2 Nov 2020獨媒#878
民政拒發還武漢肺炎抗疫包撥款 灣仔區議員批調查報告失實
The Wan Chai District Council earlier complained to the Office of The Ombudsman that the Wan Chai District Office had committed maladministration and overstepped its authority by obstructing the council from returning remaining funds to organisations that had received council funding to purchase anti-epidemic packs. The complaint was accepted by the Office earlier, and the Wan Chai District Office completed an investigation report in October. Four Wan Chai district councillors went to the Office of The Ombudsman again this morning to submit supplementary information on the complaint, alleging that the Home Affairs Department’s investigation report was inaccurate. They criticised the District Office for having “built onto” the investigation criteria and said the investigation had not been conducted on the basis of the existing systems and mechanisms.
灣仔區議會早前向申訴專員公署投訴灣仔民政處行政失當，越權阻礙區議會發還餘款予獲區議會撥款購買防疫包的團體。投訴早前已獲公署接納，灣仔民政處亦於10月完成調查報告。4名灣仔區議員今早再到申訴專員公署就投訴提交補充資料，指民政事務處的調查報告失實，批評民政處「僭建」調查準則，並無基於現行制度及機制下進行調查。
1 Nov 2020獨媒#874
7名民主派控違反特權法 警拒回應「做咗咩行為」犯法
Police arrested seven pro-democracy figures this morning, including Democratic Party Legislative Council members Wu Chi-wai, Andrew Wan Siu-kin and Helena Wong Pik-wan, Labour Party lawmaker Fernando Cheung Chiu-hung, former Legislative Council members Eddie Chu Hoi-dick and Ray Chan Chi-chuen, and Labour Party chair Steven Wing Kin Kwok, on suspicion of violating the Legislative Council (Powers and Privileges) Ordinance. At an afternoon press briefing, reporters repeatedly asked what actions by the seven constituted an offence, noting that some had only held up placards and shouted slogans. Superintendent Chan Wing-yu of the Hong Kong Island Regional Crime Headquarters refused to respond, saying only that on the day concerned some lawmakers had rushed towards the president’s podium and security officers responsible for maintaining order, preventing the legislature from conducting its business normally.
警察今早拘捕7名民主派，包括民主黨立法會議員胡志偉、尹兆堅、黃碧雲、工黨張超雄、前立法會議員朱凱廸、陳志全和工黨主席郭永健，指涉嫌違反《立法會（權力及特權）條例》。警方下午見記者，記者多次追問，7人「做咗咩行為」而犯法，和部分人只是高舉標語和叫口號。港島總區刑事總部警司陳永裕拒絕回應，只稱當日有議員衝向主席台和負責維持秩序的保安人員，令議會無法正常進行。
1 Nov 2020明報#877
胡志偉陳志全朱凱廸泛民7人被捕 涉5月8日立法會內會違特權法 泛民批濫捕【短片】
Seven former and incumbent pan-democratic Legislative Council members were arrested by police in connection with the incident at the Legislative Council House Committee on May 8. Police said those arrested were suspected of violating provisions on the offence of contempt and the offence of interfering with Legislative Council officers under the Legislative Council (Powers and Privileges) Ordinance, Chapter 382 of the Laws of Hong Kong.
7名泛民前任及現任立法會議員被警方拘捕，涉與5月8日立法會內務委員會的事件有關。警方稱，被捕的人涉嫌違反香港法例第382章《立法會（權力及特權）條例》有關「藐視罪」及「干預立法會人員罪」。
28 Oct 2020獨媒#871
民政拒議財政預算 元朗區議會主席斥：拖到乜都唔使搞
Many major events in Yuen Long were cancelled because of the spread of Wuhan pneumonia. At yesterday’s Yuen Long District Council meeting, councillors discussed revising the budget and reallocating funds that had already been reserved for other uses. The chairman of the Yuen Long District Council, Zachary Wai Yin Wong, repeatedly asked the District Officer whether organisations that had applied to hold events in previous years would continue to do so this year. The District Officer and secretary, however, brushed off the questions, saying the matter should wait until the Finance Committee resumed discussion on November 24. Zachary Wai Yin Wong immediately condemned Home Affairs, saying: “If we leave the money for the Finance Committee to discuss before using it, nothing can be organised if this drags on. You’re so familiar with the Rural Committee—how could you not know whether they would submit new applications for funding?”
