16 Sept 2025HK01#7311
吳秋北不守行會「集體負責制」李家超稱已溝通但不會公開內容
The Same-Sex Couples’ Relationship Registration Bill became the first government bill rejected by the Legislative Council since the “improvement”. Executive Council member and FTU president Ng Chau-pei was absent from the vote, failing to observe the Executive Council’s principle of collective responsibility. Asked this morning before the Executive Council meeting how he would follow up with Ng, Chief Executive John Lee said only that “he has been in communication with me”, adding that he would not disclose internal Executive Council matters.
Ng previously revealed that Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Erick Tsang had threatened him that he “must safeguard and support” the bill’s passage, to which Ng responded, “Save it.” The day after missing the vote, Ng was pursued by numerous media outlets. He explained that he had taken leave because of personal matters and had notified “the relevant parties”. Asked whether he had fulfilled his responsibilities as an Executive Council member and breached political ethics, Ng said: “I am of course very regretful that I was unable to take part in the vote, including the FTU’s vote. This time, I really had an urgent matter and took leave.” He also posted on social media that “the controversy over the incident should now come to an end.”
《同性伴侶關係登記條例草案》成為「完善」後立法會首個否決的政府法案，其中行政會議成員兼工聯會會長吳秋北缺席投票，沒有遵守行政會議「集體負責制」。行政長官李家超在今早行會前見記者，有記者問到如何跟進吳秋北，李家超僅表示與吳秋北已有溝通（he has been in communication with me），惟不會公開行政會議內部事宜。
吳秋北曾自爆遭政制及內地事務局局長曾國衞威脅「須保駕護航」，並回應對方「慳啲啦」。吳秋北在缺席投票後翌日被大批傳媒追訪，當時他解釋因私事而請假，並已知會「有關方面」。被問到有否履行到行會成員責任及違反政治倫理，吳秋北就指：「我當然好遺憾，唔能夠去參與表決，包括工聯會嘅表決，今次真係有急事請咗假。」他亦於社交媒體發文，指「事件的爭議應告一段落了」。
11 Sept 2025法庭線#7296
司法機構公布 陳健強獲任上訴庭法官 資深大狀馮庭碩獲任原訟庭法官
The Judiciary announced on Thursday (11th) that Chief Executive John Lee had appointed High Court Judge of the Court of First Instance Anthony Kin Keung Chan as a judge of the Court of Appeal, and senior counsel Eugene Ting Sek Fung as a judge of the High Court’s Court of First Instance. The appointments were made by the Chief Executive on the recommendation of the Judicial Officers Recommendation Commission and took effect on Friday.
According to records, Anthony Kin Keung Chan handled a number of applications related to the National Security Law, including a case in which Jimmy Lai sought permission to exercise voting rights after shares in Next Digital were frozen by the Security Bureau; the Department of Justice’s application for an injunction against the song “Glory to Hong Kong”; and a dispute involving a Portuguese defendant in the Hong Kong Independence Party case over whether the defendant had lost Chinese nationality.
Eugene Ting Sek Fung is in private practice and has handled several high-profile inheritance disputes, including the inheritance dispute involving the family of Henry Fok and the Eagle Holdings inheritance dispute. In recent years, Eugene Ting Sek Fung represented the Inland Revenue Department in a case concerning whether payments received by doctor Ka Lau Leung from the Hospital Authority as compensation under its on-call system were taxable, and won the final appeal.
司法機構周四（11 日）公布，特首李家超委任高等法院原訟庭法官陳健強為上訴庭法官，另委任資深大律師馮庭碩為高院原訟庭法官。兩人的委任是由特首根據司法人員推薦委員會的推薦而作出，由周五起生效。
翻查資料，陳健強處理過多宗《國安法》相關申請案件，包括壹傳媒股份被保安局凍結後，黎智英要求獲准行使投票權案、律政司申請就《願榮光歸香港》頒禁制令案，以及香港獨立黨案葡籍被告爭議已失中國籍案。
馮庭碩為私人執業，處理過數宗矚目爭產案，包括霍英東家族爭產案、鷹君爭產案。近年則代表稅務局，就醫生梁家騮獲醫管局賠償候召制度款項需否課稅一案，提出終極上訴為勝訴。
11 Sept 2025明報#7298
帶路論壇商務部：研內地港澳共建單一自貿區
The two-day Belt and Road Summit is being held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai. Yin Tung, deputy minister of commerce, who came to Hong Kong to attend the summit, said the ministry would “study promoting the joint development of a single free-trade zone by the mainland, Hong Kong and Macau”. He said it would support Hong Kong in signing more free-trade and investment agreements with external partners and joining the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) as soon as possible, further expanding its external economic and trade network. He also said it would support further opening up the mainland’s financial, telecommunications, construction and tourism sectors to Hong Kong, and aligning with high-standard international economic and trade rules.
