29 Nov 2025明報#7610
大埔宏福苑五級火︱英王查理斯三世致哀 沙特國王薩勒曼、王儲兼首相穆罕默德發唁電
The five-alarm fire at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po continues to attract global attention. King Charles III of the United Kingdom, Saudi King Salman, Crown Prince Mohammed and Oman’s Sultan Haitham have each expressed condolences. So far, heads of state or leaders from 19 countries have responded to the fire. King Charles said that the efforts of rescue personnel and neighbours helping one another demonstrated courage in a heartbreaking moment.
Several Chinese ambassadors overseas have also responded to the fire. Xie Feng, China’s current ambassador to the United States and a former Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hong Kong, said on social media that he had worked and lived in Hong Kong for more than three years, that his heart was with Hong Kong and its people, and that he hoped more lives could be saved, rescue heroes would stay safe, and beloved Hong Kong would recover as soon as possible. He also included the Chinese hashtag “Hong Kong, stay strong” in his post.
大埔宏福苑五級火繼續引起全球關注，英王查理斯三世、沙特國王薩勒曼、王儲穆罕默德及阿曼國王海賽姆分別致哀，暫時累計19個國家的元首或領導人回應今次火災。英王查理斯形容，救援人員及鄰里互助，是在令人心碎時刻中展現勇氣。
多名中國駐外大使也回應火災，曾任外交部駐港特派員的現任駐美大使謝鋒在社交網站說，曾在香港工作及生活超過3年，心與香港及港人同在，並希望更多生活可獲救，救人英雄注意安全，心愛的香港盡早恢復。他又在帖文以中文標註「香港加油」。
25 Nov 2025明報#7588
李家超：日言論極錯 安排須符國家尊嚴 日媒稱港停與日領交流 旅業：旅監局允續售日本團
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remarks on a “Taiwan contingency” have worsened China-Japan relations. Kyodo News recently quoted sources as saying that the Hong Kong government had halted official exchanges with the Consulate-General of Japan in Hong Kong. Chief Executive John Lee said yesterday that Japan’s leader had made “extremely wrong” remarks concerning Taiwan, and that the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government supported the country’s diplomatic policy towards Japan, stressing that government arrangements must uphold national dignity. Some in the tourism industry said the Travel Industry Authority issued guidance to travel agencies last week stating that Japan tours could continue to be sold, but travellers should be reminded to pay attention to safety. They also said the latest number of bookings for Japan tours had fallen by 30% to 40%, but was expected to gradually recover.
日本首相高市早苗發表「台灣有事」論致中日關係惡化，日本共同社近日引消息稱，港府停止與日本駐港總領事官方交流。特首李家超昨日回應稱，日本領導人發表「極其錯誤」的涉台言論，特區政府支持國家對日外交政策，強調政府安排須符國家尊嚴。有旅遊業界稱，旅監局上周向旅行社發指引，稱可繼續銷售日本團，但要提醒旅客注意安全，又指旅行社最新日本團報名數字跌三至四成，但料會逐步回升。
24 Nov 2025Yahoo#7579
被通緝「赴湯」台北拳館遭淋紅油 「實在耐人尋味」
The Taipei boxing gym of “Fu Tong” Wai Hung (1963-12) Tong, who was recently wanted by the Independent Commission Against Corruption, was splashed with red paint today (24th). Wai Hung (1963-12) Tong said that he and his wife were in a sound financial position and had no personal conflicts with anyone in Taiwan. He said the incident occurred just days after the ICAC announced the wanted notice, which was “quite intriguing”. He said violent threats would not change his position and that he would remain steadfast in upholding justice.
