24 Jul 2025獨媒#7086
教育局更新內地考察指引 指學生勿自行使用外賣平台購買食物
Some students previously left their hotels without permission at night while taking part in Mainland exchange tours. At several other schools, students were suspected of suffering food poisoning and becoming infected with acute gastroenteritis in succession during study visits. The Education Bureau recently updated its frequently asked questions guidance on Mainland study visits under the Citizenship and Social Development subject, stating that, in view of potential hygiene risks and practical needs, students should not independently use food delivery platforms to purchase food or drinks during the itinerary. The Education Bureau recently uploaded the 2025/26 school year’s FAQ document on arrangements for Mainland study visits, which added guidance on students using food delivery platforms to purchase food and drinks during the itinerary.
早前有學生參加內地交流團期間，在晚上擅自離開酒店外出，另有多間學校在考察期間，學生懷疑食物中毒，連環感染急性腸胃炎。教育局日前更新公民與社會發展科的內地考察常見問題指引，列明因應潛在衛生風險及實際需要，學生不應在行程中自行使用外賣平台購買食物或飲品。
教育局日前上載2025/26學年公社科「內地考察安排常見問題」，文件內容新增「學生在行程中使用外賣平台購買食物及飲品」指引，稱因應潛在衛生風險及實際需要，學生不應在行程中自行使用外賣平台購買食物或飲品。
23 Jul 2025HK01#7081
立法會通過修訂權力及特權條例 助完善議員履職機制
The Legislative Council today (July 23) passed at third reading amendments to the Legislative Council (Powers and Privileges) Ordinance (Chapter 382 of the Laws of Hong Kong), to pave the way for the introduction of the Code of Conduct for Members of the Legislative Council in the next-term Legislative Council and the imposition of financial sanctions on members whose duties have been suspended. Chief Secretary for Administration Chan Kwok-ki said the Legislative Council’s proposal to improve the system for members’ performance of duties was another example of strengthening self-management to higher standards. He said the Code sets clear standards and guidelines for the work and expected conduct of Legislative Council members, which would help members perform their duties more efficiently, enhance the effectiveness and transparency of the legislature, and enable the Legislative Council to better perform its constitutional functions.
立法會今日（7月23日）三讀通過修訂《立法會（權力及特權）條例》（香港法例第382章）），以配合下屆立法會引入《立法會議員守則》，對被暫停職務的議員施加財政處分。政務司司長陳國基表示，立法會提出完善議員履職制度，是以更高標準加強自我管理的又一實例，《守則》為立法會議員的工作及應有的行為表現訂下了清晰的標準和指引，將有助議員更高效履職，提升議會的效益和透明度，使立法會更好發揮憲制職能。
22 Jul 2025明報#7071
酒店商廈改裝學生宿舍 條款涵遵守國安法
The Development Bureau and Education Bureau announced yesterday that the City-centre Student Hostel Scheme had begun accepting applications. The scheme allows hotels and commercial buildings to be converted into student hostels without going through any planning procedures. An online webpage has also been launched, where interested developers or operators can download and complete the application form. The authorities attached a statutory declaration, under which applicants must comply with national security provisions. Otherwise, their premises will not be regarded as eligible student hostels under the scheme, they will be barred from rejoining the scheme for three years, and the Government will reserve the right to take enforcement action or legal proceedings.
The Development Bureau and Education Bureau said developers or operators must submit a statutory declaration together with their applications, undertaking to comply with the eligibility criteria under the scheme. According to the declaration, if an applicant has engaged, or is engaging, in conduct or activities that may constitute or lead to the commission of offences endangering national security, or that contravene national security interests, the premises will no longer be regarded as an eligible student hostel under the scheme.
The terms also state that during the operation of the student hostel, applicants must submit a certified Annual Report to the Education Bureau by October 31 every year, providing statistics on student hostel occupancy. In the event of any violation, the Government will take appropriate enforcement action in accordance with the declaration, the land lease and the law. As of this month, the authorities said 31 post-secondary institutions across Hong Kong were eligible to participate in the scheme, while the list of eligible student hostels was still awaiting an update.
