20 Nov 2023集誌社#8668
谷區選｜曾國衛：舖天蓋地宣傳「嶄新接地氣」 最少 40 條片平均約 2800 人觀看
The “improved” District Council Election will be held on the 10th of next month. In a recent media interview, Deputy Chief Secretary for Administration Warner Cheuk said the Government attached great importance to it, with heads of departments “pulling out all the stops” and using every possible means to produce promotional videos. The Collective conducted a simple tally on Facebook, finding that government departments and officials’ pages had produced at least 40 promotional short videos from mid-October to now. As of 5pm today, each video had been viewed by nearly 2,800 people on average.
Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Erick Tsang briefed the Legislative Council on the Policy Address today (20th). Referring to the District Council Election, he said the Government was promoting it through “new and down-to-earth” methods, including events such as “District Election Night Festivities”, “District Election Halloween” and “District Election Goes into the Community”. Several lawmakers expressed concern about voter turnout, the Government’s assessment and ways to encourage civil servants to vote. A number of lawmakers also offered suggestions, such as distributing leaflets on the mainland or giving commemorative badges to encourage voters to cast their ballots.
「完善」後的區議會選舉將於下月10日舉行，政務司副司長卓永興日前接受傳媒訪問時表示，政府高度重視，各部門首長「空群而出」、「無所不用其極」拍片宣傳。《集誌社》以社交媒體 Facebook 作簡單統計，由10月中至今、各政府部門及官員專頁最少拍攝了 40 條宣傳短片，截至今日下午五時，平均每條片約有近 2800 人次觀看。
政制及內地事務局長曾國衛今（20日）到立法會就施政報告作政策簡報，提及區議會選舉時，指政府以「嶄新和接地」手法宣傳，包括舉辦「區選夜繽紛」、「區選 Halloween」、「區選進社區」等活動。席上多名議員關注區選投票率、政府有何評估、如何推動公務員投票等，多位議員「獻計」建議到內地派傳單、或送紀念章鼓勵選民投票等。
20 Nov 2023光傳媒#8669
陳國基：公務員投票有需要可報銷的士費 議員建議贈章予投票市民「有個榮譽感」
To boost turnout in the 10 December District Council election, Chief Secretary for Administration Chan Kwok-ki said supervisors could allow civil servants to leave work to vote on polling day and that they could even claim taxi fares if necessary. During a Legislative Council policy briefing on the Policy Address on the 20th, a number of lawmakers offered suggestions for promoting the district council election. Kan Wai-ming suggested giving voting citizens cards or badges to give them “a sense of honour”. Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Erick Tsang Kwok-wai said the bureau had considered giving out commemorative cards or badges, stressing that this was not an inducement for citizens to vote but an expression of goodwill.
為了催谷12月10日區議會選舉投票率，政務司司長陳國基稱，主管在投票日可先行讓公務員外出投票，「有需要甚至乎claim返的士錢呀，都得嘅，無問題嘅」。立法會今（20日）討論施政報告政策簡報會時，大批議員獻計宣傳區選，簡慧敏建議送卡或章予投票市民，讓他們有個「榮譽感」。政制及內地事務局局長曾國衞指，局方有考慮送贈紀念卡或紀念章，強調不是利誘市民投票，而是心意表達。
20 Nov 2023獨媒#8670
議員要求4紀律部隊延遲退休 楊何蓓茵指影響宿舍及晉升易導致「分化」
The civil service lost 10,100 staff last year, accounting for 5.7% of its total workforce. Nearly 4,000 resigned, more than in the previous year, although the authorities said the resignation rate had begun to slow. A Legislative Council committee discussed the civil service establishment this morning, with a legislator calling for other disciplined services to follow the Police Force in raising the retirement age to 60. Secretary for the Civil Service Yang Ho Pei-yin stressed that “it’s not that they are not allowed to do it”; rather, the administration considered it unnecessary because they had few vacancies and had made arrangements for extensions of service, so there was no need to postpone the retirement age across the board. She said delayed retirement could affect quarters and promotion arrangements, potentially causing “division” among colleagues.