CCTV wiring also damaged
Wai Hung (1963-12) Tong and his wife, To Yi-lan, took part in the 2019 anti-extradition bill protests and were later charged with rioting. The case was appealed to the Court of Final Appeal, where they ultimately won. The couple moved to Taiwan in 2022 and have continued to speak out on Hong Kong issues. Last Thursday (20th), the ICAC said a magistrate had issued a warrant for Wai Hung (1963-12) Tong’s arrest. The charge was engaging in unlawful conduct by inciting another person not to vote through public activities during an election period, allegedly in breach of the Elections (Corrupt and Illegal Conduct) Ordinance.
日前被廉政公署通緝的「赴湯」湯偉雄，在台北的拳館今日（24 日）被淋紅油。湯偉雄表示，他與太太的財政狀況穩健，在台灣沒有與人結怨，今日事件剛巧在廉署公佈通緝令後數日內發生，「實在耐人尋味」。他說，暴力威嚇不會改變他的立場，且會堅定不移守護公義。
監視器電線亦遭破壞
湯偉雄與妻子杜依蘭曾參與 2019 年反修例遊行，後被控告參與暴動，案件上訴至終審法院，獲終極勝訴。二人於 2022 年移居台灣，至今一直有就香港問題發聲。廉署上周四（20 日）表示，獲裁判官簽發手令，通緝湯偉雄，控罪是在選舉期間藉公開活動作出煽惑另一人不投票的非法行為，涉嫌違反《選舉條例》。
19 Nov 2025追光者#7552
加拿大小鎮居民集會聲援黎智英 鎮長稱讚黎酒店業務振興當地經濟
The Group of Seven (G7) foreign ministers’ meeting was held last week in Niagara-on-the-Lake, a lakeside town in the Niagara Falls area of Canada with a population of fewer than 20,000. During the meeting, residents repeatedly voiced support for Jimmy Lai, founder of Next Digital, who has been imprisoned for nearly five years. Canadian media reported that Lai’s family operates hotel and catering businesses in the town, and several family members also live there. Residents said Lai had visited the town many times and was well known to many people. The mayor praised Lai’s far-reaching contribution to the local community and called on the Canadian government to seek his release.
According to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), a rally and march in support of Lai was held at Simcoe Park on Wednesday (12th) last week. The march began at the Prince of Wales Hotel and proceeded to Queen’s Landing; both hotels are owned by Lai. In addition to Lai’s family and hotel and restaurant employees, many local residents and fellow churchgoers attended the rally. During the event, signatures were collected for an open letter to Anita Anand, Canada’s foreign minister, who was then hosting the G7 foreign ministers’ meeting, asking her to seek Lai’s release. One resident said Lai had many businesses in the town, that many of his family members also lived there, and that he himself had visited many times, making him very familiar to many residents.
七大工業國集團（G7）外長會議上星期在加拿大尼亞加拉瀑布區的湖濱鎮（Niagara-on-the-Lake）舉行，該個人口不足2萬人的小鎮，會議期間多次聲援被囚禁近五年的壹傳媒創辦人黎智英。加拿大傳媒指，黎智英家族在當地經營酒店餐飲業務，多名家人亦居於湖濱鎮。有居民指黎多次到訪當地，很多人熟悉他，鎮長則稱讚黎對當地社區有深遠貢獻，呼籲加拿大政府要爭取黎獲釋。
據加拿大廣播公司（CBC）報道，聲援黎智英的集會遊行上周三（12日）在當地西姆科公園（Simcoe Park）舉行，遊行隊伍由威爾斯王子酒店（Prince of Wales Hotel）出發，遊行至君臨酒店（Queen’s Landing），該兩間酒店均由黎智英擁有。報道指出席集會的除了黎的家人、酒店及餐廳員工，亦有很多當地的居民與教友，期間收集聯署公開信給當時正在主持 G7 外長會議的加拿大外長阿南德（Anita Anand），請求她爭取黎智英獲釋。有居民表示，黎智英在當地有多生意，很多家人亦住在此，他本人曾多次到訪，小鎮很多居民非常熟悉他。
19 Nov 2025追光者#7553
美中經濟與安全審議委員會報告：香港成制裁規避樞紐 剩餘政治自由被瓦解
The US-China Economic and Security Review Commission’s 2025 report says Hong Kong’s remaining political freedoms have been “dissolved”, while civil society and freedom of expression face “similar fates”. It says national security has been extended to all areas, requiring even private companies to cooperate with Beijing’s political objectives. Hui Wing-ting, CFHK’s policy and advocacy officer, said this year’s report was more explicit and tougher in tone than last year’s. Financial commentator Li Sai-man analysed that, in response to Hong Kong becoming a sanctions-evasion hub, the report recommended re-examining the city’s status as a US dollar clearing centre, which could affect the banking and financial system. The SAR Government rejected the report as smearing and maligning Hong Kong and strongly condemned it.
