「中間派」立場的人增加，加上選民登記數字持續下跌，認為市民投票意欲低，「如果（投票率）低過三成都唔奇」。
14 Aug 2023明報#8199
表決參與率 林順潮最低 江玉歡鄧家彪何君堯：通過最重要非在席否
The Legislative Council has held third-reading votes on 24 government bills since January this year. In 16 of those votes, the number of legislators present did not reach the statutory quorum. This newspaper also counted the number of times 89 legislators were present during votes. Five had participation rates below 20 per cent. Lam Shun-chiu of the Election Committee constituency had the fewest attendances, taking part in only three votes, or 12.5 per cent (see chart). Tang Ka-piu, representing Kowloon East, and Election Committee constituency members Jiang Yuhuan and Junius Ho, who each took part in four votes, said that the most important thing was that the bills had been passed, rather than whether they were present.
立法會於今年1月至今共就24項政府法案三讀表決，當中16項在表決時的在席議員未達法定人數。本報並統計了89名議員在表決時在席次數，5名議員的參與率不足兩成，在席次數最少的是選委界別林順潮，只表決了3次，佔12.5%（見圖）。參與了4次表決的九龍東議員鄧家彪、選委界別江玉歡和何君堯均表示，最重要是法案已經獲得通過，而非他們是否在席。
11 Aug 2023Channel C#8184
任內支持政府推法援改革 梁永祥續任法援局主席至2025
The government announced this morning (11th) that William Wing Cheung Leung would be reappointed chairman of the Legal Aid Services Council for a two-year term from 1 September 2023 to 31 August 2025. He has held the position since September 2019. During William Wing Cheung Leung’s tenure, legal aid applications by the “girl with an injured eye” and other protesters arrested in cases arising from the anti-extradition bill movement drew criticism from the pro-establishment camp. He and then Director of Legal Aid Thomas Edward Kwong responded to the matter. The government later proposed amendments to the legal aid system, including no longer allowing legally aided persons in criminal cases to instruct designated barristers; the Legal Aid Services Council led by William Wing Cheung Leung also supported the amendment bill.
政府今早（11日）宣佈，將續任梁永祥為法律援助服務局（法援局）主席，任期定由2023年9月1日至2025年8月31日，為期兩年；而他自2019年9月起擔任該職位。梁永祥任內曾經歷反修例運動案件中，「爆眼少女」及其他被捕示威者申請法援，惹來建制派批評，並與時任法律援助署署長鄺寶昌回應事件；後來政府提出修訂法援制度，包括不再允許刑事案件的法援受助人委託指定大律師，梁永祥所率之法援局亦支持該修訂議案。
10 Aug 2023光傳媒#8175
議員提取消「黑碼」 深圳市口岸辦：旅客健康申報屬「國家事權」
After Hong Kong and mainland China fully reopened their border early this year, several Legislative Council members suggested scrapping the “black code” to facilitate crossings by residents of both places. National People’s Congress Standing Committee member Starry Lee Wai-king said elderly people without smartphones took longer to cross the border and caused confusion. She also said that when she went to Beijing for a meeting in June this year, she suggested to central government ministries and commissions that the “black code” for border crossings be scrapped. Some legislators, however, believed the “black code” did not impede crossings. The Shenzhen Municipal Port Office responded yesterday (the 9th) that passenger health declarations were a “national authority”, adding that the information required had already been substantially streamlined.
今年初香港與中國全面通關後，多名立法會議員建議取消「黑碼」，方便兩地居民過境。全國人大常委李慧琼曾指長者不用智能手機，增加過關時間和造成混亂，更表示今年6月上京開會時，向中央部委建議取消通關「黑碼」； 但亦有議員認為「黑碼」無阻過關。深圳市口岸辦昨（9日）回應，旅客健康申報屬「國家事權」，又指填報項目已大幅精簡。
10 Aug 2023獨媒#8177
國安處去年底接38萬條舉報信息 較前年多16萬
The Hong Kong Police Force’s 2022 annual report said that, after the National Security Department set up a reporting hotline in 2020 and opened an official WeChat account in August last year, it had received 380,000 reports by the end of last year—160,000 more than the 220,000 received by the end of 2021. Five police officers were criminally convicted last year. No officers were found to have breached discipline following formal disciplinary hearings, while 73 officers received reprimands and warnings.