公務員去年度有10,100人流失，佔整體人手5.7%，辭職人數近4,000人，較上個年度多，不過局方指辭職率已見放緩。立法會一個委員會今早討論公務員人手，有議員要求容許其他紀律部隊仿效警隊延遲退休年齡至60歲。公務員事務局局長楊何蓓茵強調「唔係唔畀去做」，是管方認為沒有需要，因為他們空缺不多，亦做好續任安排，毋須整體推遲退休年齡。她反指延遲退休有機會影響宿舍和晉升安排，或做成「同事分化」。
17 Nov 2023獨媒#8655
前廳交流會相隔五個月再舉行 報章曾報導議員「熱度不再？」
After Chief Executive John Lee took office in 2022, he announced the launch of Legislative Council lobby exchange meetings. However, no meeting was held this year after June 28. Earlier this month, a newspaper ran the headline “Has the heat faded?”, saying lawmakers’ participation in the meetings had declined. The new “meeting date” has now been finalised: it will be held on the morning of November 29 (Wednesday), led by Deputy Financial Secretary Michael Wong Wai-lun.
行政長官李家超在2022年上任後，宣布舉辦立法會前廳交流會，不過今年自6月28日舉行後未再舉行。月初有報章以「熱度不再？」為題，指議員對交流會的參與減少。今日新「會期」終定，將於11月29日（星期三）上午舉行，由財政司副司長黃偉綸帶領。
17 Nov 2023獨媒#8656
2019年區選自稱獨立素人提「五大訴求」 今代表經民聯獲確認提名有效
In the “improved” District Council election, constituencies were redrawn and a requirement was added for candidates to be nominated by members of "the three committees". The pro-democracy camp consequently had zero candidates, while various officials had said that it would take time for them to “turn over a new leaf”. In the Tin Shui Wai North constituency, To Ho-shun, who is representing the Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong this term, took part in the 2019 District Council election. His leaflet put forward the slogan “Five demands, not one less” and stated that he would “fight to kick out the establishment and refuse to back parachuted candidates”. His nomination was also confirmed as valid. To said last night that he had found his way back, and acknowledged his past mistakes and failures. The Independent Media previously called Ho Shun To for comment, but the call was answered by his assistant, who said the message would be passed on to To. No response had been received before publication.
「完善」區議會選舉後，除改劃選區外，又增設需「三會」成員提名，民主派因而在候選人「清零」，不同官員曾稱需時其「改其自新」。不過在天水圍北選區，今屆代表經民聯的陶皓訊，曾參與2019年區議會選舉，單張提出「五大訴求，缺一不可」的口號，表明要「力踢建制，拒撐空降」，其參選資格同獲確認。陶皓訊昨晚稱自己已迷途知返，並承認過去錯誤及失敗。《獨媒》曾致電陶皜訊查詢，不過電話由其助手接聽，稱會向陶轉達，在報道刊出前未獲回覆。
12 Nov 2023獨媒#8636
譚耀宗：無民主派不等於無多元化 未為區選投票率定指標
Voting in the District Council election will take place next month. Asked whether turnout below 30% would indicate that the public did not recognise the new electoral system, former Standing Committee member of the National People’s Congress and vice-president of the National Hong Kong and Macao Studies Association Tam Yiu-chung said no specific target or percentage had been set for turnout. He said: “Everyone should mobilise together and call on all sides to come out and vote at the time, and fulfil our civic duties and responsibilities.” Asked whether the “zeroing out” of the pro-democracy camp meant the election might not be colourful and diverse, Tam disagreed, saying that the absence of the pro-democracy camp did not mean “the disappearance of diversity”. He said the new system could elect people wholeheartedly committed to serving society, rather than people who caused trouble.
區議會選舉下月進行投票，被問到如今屆選舉投票率低於三成，是否反映市民不認同新選制。前全國人大常委、全國港澳研究會副會長譚耀宗稱，未有為投票率定下具體指標、百分比：「大家一齊動員起嚟，呼籲各方一齊到時出嚟投票，盡下公民嘅義務責任。」被問到民主派「清零」，或未能做到五光十色，譚耀宗不同意，指沒民主派亦不等如「無咗多元化」 ，新制度可以選出一心一意為社會服務人士，而不是搞事的人。
7 Nov 2023獨媒#8618
梁美芬倡18區設「愛國教育支援中心」 助學校「交功課」減壓
Hong Kong is short of land and money, and even matters of principle require funding. Earlier this year, the Hong Kong Federation of Education Workers was approved to use the former primary school premises at Chun Shek Estate in Sha Tin to establish a Patriotic Education Support Centre, which it operates on a self-financing basis. The minimum charge for an organised group visit is HK$2,400. The Legislative Council’s Panel on Education discussed education measures in the Policy Address this afternoon. Its chairwoman, Priscilla Leung, suggested that schools make use of the Chun Shek Estate centre to enable students to take part in flag-raising ceremonies. She said this could help schools “complete their homework” in meeting national education requirements while reducing teachers’ workload, and further proposed establishing similar centres in all 18 districts. Secretary for Education Christine Choi said primary and secondary schools could apply for the Education Bureau’s Life-wide Learning Grant, and agreed that such activities could meet the requirements.
