31 Oct 2023獨媒#8575
廖成利：民協已進入「沙漠階段」 有信心日後區選將開放泛民參與
The nomination period for the District Council elections ended yesterday, with the non-establishment camp entirely “zeroed out”. Two Association for Democracy and People’s Livelihood (ADPL) candidates were also unable to secure nominations from members of "the three committees" and enter the race. ADPL chairperson Bruce Sing Lee Liu said the ADPL had entered a “desert phase”, describing the current district administration as resembling Shenzhen’s system. However, Bruce Sing Lee Liu said they believed the system would eventually be opened to traditional pan-democrats at an appropriate time: “I have confidence in this.” Bruce Sing Lee Liu believed traditional pan-democrats could still take part in the Legislative Council election in two years’ time, while the ADPL would decide whether to contest it depending on the circumstances.
區議會選舉提名期昨日結束，非建制派全數「清零」，民協2名參選人同未能取得「三會」成員提名入閘。民協主席廖成利稱，民協已進入「沙漠階段」，形容現時的地區行政已如同深圳的系統，但相信在適當時候會將開放予傳統泛民參與，「呢個我有信心嘅」，認為傳統泛民仍可參加兩年後的立法會選舉，民協將視乎情況是否參選。
30 Oct 2023獨媒#8563
田北辰：叩門搵近300「三會」成員、200人無應門 15人拒聽政綱
The nomination period for the District Council election ended today. Roundtable planned to field five candidates, but ultimately only one obtained enough nominations to enter the race. Legislative Council member Michael Tien said that, over six days, four candidates had knocked on the doors of a total of 288 "the three committees" members in their four respective constituencies. Of these, 200 did not answer the door, while 15 refused to listen to an introduction of the election platform after answering. Only 26 agreed to hear the platform introduction after answering the door, and seven agreed to nominate the candidates, but the candidates still failed to secure enough nominations to stand for election. Tien said he would suggest that the authorities amend the regulations to arrange meetings for District Council election candidates to meet their nominators, namely "the three committees" members. He also criticised those who refused to answer the door, saying they should no longer be appointed by the government.
區議會選舉提名期今日結束，實政圓桌擬派5人參選，但最終僅1人取得足夠提名入閘。實政圓桌立法會議員田北辰表示，4名參選人在6日內，向所屬4個選區中共288名「三會」成員叩門，當中200人無應門，另有15人在應門後拒絕聽取介紹政綱，最終只得26人在應門後願意聽取介紹政綱，當中7人答應提名，惟仍未能取得足夠提名參選。田北辰表示，將向當局修例建議，為區議會選舉參選人安排見面會，接觸提名人即「三會」成員，又炮轟拒應門的人不應再接受政府委任。
30 Oct 2023集誌社#8567
區選提名記｜民主黨民協未能入閘 建制派 KOL黑超哥、玄學小仙女夠提名
The nomination period for the District Council election ended today (30 November), with the Government announcing that 172 people would contest the district direct elections. The number of directly elected seats has fallen from 452 in the current 2019-term councils to 88 in the new term. In the 2023 election, candidates must obtain a total of nine nominations from members of “"the three committees"” to qualify to stand.
The Collective published statistics showing that at least 20 people who had indicated an intention to run ultimately failed to obtain enough nominations and could not qualify to submit their candidacies. The pro-democracy camp was entirely shut out, including the Democratic Party and the Association for Democracy and People’s Livelihood. Neither of the two candidates from the centrist New Prospect qualified, while only one of the five candidates fielded by the non-traditional pro-establishment Roundtable qualified.
Those who secured enough nominations included candidates from the Democratic Alliance for Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions, as well as newcomers such as pro-establishment KOL Hei Chiu Gor, whose name is Hui Man-fung, and Tse Min-ting, who describes herself as the “Feng Shui Little Fairy”.
Roundtable Legislative Council member Michael Tien said he had visited the homes of more than 200 "the three committees" members, but only 26 were willing to listen to his platform. The four candidates who failed to qualify had seven members willing to nominate them. Three of those members withdrew their nominations after seeking the opinion of the chairman of "the three committees", leaving only four nomination votes ultimately secured. Democratic Party chair Lo Kin-hei said the party had mailed information to "the three committees" members and contacted individual members. Although some candidates received individual nominations, they did not reach the threshold.