元朗區有不少區內大型活動因武漢肺炎肆虐而取消，元朗區議員昨日於元朗區議會大會討論修訂財政預算，把已預留的撥款改作其他用途。元朗區議會主席黃偉賢在會上多次詢問民政事務專員，過往申辦團體會否於今年續辦活動，民政事務專員及秘書卻推搪要留待11月24日的財委會續議。黃偉賢即譴責民政，「留返財委會先傾啲錢就唔使用，拖到乜都冇得搞。你同鄉事委員會咁熟，點會唔知佢哋新申唔申請撥款？」
27 Oct 2020獨媒#868
【12港人】元朗區議員促公開定翼機航行紀錄 民政專員拉隊離場兼熄咪
The Yuen Long District Council held a meeting today at which pro-democracy district councillors put forward two motions: one calling on the Hong Kong Government to provide all humanitarian needs for the 12 Hong Kong people detained by the mainland, and the other calling for the release of navigation and radar records relating to the Greek cargo ship Angelic Glory and the Government Flying Service fixed-wing aircraft. Yuen Long District Officer Yuen Ka-no and other departmental officials then left the meeting, refusing to take part in the discussion. The district officer and officials returned to the meeting room only when the agenda item on a proposal for the District Council to allocate funding to establish an online live-streaming channel for the Yuen Long District Council was discussed.
元朗區議會今日召開會議，有民主派區議員提出兩項動議，分別要求港府為被內地扣押的12港人提供一切人道需要，以及公開希臘貨船Angelic Glory與飛行服務隊定翼機的航行及雷達紀錄。元朗民政事務專員袁嘉諾和其他部門官員隨即離場，拒絕參與討論。直至討論「建議由區議會撥款成立元朗區議會網上直播頻道」議程時，民政事務專員及官員才返回會議室。
27 Oct 2020獨媒#870
地政處指「立即釋放12港人」橫額違法 黃碧雲轟無理表明拒拆除
Democratic Party Legislative Council member Au Pui-wan received a notice from the Kowloon West District Lands Office saying that two banners she put up on Princess Road in Ho Man Tin were illegal and requiring her to remove them within two days. The banners bore the messages “Save 12 HK Youths” and “Resist brainwashing education”, along with her name and the Legislative Council emblem. Au condemned the demand as unreasonable and said she would not remove the banners. She accused the government of making things difficult in every possible way and moving towards an authoritarian regime, saying, “It wants everyone to keep quiet and not be allowed to say things the government does not like to hear.”
民主黨立法會議員黃碧雲接獲九龍西區地政處通知，指其位於何文田公主道的兩幅橫額違法，要求其在兩日內拆除。該兩張橫額印有「立即釋放12港人 Save 12 HK Youths」、「抵抗洗腦教育」和其名字及立法會標記。黃碧雲炮轟不合理，表明不會拆除；斥政府百般勻難和步向專制政權，「要所有人收聲，唔可以講政府唔鍾意聽嘅嘢。」
20 Oct 2020聞庫（立場）#862
金管局發布銀行公會新指引 疑違反國安法交易需通報警方
The “Frequently Asked Questions on Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing”, drawn up by the Hong Kong Association of Banks with input from the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, was updated late last month and published on the HKMA website. The new guidance states that banks should report to the police whenever they know or suspect that property is involved in a violation of the National Security Law in Hong Kong. An employee in a bank’s compliance department questioned whether, under the new guidance, a bank would be responsible for conducting an investigation if a prominent pro-Beijing figure accused someone of violating the National Security Law.
