18 Oct 2025集誌社#7436
封殺莊梅岩｜文匯登評論批「軟對抗」 《我們最快樂》被取消 西九：收投訴詆毁香港，獲文體旅支持
The play We Are the Happiest, which was earlier reported to be facing cancellation before apparently receiving the green light to stage performances in West Kowloon, issued a cancellation notice this morning (18th). It said that shortly after 9am, it received written notification from the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority that the performances had been cancelled, but that the authority did not state why they had to be halted. Playwright Candace Chong, who had earlier posted about being “banned”, shared the notice this morning with the words, “The elephant. Is here.” One of the actors, Anthony Wong, wrote that people should “not be sad and not despair”.
The pro-establishment newspaper Wen Wei Po has published two commentaries in recent days accusing Candace Chong of engaging in “soft resistance” and “inciting social confrontation”. In response to enquiries, the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority said it had recently received numerous complaints alleging that We Are the Happiest promoted confrontation and denigrated Hong Kong. “Out of prudence”, it considered the play unsuitable for performance at West Kowloon venues. The authority also said it had consulted the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau and cancelled the venue rental with its support and agreement.
早前一度傳出將「被取消」、再獲開「綠燈」於西九演出的舞台劇《我們最快樂》，今早（18日）發「取消公告」，指於今早九時多收到西九文化局書面通知「演出被取消」，對方未有提及演出需中止原因；早前發文揭「被封殺」的編劇莊梅岩今晨分享公告，並寫上 “The elephant. Is here.” 。演員之一黃秋生則發文指「不要難過，不要絕望」。
建制報章《文匯報》近日兩度登評論文章批莊梅岩「搞軟對抗」、「煽動社會對立」。西九文化區管理局回覆查詢指，近日收到不少投訴，「稱舞台劇《我們最快樂》宣揚對抗，詆毁香港」，「慎重起見」認為不適合在西九場地演出；管理局又指經徵詢文化體育及旅遊局並獲支持和同意，而取消場地租賃。
1 Oct 2025集誌社#7376
10.1煙花｜23 分鐘燒八萬枚煙花 以東江水、大熊貓、太空科技等為主題
The 10.1 fireworks display was held over Victoria Harbour at 8pm, with 30,000 fireworks set off within 23 minutes. The eight-segment display was themed around Dongjiang water, the animated film Ne Zha, giant pandas and space technology, and featured fireworks in the shapes of hearts, smiling faces, peonies and golden chrysanthemums. The display was sponsored by the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce and coordinated by the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau.
10.1 煙花，晚上八時在維港發放，23 分鐘內發放了三萬枚煙花。八幕煙花，以東江水、電影動畫哪吒、大熊貓、太空科技等為主題，有心型、哈哈笑、牡丹、金菊等造型的煙花。煙花匯演由中華總商會贊助、文體旅局統籌。
1 Oct 2025明報#7379
啟德體育園舉行開幕後首個國慶升旗儀式 同場設攤位及國安展覽
Kai Tak Sports Park held its first National Day flag-raising ceremony since opening today (October 1) to celebrate the 76th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, with more than 100 guests in attendance. Interactive stalls and a national security education exhibition were also held at the venue, attracting large numbers of residents and visitors.
The ceremony took place in the southern garden of the Kai Tak Main Stadium. Attendees included Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism Rosanna Law Shuk-pui, Commissioner for Sports Choi Kin-pan, Deputy Director of the Kowloon Sub-office of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Kwok Cheung-yung, and Chief Executive Officer of Kai Tak Sports Park Chong Chak-kei. Members of the public also watched the ceremony at the Food and Beverage Bay.
After the ceremony, the park set up interactive stalls featuring Chinese culture in the Central Piazza. Many parents brought their children to sample local nostalgic snacks such as ding ding candy and sugar-and-scallion pancakes, and to take part in traditional Chinese cultural activities including sugar painting, Chinese knotting, paper cutting and calligraphy. Kai Tak Sports Park said the stall distributing free ice cream was particularly popular with children, while many members of the public also stopped to view the national security education exhibition.
