21 Aug 2025集誌社#7192
公僕水患｜「代物流署致歉」陳嘉信是誰？ 座駕、仕途皆「炒車」 任勞工處長遇官場滑鐵
The Government was duped into paying more than $50 million for water. Chan Ka-shun, Director of the Government Logistics Department, spoke publicly for the first time today (21st), saying: “I apologise to everyone on behalf of the Logistics Department.” The veteran administrative officer, whom Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury Christopher Hui called “Mr Chan”, joined the Government in 1987. After the handover, he served as Assistant Director of Housing, handling public-housing rent reviews, and in 2012 became Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying’s Private Secretary. Chan, who once crashed a Porsche sports car, has also suffered a “crash” in his career. After becoming Commissioner for Labour in 2016, he was accused of offending the labour sector, the pro-establishment camp and politicians from the democratic camp, and was derided by the Workers’ Rights Association as the “four-no commissioner”. He became Director of the Government Logistics Department in 2022, and as he neared retirement this year, became embroiled in the water-purchase fraud case.
(The Collective Newsroom reported earlier that Chan was “transferred in December 2020 to Head (Special Duties) of the Transport and Housing Bureau / Commissioner of the Sales of First-hand Residential Properties Authority, a position at Directorate Grade 3 (D3), with a monthly salary of between $208,000 and $227,000”, and was “demoted to D3”. In response to enquiries from The Collective Newsroom, the Civil Service Bureau said that when Chan took up the post of Head (Special Duties) of the Transport and Housing Bureau in December 2020—later renamed Head (Special Duties) of the Housing Bureau—he was a Directorate Grade 6 (D6) Administrative Officer, and subsequently concurrently served as Commissioner of the Sales of First-hand Residential Properties Authority. The Collective Newsroom hereby makes this correction.)
政府以逾 5000 萬元買水被呃，物流服務署署長陳嘉信今日（21日）首度開腔「代表物流署向大家致歉」。這位被財庫局長許正宇稱呼為「阿陳生」 的資深政務官， 1987 年加入政府，回歸後，曾任房屋署助理署長，處理公屋租金檢討、2012 年任特首梁振英私人秘書。曾駕保時捷跑車炒車的陳嘉信，仕途上也曾「炒車」。他於 2016 年任勞工處處長後，被指得罪勞工界、建制、民主派政界，被工權會譏為「四無處長」，至 2022 年任政府物流服務署署長，至今年臨近退休，再鬧出買水騙案。
(《集誌社》早前報道，指陳嘉信在 2020 年 12 月「被調任為運輸及房屋局主任（特別職務）／一手住宅物業銷售監管局專員，該職位為首長級乙級（D3），月薪介乎 20.8萬至 22.7 萬元」、「被貶D3」。公務員事務局回覆《集誌社》查詢指，陳嘉信 2020 年 12 月起出任運輸及房屋局主任（特別職務）（後改稱房屋局主任（特別職務））時為首長級甲級政務官（即D6 ），及後兼任一手住宅物業銷售監管局專員。《集誌社》特此更正。）
20 Aug 2025集誌社#7184
公僕水患｜物流署長「現身」返工 被問是否涉疏忽 陳嘉信：早晨
The HKSAR Government is suspected of having been duped in a water purchase. Chan Ka-shun, Director of Government Logistics, who is responsible for procurement matters, “showed up in person” for work at the Government Logistics Department office in the North Point Government Offices at 8:40 am this morning (20th). When pressed by reporters on why the contract had been awarded, whether negligence was involved, and how he would cooperate with the police investigation, he responded with the two words “Good morning” before leaving.
特區政府買水懷疑被呃，負責採購事務的政府物流服務署署長陳嘉信，今早（20日）8 時 40 分，在北角政府合署物流署辦公室「現真身」返工，被記者追問為何批出是次合約、是否涉疏忽，以及如何配合警方調查？他以：「早晨」兩個字回應，隨即離開。
20 Aug 2025獨媒#7185
選委會補選下月7日舉行 有自動當選者未提供個人照、政綱等資料
The Election Committee election will be held on the 7th of next month. Of the 28 sectors requiring by-elections, 72 candidates in 22 sectors have been returned uncontested. The remaining 28 candidates in six sectors will contest 21 seats. The Electoral Affairs Commission has uploaded the candidates’ profiles. However, in the sector for representatives of Hong Kong members of relevant national organisations, where 27 candidates were returned uncontested, some candidates did not provide election platforms, while others did not include photographs. Among the candidates who provided platforms, some used identical platforms.