香港寸金尺土，即使講心亦要講金，例如教聯會年初獲批用沙田秦石邨前小學校舍籌建「愛國教育支援中心」，由教聯會以自負營虧方式經營，組團參觀的最低消費盛惠2,400元。立法會教育委員會下午討論《施政報告》教育措施，主席梁美芬建議學校可以善用秦石邨中心，讓同學參與升旗，既可幫學校「交功課」應付國民教育要求，又可以減省教師工作量，她更建議全港18區設立同類中心。教育局局長蔡若蓮指，中小學可申請局方提供的「全方位學習津貼」，並同意活動可符合要求。
4 Nov 2023獨媒#8605
紫荊黨指大埔為其井岡山 可作改革示範區播下火種
Voting in the District Council election will take place on the 10th of next month. Competition is fierce in the Tai Po North constituency, where six candidates are standing. Bauhinia Party candidate Ng Chun-fai campaigned in the constituency on Saturday morning. Lee Shan-ming, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, founder and chairman of the Bauhinia Party, said the party not only wanted to promote Tai Po as a demonstration area for reform in Hong Kong, but that the district was also the Bauhinia Party’s stronghold: “It is our Jinggangshan—pretty good, haha. We want to sow the seeds of reform here!”
區議會選舉下月10日進行投票，大埔北選區競爭激烈，共有6人參選。 紫荊黨參選人吳振輝周六今早在區內造勢，本身是全國政協委員、紫荊黨創辦人兼黨主席李山明言，不但要推動大埔成為香港改革的示範區，該區更是紫荊黨的根據地：「就是我們的井岡山，挺好，哈哈。我們要在這個地方播下改革的火種！」
1 Nov 2023獨媒#8587
立法會通過中大校董會改組 張宇人拒評會否罷免段崇智
After prolonged controversy, the Legislative Council passed the private bill proposed by three legislators at its third reading, with 76 votes in favour, none against and three abstentions. The number of members on the Chinese University of Hong Kong’s Council will be reduced from 55 to 34, while the number of external members will increase, changing the ratio of external to internal members to 2:1. The method of appointing the vice-chancellor will also be amended to require the support of three-quarters of the Council’s members, while the number of Legislative Council members will remain unchanged. During the debate on the Chinese University of Hong Kong Ordinance, vice-chancellor Rocky Tuan became a target of criticism. When the three legislators who proposed the bill were asked whether they would consider removing Tuan and vice-Eric Shu Pui Ng, Tommy Cheung only said that he did not know what work the Council would undertake in future.
爭議多時的中大校董會改組草案，立法會以76票贊成、無人反對、3票棄權，三讀通過由3名議員提出的私人草案，中大校董會人數將由55人減至34人，並增加校外校董人數，令校外成員與校內成員的比例改為2:1，亦修改聘任校長的方法，須經校董會4分之3成員投票支持通過；但立法會議員數目則維持不變。在整個中大條例辯論，校長段崇智成為攻擊對象，3名提出草案的議員被問會否探討罷免段崇智和副校吳樹培，張宇人僅表示不知道校董會將來工作。
31 Oct 2023獨媒#8573
區選提名期結束 非建制派全軍覆沒 羅健熙：將與黨友商討前路
The nomination period for the District Council election ended yesterday. The non-establishment camp was wiped out, with the Democratic Party, the Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood and the District Council Alliance failing to secure enough nominations to enter the election. Democratic Party chairperson Lo Kin-hei said it was “a great pity” that they could not stand for election. He will later discuss the way forward with party colleagues, including whether contesting elections remains feasible and how to continue without any councillors, before reporting back to the public.
區議會選舉提名期昨日結束，非建制派全軍覆沒，民主黨、民協及區政聯盟均未有取得足夠提名，未能報名參選。民主黨主席羅健熙對未能參選感到「好可惜」，稍後將與黨友商討前路，包括參選是否仍屬可行，及在沒有議員的情況下如何走下去，及後再向公眾交代。
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