一帶一路高峰論壇一連兩日於灣仔會展舉行，來港出席峰會的副商務部長鄢東表示，將「研究推動內地、香港、澳門，三地共建單一自貿區」，支持香港對外商簽更多自貿協定和投資協定，並盡早加入《區域全面經濟伙伴關係協定》（RCEP），進一步拓展對外經貿網絡，並支持進一步擴大內地對香港金融、電訊、建築、旅遊等領域開放，與國際高標準經貿規則接軌。
3 Sept 2025集誌社#7249
九三閱兵｜過萬士兵、新型武器接受檢閱 工聯會 300 人看直播
The "Commemoration of the 80th Anniversary of the Victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War" was held in Beijing today (the 3rd), with a parade taking place at Tiananmen Square in the morning. A 360-member delegation from Hong Kong's political and business sectors travelled to Beijing to watch the parade, while the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions invited more than 300 people to watch a livestream in To Kwa Wan.
今（3日）在北京舉行的「紀念中國人民抗日戰爭暨世界反法西斯戰爭勝利 80 周年大會」，早上天安門廣場舉行閱兵。香港政商界有 360 人代表團上京觀看閱兵儀式，工聯會在土瓜灣也邀請了 300 多人觀看閱兵儀式直播。
24 Jul 2025集誌社#7091
三會資格｜非永久性居民身分任三會委員 青年民建聯副主席陳遙退黨 民建聯：尊重個人決定
After the electoral system was "improved", local "the three committees" bodies were empowered to act as a "gatekeeper", responsible for nominating and electing "patriots" including Election Committee members and district councillors. The Collective earlier reported that Chan Yiu, executive vice-chairman of Young DAB, who was appointed by the government as a "the three committees" member, was not a Hong Kong permanent resident and could not register as a voter. He said he resigned in May this year for personal reasons. A media outlet quoted sources yesterday as saying that Chan had resigned as executive vice-chairman of Young DAB and had also quit the party, adding that some party members had criticised him over integrity issues. Chan did not respond to inquiries. The DAB confirmed in response that Chan had left the party, saying it "respects his personal decision". Two DAB Legislative Council members declined to comment, saying they were "not clear and have not looked into it" and asking, "What is there to say?"
「完善」選舉制度後，地方三會獲賦權「把關」，負責提名、選出選委及區議員等「愛國者」。《集誌社》早前報道，獲政府委任為三會委員的青年民建聯常務副主席陳遙，並非香港永久性居民、無法登記為選民，他稱因個人原因於今年 5 月辭任。有傳媒昨引述消息指，陳遙辭任青年民建聯常務副主席，並已退黨，又指有黨友批評陳遙有誠信問題。陳遙未有回覆查詢，民建聯回覆查詢確認陳遙已退會，稱「尊重其個人決定」；兩名民建聯立法會議員則稱「唔清楚、冇了解」、「有乜好講」為由拒絕回應事件。
8 Jul 2025明報#7007
新思維晚宴官員無到 狄志遠：無話代表咩
Third Side held a fundraising dinner last night at a restaurant in Tsim Sha Tsui to mark its 10th anniversary. The dinner, its second after the previous one two years ago, had 20 tables and raised nearly HK$500,000. As with the previous dinner, no officials attended this year. Lam Chun-sing of the Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions was the only member of a pro-establishment party in the current Legislative Council to attend, while Shih Wing-ching, chairman of Centaline Group, attended on behalf of the business sector. Third Side chairman Tik Chi-yuen stressed that the party had good relations with the government and pro-establishment camp, saying, “A dinner doesn’t equal everything … it doesn’t mean anything whether they come or not.”