區議會選舉提名期今（30日）結束，政府公布有 172 人參選地區直選。直選議席由2019年現屆的 452 席，減至新一屆的 88 席。2023年的選舉，參選人要獲得「三會」成員、合共九個提名，才可入閘。
《集誌社》統計，至少 20 名曾表示有意參選者，但最終未能取得足夠提名，無法「入閘」報名。當中民主派「全軍盡墨」，包括民主黨和民協；中間派新思維二人都無法入閘；非傳統建制、實政圓桌出五人當中，僅一入閘。
有誰成功夠提名入閘？除了民建聯和工聯會，還有「素人」，如建制派 KOL「黑超哥」許民楓、自稱「玄學小仙女」的謝敏婷等。
實政圓桌立法會議員田北辰表示，曾家訪逾 200 名三會成員，只有 26 人願聽政綱，末能入閘的四人，共有七人願給予提名，當中三人索取三會主席意見後撤回提名，即最終只穩袋四張提名票。民主黨主席羅健熙就指，曾向三會成員郵寄資料，接觸個別三會成員，雖有參選人獲個別提名，但未達門檻。
27 Oct 2023獨媒#8546
經民聯20人戰區選 部分資深前議員不在列 盧偉國：有3條跑道
The Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong (BPA), which had not previously announced its full candidate list, held a mobilisation rally today and officially announced 20 candidates, fielding 10 each in the geographical constituencies and District Committees constituency. However, the list did not include some veteran former councillors, including former Yau Tsim Mong District Councillor Siu Tong Chan and incumbent Kowloon City District Councillor Wui Hung Cho. BPA chairman Lau Wai-kwok said explicitly: “The new District Councillors to be returned this time will come through three tracks. The third track (appointment), of course, is not the direct election and District Committees election discussed at today’s mobilisation rally.” Siu Tong Chan told Independent Media: “I’m just following the party’s arrangements.”
一直未有宣布完整參選名單的經民聯，今日終舉行集氣大會，正式公布20人名單，地區直選及地區委員會界別各派10人。不過參選名單未見部分資深的前議員，包括前油尖旺區議員陳少棠及現任九龍城區議員左滙雄等。經民聯主席盧偉國明言 「今次區議會產生新嘅區議員，係有3條跑道，第3條跑道（委任）當然唔係今日集氣大會所講嘅直選同地區委員會選舉。」陳少棠則向《獨媒》表示「都係聽黨嘅安排。」
27 Oct 2023集誌社#8547
區選提名記｜向三會拜票 資深民主派獲覆「未收到消息可否提名」
In this year’s “improved” District Council election, the “battleground” for candidates seeking nominations is no longer the streets. After the government amended the electoral system, directly elected district councillors must secure nominations from nine members of “"the three committees"” to qualify to stand. A former pan-democratic district councillor seeking a nomination sent messages to 50 acquainted committee members, receiving only five replies—all refusals. Non-establishment group New Thinking, which had spent six months preparing for the election, also encountered obstacles in seeking nominations: a candidate wrote to more than 100 committee members and cited quotations from Xi Jinping to demonstrate patriotism, but received only “verbal promises” of nominations. On the other hand, establishment candidates registered with strong momentum. The new party Hong Kong New Direction fielded five candidates, all of whom qualified to stand, while Henry Chi Hang Ma, itself a member of "the three committees", secured enough nominations to register on the first day nominations opened. How did candidates from the three camps seek nominations?
今年「被完善」了的區議會選舉，候選人爭取提名的「戰場」，不再是街頭。政府修改選制，直選的區議員，要爭取九個「三會」委員提名，才可入閘。有民主派前區議員圖爭提名，發信息給 50 個相識的委員，只獲五個回覆、但全數拒絕；非建制的新思維籌備選舉半年，也在爭取提名碰壁，候選人發信予百多位委員、引習近平語錄自證愛國，但仍只得「口頭承諾」提名。另一邊，建制派報名氣勢如虹，新政黨香港新方向派五人出選全部入閘，本身是三會成員的馬志恆，在提名首日便夠提名可「入閘」報名。三條路線的參選人，是如何爭取提名？
27 Oct 2023獨媒#8551
新思維2人未能取足夠提名 決定不參與區選
The nomination period for the District Council election ends next Monday. New Thinking had planned to field two candidates but announced today that it had decided not to contest after failing to secure enough nominations. Asked about the number of nominations it had received from members of "the three committees", vice-chairman Chun Long Wong said, “We won’t say much about the number, but there is indeed still some distance to go.” He stressed that the group had received nominations and verbal commitments from members of "the three committees".
