12 Nov 2023獨媒#8635
界限書店「和平紀念日」重開 承傳創辦理念：在一個地方將香港文化和歷史紀錄下來
Boundary Bookstore reopened in a commercial building in Mong Kok on 11 November, Remembrance Day, with about 30 readers attending in support. Some parents brought their children to read at the shop. Ms Liu, who previously worked part-time at Boundary Bookstore and was a friend of its owner, took over its operation to carry on the founder’s vision of “recording Hong Kong culture and history in one place”. She also deliberately followed the bookstore’s “tradition” of reopening on commemorative days related to war and history. Ms Liu said the bookstore did not reopen on Boundary Street because she hoped to continue the former bookstore’s “feeling of breaking boundaries”.
11月11日為「和平紀念日」，獨立書店界限書店於旺角商業大廈重開，有約30名讀者到場支持，有家長帶同小朋友到店看書。曾在界限書店做兼職、亦是店主好友的廖小姐，為了承傳創辦理念，「在一個地方將香港文化和歷史紀錄下來」，於是接手經營，亦特意跟隨書店「傳統」在戰爭和歷史相關的紀念日重開。廖小姐表示，書店不在界限街重開，是希望延續前書店「有種打破界限嘅感覺」。
11 Nov 2023獨媒#8633
Blur貝斯手稱不獲准重返香港 樂隊發言人：無申請簽證
British band Blur, currently on tour, had planned to make Hong Kong its final stop, but bassist Alex James recently said they were not allowed to return to Hong Kong, apparently because the Chinese government regarded them as undesirable elements. The Immigration Department said it had “not received any relevant visa application” and that “the dissemination of misleading information is unacceptable and must be condemned”. A Blur spokesperson told online media outlet Hong Kong Free Press that the band had not applied for a visa. The spokesperson added that Blur had been invited to attend a brand event in Hong Kong, but the invitation fell through at an early stage and arrangements for the process had not been discussed.
正舉行巡迴演出的英國樂隊Blur，低音結他手 Alex James 日前表示原打算安排香港作為尾站，惟明顯地因中國政府認為他們是不良分子，他們不獲准重返香港。不過入境處則指「未有接獲有關簽證申請」，並指「散播誤導資訊的行為不能接受及須予譴責」。Blur 的發言人向網媒《Hong Kong Free Press》表示，Blur 沒有申請簽證，又指 Blur 曾獲邀出席香港一個品牌活動，但在早期階段已未能成事，亦沒有討論過流程安排。
3 Nov 2023獨媒#8597
同樂運動會遭批違國安 主辦方：非政治組織亦無政治目的
The Gay Games opened in Hong Kong today (the 3rd), making it the first Asian city to successfully bid to host the event. Legislative Council member Junius Ho questioned the event on the 1st, saying it was “in violation of national security” and calling on the government to ban it. Gay Games co-chair Lam Man-wai reiterated in a radio interview this morning that the event had always promoted “unity in diversity” and sought to eliminate discrimination, without advocating the values of same-sex marriage or same-sex equality. She stressed that its funding sources were transparent, saying, “We have never been a political organisation, nor do we have any political objective,” and that it only hoped to show the world Hong Kong’s vibrant side through the Games.
同樂運動會今日（3日）在港開鑼，是首個亞洲城市成功申辦，但遭立法會議員何君堯前日（1日）質疑活動「有違國安」，要求政府取締。同樂運動會聯合主席林敏蕙今早在電台訪問中，重申活動由始至於都是提倡「多元中的團結」，希望消磨歧視，沒有宣揚任何同性婚姻或同性平權的價值。她強調資金來源透明，「我哋由始至終都唔係一個政治組織，我哋亦冇任何政治目的」，只希望透過運動會讓世界見到香港有活力一面。
1 Nov 2023獨媒#8588
梁燕城趙佩玉等自稱「一群普通市民」 立會開記招向議員遞信反同運會
The Gay Games will be held in Hong Kong on Friday (November 3). On Wednesday (November 1), former Baptist University lecturer Leung Yin-sing, former barrister Josiah Kin Ming Chok and Chiu Pui Yuk Joyce, a member of the anti-Gay Games organisation “Concern Group for the Sex Orientation Ordinance in Schools and Families”, held a press conference at the Legislative Council in the name of “a group of ordinary Hong Kong citizens” to oppose the hosting of the Gay Games. Several Legislative Council members attended by invitation to receive the letter.
