15 Oct 2023獨媒#8494
民主黨減至6人參選 主席羅健熙戰老巢南區
The nomination period for the District Council election begins next Tuesday (the 17th). The Democratic Party, which earlier announced that it would field eight candidates, announced today that it will instead field six candidates in the District Council direct elections, including party chairman Lo Kin-hei and vice-chairman Bonnie Hoi Yan Ng. Five of the six resigned during the oath-taking controversy, while the remaining candidate is Yau Tsim Mong District Councillor Leo Tsz Lok Chu, who passed the oath-taking process. Contesting the party’s Southern District stronghold, Lo Kin-hei said the decision to field six candidates was made out of respect for different views among party colleagues on whether to stand: “Everyone has different considerations, and some people may also have their own circumstances.” He also said he believed that the party colleagues contesting this time still complied with the principle of patriots governing Hong Kong.
區議會選舉提名期下周二（17日）開始，早前宣布將派8人參選的民主黨，今日宣布改派6人出戰區議會直選，包括黨主席羅健熙、副主席伍凱欣，6人中有5人均曾在宣誓風波中辭職，餘下一人則為宣誓過關的油尖旺區議員朱子洛。在老巢南區出戰的羅健熙指，改派6人因尊重各黨友對參選有不同想法，「每個人都有自己唔同嘅考慮，亦都可能有啲人會有佢自己嘅情況」，又指相信今次參選黨友仍然符合愛國者治港原則。
14 Oct 2023獨媒#8491
麥美娟批搵提名難是「攞嚟講」：若長期服務地區怎會不識三會成員﹖
The nomination period for the District Council election begins next Tuesday. The Democratic Party earlier said it was difficult to obtain the contact details of “"the three committees"” members to solicit nominations. In an interview with Wen Wei Po, Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs Mak Mei-kuen criticised as “nonsense” and inconceivable the claim by someone who said they had served the district for a long time but did not know any “"the three committees"” members: “Why would they not know or be aware of them? Perhaps they do not have his telephone number; then go to the school to find him. Is it really that difficult?”
區議會選舉提名期下周二開始，民主黨早前表示難以取得「三會」成員的聯絡資料作爭取提名。民政及青年事務局局長麥美娟接受《文匯報》專訪，直批有人自稱長期服務地區，卻不認識「三會」成員，是「攞嚟講」和匪夷所思：「為什麼不認識或不知道呢？可能沒有他的電話號碼，那就去學校找，究竟是否真的那麼難呢？」
13 Oct 2023獨媒#8485
改制中大校董會草案11月11日上大會 張宇人企硬議員席數不減
The Legislative Council will resume its first full meeting next Wednesday (18) after a nearly three-month summer recess. The House Committee met this afternoon to arrange the agenda, which will include 22 questions, six of them oral. The controversial Chinese University (Amendment) Bill introduced by Tommy Cheung will resume its second-reading debate at the LegCo meeting on Nov. 11. Under Cheung’s amendments, the number of Legislative Council representatives on the University Council will remain at three. Priscilla Leung, chairwoman of the Bills Committee on the private bill, said the committee had no objection to the amendments.
立法會大會經過近3個月暑假，終於在下周三（18）復會，內務委員會今午舉行會議安排大會議程，將會有22項質詢，包括6項口頭質詢。另外，由張宇人提出、充滿爭議的《中文大學(修訂)條例草案》，就敲定在11月11日在立法會大會恢復二讀辯論，根據張宇人的修正案，校董會內立法會議員代表數量將維持3人，該私人草案專屬委員會的主席梁美芬則表示，委員會不就修正案提出任何異議。
12 Oct 2023獨媒#8481
【區議會選舉】香港新方向5人參選 前公民黨李煒林不入名單稱「仲觀望緊」
The nomination period for the District Council elections begins next Tuesday. Hong Kong New Direction is fielding five candidates in the North District, Yuen Long, Kowloon City and Wong Tai Sin, while former Civic Party member William Wai Lam Li is not on the list. The Independent Media asked William Wai Lam Li whether this confirmed that they would not run, and whether they were concerned that having resigned during their tenure could mean they would be unable to qualify as a candidate. William Wai Lam Li only said that they would currently serve as the campaign coordination director and focus first on coordinating the campaign. However, after the press conference, William Wai Lam Li left the matter open, telling the media that the nomination period would not end until the end of the month and that they were “still considering”.
