21 Jul 2023獨媒#8050
中大修例私人草案立法會拒辦公聽會 下周五逐條審議
The Bills Committee on the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Amendment) Bill 2023 held its first meeting on Friday (July 21). Committee chairwoman Leung Mei-fan declined to hold a public hearing, allowing only 10 days for written submissions, and scheduled clause-by-clause scrutiny for next Friday (July 28).
Kelvin Yu Ming Yeung, chairman of the CUHK Alumni Senate and also a member of the University Council, sent an open letter to committee chairwoman Leung Mei-fan yesterday requesting a public hearing. At today’s meeting, several legislators opposed the request, including Tang Ka-piu of the Federation of Trade Unions, who was among those who proposed the private bill. He said reform of the CUHK Council was “quite politicised” and that a public hearing might become “more about criticising people and things one dislikes than examining whether the bill itself is appropriate”. Saying that this was “to protect CUHK”, he considered that a public hearing should not be held. New People’s Party member Lai Tung-kwok also supported written submissions, saying they would allow for more detailed views. Wong Yuk-fun said at the meeting that he did not agree with some legislators’ claim that receiving public views in written form was “rational”, saying that “a face-to-face public hearing would make things even more open and transparent for the public”.
《2023年香港中文大學（修訂）條例草案》委員會周五（7月21日）舉行首次會議，委員會主席梁美芬拒舉行公聽會，只安排10日接受書面意見，並安排在下周五（7月28日）進入逐條審議程序。
身兼校董的中大校友評議會主席楊于銘，昨日向委員會主席梁美芬發公開會，要求舉行公聽會。今日會上，多名議員對此表示反對，包括有份提出私人草案的工聯會鄧家彪，他指中大校董會改革「幾政治化」，公聽會或變成「對唔鍾意嘅人和事造批評多過就係睇呢個條文本身係咪合宜」，稱「為保護中大」，認為不宜舉行。新民黨黎棟國亦支持書面，認為能更詳細。會上汪玉歡則稱，不贊成部分議員指書面形式聽取公眾意見才是「理性」，認為「面對面的公聽會更比到公眾更加公開透明嘅」。
20 Jul 2023獨媒#8035
國安處再帶走4人助查包括郭榮鏗家人 警：相關行動仍進行
At the beginning of the month, the Police National Security Department announced a HK$1 million reward for information leading to the arrest of eight Hong Kong people overseas. In recent days, it has taken several people away to assist with investigations, including the family of three of the elder brother of Mang Siu-tat. Multiple media outlets cited sources today (20th) as saying that the department took two men and two women away in the morning—former Legislative Council member Kwok Wing-hang’s parents and elder brother and sister-in-law. His elder brother, Kwok Wing-yan, left Western District Police Station at around 2 p.m. Police said they were suspected of assisting absconded persons to continue engaging in acts endangering national security, adding that the operation was still ongoing and that further enforcement actions, including arrests, could not be ruled out.
警方國安處月初宣布懸紅100萬元通緝8名海外港人，連日來帶走多人助查，包括帶走蒙兆達兄長一家三口。多間傳媒今（20日）引述消息指，國安處早上再帶走兩男兩女，為前立法會議員郭榮鏗的父母及兄嫂，其中兄長郭榮臻於2時許離開西區警署。警方表示，他們涉嫌協助在逃人繼續從事危害國安行為，指相關行動仍在進行中，不排除有拘捕等其他執法行動。
20 Jul 2023獨媒#8037
中大校友評議會主席去信立法會 促召開公聽會
Three Legislative Council members who also sit on the Chinese University of Hong Kong Council have proposed a private bill, and the relevant Bills Committee will hold its first meeting tomorrow (July 21). Before the bill was submitted, the CUHK Council had neither formally discussed nor passed it. Kelvin Yu Ming Yeung, who also serves on the Council and is chairman of the CUHK Alumni Council, today sent an open letter to committee chairwoman Leung Mei-fan, requesting that the Council’s views be taken into account when the bill is subsequently amended, and that a public hearing be held to allow stakeholders to express their views.
