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Hong Kong civil servants warned loyalty pledge may be tied to promotions
All 180,000 civil servants in Hong Kong have been warned that refusing to pledge allegiance to the city and its mini-constitution could jeopardise their chances of promotion.
All 180,000 civil servants in Hong Kong have been warned they could jeopardise their chances of promotion if they refuse to pledge allegiance to the city and its mini-constitution.
【閹割通識】教局無視專責小組建議 取消現有評級機制 開科 11 年高中通識將改名
The government is targeting Liberal Studies. The Education Bureau today (26th) formally announced its “reform” of senior secondary Liberal Studies. Although the report submitted by the Task Force on School Curriculum Review in September this year clearly recommended retaining the existing 1 to 5** examination grading system, the Education Bureau refused to adopt the recommendation. Secretary for Education Kevin Yeung announced that senior secondary Liberal Studies would instead be graded as “Pass” or “Fail”, while half of the curriculum content would be removed through restructuring and cuts. The subject will be renamed after the changes, but its new name has not yet been decided. Yeung explained that the subject had been “stigmatised” and said he hoped a new name would give it a fresh start and prevent members of the public from having misunderstandings or bad perceptions of it.
政府劍指通識教育科，教育局今日（26 日）正式公布「改革」高中通識科，雖然學校課程檢討專責小組今年 9 月提交的報告，明確建議維持現行 1 至 5** 考試評級，惟教育局拒絕採納，教育局局長楊潤雄宣布，高中通識科評級將改為「合格」及「不合格」，並透過重整、刪減，減走一半課程內容。改動後的通識科將改名，但名稱未定，楊解釋科目已被「污名化」，希望科目有新開始，避免社會人士有錯誤理解或不好觀念。
民政專員「壁咚」區會主席禁討論 同場加映指揮官拉隊走佬
The Kowloon City District Council met in the afternoon. The pro-democracy camp proposed that the election for the seventh-term Legislative Council be held as soon as possible and raised concerns about media searches, but both documents were disqualified by the District Office. Kowloon City District Officer Choi Man-kwan then ‘wall-pinned’ District Council chair Leong Sing Siu, barring discussion of content that did not comply with the District Councils Ordinance. The meeting also saw the acting Kowloon City commander lead his team out.
九龍城區議會下午開會，民主派提出要求盡快進行第七屆立法會選舉和關注傳媒查冊，但兩份文件均遭民政處DQ。九龍城民政事務專員蔡敏君更「壁咚」區議會主席蕭亮聲，禁止討論不符合《區議會條例》的內容，會議同場加映九龍城署理指揮官拉隊走佬。
聶德權：如公務員拒宣誓或簽署聲明 一定會影響升遷
Secretary for the Civil Service Patrick Nip said serving civil servants would be arranged to take an oath or sign a declaration in one go, pledging allegiance to the Basic Law and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. He said refusing to sign would definitely affect their promotion.
公務員事務局局長聶德權指，會安排現職公務員一次過宣誓或簽署聲明，擁護基本法及效忠香港特別行政區。假如有公務員拒絕簽署，聶德權指一定會影響升遷。
警拘盧俊宇指浪費警力 帶返辦事處調查 大龍鳳call齊記者
Democratic Party Tuen Mun District Councillor Tsun Yu Lo was arrested by police at his home in the evening on suspicion of “wasting police resources”. Police took him to his councillor’s office at Melody Garden in Tuen Mun to gather evidence, and allowed the media to film prominently. After the operation, Chief Inspector Lo Lai-him of the New Territories North Region’s Public Activities Investigation Team told reporters that Tsun Yu Lo’s false allegations had caused police to deploy a certain amount of manpower for an investigation, and that he was therefore arrested.
民主黨屯門區議員盧俊宇晚上遭警方上門拘捕，被指涉嫌「浪費警力」。警方把他帶返其位於屯門美樂花園的議員辦事處搜證，並讓傳媒高調拍攝。警方在行動後見記者，新界北總區公眾活動調查組總督察羅禮謙表示，盧俊宇的不實指控令警方使用了一定警力作調查，遂作出拘捕。
區議員斥地政總署要求拆 12 港人、反國安法橫額 質疑違法濫權 署長強調非審查「跟指引做」
Displaying banners in the community is one of the rights of district councillors and Legislative Council members. In the past, pro-democracy district councillors and Legislative Council members said the Lands Department had asked them to remove banners concerning opposition to the national security law and support for the 12 Hong Kong people. The department’s director Chi Wah (1953) Lai was at the Yau Tsim Mong District Council today (24th), where pro-democracy councillors raised questions about the matter. Democratic Party lawmaker James To Kun-sun questioned whether the department had insufficient grounds for requesting the removal of the banners and had unlawfully exercised its powers. Chi Wah (1953) Lai stressed that removing the banners was “not content censorship”, saying that there had been complaints and that the department “follows the guidelines in everything it does”.