香港警務處公布2022年年報，指警方國安處2020年設立舉報熱線並去年8月開設微信官方帳戶後，截至去年底，共接獲38萬條舉報信息，較2021年底的22萬條舉報信息多16萬條。另外去年有5名被刑事定罪的警員，並沒有經正式紀律聆訊而被裁定違反紀律的警員，有73名警員遭訓示及警告。
8 Aug 2023獨媒#8165
何珮珊：嚴查「軟對抗」物品流入中港 切實維護「政治安全」
The Security Bureau has repeatedly stressed the need to combat “soft resistance”. Customs Commissioner Louise Ho Pui-shan also wrote in Ta Kung Pao today that Customs would strictly inspect “soft resistance” items entering Hong Kong or being exported to the mainland, in order to “effectively safeguard political security”. She said Customs had the important responsibility of “guarding the national gateway and safeguarding the security of Hong Kong and the country”, and would strengthen counter-terrorism response at control points, “resolutely implement” the national security outlook, and “safeguard political security”. A review of past reports found that Ho had previously mentioned in an interview that “soft resistance” items included books, magazines and daily necessities. She also openly said she was not afraid of “setting a precedent” by intercepting publicity materials related to “soft resistance”.
保安局不時強調要打擊「軟對抗」，海關關長何珮珊今日亦在《大公報》撰文，海關將嚴查「軟對抗」物品進入香港或輸往內地，以「切實維護政治安全」。她又稱海關身負「守護國門、維護香港和國家安全的重任」，將會強化口岸反恐應變及「堅決落實」國家安全觀，以及「維護政治安全」。翻查資料，何珮珊過去曾接受訪問，提及「軟對抗」物品，包括書籍、雜誌、日用品等，她亦不諱言無懼「開先例」堵截「軟對抗」文宣物品。
8 Aug 2023獨媒#8168
公務員處分機制取消獨立委員會 華員會憂損公平、助長「擦鞋文化」
The Civil Service Bureau earlier proposed “simplifying” the civil service disciplinary mechanism, including no longer establishing an “independent committee” for cases in which the “observation period” has been completed. Secretary for the Civil Service Ingrid Yeung said it was difficult for smaller departments to form an “independent committee” and that, as department staff knew one another, such committees were of limited significance. Lee Kwai-yin, staff-side representative on the Senior Civil Service Council and chairwoman of the Chinese Civil Servants’ Association, said on a radio programme today that the purpose of establishing an “independent committee” was to ensure that the person concerned would not be targeted by a supervisor or affected by bias. She feared that scrapping the committees would undermine fairness and promote a “bootlicking culture”. She said that even if setting up a committee took time, “if it makes the system fair and consistent, we think spending a little more time is appropriate and worthwhile.”
公務員事務局早前提出「簡化」公務員處分機制，當中包括完成「觀察期」的個案不再設「獨立委員會」。公務員事務局局長楊何蓓茵表示，較少人數的部門難以成立「獨立委員會」，而且部門人員互相認識，認為設立委員會意義不大。高級公務員評議會職方代表、華員會會長利葵燕今日在一個電台節目指，設立「獨立委員會」目的是確保當時人不會被上司針對及偏見影響，擔心取消後會損害公平性及助長「擦鞋文化」。她認為，即使設立委員會花時間，「如果你令到制度有公平性及一致性，你用多少少時間，我哋都覺得係合適同值得」。
7 Aug 2023集誌社#8153
有條件釋放令｜撤令難 最長持令 23 年申撤銷不獲批 有病人四度上訴失敗
The Health Bureau recently announced a review of the “conditional release” mechanism for discharging psychiatric patients. Proposed revisions include extending its application to voluntary inpatients and adding more “release conditions”. Patients subject to conditional release have pointed to various problems with the current system.