選委會選舉將於下月7日舉行，28個需補選的界別中，有22個界別合共72名候選人自動當選。餘下6個界別28名候選人，將競逐21個席位。選管會已上載各候選人簡介，不過27名候選人自動當選的「有關全國性團體香港成員的代表」界別，有候選人未有提供政綱，更有人未有附上相片。提供政綱的候選人中，亦有人採用同一政綱。
20 Aug 2025獨媒#7186
錢寶芬遭終止領取退休金 公務員事務局：根據法例行事
Chin Po Fun, who participated in the “Hong Kong Parliament”, was alleged to have committed the offence of subversion of State power under the Hong Kong National Security Law. Last month, the Police National Security Department placed a HK$200,000 bounty on Chin Po Fun and issued a wanted notice. This month, the Security Bureau designated Chin Po Fun a “fugitive” under the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance. Chin Po Fun previously worked for the Correctional Services Department and was a correctional officer before leaving the service, making Chin Po Fun a retired civil servant. In response to an enquiry from The Independent Media, the Civil Service Bureau confirmed that measures prohibiting the provision of funds and others had been imposed on a “specified fugitive”. The bureau stressed that it was acting in accordance with the law, meaning that the monthly pension Chin Po Fun received from the Government had been terminated.
參與「香港議會」的錢寶芬被指涉嫌干犯《香港國安法》「顛覆國家政權罪」，上月被警方國安處以20萬元懸紅通緝，保安局今月再根據《維護國家安全條例》將其列為「潛逃者」。錢寶芬曾任職懲教署，離任前為懲教主任，是退休公務員。公務員事務局回覆《獨媒》查詢時確認，已針對「指明潛逃者」實施禁止提供資金等措施。局方強調根據法例行事，即錢寶芬從政府所領取的每月退休金已被終止。
19 Aug 2025Yahoo#7176
公務員飲內地水｜ 財庫局早前責成物流署承責 署長陳嘉信「現身」審計署展開審核
Government offices have been embroiled in a “counterfeit water” controversy. The government said last Saturday (16th) that it was unable to be satisfied that the mainland-branded water supplier Xin Ding Xin could continue to perform the contract, and decided to suspend the relevant contract. The person in charge was arrested. Public attention has focused on whether the Government Logistics Department mishandled the tendering process. Its director, Chan Ka-shun, had not appeared publicly or provided an explanation for several days.
The Audit Commission posted on Facebook in the evening that members of its Accounts Audit Division met with “the Director of the Government Logistics Department and other personnel” this afternoon (19th), beginning an audit of the tendering process for the government procurement of bottled drinking water. Photographs released by the Audit Commission showed that Government Logistics Department Director Chan Ka-shun and Deputy Director Lai Wong Suk-han attended the meeting.
The Audit Commission reiterated that, as the auditor of the government accounts, it would report truthfully and make recommendations for follow-up by the relevant policy bureaux and departments if it found any deficiencies or irregularities during the audit process.
The Audit Commission said it would continue to uphold the spirit of “being faithful to one’s duties, having the courage to take responsibility, and being impartial” in fulfilling its responsibilities in the audit field, handling different audit issues, and enhancing the service performance and accountability of public-sector departments.
政府辦公室捲「冒牌水」風波，政府上周六（16日）表示，未能信納內地品牌水供應商「鑫鼎鑫」能繼續履行合約，決定暫停有關合約，負責人被捕。公眾關注，處理招標的事宜的物流署是否安排失當，該署署長陳嘉信連日未有公開露面或交代。
審計署傍晚在 FB 發文，指審計署帳目審計科成員今（19日）下午與「與物流署署長等人員會面」，展開對政府採購樽裝飲用水招標過程的審核工作。據審計署發放的圖片，物流署署長陳嘉信、物流署副署長賴黃淑嫻均有出席會議。
審計署重申，作為政府帳目的審計師，在審核帳目過程中，如發現有不足或違規情況，一定會如實報告，並提出改善建議予相關決策局及部門跟進。
審計署表示，會繼續本着「忠於職守，敢於擔當，鐵面無私」的精神，在審計崗位上履行責任，處理不同的審計議題，提升公營部門的服務表現及問責性。
16 Aug 2025集誌社#7165
公僕飲水｜政府暫停港島「觀音山水」合約 中標公司鑫鼎鑫被查 公司董事年初借 800 萬元「債冚債」
Bottled drinking water supplied to government offices was previously awarded to a mainland Chinese brand. Civil servants in Hong Kong Island switched to “Xinle–Kwun Yam Shan Water”, but its producer had previously been involved in a food safety incident in mainland China. The Hong Kong supplier awarded the contract, “Xin Ding Xin”, responded at the time that it had “nothing much to say”. The Government Logistics Department announced today that, effective immediately (the 16th), it was suspending the “Xinle–Kwun Yam Shan” water contract. The department said that, “in response to operational information about Xin Ding Xin obtained recently”, it was not satisfied that the company could fulfil the contract and had suspended it in accordance with the contract terms. It also said the matter had been referred to police for investigation.