三名身兼中大校董的立法會議員提出私人草案，相關法案委員會將於明日（7月21日）召開首次會議。該草案在提交前，中大校董會未正式討論及通過。同樣身兼校董的中大校友評議會主席楊于銘，今日向委員會主席梁美芬發出公開信，要求稍後修訂《草案》時，需考慮校董會的意見，以及召開公聽會，讓持份者發表意見。
19 Jul 2023RTHK#8017
鄭雁雄：習近平五部重要書籍繁體版在港發行具重要意義
The Traditional-Chinese editions of Xi Jinping: The Governance of China in the New Era (2023 Edition) and four books documenting President Xi Jinping’s work experience in local areas were launched in Hong Kong. A launch ceremony for the new books was held at the book fair on its first day.
In his address at the ceremony, Director of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Zheng Yanxiong stressed that the publication and distribution in Hong Kong of the Traditional-Chinese editions of the five important books was highly significant. It would help Hong Kong compatriots deepen their understanding of the world situation and China’s national conditions, and enhance their understanding and grasp of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China’s governance concepts, new ideas, new thinking and new strategies, as well as its decisions and arrangements concerning Hong Kong. It would also help overseas readers deepen their understanding of China’s governance, China’s path and China’s governance model.
《習近平新時代中國特色社會主義思想學習綱要（2023版）》和四部記述國家主席習近平在地方工作經歷的繁體版圖書在香港首發，於書展首日展期舉行新書首發式。
中聯辦主任鄭雁雄在儀式致辭時強調，五部重要書籍的繁體版在港出版發行，對幫助香港同胞加深，對世情、國情的認識增強對黨中央治國理政，新理念、新思想、新戰略，及涉港決策部署的領悟把握，對幫助海外讀者，加深對中國治理中國之路、中國之治的理解，具有重要的意義。
19 Jul 2023獨媒#8021
蔡展鵬連續兩月率團「內交」 參觀國企派出所了解國家文化歷史
Following a major reshuffle in the police force, Kan Kai-yin was appointed head of the Police National Security Department. Chin Pang Tsoi, who was previously Kan’s superior, continued as director of the Personnel and Training Department and was described as having reached a “career dead end.” The latest issue of Police Voice said that Chin Pang Tsoi led a 27-member exchange delegation to Zhuhai in June to meet frontline mainland public security officers, and also visited Chaoyang Police Station and a state-owned enterprise to learn about national development. This marked his second consecutive month of “mainland exchanges”; Police Voice had earlier reported that he led a delegation to visit the Guangdong Provincial Public Security Department and met its director, Zhizhong Wang.
警隊早前大執位，由簡啟恩做警務處國安部負責人，曾經是簡上司的蔡展鵬，就繼續出任人事及訓練處處長，被喻為仕途「行人止步」。最新一期《警聲》指，蔡展鵬於6月率領27人交流團，前往內地珠海市與前線公安交流，亦參觀朝陽派出所和國企，了解國家發展。今次已經是他連續兩個月「內交」，早前《警聲》亦指他帶團拜訪廣東省公安廳，並與廣東省公安廳廳長王志忠見面。
19 Jul 2023獨媒#8022
麥美娟：投票率受眾多因素影響如落雨打風
Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs Alice Mak, who is currently visiting Beijing, met Xia Baolong, director of the Hong Kong and Macao Work Office of the State Council, yesterday to report on work to improve district governance. Speaking to reporters today, she was asked about voter turnout in the District Council election at the end of the year. She said voter turnout was not the only factor determining whether the election was conducted safely and orderly, and that it was also affected by factors such as the weather.
現在北京訪問的民政及青年事務局局長麥美娟，昨日拜會國務院港澳事務辦公室主任夏寶龍，匯報完善地區治理工作。她今日見記者，被問到年底區議會選舉的投票率，她指投票率非選舉是否安全有序進行的惟一因素，而投票率亦受天氣等因素影響。
19 Jul 2023獨媒#8025
警方凌晨演習 模擬大會堂慶祝活動遭恐襲
Police held an anti-terrorism drill in the early hours under the code name “Purple Flame”, simulating several terrorists entering Hong Kong City Hall while a large-scale celebration was under way and launching a terrorist attack.