Tik said the Chief Executive and all bureau secretaries and directors had been invited. He said the absence of officials did not mean that the party had little chance of being allowed to enter the race in this year’s Legislative Council election. As for the pro-establishment parties, a Democratic Alliance for Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong lawmaker attended the dinner two years ago, but none attended this time. Lam So-wai, a lawmaker for New Territories South East, pulled out at the last minute.
新思維成立10周年，繼前年之後再辦籌款晚宴，噚晚喺尖沙嘴嘅酒樓筵開20席，籌得近50萬元。今年晚宴同前年一樣無官員出席，現屆立法會建制黨派只得勞聯林振昇現身，商界就有中原集團主席施永青出席。新思維主席狄志遠強調跟政府及建制派關係良好，「晚宴唔等於一切……無話嚟代表咩，唔嚟又代表咩」。
阿狄話邀請咗特首同所有司局長等，最終無官員現身，佢認為唔代表年底立法會選舉「入閘」機會微。至於建制黨派，前年民建聯有議員出席，今次就無。新界東南議員林素蔚就臨時甩底。
2 Jul 2025明報#6977
出席回歸酒會 李華明：民主派已成歷史
The pro-democracy parties Democratic Party and League of Social Democrats have announced their respective dissolutions. Lee Wah-ming, a founding member of the Democratic Party and a former Legislative Council member, attended the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region’s 28th anniversary reception at the Convention and Exhibition Centre yesterday. He said the Democratic Party had found a liquidator and was also putting its office premises up for sale, and believed yesterday was the last time Democratic Party members would attend the reception. Asked about the League of Social Democrats’ dissolution, he said the league was more avant-garde and radical than the Democratic Party, so its dissolution was expected. Executive Council member and Legislative Council member Lam Kin-fung, who was also present, said Hong Kong was a free and open society, and that “political groups entering and leaving the scene is normal”.
The Democratic Party and the League of Social Democrats announced their dissolutions in February this year and on Sunday (June 29), respectively. The former is still awaiting the completion of the relevant procedures, while the latter was dissolved immediately.
Lee Wah-ming, who was invited to the Handover anniversary reception as a Justice of the Peace, said the democratic camp had become history. Although there is currently a “non-establishment camp” in the Legislative Council, he would not regard it as the traditional democratic camp. He predicted that the democratic camp would “definitely not break through zero” in the Legislative Council election at the end of the year.
泛民主派政黨民主黨及社民連先後宣布解散。民主黨創黨成員、立法會前議員李華明昨日到會展出席香港特區成立28周年慶祝酒會，他說民主黨已找到清盤人，亦正放售會址，相信昨日是最後一次有民主黨員出席酒會。被問到社民連解散，他說社民連較民主黨更前衛、激進，解散是意料之內。同場的行會成員兼立法會議員林健鋒說，香港是自由開放社會，「政團進場、退場很正常」。
民主黨及社民連分別於今年2月及周日（6月29日）宣布解散，前者尚待通過相關程序，後者即時解散。
身為太平紳士而獲邀出席慶回歸酒會的李華明說，民主派已成歷史，儘管目前立法會有「非建制派」，但不會將其視作傳統民主派，料民主派在年底立法會選舉「絕對不會有『零的突破』」。
30 Jun 2025Yahoo#6971
林定國：「軟對抗」沒清晰法律定義 未必違法亦不可漠視
Government officials have frequently mentioned “soft resistance” in recent interviews, saying it should be watched for in various areas. Secretary for Justice Lam Ting-kwok said “soft resistance” is not a legal concept and has no clear definition in existing legislation, but may be regarded as political language. He said whether conduct constitutes “soft resistance” should be assessed based on the characteristics of the means used, the manner in which views are expressed, and the motives and purposes of the actions. He said the Government “will not casually label” conduct as soft resistance.