區議會選舉提名期下周二開始，香港新方向派出5人參選，分別出選北區、元朗、九龍城及黃大仙，前公民黨成員李煒林則不在名單之上。《獨媒》問李煒林是否確認不會參選，及是否因曾在任期間辭職，憂慮或未能入閘。李煒林只稱，目前只會擔任競選工程統籌主任，先聚焦統籌工作。不過，李煒林在記者會後就「留一線」，向傳媒稱提名期在月底才結束，「仲觀望緊」。
10 Oct 2023獨媒#8467
獨立民主派、觀塘區議員蘇冠聰不競逐連任 指所屬選區已「消失」
The nomination period for the District Council election begins next Tuesday. Several incumbent pro-democracy councillors have announced in recent days that they will not run again, and independent pro-democracy Kwun Tong district councillor Kevin Koon Chung So also said today that they would not seek re-election. Kevin Koon Chung So wrote on social media that, with the “disappearance” of the Lok Wah South constituency they represented, they had decided not to participate in this year’s District Council election.
區議會換屆選舉提名期下周二開始，連日有現任民主派議員宣布不再參選，獨立民主派、觀塘區議員蘇冠聰今日亦表示不會競逐連任。蘇冠聰在社交網站發文，指隨着其所屬的選區樂華南的「消失」，決定不參加今年舉行的區議會選舉。
9 Oct 2023獨媒#8465
中西區區會副主席楊浩然宣布不再參選 市民留言「勸吓民主黨」
The nomination period for the District Council election will begin next Tuesday. Several incumbent pro-democracy district councillors have said they will not seek re-election. Following Cheuk Nam Sin, vice-chairman of the Sha Tin District Council from the Democratic Party, Victor Sui Yin Yeung, vice-chairman of the Central and Western District Council, announced on social media today that he would not seek re-election. A resident commented that he appreciated Victor Sui Yin Yeung’s decision, but urged him to “have a word with the Democratic Party”: “Don’t be so stubborn, because I know many people have nothing but contempt for your party’s decision!” Victor Sui Yin Yeung replied that he had already left the Democratic Party and stressed that he would continue serving the community within his ability.
區議會選舉下周二進入提名期，多名民主派現任區議員表態不再參選，繼民主黨沙田區議會副主席冼卓嵐，中西區區議會副主席楊浩然今日在社交網站宣布，不再參選區議會選舉。有市民就留言稱欣賞楊浩然該決定，但就喚他應「勸吓民主黨」：「唔好再咁固執，因為我知好多人，對貴黨嘅決定，實在嗤之以鼻！」楊浩然回覆稱，自己已退出民主黨，強調在能力範圍之內，繼續服務社區。
6 Oct 2023獨媒#8452
立法會教育委員會取消外訪新加坡 改去西安考察
The Legislative Council Panel on Education had earlier planned to visit Singapore in early September and meet representatives of the Ministry of Education, the Economic Development Board, the courts and Parliament. However, panel chairperson Alice Mak announced today that the Singapore trip had been cancelled because the legislators “could not make the time work”. She said it would be replaced by a study tour to Xi’an on the mainland with the Education Bureau in December, describing the Xi’an trip as “more suitable in terms of timing and other aspects” and inviting interested members to enrol as soon as possible.
立法會教育事務委員會早前計劃在9月初訪問新加坡，與教育部、經濟發展局、法院和國會代表會面，不過委員會主席梁美芬今日宣布，因為議員們「夾唔到時間」而取消星洲行程。同時間，她又指將有行程「取而代之」，就是12月與教育局一同前往內地西安考察，她形容西安團「時間各方面更加適合」，邀請委員如有興趣，請盡快報名。
6 Oct 2023獨媒#8453
羅健熙指有黨員曾聯絡三會成員 惟未獲承諾提名
The Democratic Party plans to field eight candidates in the District Council election, but says it has been unable to obtain the contact details of "the three committees" members to seek nominations. Party chairman Lo Kin-hei said it had contacted the Home Affairs Department and the Electoral Affairs Commission to obtain the details of “"the three committees"” members, but had received no reply. Party members had also sought nominations by contacting “"the three committees"” members they knew, but received no commitment that they would nominate them.