Ha Chi-wai, who was subject to a release order for 10 years and worked on the mainland, had to return to Hong Kong each month for follow-up appointments and injections. Ah Chuen (pseudonym), who was subject to an order for seven years, refused injections because of side effects, breached the order and was compulsorily admitted to hospital. He later lived in a halfway house under a “supervised” regime, including having his bank card confiscated and being subject to curfews. Both only discovered after being under the order for years that they had the right to apply for a review of their conditional release. Ha Chi-wai applied for review four times, all unsuccessfully.
The Collective received a response from the Health Bureau stating that, among the 78 patients who applied to have their conditional release orders revoked over the past five years, some had been subject to orders for as long as 23 years, and applications to revoke them were still denied. Social workers said that prolonged failure to revoke an order could cause patients significant psychological pressure, as they feared being compulsorily sent to hospital if they breached the conditions. A legal scholar said that, in the 35 years since the mechanism was introduced, it had never been reviewed or amended through legislation; reviews were difficult and there was no time limit, meaning patients’ rights had not been balanced and “human rights issues had never been considered”.
醫衞局近日公布檢討精神科病人出院安排的「有條件釋放」機制 ，修訂方向包括擴大適用範圍至自願入院者、增加「釋放條件」等。有被施加「有條件釋放」的病人指出現行制度的多個問題。
曾被施加「釋放令」十年、在內地工作的夏志偉，過去多年，每月要特地返港覆診打針；被施令七年的阿全（化名），因針劑副作用，拒絕接受注射而違令、被強制入院，之後住在中途宿舍，過著被沒收銀行卡、設門禁的「監管」生活。兩人都是在持令多年後，才發現自己有權利申請覆核「有條件釋放」；夏志偉更曾四次覆核，均以失敗告終。
《集誌社》獲醫衞局回覆，指過去五年，申請撤銷「有條件釋放令」的 78 名病人中，有人最長持令 23 年、申請撤令仍不獲批。社工表示長時間不撤令，或令患者有巨大心理壓力，擔心一旦違反條件，會被強制送院。法律學者指，機制實施 35 年以來從未檢討修例、覆核困難、不設限期，未有平衡病人權益，「沒考慮過人權問題」。
7 Aug 2023光傳媒#8155
國安委擴編制 警前副處長劉賜蕙翻兜
The Hong Kong Committee for Safeguarding National Security is expanding its establishment. Sing Tao Daily reported today that Edwina Lau, the former Deputy Commissioner of Police (National Security) who retired in April this year, will return to the government by joining the commission in a new post overseeing operations. She will be the second senior police official to join the commission recently, following the transfer of the Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police and Director of the Regulatory Department Siao Tung Lim.
香港維護國家安全委員會（國安委）擴大編制，《星島》今日報道指，今年4月退休的警務處前副處長（國安）劉賜蕙，將「翻兜」政府加入國安委，出任主管行動的新職位。她將是繼警務處高級助理處長兼監管處處長林曉彤調任後，近期第2位加入國安委的警隊高層。
7 Aug 2023光傳媒#8156
林定國：法律有類似「知情不報」條文 引古老普通法原則「叛逆罪」
The National Security Department earlier offered bounties for information leading to the arrest of eight Hong Kong people wanted overseas. In recent months, national security police have also taken their family members away for questioning. Secretary for Justice Rimsky Yuen said on the HOY TV programme “How Much Do You Know About the National Security Law” that although the National Security Law currently contains no offence of “failure to report knowledge”, other ordinances can regulate related offences. He also cited the offence of “treason” enacted by Britain in its colonies in the 19th century, saying: “If you fail to report what you know, you may also have violated an offence under common law.”
國安處早前懸紅通緝8名海外港人，近月國安警又帶走他們的家人問話。律政司司長林定國在《HOY TV》節目「國安法知多少」指，現時《國安法》中雖無「知情不報」的罪名，但有其他條例可規範相關的罪行。他又引用19世紀英國在殖民地訂立的「叛逆罪」，「你知情不報的話，可能都係違反咗普通法裏面的罪行」。
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