啟德體育園今日（10月1日）舉行開幕後首個國慶升旗儀式，慶祝中華人民共和國成立76周年，逾百位嘉賓出席。同場亦舉行互動攤位及國家安全教育展覽，吸引大批市民及遊客參與。
升旗儀式於啟德主場館南面花園舉行，文化體育及旅遊局長羅淑佩、體育專員蔡健斌、中聯辦九龍工作部副部長郭長勇、啟德體育園行政總裁莊澤基等人出席；亦有市民在美食海灣觀禮。
園方在升旗儀式後於中央廣場設置的中華文化特色互動攤位，不少家長帶同小朋友到場，品嚐叮叮糖、糖蔥餅等本地懷舊小食，並體驗糖畫、中國繩結、剪紙、書法等中華傳統文藝活動。啟德體育園說，當中免費雪糕派發攤位特別受小朋友歡迎，亦有不少市民駐足觀看國家安全教育展覽。
1 Oct 2025集誌社#7382
華服花燈迎國慶｜有市民稱似「紙紮公仔」 主辦方：審美屬主觀
The “Welcoming National Day · Chinese Costume Carnival” is being held at the West Kowloon waterfront for four days from Wednesday (September 29). The 12.8-metre main lantern, “Fairy Zixia”, has attracted the most attention. When reporters visited this evening (October 1), some members of the public said the lantern’s design was “a little strange”, saying its brightly coloured period costume brought “paper effigy dolls” to mind at night and expressing concern that it might “scare children”. An unnamed staff member of one of the organisers, Bauhinia Culture Group, said that “aesthetics are a subjective feeling”.
「迎國慶・華服嘉年華」周三（ 9 月 29 日）起一連四日於西九海旁舉行，其中高 12.8 米的主燈「紫霞仙子」最為注目。記者今（10 月 1 日）傍晚到場，有市民認為花燈造型「少少怪」，指鮮豔的古裝打扮在晚間惹人聯想到「紙紮公仔」，擔心「嚇親小朋友」。主辦方之一的紫荊文化集團，則有不具名工作人員指，「審美屬主觀感覺」。
29 Sept 2025Yahoo#7367
周守仁：陳日君「無坐過一日監」 香港無宗教迫害 稱西方傳媒誇大
Cardinal Stephen Chow Sau-yan, Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong, said at a talk held by a local diocese in Australia earlier this month that there was no religious persecution in Hong Kong. He said Western media had exaggerated the situation faced by Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, adding: “He has not spent a day in prison; he has never been under house arrest.” Zen is currently facing a case and is suspected by the Police National Security Department of the offence of “conspiracy to collude with foreign forces or external forces to endanger national security”; he is required to surrender his passport.
Zen and four other trustees of the 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund—including barrister Margaret Ng, former Lingnan University adjunct associate professor Hui Po-keung, former legislator Cyd Ho Sau-lan and artist Denise Ho Wan-see—as well as the fund’s secretary Sze Ching-wee, were arrested by the Police National Security Department in May and November 2022 respectively. Police granted them bail pending further investigation. Police said the six were suspected of committing the offence of “conspiracy to collude with foreign forces or external forces to endanger national security” and cited Schedule 2 of the Implementation Rules for the National Security Law to require them to surrender their passports.
天主教香港教區主教周守仁樞機，本月中在澳洲當地教區講座表示，香港並無宗教迫害。他指西方傳媒誇大了榮休主教陳日君樞機所面對的情況，「他無坐過一日監，他從未被軟禁」。目前陳日君有案在身，被警方國安處指涉嫌「串謀勾結外國勢力或者境外勢力危害國家安全」罪，須交出護照。
陳日君與「612人道支援基金」另外 4 名信託人，包括大律師吳靄儀、嶺南大學前客席副教授許寶強、前議員何秀蘭及藝人何韻詩，以及基金秘書施城威，分別於 2022 年 5 月及 11 月被警方國安處拘捕，警方准保釋候查。警方指 6 人涉嫌干犯「串謀勾結外國勢力或者境外勢力危害國家安全」罪，引用《國安法》「實施細則」附表二，要求交出護照。
20 Sept 2025Yahoo#7342
《我們最快樂》西九11月重演 傳「被取消」 莊梅岩稱「再獲綠燈」 將重啟預售
The stage play “We Are the Happiest”, which premiered in 2022, was scheduled to return to the Grand Theatre of the Xiqu Centre in West Kowloon from November 28 to 30. However, playwright Candace Chong recently wrote about what she described as an experience of being suppressed, saying she would not regret speaking out even if “We Are the Happiest” were to be cancelled. West Kowloon merely told the media at the time that the venue had been rented out and did not respond to whether the performances would be cancelled. Chong wrote again today (the 20th), saying that “after going through innumerable difficulties”, she had been notified that the play had once again received the “green light”, and that advance ticket sales would resume as soon as possible.
On the 9th of this month, Chong wrote that a work project she was handling had recently been “suppressed”. She said, “Even if We Are the Happiest is going to be cancelled, even if I can never again set foot on the Hong Kong stage, I will not regret it.” She also told people who had bought advance tickets for We Are the Happiest not to worry, saying, “Once there is formal notification from above, we will immediately handle the ticket refunds.”