Chapter 12 of the 2025 report focuses on Hong Kong. It says that, under an “expansive” definition of national security, Beijing has “dissolved” the city’s remaining political freedoms, while civil society and freedom of expression face “similar fates”. It criticised the authorities for effectively suppressing people from openly opposing the Government through intimidation, and for increasing surveillance of “soft resistance”, in line with China’s approach of the “securitization of everything”.
The report also expressed concern that Beijing intimidates Hong Kong people by arresting civil society leaders, and is particularly severe in high-profile cases involving Joshua Wong and Jimmy Lai, among others, allegedly seeking to keep them imprisoned through measures including adding charges and rejecting appeals. People who have fled overseas face bounty-hunting efforts, cross-border repression and the cancellation of their passports, while their family members in Hong Kong have also been harassed.
美國「美中經濟與安全審議委員會」發表2025報告，指出香港僅餘的政治自由被「瓦解」，公民社會與言論自由也遭「類似命運」，特別是國家安全擴展至所有領域，連私人企業也需配合北京政治目標。CFHK政策和倡議專員許穎婷認為，今年報告的態度比去年更明確和強硬；財經評論員利世民則分析，報告因應香港成制裁規避樞紐而建議重新檢視本港美元結算中心的地位，或對銀行金融體系帶來衝擊。特區政府反駁報告污衊抹黑，予以強烈譴責。
2025報告第12章以香港為主題，大篇幅講述在廣泛（expansive）的國家安全定義下，北京「瓦解」（dissolved）本港僅餘的政治自由，公民社會與言論自由也面臨「類似命運」（similar fates），斥當局透過恐嚇，有效地壓制市民不敢公開反對政府；加強對「軟對抗」的監控，與中國「萬事皆可國安化」（securitization of everything）的作風同步。
報告又關注，北京透過拘捕公民社會領袖威嚇香港市民，尤其對黃之鋒、黎智英等高知名度案件特別嚴苛，以增加控罪、駁回上訴等手段意圖將他們持續監禁；而流亡海外人士則面臨被懸紅緝捕、跨境鎮壓、註銷護照等，連在港家屬也遭受騷擾。
31 Oct 2025追光者#7474
英國半年報告｜提及獨媒、法庭線被查稅 新外相指打壓獨立傳媒違《中英聯合聲明》承諾
The UK Government submitted a new Hong Kong Six-Monthly Report to Parliament. In addition to mentioning Jimmy Lai’s trial and Joshua Wong’s arrest in prison during the first half of this year, as well as the dissolution of the Democratic Party and the League of Social Democrats, it highlighted the suppression of Hong Kong journalists. This included tax investigations into independent media outlets such as The Initium and The Witness, and several journalists, while football matches and a fundraising dinner organised by the Hong Kong Journalists Association were successively cancelled after venues withdrew. New Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said that China had long violated the Sino-British Joint Declaration, and that the dissolution of civic organisations and targeting of independent media were inconsistent with the original commitment to grant Hong Kong a high degree of autonomy.