According to records, Xin Ding Xin, which won the contract with a bid of HK$52.94 million to supply 1.88 million bottles of water over two years, had two directors borrow a total of HK$10.5 million from a private lending company in August last year. In March this year, they took out a further HK$8 million loan secured against property to “cover debt with debt” and repay the outstanding loans.
政府辦公室樽裝飲用水，早前有內地品牌中標，港島區公僕轉飲「鑫樂－觀音山水」，但有關生產商在內地曾食安事故，當時中標的香港供應商「鑫鼎鑫」回應指「冇咩好講」。政府物流服務署今公布，即日（16日）起暫停「鑫樂－觀音山」水合約。署方指「因應近日取得有關鑫鼎鑫的營運資料」，未能信納公司能履行合約，根據合約條款暫停合約，又稱已將事件交予警方調查。
翻查資料，以 5294 萬元中標、兩年內供應 188 萬桶裝水的「鑫鼎鑫」，兩名董事於去年 8 月向私人貸款公司借共 1050 萬元，到今年 3 月再以物業抵押借貸 800 萬元「債冚債」，償還尚未清還貸款。
14 Aug 2025獨媒#7160
行政長官反恐督導組昨舉行首次會議 八月下旬大型演練
In his 2024 Policy Address, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu proposed establishing a “three-tier prevention mechanism” by the end of last year, including the Chief Executive’s Counter-terrorism Steering Group. With the publication of a new Policy Address imminent, the Steering Group held its first meeting yesterday (13 August). John Lee instructed the relevant policy bureaux and departments to hold a large-scale cross-departmental counter-terrorism exercise in late August, simulating a terrorist attack on Hong Kong’s critical infrastructure.
The Government issued a press release yesterday announcing the meeting, saying that it discussed the progress of the work of the various groups under the “three-tier prevention mechanism”, the global and local terrorism threat situation, and the direction and strategy of the Government’s counter-terrorism work.
行政長官李家超在2024年《施政報告》中，提出去年底前設立「三層防範機制」，包括「行政長官反恐督導組」新一份《施政報告》公布在即，「行政長官反恐督導組」昨日（8月13日）舉行首次會議，李家超指示相關政策局和部門於八月下旬舉行大型跨部門反恐演練，模擬應對恐怖分子對香港的重要基礎設施發動襲擊。
政府昨日發稿公布「督導組」開會消息，指會上討論了「三層防範機制」下各個組別的工作進度、環球及本地恐怖主義威脅形勢，以及政府反恐工作的方向與策略。
12 Aug 2025獨媒#7153
梁振英再借「雙非」評高才政策 稱社會對內地怨氣或再現
Former Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying has repeatedly commented on Hong Kong’s population policy in recent days, saying mainland talent may “return to the mainland with their entire families after obtaining identity cards”. Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun Yuk-han subsequently responded on social media without naming him, stressing that talent would sustain Hong Kong’s labour force. Leung posted again for two consecutive days, first questioning the 220,000 applications approved under various talent schemes: “If half of the cases bring their families to settle here, how will Hong Kong cope with education, healthcare and housing? Will we deal with it then?” He also said that high-talent entrants living on the mainland and holding eligibility for Hong Kong permanent residency might later come to Hong Kong to use its education, elderly-care and medical resources, while the government had no legal means to exclude them. He said, “Social resentment towards the mainland will surface again, just as with the doubly non-permanent resident and milk powder issues. We need to talk politics.”
前行政長官梁振英連日多次點評本港人口政策，指內地高才「拿了身分證後全家返回內地」，勞工及福利局局長孫玉菡之後需在社交媒體上不點名回應，強調人才維持香港勞動人口。梁振英再次連續兩日發文，先質疑各類人才計劃已經批出22萬個申請：「如果有一半個案帶同家人來定居，香港的教育、醫療、住屋怎樣應付？到時再算？」他又提到，居於內地、擁有香港永久性居民資格的高才日後或來港使用教育、養老資及醫療資源，政府亦沒有法律手段排除，認為「社會對內地的怨氣會再次出現，一如雙非和奶粉問題，我們要講講政治」。
7 Aug 2025獨媒#7146
梁振英批本港人口政策 內地高才「拿了身分證後全家返回內地」
Former Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying recently posted two messages commenting on Hong Kong’s population policy. He said that many top talents from the mainland came to Hong Kong to register mainly for their children’s education, without plans to work in Hong Kong. Leung also said that although the Hong Kong Government stated that more than 220,000 talents and family members had arrived in Hong Kong under various talent schemes, Rating and Valuation Department figures showed that more than 57,000 units were vacant at the end of last year, while occupancy had changed little over the past five years. This indicated that the vast majority of families had not settled in Hong Kong, but had “returned to the mainland with their entire families after obtaining identity cards”.