同樂運動會（Gay Games）將於周五（11月3日）於本港舉行，包括浸大前講師梁燕城、前大律師束健銘及反同運組織「性傾向條例家校關注組」成員趙佩玉等，以「一群香港普通市民」名義，周三（11月1日）在立法會舉行記者會，反對舉辦同樂運動會，多名立法會議員應邀出席接信。
31 Oct 2023獨媒#8574
工聯會不滿博物館殖民色彩濃厚 要求清走「港英時期的歷史觀」
The Policy Address proposed a series of patriotic education measures, including converting the Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence into the Hong Kong Museum of the War of Resistance and Coastal Defence next year. The Youth Affairs Committee of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions held a press conference today, saying it had found 63 exhibits in history museums across Hong Kong whose descriptions or wording were inappropriate or strongly colonial in tone. For example, in relation to the 1922 Hong Kong Seamen’s Strike and the “Shatin Massacre”, in which British troops opened fire on and attacked striking workers, there was no mention whatsoever of the “massacre of Chinese people”; treaties that had been signed were also not identified as “unequal treaties”. The committee also criticised the museums for “downplaying” the contributions of the country and patriotic organisations to Hong Kong. For example, they did not mention that during Hong Kong’s water rationing in 1963, the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions and the Chinese Manufacturers’ Association of Hong Kong had proactively sought assistance from the mainland, which ultimately allocated funding for the Dongjiang water project and resolved Hong Kong’s water shortage. Committee chair Wai Kong Lam said that if Hong Kong was to promote patriotic education properly, museums should remove the “historical perspective of the British Hong Kong period”, and urged the Government to review the matter as soon as possible.
《施政報告》提出一系列的愛國教育措施，包括於明年將「香港海防博物館」改建為「香港抗戰及海防博物館」。工聯會青年事務委員會今日舉行記者會，稱在全港歷史博物館發現有63項展品，其內容表述、用詞不當或殖民地色彩濃厚，例如1922年香港海員大罷工，英軍開槍襲擊罷工工人的「沙田慘案」，對「殘殺中國人民」隻字不提；簽署的條約未有標明是「不平等條約」。青委會亦不滿博物館「淡化」國家及愛國愛港團體對香港的供獻，例如未有提及1963年香港制水，是由香港工聯會及中華總商會主動向內地求援，最後獲內地撥款發展東江水工程，解決香港供水不足的問題。青委會主任林偉江表示，香港若要做好愛國主義教育，博物館應清走「港英時期的歷史觀」，促政府盡快檢視。
29 Oct 2023獨媒#8561
龐一鳴再出拳開二手書店：就算帳面die with zero，也要人生die with something
Three years ago, the independent bookshop One Punch Bookshop opened in Sham Shui Po. It did not discount its books, but gave away locally grown vegetables. At the time, its manager, Yat Ming Pong, told Independent Media that this was a test for Hong Kong people—to see whether society still valued freedom of publication, would continue to support independent bookshops and local production, and was willing to incorporate resistance into everyday life.
Three years on, having seen One Punch successfully achieve a balance between income and expenditure, Yat Ming Pong is launching another test for society—this time by opening Second Punch Bookshop in a residential area of Quarry Bay, selling second-hand books.
三年前，深水埗獨立書店「一拳書館」開業，賣書不會打折，但會送本地菜。當時館長龐一鳴接受《獨媒》訪問，說這是對香港人的測試——測試社會是否仍重視出版自由，是否仍會支持獨立書店和本地生產，是否願意把抗爭融入生活。
事隔三年，眼見一拳成功達至收支平衡，龐一鳴再向社會開展新測試——這次是在鰂魚涌住宅區內開設「二拳書館」，賣的是二手書。
24 Oct 2023集誌社#8524
縮水同運會｜復常慢半拍港半失主辦權 台同志組織憂國安法改征墨西哥
The Hong Kong Gay Games, the first to be held in Asia and hosted by Hong Kong, will take place from the 3rd to the 11th of next month. The major event for the LGBT community was originally expected to attract more than 10,000 participants to Hong Kong and generate over 1 billion dollars in economic benefits for the city. However, affected by the pandemic, Hong Kong went from being the host to co-hosting the event with Guadalajara, Mexico. The projected participation figure of more than 15,000 people at the bidding stage ultimately became a final registration total of just 2,381.