Cooper submitted the Hong Kong Six-Monthly Report to Parliament on Thursday (23rd). Covering significant events in Hong Kong from January to June this year, the 37-page report mentioned several political cases, including the Jimmy Lai case, Lam Cheuk-ting’s 7.21 riot case, and Joshua Wong’s arrest in prison on allegations that he conspired to collude with foreign forces. It also noted that the Democratic Party and the League of Social Democrats dissolved during the period.
英國政府向國會提交新一份《香港半年報告》，除了提到今年上半年黎智英審訊與黃之鋒在獄中被捕，以及民主黨與社民連解散，亦指出香港記者被打壓的情況，包括《獨立媒體》、《法庭線》等獨立傳媒以及多位新聞工作者被查稅，記協舉辦足球比賽、籌款晚宴相繼被退場取消。新任外相顧綺慧（Yvette Cooper）表示，中方長期違反《中英聯合聲明》，而公民組織解散及獨立傳媒被針對，均跟當初給香港人高度自治的承諾不相符。
顧綺慧周四（23日）向國會提交《香港半年報告》，涵蓋今年1月至6月在香港發生的重要事件。37頁的報告提及多宗政治案件，包括黎智英案、林卓廷7.21暴動案，以及黃之鋒在獄中被捕指控他串謀勾結外國勢力，亦提到民主黨、社民連在期內相繼解散。
31 Oct 2025追光者#7476
人權基金會夥海外港人邵嵐向聯合國提申訴書 要求確認鄒家成遭任意拘留
The US non-profit Human Rights Foundation, together with Laam Siu, an overseas spokesperson for Amnesty International Hong Kong, submitted a complaint to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention concerning Owen Chow’s case in the “47-person case”. Laam Siu told Pulse HK that they hoped the UN would confirm that Owen Chow had been arbitrarily and unreasonably detained by the Hong Kong government, and that the move would also generate international solidarity for the other defendants in the 47-person case. She also called on the international community to address the Hong Kong government’s violations of human rights and take corresponding measures, including visa restrictions and sanctions, and urged the government to immediately release all political prisoners.
美國非牟利組織「人權基金會」聯同國際特赦組織香港海外發言人邵嵐就「47人案」鄒家成的案件，向聯合國「任意拘留問題工作組」提交申訴。邵嵐向《追光者》指出，希望聯合國能確認鄒家成被港府任意及不合理拘留，亦希望能為47人案中其他被告，做到國際聲援效果 。她又呼籲國際社會正視港府踐踏人權的行為，作出相應措施，包括簽證限制、制裁，要求港府立即釋放所有政治犯。
31 Oct 2025追光者#7478
法蘭克福書展默站行動反擊中共大外宣 封嘴揞眼高舉《蘋果》斥香港冇事是假象
With German Bundestag Vice-President Omid Nouripour appearing in support and plainclothes German police providing protection, a group of Hongkongers, Uyghurs, Chinese and Germans braved the cold last Saturday (the 18th) to stage the “Everything is Fine” silent-standing art protest at the Frankfurt Book Fair, the world’s largest book fair. The action countered the Chinese Communist Party’s external propaganda campaign, saying that under the Hong Kong National Security Law, Hongkongers have been silenced and blindfolded, while Hong Kong’s once-vibrant press freedom, civil society and cultural space have been dismantled. The participants strongly argued that the claim that “Everything is Fine” in Hong Kong is an illusion. Some participants with their mouths covered and eyes blindfolded held up the final edition of Hong Kong’s Apple Daily to protest the loss of press freedom under the Hong Kong National Security Law.