警方凌晨舉行代號「紫焰」的反恐演習，模擬數名恐怖分子進入正進行大型慶祝活動的香港大會堂，並發動恐怖襲擊。
19 Jul 2023明報#8030
副國安部長董經緯接掌國安公署 2021年主持反諜座談 促抓「內奸」「幕後金主」
The State Council issued a press release yesterday appointing Deputy Minister of State Security Dong Jingwei as director of the Office for Safeguarding National Security of the Central People’s Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, succeeding Zheng Yanxiong, whose position became vacant in January after he became director of the Liaison Office. Chief Executive John Lee welcomed the appointment yesterday, saying that the HKSAR Government would continue to maintain communication and cooperation with the Office, implement the Hong Kong National Security Law, and fulfil Hong Kong’s responsibilities and obligations in safeguarding national security. Lau Siu-kai, an adviser to the National Hong Kong and Macao Studies Association, said the appointment did not indicate that the central government’s national security policy towards Hong Kong would change, stressing that the Hong Kong National Security Law had clearly set out the Office’s role. He believed, however, that Dong’s national security background would help strengthen the training of Hong Kong national security personnel, provide more intelligence on threats to Hong Kong’s national security from external forces, and address shortcomings in handling Hong Kong’s national security affairs.
國務院昨發新聞稿，任命國安部副部長董經緯為中央駐港國安公署署長，接替今年1月因鄭雁雄出任中聯辦主任而懸空的職位。特首李家超昨對任命表示歡迎，稱特區政府將繼續與國安公署保持溝通和合作，執行《港區國安法》，履行本港維護國安的責任和義務。全國港澳研究會顧問劉兆佳分析，任命並非反映中央對港國安方針將出現變動，強調《港區國安法》已清晰列明公署角色；惟相信其國安背景，有助加強培訓本港國安人員，及就外部勢力對本港國安的威脅掌握更多情報，應對本港國安事務的不足。
18 Jul 2023獨媒#8013
張國鈞：批評國安法的外國人沒看過條文 將製案例匯編讓外界更易理解
Three years after the enactment of the Hong Kong National Security Law, Deputy Secretary for Justice Horace Cheung said many foreigners who criticise the law had not read its provisions and had mostly relied on hearsay. The authorities are preparing a digest of cases under the National Security Law, with the aim of completing it by the end of the year and publishing it online to make the provisions easier for people outside Hong Kong to understand. He said: “In fact, if you ask Hong Kong people, or some of the foreigners who are currently criticising us, whether they have read the National Security Law, they actually have not! Much of it is hearsay—hearsay about what the National Security Law is like, and so on.”
《港區國安法》立法三年，律政司副司長張國鈞表示，不少批評國安法的外國人均沒有看過條文內容，大多道聽途說，當局正製作國安法案例匯編，目標在年底完成，並在網絡發布，識外界更易掌握條文：「其實你問香港人，或者外國現在批評我們的一些外國人，你問他有沒有看過國安法？其實沒有看過啦！很多也是聽說，聽說國安法怎麼樣、怎麼樣。」
18 Jul 2023獨媒#8015
袁彌昌指香港淪為「一潭死水」 鷹派為利益地位維持長期「撥亂反正」
The well-known mainland political blog “Jinghaihou（”, which is frequently reprinted and cited by official media, recently published a commentary criticising a small number of Hong Kong officials and legislators for invoking the National Security Law at every turn, and even “preferring the left to the right, regardless of the consequences”. The article resonated in political circles. In an analysis published today in Ming Pao, academic Yuen Mei-cheung said that after China-US relations “warm up”, some hawks and leftists would “certainly not be pleased”, as this would affect their positions and interests. He expected those seeking promotion and wealth through the National Security Law to try to keep Hong Kong in the phase of “governing Hong Kong through the National Security Law”. He also described Hong Kong as having become “a pool of stagnant water”, with its international standing and value to the country declining rapidly, saying that there was a problem with the “formula” for governing Hong Kong.
經常獲得官媒轉載和引述的內地知名政治博客「靖海侯」最近發表一篇評論，批評香港少數官員和議員動不動拿國安法出來做事，甚至「寧左勿右，不管後果」。文章在政界引起不少共鳴，學者袁彌昌今日在《明報》撰文分析中美關係「回暖」後，相信部分鷹派和左派「肯定不是味兒」，因為將影響其地位與利益，預期這批人欲藉《國安法》升官發財的人，會設法將香港停留在「國安法治港」的階段。他又形容目前香港淪為「一潭死水」，其國際地位及對國家的價值急速下滑，是治港「方程式」出了問題。
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