3 Feb 2024獨媒#2932
23條立法後會否增加人手？ 蕭澤頤：涉高度機密不便透露
The Government has launched a one-month consultation on legislation under Article 23 of the Basic Law. Asked whether the Police Force would establish a new department after the legislation, or whether the National Security Department would enforce the law and receive additional manpower, Commissioner of Police Chris Tang said the matter involved sensitive information and was highly confidential: “We are not in a position to disclose it here.”
政府推出《基本法》第23條立法諮詢，諮詢為期一個月。被問到在23條立法後，警務處會否增設新部門，或是由國安處執法及增派人手。警務處處長蕭澤頤表示，由於涉及敏感資料，屬高度機密：「我哋就唔方便喺呢度透露。」
3 Feb 2024nowTV#2934
23條專訪 鄧炳強：擬延長羈留時限傾向法庭批核 林定國：擬禁見個別律師免通風報信
The consultation on legislation under Article 23 of the Basic Law has proposed studying an extension of the maximum detention period for arrested persons to 48 hours. Secretary for Justice Paul Lam Ting-kwok and Secretary for Security Tang Ping-keung said on the programme “The Big Debate” that they tended to favour approval by the judicial authorities. They said empowering a police superintendent to prevent an arrested person from consulting a particular lawyer would be intended to prevent tip-offs and acts endangering national security.
基本法23條立法諮詢，提出研究延長被捕人羈留最多48小時的時限。律政司司長林定國及保安局局長鄧炳強出席本台節目《大鳴大放》時稱，傾向由司法機關負責批核，至於可賦權警司阻止被捕人諮詢某律師，是避免他們通風報信及作危害國家安全行為。
2 Feb 2024獨媒#2929
投資推廣署稱外商使節不憂23條 引舊數據稱八成外資無意撤走
Reviewing its work last year, InvestHK said it had helped 382 companies establish or expand operations in Hong Kong this year, creating more than 4,000 jobs—just half the level during the 2020 peak. Public consultation on legislation under Article 23 of the Basic Law has begun. Director-General of Investment Promotion Lau Kai-siu said there was a set period for consultation and that, when she raised the matter with many chambers of commerce and foreign consuls, they were concerned about the details of the legislation, but “actually had no worries about its impact on doing business and making money”. She also said 80% of member chambers of commerce had given no particular consideration to Article 23. The media repeatedly asked about the source of the “freshest” data, but she did not respond directly.
投資推廣署回顧去年工作，今年協助382間企業在港開設或擴展業務，新增職位則逾4,000個，不過只是2020年高峰時期的一半。《基本法》第23條立法已展開公眾諮詢，署長劉凱旋指有一定時間諮詢，自己與很多商會、外國領事提起，對方關心法例細節，「但其實冇擔心影響做生意賺錢」。她更稱八成會員商會對23條無特別考慮。傳媒一度追問該項最「新鮮滾熱辣」數據的來源，但她沒有正面回應。
2 Feb 2024獨媒#2930
陳文敏憂「境外干預」或礙正常討論 舉例與外國學府探究新冠來源或入罪
The Government is consulting on legislation under Article 23 of the Basic Law, including a new offence of external interference, but the scope and definitions of the provisions have drawn questions in recent days. After being publicly rebutted by the captain of the Response and Rebuttal Team, Secretary for Security Chris Tang, Johannes Chan, Chair Professor at the University of Hong Kong’s Faculty of Law, said on radio that he feared the provisions could go too far and restrict normal public discussion of the economy and development. He cited the example of a university researching the origins of the COVID-19 virus with an overseas institution: if the Government deemed the findings in a published report “incorrect and untrue” and harmful to national security, this could already constitute an offence. He also said the consultation document frequently cited foreign examples, showing that Hong Kong’s provisions were not particularly strict, while the legislation under Article 23 proposed expanding the scope of the offence of sedition, which foreign countries had generally abolished or narrowed.