由香港銀行公會制定、香港金管局提供意見的「打擊洗錢∕恐怖分子資金籌集的常見問題」在上月下旬更新指引，並經金管局網站發佈，新指引內容提及銀行只要知悉或懷疑有財產涉違反《港區國安法》，就應向警方通報。有銀行合規部門員工質疑，在新指引下，如果有一名親北京的知名人士指控某人違反國安法，銀行就有責任進行調查。
17 Oct 2020聞庫（立場）#859
全國人大通過修改國旗法、國徽法 港府即發稿稱將「適當修訂」《國旗及國徽條例》
The 22nd session of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People’s Congress concluded today. According to Xinhua News Agency, the meeting passed amendments to the Law of the People’s Republic of China on the National Flag and the Law of the People’s Republic of China on the National Emblem, stipulating that Chinese citizens may wear national emblem badges on “solemn occasions” and prohibiting the hanging or display of the national flag upside down and the arbitrary disposal of national flags, among other provisions. The new regulations will take effect on 1 January next year. The Hong Kong government issued a statement in the evening saying it would make appropriate amendments to the National Flag and National Emblem Ordinance to ensure that the legislation conforms to the requirements when implemented in Hong Kong and to fulfil the constitutional responsibility of the HKSAR Government.
第十三屆全國人大常委會第二十二次會議今日閉幕。據《新華社》報道，會議通過修改《中華人民共和國國旗法》及《中華人民共和國國徽法》，規定中國公民在「莊重的場合」可以佩戴國徽徽章、禁止倒掛、倒插國旗、隨意丟棄國旗等，新規例明年 1 月 1 日生效。港府晚上發稿，表示會對《國旗及國徽條例》作出適當修訂，令法例在香港實施時符合規定，及履行特區政府的憲制責任。
15 Oct 2020獨媒#856
【12港人】九龍城民主派要求港府協助 DQ劊子手新任民政專員拉隊走人
The Kowloon City District Council met in the afternoon, where pro-democracy members called on the Hong Kong government to assist and pay attention to the 12 Hong Kong people detained in mainland China. Choi Man-kwan, the new Kowloon City District Officer who had previously disqualified former Demosisto secretary-general Joshua Wong from standing for election, promptly walked out with other department officials, refusing to take part in the discussion.
九龍城區議會下午開會，有民主派要求香港政府協助和關注12名遭內地拘禁的港人，早前曾DQ前香港眾志秘書長黃之鋒的參選資格、新任九龍城民政事務專員蔡敏君和其他部門官員隨即拉隊走人，拒絕參與討論。
15 Oct 2020獨媒#857
民政處雙重標準 只准民建聯討論港康碼 黃國桐：公務員政治中立蕩然無存
The Kowloon City District Council met in the afternoon. The Home Affairs Department applied double standards: when pro-democracy members proposed discussing opposition to the Hong Kong Health Code, the department removed the item from the meeting papers. Choi Man-kwan, the Kowloon City District Officer who earlier disqualified Joshua Wong from standing for election, also led a group in leaving. By contrast, when the DAB proposed discussing its expectations for the Policy Address, including introducing the Hong Kong Health Code and promoting Greater Bay Area cooperation, it was allowed to be discussed at the meeting. Wong Kwok-tung, a lawyer and Democratic Party member, criticised the authorities’ actions as political suppression and said that matters had “fallen to such a state” that “civil service political neutrality has completely disappeared”. He said this had caused Hong Kong’s political system to collapse completely, describing it as a very sad situation.
九龍城區議會下午開會，民政處雙重標準，民主派提出討論反對港康碼，但遭處方刪去文件。早前DQ黃之鋒參選資格的九龍城民政事務專員蔡敏君，更拉隊離開。但民建聯提出討論施政報告的期望，包括推出港康碼和推動大灣區合作，則獲准在會上討論。本身是律師、民主黨黃國桐批評，當局的做法是政治打壓和「淪亡到咁嘅地步」，「公務員政治中立蕩然無存」，令香港政治制度完全崩潰，形容為十分傷感的局面。
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