曾在 2022 年首演的舞台劇《我們最快樂》，原定11月28日至30日在西九戲曲中心大劇院重演，惟編劇莊梅岩日前發文講述疑被封殺經歷，提到「即使《我們最快樂》將要被取消」也不會後悔發聲，當時西九僅回覆傳媒稱已租出場地，未有回應演出會否取消。莊梅岩今（20日）再發文指「經歷萬難之後」，收到通知《我》又再獲「綠燈」，將盡快重啟預售。
莊梅岩本月 9 日時發文稱，近期手上有工作項目被「封殺」，提到「即使《我們最快樂》將要被取消，即使我再也不能踏上香港舞台，我也不會後悔的。」又指買了《我們最快樂》預售門票的朋友不用擔心，「等上面正式通報，我們就會立刻處理退票的事」。
18 Sept 2025追新聞#7328
國安時代｜一拳揭因匿名失實投訴被逼取消活動 大學教職員等將來無法到書店做分享
Hong Kong independent bookstore One Punch Bookstore, which was singled out for criticism by Sai Wan mouthpiece Wen Wei Po, said in a Facebook post on Thursday (18th) that it had been forced to cancel several events over the past two months because of anonymous and false complaints. “There was one new book for which a sharing session had already been arranged. Its publication was a project funded by an organisation. After a complaint was made to the funder, not only did the event have to be cancelled, but the book could not be supplied to One Punch for sale either,” the bookstore said. One Punch said five categories of people—professionals, university staff, organisations running funded projects, award recipients, and shops or service providers—would be unable to participate in its future sharing events. It stressed: “One Punch will continue throwing punches and see what room there is left to make a difference.” Migratory Birds, a group supporting people in prison and their families, commented: “Thank you, One Punch. Let’s stand together.”
Hans Yeung Wing-yu, the person in charge of overseas online media outlet Education Stinger, which first disclosed at the end of July that One Punch had been “complained about”, and a former manager of the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority, told The Chaser News that targeting the bookstore had become an irreversible calamity in Hong Kong’s cultural collapse. Wen Wei Po launched its “Drive Out Soft Resistance” series in July, after which someone emailed Secretary for Education Christine Choi, various education groups and all schools in Hong Kong, calling for One Punch to be blacklisted. This was already a sign that a storm was brewing, foreshadowing what One Punch described in Thursday’s post. Hans Yeung Wing-yu hoped that One Punch could continue to hold on and persist tenaciously in the gaps.
受西環喉舌《文匯報》點名批評的香港獨立書店「一拳書館」（下稱：一拳）周四（18日）在社媒Facebook發帖揭露，書店過去兩個月發生多次因匿名和失實的投訴而要取消活動，「試過有一本新書本來安排好分享會，出版是某機構受資助的項目。投訴去到資助人，活動不只要取消，連那本書也不可以供貨給一拳發售」。一拳表示，專業人士、大學教職員、受資助項目機構、獲獎人士以及店舖或服務供應商等5類人士，未來無法參加一拳的分享活動，但強調「一拳會繼續揮拳，看看還有甚麼空間發揮。」支援在囚人士及家屬團體「候鳥」在帖子留言：「謝謝一拳，一齊頂住。」
7月底率先揭露一拳「被投訴」的海外網媒《教育刺針》負責人、考評局前經理楊穎宇向《追新聞》表示， 對付書店，已經成為香港文化淪陷不可逆轉的劫數。《文匯報》7月推出〈趕絕軟對抗系列〉，然後有人發電郵予教育局局長蔡若蓮、一眾教育團體以及香港各學校，要求將一拳列入黑名單，這已是山雨欲來風滿樓，預示了一拳周四在帖文所說的。楊穎宇希望一拳能夠繼續撐下去，在狹縫裏頑強不息。
16 Sept 2025獨媒#7315
周冠威新戲《自殺通告》釋出預告 未知香港能否上映 盼觀眾「集氣」
Director Chow Kwun-wai, whose previous films include *The Wedding*, *Revolution of Our Times* and *Beyond the Dream*, released the trailer for his latest work, *Suicide Notice*, today. Filmed in Taiwan, the film focuses on student suicide and stars Best Actor Anthony Wong Chau-sang and Taiwanese actors Lin Yu-hsi, among others. It will be released in Taiwan on 7 November. Chow told The Independent Media that he had submitted the film to Hong Kong’s film censorship authority last month but did not yet know whether it could be screened in Hong Kong, and hoped Hong Kong audiences would join in “sending their support.”