政府正就《基本法》23條立法進行諮詢工作，包括新增「境外干預罪」，但條文的範圍和定義連日惹來質疑。港大法律學院講座教授陳文敏繼日前被「反駁隊」隊長、保安局局長鄧炳強公開反駁後，他今再在電台表示，擔心條文矯枉過正，限制社會對經濟和發展的正常討論，他舉例一間大學與海外機構研究新冠病毒來源，如發表報告的結果被政府視為「錯誤不實」且危害國家安全，就已經構成罪行。他又指諮詢文件不時引述外國例子，反映香港條文不算嚴，不過外國普遍廢除或收窄的「煽動罪」，今次23條立法卻打算擴範圍。
1 Feb 2024獨媒#2926
黎棟國讚23條立法諮詢文件寫得相當好 指普通市民接觸國家機密機會不大
The Government is conducting a public consultation on legislation under Article 23 of the Basic Law. New People’s Party Legislative Council member and former Secretary for Security Lai Tung-kwok praised the consultation document as very well written, saying its wording was precise. On the legislative proposal to create an offence of “theft of state secrets”, Lai said ordinary citizens were unlikely to come into contact with state secrets: “Would you, while walking down the street, see several sheets of paper flying around marked ‘highly confidential’? Impossible!”
政府現正進行《基本法》第23條立法公眾諮詢，新民黨立法會議員、前保安局局長黎棟國大讚諮詢文件寫得相當好，而且字眼精準。對於立法建議訂立「竊取國家機密」罪，黎棟國就認為，一般普通市民接觸國家機密的機會不大：「會唔會你行街，見到幾張紙飛吓飛吓，寫住高度機密？無可能㗎！」
31 Jan 2024獨媒#2919
葉劉淑儀：今次23條立法建議較03年更完善 未引起社會迴響因市民明白國安需要
The Government launched a 29-day public consultation on legislation under Article 23 of the Basic Law on Tuesday (30th), with several political parties expressing support. Regina Ip, chairwoman of the New People’s Party, promoted Article 23 legislation as Secretary for Security in 2003, but stepped down under the accountability system after it triggered a march by 500,000 people in protest. She said the current legislative proposal was more comprehensive than that of 2003, and that newly added provisions removed outdated wording—for example, changing “state secrets” to “national secrets”—to align with Mainland legislation. She also said the current legislation had not prompted a major social response because the “riots” in 2019 had made residents understand the need to safeguard national security, and that many residents therefore fully understood and accepted the necessity of the legislation.
政府周二（30日）就《基本法》23條立法展開為期29日的公眾諮詢，多個政黨表示支持。2003年以保安局局長身份推動23條立法，最後觸發50萬人上街遊行抗議而問責下台的新民黨主席葉劉淑儀表示，今次23條立法建議比當年更完善，認為新增條文廢除過時字眼，例如將「國家機密」寫成「國家秘密」，與內地的法例接軌。 她又認為今次立法未有引起很大的社會迴響，是因為2019年「暴亂」讓市民明白有維護國家安全需要，「所以好多市民係充份理解同接受我哋今次立法必要」。
30 Jan 2024獨媒#2901
23條立法諮詢 港股一度跌400點 李家超強調股票波動存不同因素
The Government unexpectedly announced last night that the public consultation on Article 23 legislation would begin this morning. When a foreign media reporter asked at the press conference, “Why now?”, Chief Executive John Lee said the legislation had been awaited for 26 years and could not be delayed any longer. He disagreed that Article 23 would have an adverse effect on the economy. The Hang Seng Index nevertheless fell as much as 402 points after opening this morning. Asked by InMedia how the impact of the legislation on the economy would be assessed, and whether the possibility of a new wave of emigration had been considered, Lee said, “You wouldn’t invest in a place where a war is being fought.” He said only places with conflict had a negative impact on the economy, stressing that Article 23 would bring stability. Lee also said stock-market volatility involved many factors, and that “the flow of people” would inevitably be towards safer places; Article 23 would inevitably benefit Hong Kong.