發展局與教育局昨宣布「城中學舍計劃」開始接受申請，容許酒店及商廈毋須經任何規劃程序改裝成學生宿舍，並推出網上專頁，有興趣的發展商或營辦商可下載並填寫申請表格。當局並附上法定聲明，條款包括申請者須遵守國安條款，否則其處所將不被視為計劃下的合資格學生宿舍，3年內不得重返（rejoin）計劃，政府亦將保留權利提出執法行動或法律訴訟。
每年交周年報告 供學生數字
發展局與教育局稱，發展商或營辦商遞交申請時，須同時作法定聲明，承諾遵守計劃下的資格準則。根據聲明，若申請人曾經或正在從事可能構成或導致發生危害國家安全罪行，或違反國家安全利益的行為或活動，該處所將不再被視為計劃下的合資格學生宿舍。
條款又指出，學生宿舍營運期間，申請人須每年10月31日前向教育局提交經核證的周年報告（Annual Report），提供學生宿位入住的統計數字。若有違規情况，政府將根據聲明、地契和法例，採取適當執法行動。截至本月，當局稱全港31間專上院校合資格參與計劃，而合資格學生宿舍名單則有待更新。
19 Jul 2025集誌社#7062
監獄規則｜修例刊憲 懲教：包括廢除候審在囚人士自備私人膳食規定即時生效
The Government gazetted the Prison (Amendment) Rules 2025 on Friday (18th), introducing a number of provisions to safeguard national security. In response to an enquiry from The Collective, a Correctional Services Department spokesperson said the amendments took immediate effect, including the repeal of provisions allowing remand prisoners to provide or receive private meals. The department said certain correctional institutions had earlier notified the relevant private meal suppliers in writing of the proposed amendments.
政府周五（18日）在憲報刊登《2025年監獄（修訂）規則》，加入多項維護國家安全條例。懲教署發言人回覆《集誌社》查詢表示，修例即時生效，包括廢除准許候審在囚人士，可自備或收受私人膳食的相關規定。懲教署指，個別懲教院所，早前已書面通知相關私人膳食供應商，有關修訂建議。
18 Jul 2025集誌社#7059
履職監察｜民青局首動用「行為失當」機制 區議員葉吉江危駕被調查
Tuen Mun district councillor Kenneth Kat Kong Yip drove against traffic after drinking last year and earlier pleaded guilty to one count of dangerous driving. The councillor was sentenced to 200 hours of community service, disqualified from driving for six months and required to take a driving improvement course at their own expense. Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs Alice Mak Mei-kuen today (18th) appointed an investigation committee to look into the incident. This is the first time a councillor has been investigated since the government amended the District Councils Ordinance in 2023 and introduced the district councillor “performance monitoring” system.
Apart from Kenneth Kat Kong Yip’s dangerous driving case, two other district councillors have attracted controversy over their conduct since the “revamp” of the District Councils, involving suspected misconduct. Last month, Sai Kung district councillor Ngai Ting Chong entered the Miss Hong Kong Pageant but withdrew after attracting public controversy. Earlier this year, Sai Kung district councillor Ernest Tin Chi Lee failed to submit a tax return on time, was arrested after failing to attend a court hearing and was penalised $1,000. The Collective, a media outlet, asked the Home Affairs Department earlier this month whether the three councillors were suspected of misconduct and whether the authorities had followed up. It has not received a reply to date.