The situation of top talents coming to Hong Kong to facilitate their children’s admission to schools has been widely discussed. At the end of July, the Education Bureau announced revisions to the eligibility threshold for subsidised post-secondary places, adding a requirement for applicants to have resided in Hong Kong for at least two years. The requirement will only be fully implemented from the 2028/29 academic year.
Leung first posted on 3 August, describing the Education Bureau’s revisions as a benevolent policy and saying that “the government need not be defensive”. He said a considerable proportion of top talents came to Hong Kong to register solely for their children’s education, without plans to work in Hong Kong, calling this “a widespread and obvious incentive”.
前行政長官梁振英，日前連發兩帖，點評本港人口政策。他提到不少內地的高才來港報到，為的是子女教育，沒有準備在港工作。梁振英又提到，港府雖然指各項人才計劃中，逾22萬名人才及家人已經來港，惟根據餉物業估價署的數字，去年年底空置單位逾5.7萬個，近五年入住量亦沒有多大變化，說明絕大多數家庭沒有落戶香港，而是「拿了身分證後全家返回內地」。
高才來港為便利子女入學，情況已討論多少。教育局在七月底宣布修訂資助專上學額門檻，加入居港年期需滿兩年的規定，惟在2028/29年起才全面實施。
梁振英先在8月3日發帖，形容教育局的修訂是德政「政府不必defensive」。他形容相當一部分高才來港報到，只為子女教育，沒有準備在港工作，是「普遍的、顯而易見的誘因。」
5 Aug 2025獨媒#7137
運輸署收回「US8964」車牌 指車輛已被送離香港
For three consecutive years from 2021, on June 4, a Porsche displaying the licence plate “US8964” was stopped and searched by police while being driven on the streets. The vehicle owner was repeatedly harassed by unidentified persons and took the vehicle out of Hong Kong in late May this year in preparation for emigrating. Another person was originally due to take over the “US8964” plate. However, the new plate holder was notified by the Transport Department yesterday that, as the vehicle had left Hong Kong on May 31, its registration had been cancelled no later than June 15 under the Road Traffic (Registration and Licensing of Vehicles) Regulations, and the licence plate had been repossessed at the same time. As the application to transfer the vehicle and retain the plate was submitted on June 19, it should therefore be invalid.
Anthony Chiu and the new holder of the “US8964” plate went to the Transport Department’s Licensing Offices on June 18 to submit an application, but were told that their personal file had been “locked” by the Police and that permission was required before the procedures could proceed. They returned to the Licensing Offices the following day to process the documents, including the Notice of Transfer of Vehicle Ownership (TD25) and the Application for Transfer or Retention of Vehicle Registration Mark (TD129). After three hours, they were told that the procedures had been completed.
For administrative reasons, they submitted another application on July 30 to transfer the vehicle back to Anthony Chiu. Anthony Chiu told The Witness that the Transport Department had rejected the application.
2021年起連續三年6月4日，在街頭行走、掛上車牌「US8964」的保時捷跑車，三年皆被警方截查。車主連番被不名人士滋擾，今年5月底亦將車輛運離香港，準備移民，「US8964」車牌原獲另一人接手。不過車牌新擁有人昨日接獲運輸署通知，指由於車輛於5月31日離港，根據《道路交通（車輛登記及領牌）規例》，該車輛登記最遲於6月15日已被取消，其車牌亦同時被收回，而車輛轉讓及保留車牌的申請，是於6月19日提出，故應屬無效。
招先生與「US8964」車牌新擁有人，是於6月18日到運輸署牌照事務處提出申請，但獲告知其個人檔案遭警務處「Lock 住」，需獲許可才能進行手續。他們翌日再到牌照事務處理，包括車輛過戶通知書（TD25）及轉移或保留車輛登記號碼申請書（TD129），耗時三小時獲告知完成手續。
由於涉行政原因，他們及後於7月30日再提出申請，將車輛轉回予招先生。招先生向《獨媒》表示，其申請被運輸署拒絕。
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