政府昨晚突然公布今早開始23條立法公眾諮詢工作，有外媒記者在會上問政府「Why now？（為何是現在）」，特首李家超表示相關立法工作等了26年，已經不能再等，他不同意23條會為經濟帶來反效果。不過恒指今早開市後曾跌402點，《獨媒》問及如何評估立法工作對經濟影響，以及是否評估過不會出現新一波移民潮。李家超表示「打緊仗嘅地方你唔會投資」，有衝突的地方才對經濟產生負面影響，強調23條帶來穩定。李家超又指股票市場波動涉及許多因素，「人嘅流向」必然走向安全地方，23條對香港必然有利。
30 Jan 2024獨媒#2902
23條諮詢文件頻提「境外、外國、間諜」 倡提高國安囚犯假釋門檻
The Government published the public consultation on legislation under Article 23 of the Basic Law this morning. The consultation document is 88 pages long. Excluding “national security” (469 occurrences) and “Hong Kong” (438), the most frequently appearing terms are “overseas” (144), “foreign” (112) and “spies” (75). As the document repeatedly compares existing national security legislation in the United Kingdom and the United States, the names of the two countries also appear a combined 108 times. The Chief Executive denied this morning that the UK and the US were viewed as hostile concepts, saying that the purpose of the Article 23 legislation was to “protect ourselves”.
政府今早公布《基本法》23條立法公眾諮詢，諮詢文件有88頁，出現最多的字眼，撇除「國家安全（469次）」及「香港（438次）」外，分別是「境外（144次）」、「外國（112次）」及「間諜（75次）」。因為諮詢文件不時比較英美現有的國家安全法例，兩國的名稱合計亦在文件出現了108次。特首今早否認視英美為敵對概念，表示23條立法旨在「保護自己」。
30 Jan 2024獨媒#2903
民主黨促延長23條立法諮詢期 稱「國家秘密」未涵蓋傳媒免責條款
The 29-day public consultation on legislation under Article 23 of the Basic Law begins today. Democratic Party chairperson Lo Kin-hei said a one-month consultation period was insufficient, and that it also covered the Lunar New Year holiday, when members of the public might not actively discuss the issue. He proposed that the government extend the consultation period and hold public hearings. Lo said the consultation document had not clarified the definition of “state secrets”, including whether an exemption clause would apply if media investigations disclosed documents involving the public interest. He said the government should put forward its preliminary views as soon as possible to allow the public to discuss them. Lo also said the party’s public comments so far had remained within the “line” and that it had not violated anything mentioned in the consultation document. He said the party was not currently concerned that Article 23 posed a risk to it.
《基本法》第23條立法今日起進行29日公眾諮詢。民主黨主席羅健熙表示，一個月諮詢期不足夠，期間亦涵蓋農曆新年假，市民未必會熱切討論，建議政府延長諮詢期，以及召開公聽會。羅提到諮詢文件未有釐清「國家秘密」的定義，如傳媒調查披露涉公眾利益的文件是否有免責條款，認為政府應盡早提出其初步想法，讓市民作出討論。羅又指黨目前作出的公開評論都在「界線」之內，認為未有干犯諮詢文件提及的事情，暫時未憂慮23條對黨構成風險。
30 Jan 2024獨媒#2904
23條立法諮詢開始為期29日 倡「境外干預罪」強調非針對任何國家
The Government launched the Article 23 legislative process, announcing this morning that the public consultation had begun and would run until February 28. The consultation paper was released at noon. The Government plans to introduce and “完善” a number of offences, including the offence of insurrection, the offence of disclosing state secrets, the offence of espionage and the offence of external interference. It will also prohibit acts endangering national security carried out through computers or electronic systems, including damaging or weakening infrastructure. The “external interference offence” would prohibit anyone from cooperating with external activities to improperly interfere in Hong Kong affairs, including decisions concerning elections, the legislature and the judiciary.
政府打響23條立法工作首炮，今早公布公眾諮詢期開始，為期至2月28日，中午同步公布諮詢文件。政府計劃訂下和「完善」多項罪行，包括叛亂罪、披露國家秘密罪、間諜罪、以及境外干預罪。另外會禁止透過電腦或電子系統作出的危害國家安全行為，涉及破壞或削弱基礎設施。而「境外干預罪」會禁止任何人配合境外活動，以不當手段干擾香港事務，包括選舉、立法、司法等的決定。
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