屯門區議員葉吉江去年酒後逆線駕駛，早前承認一項危險駕駛罪，判處200小時社服務令、停牌半年兼自費參與駕駛改進課程。民政及青年事務局局長麥美娟今（18日）委任一個監察委員會調查事件，是 2023 年政府修訂《區議會條例》、推區議員「履職監察」制度以來首度有議員被調查。
除危駕的葉吉江，「完善」後區議會另有兩名議員行為惹爭議、涉疑行為失當，包括上月西貢區議員莊雅婷參選香港小姐，惹輿論爭議後退選；今年初西貢區議員李天賜未按時交報稅表、缺席法庭聆訊被捕，處罰 1000 元。《集誌社》月初就上述三個個案向民政事務處查詢，這些區議員是否涉行為不當、當局是否有跟進？至今未獲回覆。
18 Jul 2025集誌社#7060
三會資格｜有委員非永久性居民無權提名投票：個人原因已辭任 民政未回覆是否涉疏忽：用人唯才
After the government “improved” the electoral system in 2021, local "the three committees" bodies—the Area Committees, Fight Crime Committees and Fire Safety Committees—were given new functions, including nominating and voting to elect Election Committee members and district councillors and screening “patriots”. The law stipulates that only permanent residents aged 18 or above may register as electors and thereby have the right to nominate and vote. The Collective found that at least one government-appointed "the three committees" member in the current term, Chan Yiu, executive vice-chairman of the Young DAB, was not a Hong Kong permanent resident and could not register as an elector to fulfil those responsibilities. He confirmed to The Collective that he resigned as a "the three committees" member in May this year for personal reasons.
Does the fact that a "the three committees" member did not meet the eligibility requirements for registering as an elector conflict with the body’s functions? Legislative Council member Gary Xinyu Zhang said it would be better for members to be able to fully exercise their voting rights, and that the authorities should take this into account when making appointments. Election Committee constituency legislator Kong Yuet-hung said the most important responsibility of "the three committees" was to serve the community, and that this was a separate matter from whether members could vote: “We absolutely should not say that "the three committees" members must be able to vote; I don’t think that’s necessarily the case.” The reporter asked the Home Affairs Department how many "the three committees" members did not meet the elector eligibility requirements, whether this conflicted with the functions of "the three committees", and whether it involved insufficient consideration or negligence. The department did not respond directly, saying only that the government’s appointment principle was to “appoint people on merit” while fully taking the relevant functions and other considerations into account.
政府 2021 年「完善」選舉制度後，地方三會（分區委員會、滅罪會及防火會）被賦予新職能，負責提名、投票選出選委及區議員，把關篩選「愛國者」。法例規定年滿 18 歲永久性居民方可登記為選民，才有提名和投票資格。《集誌社》發現，本屆至少一名獲政府委任的三會委員，青年民建聯常務副主席陳遙並非香港永久性居民、無法登記為選民履行責任。他向《集誌社》確認於今年 5 月，因個人原因辭任三會成員。
三會成員卻不符資格登記做選民，是否有違職能？立法會議員張欣宇認為，三會「充分實踐到選舉權更加好」，當局委任時應考慮；選委界立法會議員江玉歡則指，三會最重要職責為服務地區，與能否投票是兩回事，「我哋千祈唔好話三會就一定要投到票，呢個我覺得未必嘅。」記者向民政事務總署查詢，有多少名三會委員不符選民資格、是否有違三會職能、涉及考慮不周或疏忽等，署方未有正面回應，僅稱政府委任原則是「用人唯才」，及充分兼顧有關職能等作委任。
15 Jul 2025集誌社#7039
關愛隊｜追蹤「蛇齋餅粽」 區議員、三會委員公司「供貨」 民政：地區組織捐贈、關愛隊沒採購
The Collective published an earlier report on Care Teams in several parts of Kowloon City holding activities and distributing Dragon Boat Festival rice dumplings and gift bags shortly before the festival. Tracing the source of the “snake, vegetarian food, biscuits and rice dumplings”, reporters found that the “Dragon Boat Festival rice dumplings” distributed at several activities came from a food company owned by an "the three committees" committee member in Yau Tsim Mong. The person in charge acknowledged donating some of the dumplings, while others were “ordered by Care Teams” or donated by other people, and said they were supplied at “cost price”. Did buying dumplings from an "the three committees" committee member involve public funds? Some Care Teams said the activities were sponsored by the Care Team Development Fund in the relevant district. The Home Affairs Department said that, according to its replies, “some of the expenses” of some activities were funded by Care Team allocations or the Community Participation Programme. However, Care Teams generally have to use other resources first before using government funding. It also said it understood that the dumplings were donated by Kowloon City district organisations.