*Suicide Notice* began filming on 8 July last year and underwent more than a year of post-production. It was produced by Taiwanese company Bun Ceoi Film Production and distributed by Vie Vision Pictures. The trailer released today includes phrases such as “Accusing the system of killing” and “A fable? A prophecy?” The cast includes Best Actor Anthony Wong Chau-sang and Taiwanese actors Lin Yu-hsi, Lau Ging, Shao Yi-mei and Bai Run-yin. The synopsis says that at an elite private school where academic results come first, an anonymous notice appears before the end-of-year examinations, foretelling that a suicide will take place.
曾執導《1人婚禮》、《時代革命》、《幻愛》等的導演周冠威，最新作品《自殺通告》今釋出預告片。新片於台灣拍攝，以學童自殺為題材，參演的有影帝黃秋生、台灣演員林予晞等，將於11月7日在台灣上映。周冠威向《獨媒》表示，上月已將電影交予電檢處，暫未知道能否在港上映，盼香港觀眾一同「集氣」。
《自殺通告》在去年7月8日開鏡，後期製作超過一年，由台灣公司本萃電影製作、威視電影發行。在今日釋出的電影預告片中，可見「控訴制度殺人」、「寓言？預言？」等字句，參演的包括影帝黃秋生，以及台灣演員林予晞、劉敬、邵奕玫、白潤音等。劇情簡介指，在一所成績至上的高級私立名校，學年終考前出現匿名通告，預告將有自殺事件發生。
10 Sept 2025集誌社#7290
封殺莊梅岩｜ 文體旅局稱嚴格把關促文藝發展：個別人士言論，不予置評
Playwright Chong Mui-yam earlier disclosed that the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts had withdrawn an anniversary interview and discouraged her from taking a curtain call after a musical performance. In a third post yesterday, she cited multiple examples alleging that she had been blacklisted by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council, the Leisure and Cultural Services Department and West Kowloon. The Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau responded to enquiries from The Collective on the 10th, reiterating that “soft resistance” had always existed and that funding and venue applications must be handled rigorously. It said the vast majority of arts workers were patriotic and loved Hong Kong, and that strict vetting could promote arts and cultural development. It concluded that it had “no comment” on the remarks of individual people.
劇作家莊梅岩早前揭演藝抽走校慶訪問、勸阻她在音樂劇公演後謝幕，昨第三度發文，列舉多項例子控訴自己被藝發局、康文署、以至西九封殺。文化、體育及旅遊局 10 日回應《集誌社》查詢，重申「軟對抗」一直存在，須嚴謹處理資助和場地申請，而絕大部份藝術工作者愛國愛港，嚴格把關可促文藝發展，最後指就個別人士言論，「不予置評」。
9 Sept 2025集誌社#7274
封殺莊梅岩之三｜ 11 月公演《我們最快樂》「將被取消」：我不會後悔 西九：已租用戲曲中心演出
Chong Mui-yam, who earlier revealed that the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts had withdrawn an interview for its anniversary celebrations and advised her against taking a curtain call after a musical performance, posted for the third time today (the 9th), listing several examples in which she alleged that she had been blacklisted by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council, the Leisure and Cultural Services Department and West Kowloon. She also disclosed that the revival of “We Are the Happiest”, originally scheduled for the end of November at the Grand Theatre of the Xiqu Centre in the West Kowloon Cultural District, “will be cancelled”, saying: “Even if I can never again set foot on a Hong Kong stage, I will not regret it.”
The official “We Are the Happiest” page said in a post tonight that it was still awaiting formal notification from the authorities on the latest situation and would announce any news on the page. It reiterated that if the performances were cancelled, all ticket payments, including handling fees, would be refunded in full. The West Kowloon Cultural District Authority replied at about 10pm that “the stage play ‘We Are the Happiest’ has hired the Grand Theatre of the Xiqu Centre in the West Kowloon Cultural District for performances”. The Leisure and Cultural Services Department replied shortly after 11pm that all venue booking matters under its purview were handled in accordance with established booking procedures and rental terms.
早前揭演藝抽走校慶訪問、勸阻她在音樂劇公演後謝幕的莊梅岩，今（9日）第三度發文，列舉多項例子控訴自己被藝發局、康文署、以至西九封殺。她又透露，原定 11 月底在西九戲曲中心大劇院重演的《我們最快樂》「將被取消」，但稱「即使我再也不能踏上香港舞台，我也不會後悔的」。
《我們最快樂》專頁晚上發文，稱尚在等待當局正式通知最新情況，有消息會在專頁公布；重申如演出取消，所有門票款項包括手續費將會全數退回。西九文化區管理局晚上約十時回覆，稱「《我們最快樂》舞台劇已租用西九文化區戲曲中心大劇院演出」；康文署晚上 11 時多回覆稱轄下所有場地訂租事宜，均根據既有訂租程序及租用條款處理。
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