近日政府官員接受訪問時，頻頻提及「軟對抗」，在不同方面都要注意。律政司司長林定國指出，「軟對抗」並非法律概念，在現行法律條文中沒有清晰定義，但可屬「政治語言」，是否「軟對抗」要從行為手段的特徵、言論表達的方式、行動的動機與目的作出判斷。他稱政府「不會隨隨便便標籤」哪些行為是軟對抗。
20 Jun 2025獨媒#6931
盧寵茂指醫衞界同有「軟對抗」 以隱蔽惡意方式威脅市民健康
With the fifth anniversary of the implementation of the Hong Kong National Security Law approaching, several bureau and department heads have recently told newspapers that Hong Kong is facing “soft resistance”. Secretary for Health Lo Chung-mau said that “soft resistance” in the medical and health sector threatens public health and social stability through covert and malicious means. He said, however, that since the enactment of the Hong Kong National Security Law, the authorities have had greater confidence in responding clearly and proactively to rumours spread by opposition forces.
Lo Chung-mau told Wen Wei Po in an interview today that during the COVID-19 pandemic, the government was able to implement epidemic-prevention policies efficiently and provide a clear legal basis for addressing rumours online.
In the interview, Lo first looked back at how rumours discrediting the effectiveness of vaccines appeared online during the COVID-19 pandemic, negatively affecting Hong Kong’s anti-epidemic efforts. He also described how certain hegemonic countries politicised the issue of tracing the origin of the virus in an attempt to suppress China’s international influence.
《香港國安法》即將實施5周年，多名司局長近日接受報章訪問，均表示本港出現「軟對抗」情況。醫務衞生局局長盧寵茂表示，醫療衞生領域的「軟對抗」以隱蔽而惡意的方式，威脅市民健康及社會穩定，但認為有了《香港國安法》後，當局更有信心去清晰主動地應對「反對勢力製造的謠言」。
盧寵茂今日接受《文匯報》訪問，提到特區政府在新冠疫情期間，當局得以高效推行防疫政策，並為清理網絡謠言提供清晰法律依據。
在訪問中，盧寵茂先回顧新冠疫情期間，網絡出現了抹黑疫苗效果的謠言，對本港抗疫工作造成負面影響。他又形容，有個別霸權國家將病毒溯源問題政治化，試圖打壓中國的國際影響力。
3 Jun 2025集誌社#6858
中聯辦換人｜三日兩會周霽 特首入中聯辦「回訪」 李家超：加強溝通有好處
The State Council announced last Friday (30th) the appointment of Zhou Ji as Director of the Liaison Office and National Security Adviser to the Committee for Safeguarding National Security of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and the removal of Zheng Yanxiong from the post. Within three days of taking office, Zhou met Chief Executive John Lee twice, while the Chief Executive yesterday (2nd) made his first public visit to the Liaison Office to make a “return visit” to the new director. Shortly after taking office, Zhou also visited Sham Shui Po and Tsing Yi to conduct “research”, saying he wanted to understand community work and residents’ lives.
Asked today (3rd) about the two meetings in three days, John Lee said strengthening communication with the Liaison Office would be “very beneficial” to Hong Kong. He said the two sides had reached a consensus to work together on communication and enhancing mutual understanding. Asked about Zhou’s style and whether his immediate district visits indicated that improving people’s livelihoods should be the focus in future, John Lee described Zhou as having extensive experience in district governance and being “modest, honest and pragmatic”, which was worthy of respect. He also said he was confident that overall security could be safeguarded and expressed confidence in security and the social atmosphere, stressing: “We safeguard security, but now is the time to go all out on the economy, pursue development and improve people’s livelihoods.”
國務院上周五（30日）宣布，任命周霽為中聯辦主任、香港特區維護國家安全委員會國家安全事務顧問，免去鄭雁雄職務。周霽上任後三日內兩度會見行政長官李家超，特首亦在昨日（2日）首次公開到中聯辦回訪新主任。甫上任，周霽就落區到深水埗、青衣「調研」，稱想了解社區工作和市民生活。
李家超今（3日）被問及三日內兩會面，他指跟中聯辦加強溝通，對香港「好有好處」，雙方已建立共識在溝通和增加理解方面，「一致地做工作」。被問及周霽作風、上任即落區是否代表未來應集中改善民生？李家超形容周霽有豐富地區治理經驗，為人「謙厚務實」值得尊重；他又指有信心整體安全情況可保障，對安全和社會氣氛有信心，強調「安全我哋保障，但依家係全力拼經濟，謀發展，改善民生的時候。」
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