民主黨擬派出8人參選區議會選舉，但指未能取得三會成員的聯絡資料作爭取提名。民主黨主席羅健熙表示，已聯絡民政事務總署及選舉管理委員會以獲取「三會」委員資料，但未獲回覆，而透過聯絡認識的「三會」委員爭取提名，亦未獲承諾提名。
6 Oct 2023獨媒#8454
吳秋北批評大學迎新營「邪氣泛濫」 有人「收𡃁」控制學生
Following controversies over orientation camps at several universities, various measures have been introduced to tighten the organisation of activities. The Legislative Council Panel on Education also met this morning to review the management of university activities and moral education. Legislators lambasted orientation-camp culture, criticising it as “clique culture, emotional blackmail and bullying”, and advocated replacing orientation camps with other activities. Ng Chau-pei, president of the Federation of Trade Unions and father of three daughters, was particularly impassioned. He disclosed that his daughter had just entered university this year and had also attended an orientation camp. He said emotionally that “some students” had reported that orientation camps were a way of “recruiting followers”, “passing on certain traditions while controlling students all the way”, and he sharply criticised orientation camps as being “rife with sinister influences”. Secretary for Education Christine Choi repeatedly stressed at the meeting that the government would absolutely not tolerate the “unhealthy practices” associated with orientation camps.
多間大學在迎新營風波後，推出不同措施收緊活動安排，立法會教育事務委員會今早亦開會檢討大學生活動的管理及品德教育。議員們鞭撻迎新營文化，批評是「埋堆文化、情感勒索、欺凌」，又提倡以其他活動取代迎新營。有三名女兒的工聯會會長吳秋北最肉緊，他透露女兒今年剛入大學亦有參加迎新營，他激動表示「有同學」反映，迎新營是「收𡃁」方式，透過「承傳某種傳統，一路控制同學」，他又狠批迎新營「邪氣泛濫」。教育局局長蔡若蓮在會上多番強調，絕不姑息迎新營「歪風」。
6 Oct 2023獨媒#8456
鄧飛不滿教育局內部仍有人稱「公民與社會發展科」做「公社科」
Students taking the senior secondary Civic and Social Development subject are required to join study visits to the mainland. At a district consultation session on the Policy Address held last month, however, students criticised the “one-day trips”, saying they had to spend seven hours travelling by coach to and from Hong Kong. The Education Bureau reduced the number of one-day trips from eight to three. At a Legislative Council committee meeting today, the bureau stressed that a one-day trip was not meaningless, saying students could find travelling by high-speed rail “very fast—before you know it, you’re already back”, and that this itself counted as an “experience”. Election Committee sector lawmaker Tang Fei objected to the subject’s name. He was unhappy that some Education Bureau staff continued to call it “the Commune subject” even after the bureau had officially adopted “Civic subject”, asking: “What ‘civic’—the People’s Commune, the Paris Commune, or the Japan-Korea Tourism Organisation?” The Education Bureau replied that “Civic subject” was the preferable name. Despite Tang Fei’s “reminder”, many lawmakers at the meeting continued to call it “the Commune subject”.
高中公民與社會發展科規定學生必須赴內地考察，不過上月舉行的《施政報告》地區諮詢會，有學生批評「一日團」要花7小時坐旅遊巴來回香港。教育局將「一日團」數目由8個減至3個，今日立法會一個委員會上，局方強調一天團不代表無意義，學生發現坐高鐵「好快喎，來回咁快已經返到」，也算一種「體驗」。選委界鄧飛就對「公民與社會發展科」的名字有意見，他不滿有教育局職員即使在局方正名「公民科」後，仍稱該科「公社科」，他反問「咩公民，人民公社、巴黎公社，定日本韓國觀光公社呢？」教育局回答指，「公民科」名稱比較理想。不過即使鄧飛「提醒」，會上不少議員仍續稱「公社科」。
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