區議會選舉提名期下周一結束，新思維擬派出2人參選，但今日宣佈因未能取得足夠提名，決定不參選。記者問到，新思維已取得的「三會」成員提名數量，副主席黃俊瑯就指「數量我哋唔多講，但的確仲有一段距離」，強調曾獲得「三會」成員的提名及口頭承諾。
26 Oct 2023獨媒#8543
新民黨拒提名實政圓桌 田北辰稱食兩次檸檬 形容事件是鬧劇
The nomination period for the District Council election ends next Monday. Roundtable for New Policy plans to field five candidates, four of whom have yet to secure nominations from members of “"the three committees"”. Its convener, Tik Chi-yuen, was earlier invited by New People’s Party chairwoman Regina Ip to contact the party for assistance in finding nominations. The party announced last night that, after discussion by its caucus and consultation with the views of its “"the three committees"” members, it was unable to help. Tik told Media Report this morning that he had been “rebuffed twice” and found the party’s refusal to nominate puzzling, describing the incident as a farce: “If that’s the case, what was the point of you [Regina Ip] saying that publicly in the first place?”
區議會選舉提名期下周一結束，擬派5人參選的實政圓桌，其中4人仍未取得「三會」成員提名。召集人田北辰早前獲新民黨主席葉劉淑儀邀請，稱可聯絡協助尋找提名。新民黨昨晚宣布，經黨團討論及徵詢黨內「三會」成員意願後未能協助。田北辰今早向《獨媒》表示，自己「食兩次檸檬」，對新民黨拒絕提名感到奇怪，並形容事件是一場鬧劇：「既然係咁，你（葉劉淑儀）當初公開講係為乜呢？」
21 Oct 2023獨媒#8521
新思維稱獲「三會」成員口頭答應提名 狄志遠強調沒有受排擠
On the fifth day of the District Council nomination period, Third Side plans to field two candidates but has yet to register them to enter the race. Third Side chairman and Legislative Council member Tik Chi-yuen said members of "the three committees" had verbally agreed to nominate them, but there was still a “clear distance” to go. He said they were taking a wait-and-see approach, but Third Side would continue explaining its position and seeking nominations, stressing that he did not feel ostracised.
區議會提名期進入第五日，新思維擬派出兩人參選，但仍未報名入閘。新思維主席、立法會議員狄志遠表示，已獲得「三會」成員口頭承諾提名，但就仍有「明顯距離」，指他們持觀望態度，但會繼續解說爭取提名，強調在感覺上沒有遭受到排擠。
18 Oct 2023獨媒#8509
尚海龍打鑼賀復會惹非議 稱若遇批評「下次唔做喇」
Lau Cheong-kong, the pro-establishment camp’s “class monitor” in the Legislative Council, recently set several “class rules” for the Council’s proceedings after its resumption, hoping to ensure order in the chamber. However, Jesse Hailong Shang of the Election Committee constituency made a conspicuous gesture. While moving a motion, he said he was privileged to have had the “first taste” and deliberately brought a large gong, which he struck forcefully. President Andrew Leung immediately said: “Member Jesse Hailong Shang, you shouldn’t have beaten the gong! Please continue with your speech.”
立法會建制派「班長」廖長江近日為復會後的立法會訂下多項「班規」，希望議事廳有規有矩。不過選委界尚海龍又有突出舉動，他在動議議員議案時，稱自己榮幸飲到「頭啖湯」，特意帶來一個大鑼，並用力敲打。不過主席梁君彥立即說：「尚海龍議員，你係唔應該打個鑼嘅！請你繼續你嘅發言」
17 Oct 2023獨媒#8504
離島區議會最後會議 主席余漢坤暫不考慮參選：已任關愛隊隊長
The “improved” District Council elections will be held on December 10, with the nomination period beginning on Tuesday (October 17), after which district councils will suspend operations. The Islands District Council held its final full council meeting on Monday. The meeting ended to applause from officials and councillors, who also took a group photograph. After the meeting, pro-establishment chair Randy Hon Kwan Yu told Independent Media that he believed having the District Officer lead the District Council could “produce greater synergy” and improve cross-departmental coordination, adding, “I’m more confident than before.” He said he had built up a certain network of contacts and was serving as a Care Team captain, and currently had no plans to stand for election.
「完善」後的區議會選舉將於12月10日舉行，提名期由周二（10月17日）開始，各區區議會隨即暫停運作。離島區議會周一舉行最後一次大會，會議在一眾官員及議員掌聲下結束，眾人亦拍下大合照。屬建制派的主席余漢坤會後向《獨媒》表示，相信由民政專員帶領區議會可「產生大啲嘅協同效應」，改善跨部門協作，「會比之前嚟講我信心係大咗」。他指自己已累積一定人脈，並擔任關愛隊隊長，暫時未有打算參選。
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