Separately, Kowloon City District Councillor Rita Yuen Yin Lau initially acknowledged to The Collective that her online shopping company, “Yau Si Kau”, had supplied goods to Care Teams. She said quotations had been publicly obtained and that “when buying things, of course you have to buy them at the most favourable price”. She later changed her account, saying the company had not supplied goods this year and that she had transferred her shares and resigned as a director long ago. She and another district councillor serve as secretary and directors of the Care Team Development Fund, and were involved in founding another group-buying company, “Haan Ho Do”. Had the fund procured goods from companies owned by them and then passed them on to Care Teams? The fund chairperson, who is also an "the three committees" committee member in the district, said the fund’s operations did not involve public funds and that no conflict of interest had been found to date.
The Home Affairs Department said it had “learned after making inquiries” with the relevant Care Teams that they had not procured goods from “Yau Si Kau” to organise the relevant Dragon Boat Festival activities. However, it did not respond to how much public money Care Teams had used to procure goods from Yau Si Kau or other companies since the Care Teams were established.
《集誌社》早前直擊九龍城多區關愛隊在端午前夕，舉辦活動派發端午粽和福袋。記者追查「蛇齋餅粽」來源，發現多個活動派發的「端午粽」，來自油尖旺區三會委員的食品公司。負責人承認捐出部分粽，有些則是「關愛隊訂購」和他人捐贈，是以「成本價」供應。向三會委員買粽是否涉公帑？部分關愛隊回覆指活動由當區關愛發展基金贊助，民政處回覆部分活動「部分開支」由關愛隊撥款或由社區參與計劃資助，但關愛隊一般需先用其他資源、才動用政府資助，又指據了解粽由九龍城地區組織捐贈。
另外，九龍城區議員劉婉燕一度向《集誌社》承認，名下網購公司「優視購」曾向關愛隊供應物資，指經公開報價、「買嘢當然要買最優惠價錢」，後改口稱公司今年沒再供貨，又指早已轉移股份和辭任董事。她和另一名區議員任關愛發展基金秘書、董事，有份創辦另一團購公司「慳好多」，基金曾否向他們名下公司採購物資、再轉贈關愛隊？同為當區三會委員的基金主席指，基金運作不涉公帑，至今沒發現任何利益衝突情況。
民政處回覆指向相關關愛隊「了解後獲悉」，沒有向「優視購」採購物資舉辦相關端午活動，但未有回應自關愛隊成立以來，關愛隊用多少公帑向優視購等公司採購。
15 Jul 2025獨媒#7040
「超前部署」停課卻好天 李家超：聽到社會意見會總結經驗
The Steering Committee on Extreme Weather made “proactive preparations” last Thursday (July 10) and announced that schools would close the following day (July 11). The weather turned out to be fine, and large numbers of parents whose children’s graduation ceremonies had been cancelled went to the Hong Kong Observatory to express their dissatisfaction. Asked about the incident today, Chief Executive John Lee said the committee’s various preparations were “absolutely right” and that “I believe this is how it will be done in the future.” Regarding the school closures, he said the authorities had heard different views from society and would review the experience, while taking all factors into consideration in future.
The committee’s chairman, Chief Secretary for Administration Eric Chan, previously explained the decision on Friday, describing the school closures as “a difficult decision” and saying, “It is better to be safe than sorry.”
應對極端天氣督導委員會上周四（7月10日）「超前部署」，宣布翌日（7月11日）停課，結果風和日麗，大批因子女被取消畢業禮的家長湧到天文台表達不滿。行政長官李家超今日被問及事件時，稱委員會的不同準備「絕對係對嘅」、「將來我相信都係咁做。」至於停課，他稱聽到社會不同意見，當局會總結經驗，未來會作通盤考慮。
委員會主席、政務司司長陳國基在周五曾解畫，形容停課為「艱難的決定」，稱「寧安全、莫後悔」。
15 Jul 2025光傳媒#7042
首套反恐漫畫派發中小學 細述激進化過程四步曲 辨別極端行為
The Education Bureau began distributing anti-terrorism comic books to more than 900 primary and secondary schools across Hong Kong today (15th). The Inter-departmental Counter Terrorism Task Force said it hoped that, through school-based stories combined with real-life situations, students would understand extremism and radicalisation, develop greater counter-terrorism awareness from an early age, and strengthen young people’s ability to protect themselves. The comic includes details illustrating “extremism”, such as the four-step radicalisation process: starting with not being accepted, allowing dissatisfaction with society to fester into “dehumanisation”, and eventually rationalising violence and carrying out terrorist acts.