首次在亞洲舉行、由香港主辦的「香港同樂運動會」將在下月 3 至 11 日舉行，這項同志界盛事，原預計為香港帶來過萬名參加者，並為本港帶來逾十億元的經濟收益。不過，受疫情影響，香港由「主辦」變成與墨西哥城市瓜達拉哈拉「合辦」；運動會的參與人數由申辦時預計超過 1.5 萬人，到最後登記人數只有 2381 人。
這場同志圈中的盛事，半失去主辦權，有參與申辦同志運動會的義工對舉辦同志運動會失去信心，隨其他成員退出籌備團隊。有台灣的同志組織因擔心香港國安法，決定不來香港，改到瓜達拉哈拉作賽。港府回應指，奉公守法，或純粹來港參與盛事的訪客，不會、亦毋須擔心會誤墮法網。
10 Oct 2023明報#8469
紅樓業主申政府資助維修 6年未動工 土地圍封 後方官地剷樹植被受損
Today is Double Ten Day, and a conservation group has again raised concern about the long-neglected Red House in Castle Peak, Tuen Mun, a Grade I historic building. The Red House narrowly escaped demolition in 2017. To prevent this, the SAR Government not only declared it a proposed monument but also reached a consensus with the owner for the owner to apply for government funding for repairs. The property may not be demolished or transferred within 10 years after completion of the works. However, six years later, the works have yet to begin. The Conservancy Association found that the land around the Red House had been fenced off, while trees and vegetation on government land behind it had also been cleared and damaged. The Conservancy Association’s Senior Public Affairs Manager, Siu Man (TPDFSC) Lee, said the repair works had been delayed for a long time and expressed concern that the risk of collapse was increasing. Siu Man (TPDFSC) Lee urged the government to consider other ways to restore the building instead of delaying indefinitely, and to strengthen enforcement to prevent further damage to the land.
今日是「雙十節」，有保育團體再次關注一級歷史建築屯門青山紅樓日久失修。紅樓2017年險遭拆卸，特區政府為阻止除宣布列為暫定古蹟，亦與紅樓業主達成共識，由業主向政府申請資助維修，完工後10年內不得拆卸及轉讓業權。惟事隔6年，工程仍未展開，長春社發現紅樓外圍土地圍封，後方政府土地樹木及植被亦遭剷去。長春社高級公共事務經理李少文稱，紅樓維修工程遲遲未開展，擔心倒塌風險與日俱增，促政府研究其他方法復修，不應無限期拖延，以及應加強執法，避免土地破壞擴大。
26 Sept 2023大城誌#8413
歷來最多香港作品入選台灣金馬創投 談港人離散、疫後少年創傷
The darker the sky, the brighter the stars. Taiwan’s Golden Horse Project Promotion has announced its selected projects. By place of production, 11 Hong Kong works were selected this year—the highest number on record. Including works by Hong Kong directors who have emigrated, the total is 12. After China’s boycott of the Golden Horse Awards, Hong Kong works had been absent from the Golden Horse Project Promotion for nearly five years. Their emergence and selection rate have instead continued to rise, setting new records repeatedly over the past three years. Apart from host Taiwan, Hong Kong is the region with the most selected works. Many of the selected projects respond to Hong Kong’s social changes in recent years.
天愈黑，星愈亮。台灣「金馬創投」公布入圍項目，若以產地劃分，今年共有11個香港作品入選，為歷年最多。若連同移民的香港導演作品，則有12個港人作品入選。隨著中國杯葛金馬，近五年絕跡「金馬創投」後，香港作品冒起和入選比例反而不斷上升，這三年屢刷下新高，是繼東道主台灣以外，另一個最多作品入選的地區。而入選作品中，不少回應著香港近年的社會轉變。
22 Sept 2023獨媒#8401
灣仔海濱夜市賣滷水粢飯 何文堯不評論「懷舊」主題是否吸引
The first nostalgic night market under “Hong Kong Night Vibes” will be held next Wednesday (the 27th) at the Wan Chai waterfront as part of the “Waterfront Arts Fun” event, offering a range of traditional Hong Kong street foods, music and dance performances. Ivan Man Yiu Ho, chairperson of the Harbourfront Commission’s Hong Kong Island Task Force, said on a radio programme today that he would not comment on whether using “nostalgia” as the night market’s theme would be attractive, but that it was worth trying. “I wouldn’t dare say it will be successful, but I also wouldn’t say it definitely won’t be successful,” he said. He also considered the Wan Chai waterfront suitable for holding night-time activities because it was conveniently accessible and had relatively few residential buildings.
「香港夜繽紛」首個懷舊夜市，將於下周三（27日）在灣仔海濱舉行「海濱藝遊坊」活動，提供多種傳統香港街頭美食、音樂及舞蹈表演等。海濱事務委員會港島區海濱發展專責小組主席何文堯今日在一個電台節目表示不評論以「懷舊」作為夜市主題的吸引性，但需嘗試，「我唔敢肯定係成功，但亦都唔會話佢一定唔成功」，他又認為灣仔海濱交通便捷，加上沒有太多民居，適合舉辦夜間活動。
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