在社區懸掛橫額，是區議員及立法會議員的權利之一，但過去有民主派區議員和立法會議員，指被地政總署要求移除有關反國安法、聲援 12 港人主題等的橫額。地政總署署長黎志華今日（24 日）到油尖旺區議會時，有民主派議員就此提出質詢。民主黨涂謹申質疑，地政總署要求移除橫額的理據不足，違法使用權力。黎志華則強調移除橫額「非內容審查」，因有人投訴「一切跟指引做」。
食肆需強制加設「安食肆需強制加設「安心出行」QR code 不排除強制要求市民使用心出行」QR code 不排除強制要求市民使用
Chief Executive Carrie Lam met the press before the Executive Council meeting. As the local epidemic rebounded, Lam said social-distancing measures would be tightened and eateries would be required to install QR codes for the LeaveHomeSafe mobile application. Members of the public could record their visits voluntarily, but she said mandatory use could be required if necessary.
行政長官林鄭月娥舉行行政會議前見記者，本港疫情反彈，林鄭月娥表示將收緊社交距離措施，並將強制食肆安裝「安心出行」手機應用程式QR code，市民可自願性紀錄，但她稱如有需要，或會強制要求。
多批警員進入校園蒐證 中大保安組職員全程帶路
Yesterday, graduates at CUHK chanted Hong Kong independence slogans and displayed related publicity materials during a march on campus. The university reported the matter to the police, and it was taken over by the National Security Department of the Hong Kong Police Force. This afternoon (20th), officers from the department entered various parts of CUHK in separate groups to investigate. They left after collecting evidence for more than an hour. Throughout the operation, a man who identified himself as a member of the CUHK security unit led the evidence-gathering and photographed the places where graffiti had been found. However, when questioned by reporters, he refused to respond about the work he was carrying out today.
昨日中大有畢業生於校內遊行時叫港獨口號及展示相關文宣，校方報警處理，事件由警務處國家安全處接手處理。警方國安處今日(20日)下午分批進入中大多處調查，蒐證一個多小時後離開。全程由一名自稱保安組職員的男子帶領蒐證，並拍攝下遭塗鴉的地方。該名男子自稱中大保安組職員，惟記者追問時他拒絕回應今日工作內容。
Hong Kong national security police enter Chinese University campus following peaceful graduation day demo
HKPF(NS) officers enter CUHK campus to investigate the rally on the previous day, obtaining CCTV footage and visiting residential halls.
HKPF(NS) officers enter CUHK campus to investigate the rally on the previous day, obtaining CCTV footage and visiting residential halls.
拉麵黃店「別天神」貨車貼抗爭貼紙 警指違反道路條例 被扣留檢驗
After the left-wing newspaper attack on mask seller “Yellow Factory” for producing masks with political implications and allegedly intending to challenge the bottom line of the National Security Law, another “Yellow Shop” has been accused of suspected illegal activity. Civic Party Eastern District councillor Cheng Tat-hung said today (19th) that a vehicle belonging to ramen restaurant Betsutenjin was investigated by traffic police in Causeway Bay over an alleged breach of the Road Traffic Ordinance. Photos showed the distinctive-looking light goods vehicle covered with stickers bearing protest code names from the anti-extradition movement. Betsutenjin posted on Facebook, mockingly describing the traffic police as giving the delivery driver a “presidential-level escort”.
繼口罩商「Yellow Factory」日前被左報炮轟生產具政治意味口罩，意圖挑戰《國安法》底線後，再有「黃店」被指涉嫌違法。公民黨東區區議員鄭達鴻今日（19 日）表示，拉麵食店「別天神」的車輛，今日在銅鑼灣被交通警以涉違反《道路交通條例》調查。相片所見，該客貨車造型特別，貼滿「反送中運動」示威代號的貼紙，「別天神」則在 FB 發文，揶揄交通警給送貨司機「總統級護送」。
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