德國聯邦議院副議長勞里普爾（Omid Nouripour）現身支持以及德國便衣警察在場保護下，一批港人、維吾爾人、中國人及德國人上周六（18日）冒著嚴寒天氣，在全球最最大書展、德國法蘭克福書展，發動「冇事（Everything is Fine）」默站藝術抗議行動，反擊中共大外宣，指港區《國安法》下，港人被封嘴、被揞眼，香港昔日蓬勃的新聞自由、公民社會及文化空間被瓦解，力指所謂「香港冇事」是假象。有被封嘴封眼的默站者手持最後一份香港《蘋果日報》，抗議港區《國安法》下香港失去新聞自由。
29 Oct 2025Yahoo#7457
「傑斯」尹耀昇獲加拿大政治庇護 正申請永居 稱加政府「判斷我唔係洗黑錢」
Online radio host “Jace” Wan Yiu-sing was previously sentenced to 32 months’ imprisonment for money laundering and conspiracy to do acts with a seditious intention. He was released on 18 November 2022 and went to Canada the following year. He recently announced on his YouTube channel that he had been granted political asylum in Canada and had formally entered the stage of applying for permanent residency.
Initially refused entry as a visitor and stranded in Taiwan
In a video posted on Tuesday (28 October), Wan said he came to Canada in March 2023 and had spent the following two and a half years handling his political asylum application, describing his case as “tricky”. He explained that, because he had been convicted of money laundering in Hong Kong, Canada had at one point refused to let him enter as a visitor. He had to remain in Taiwan for some time, and was eventually allowed to enter after a Canadian member of Parliament explained the situation to the authorities and “made a special exception”.
網台主持「傑斯」尹耀昇，曾因洗黑錢罪及串謀作具意圖煽動行為罪被判囚 32 個月，至 2022 年 11 月 18 日獲釋，出獄翌年前往加拿大。日前他在其 YouTube 頻道宣布，在加拿大獲批政治庇護，正式進入申請永久居留權的階段。
一度被拒旅客身份入境 滯留台灣
尹耀昇周二（10 月 28 日）拍片表示，他 2023 年 3 月來到加拿大，其後兩年半他一直處理申請政治庇護的事宜，形容自己個案「棘手」。他解釋，因在香港被判洗黑錢罪成，一度被加拿大拒絕以旅客身份入境，要滯留台灣一段時間，最終靠加拿大國會議員向當局解釋、「特事特辦」，才獲准入境。
17 Oct 2025追光者#7432
桂民海被擄10周年 90個國際人權組織發聲明指中共違國際法、侵犯瑞典主權
Today (the 17th) marks the 10th anniversary of the “disappearance” of Swedish citizen bookseller and former Causeway Bay Books shareholder Gui Minhai. He was taken away in Thailand in 2015, subsequently brought to China, and sentenced to 10 years in 2020. Reporters Without Borders and 90 press freedom and human rights organisations earlier issued a joint statement calling on the authorities to release him immediately. Amnesty International said the Chinese Communist Party’s abduction and conviction of Gui completely violated international law and served as a chilling warning to anyone who publishes or writes content that does not meet the government’s censorship standards.
Gui Minhai, a former shareholder of Causeway Bay Books, was taken away by Chinese government personnel in Thailand in October 2015 and subsequently detained by the Chinese Communist Party. He once “confessed” on a China Central Television programme. Familiar to Hong Kong people, Causeway Bay Books was known for selling books about Chinese leaders and political scandals involving the Chinese Communist Party. Most of these books were “banned books” in mainland China, and many Chinese readers used to visit the bookstore to buy them.
今天（17日）是瑞典籍書商、銅鑼灣書店前股東桂民海「被失蹤」10周年，2015年他在泰國被帶走，其後被押往中國，2020年被重判10年。無國界記者早前與90個新聞自由及人權組織發表聯合聲明，呼籲當局立即釋放他。國際特赦組織則指出，中共對桂的綁架和定罪，完全違反國際法，對出版或撰寫不符合政府審查標準內容的人而言，是不寒而慄的警示。
銅鑼灣書店前股東桂民海在2015年10月於泰國被中國政府人員帶走，其後遭中共拘禁，曾在中央電視台節目上「認罪」。港人熟悉的銅鑼灣書店以出售有關中國領導人和中共政治醜聞的書籍聞名，這些書在中國境內大部分都是「禁書」，當年不少中國讀者都會到此書店買書。
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