The first anti-terrorism comic book and teaching kit, 《Community Shield: Youth Edition》, was compiled by the Inter-departmental Counter Terrorism Task Force together with the One Country Two Systems Research Institute, and is being distributed by the Education Bureau to primary and secondary schools.
The comic is divided into three units covering extremism, radicalisation and response methods. Its section on extremism explains why extremist messages become widespread. Users may come into contact with extremist messages online without realising it; attractive and persuasive slogans can lower the public’s psychological defences through subtle propaganda. Social media algorithms may also result in audiences repeatedly receiving similar “fake news”, gradually leading them to identify with extremism and develop more radical views.
教育局今（15日）起向全港逾900間中小學派發反恐漫畫書，跨部門反恐專責組指出，希望透過校園故事結合實際情況，讓學生了解甚麼是極端主義和激進化，從小建立提高反恐意識，加強青少年的防護能力。漫畫有不少描繪「極端主義」的細節，例如激進化過程四步曲，由不被認同、將對社會的不滿發酵至「去人性化」，以至將暴力合理化，作出恐怖行為等。
跨部門反恐專責組聯同一國兩制研究中心編撰的首套反恐漫畫書及教學套裝《社區守護盾：青少年篇》，由教育局分發到各中小學。
漫畫書分為三個單元，包括極端主義、激進化和應變方法。在極端主義方面，講述極端主義訊息盛行的原因，包括使用者可能在不知不覺間接觸到網上極端主義訊息，透過具吸引力、感染力的口號，令大眾在潛移默化的宣傳下，降低心理防禦；社交媒體演算法亦可能讓受眾不斷收到同類「假新聞」，令人漸漸認同極端主義並思想變得偏激。
14 Jul 2025集誌社#7037
向聘外勞公司 實測「本地招聘」 程展緯等人見 17 份工零成功 為什麼？
The name of the scheme for importing foreign workers has repeatedly changed. Two years ago, the government revised the scope and operation of the Supplementary Labour Scheme and renamed it the Enhanced Supplementary Labour Scheme. The scheme requires employers, when applying, to conduct local recruitment for four weeks first and give priority to suitable local workers to fill vacancies. After the “enhancement”, can employers really give priority to hiring local workers?
A grassroots worker, a tertiary graduate and an artist, Luke Ching Chin Wai, separately tried attending job interviews. Of 17 jobs, 14 resulted in “failed interviews”: in two cases, the applicants were offered part-time or casual work; three were not hired for allegedly lacking experience; two were not hired because of location mismatches; three received no further response after the interviews; and the employers in four cases could not be contacted. For the remaining three, the jobseekers rejected the employers themselves because the work did not meet their expectations.
輸入外勞的計劃名字不斷改，政府前年修改「補充勞工計劃」涵蓋範圍和運作，易名「補充勞工優化計劃」。計劃要求僱主申請時，必須先進行四星期本地招聘，優先聘請合適的本地工人填補空缺。「優化」過後，是不是真的就可以優先聘請本地工人？
有基層勞工、大專畢業生和藝術家程展緯，分別嘗試去見工， 17 份工作之中， 14 份「見工失敗」，包括兩份「被兼職或炒散」，三份被指經驗不足不獲聘，兩份地點錯配而不獲聘用，三份面試後無下文，四份更無法聯絡僱主。餘下三份，因工作內容不符合期望，求職者請僱主「食檸檬」，自行拒絕。
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