26 Apr 2023獨媒#6364
黃迺元失聯4小時後撤五一遊行申請 杜振豪：連日收滋擾訊息
Former Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions chairperson Joe Wong and executive committee member To Chun-ho applied in their personal capacities to hold a May Day march. Joe Wong became unreachable this morning, and To Chun-ho said on Facebook at noon that they had been forced to cancel the application. Joe Wong was also unable to disclose details due to the confidentiality requirement under Article 63 of the National Security Law. To Chun-ho described Joe Wong as having emotionally collapsed and said they had “clearly endured enormous pressure”. To Chun-ho told InMedia that they had not been optimistic about the application, but had thought the police would proactively issue a notice of objection. They said today’s situation was unexpected and believed Wong had done everything possible to defend the right to assembly and procession.
前職工盟主席黃迺元及幹事杜振豪以個人名義申請五一遊行，黃迺元今早失去聯絡，杜振豪中午在Facebook表示，被迫取消遊行申請，黃迺元並受限於《國安法》第63條的保密要求而無法透露詳情，形容黃迺元情緒崩潰，「顯然承受了巨大壓力」。杜振豪向《獨媒》表示本來對遊行申請不樂觀，但以為警方會主動發出反對通知書，今日情況是意料之外，並相信黃已盡了一切努力捍衛集會遊行權利。
24 Apr 2023獨媒#6351
何君堯發聯署要求煞停同樂運動會：須從國家安全角度著想
The 11th Gay Games will be held in Hong Kong for the first time in November, but the event has come under attack from a number of pro-establishment Legislative Council members in recent years. Junius Ho, who once said he did not want to “make this dirty money”, launched a petition last Thursday (April 20), saying its goal was to collect 120,000 signatures calling for the Gay Games to be halted. He criticised the event for challenging traditional values and said that “it is necessary to consider this from a national security perspective”. He said it was necessary to guard against people using the Games to damage Hong Kong again, and called on national security agencies to halt the event immediately, with the slogan: “Hello Hong Kong! We don’t need the Gay Games!”
第11屆同樂運動會（Gay Games）將於11月首次在港舉行，惟近年遭不少建制派立法會議員狙擊。曾稱「唔想賺呢啲污糟錢」的何君堯上周四（4月20日）發起聯署，稱目標收集12萬個簽名要求煞停同運會。他批評同運會衝擊傳統價值觀，又稱「必須要從國家安全角度著想」，須防範有人藉運動會再次破壞香港，更呼籲國安機構立即煞停運動會，「Hello香港！不靠同運！」
23 Apr 2023獨媒#6349
被問如何避免遊行被騎劫 兩前職工盟成員稱是政府責任
Former Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions chairperson Joe Wong and official To Chun-ho earlier applied in their personal capacities to organise a May 1 march, but have yet to receive a letter of no objection. In a Facebook post yesterday explaining the progress of the application, they said police had asked at a meeting how the march could be prevented from being hijacked. Police also showed them screenshots of Facebook comments, including “Even in the UK, I support you all. Keep it up” and “Do we need to bring any gear?”, and asked them to explain their relationship with the commenters and whether members of dissolved civil society groups would take part in the march. They stressed that the march was unrelated to any overseas organisation, and that local trade unions and labour groups had not taken part in its preparations. They also said the organisers had no public powers, so preventing the march from being hijacked should be the government’s responsibility, and urged police to notify them of the application’s result as soon as possible.
前職工盟主席黃迺元及幹事杜振豪早前以個人名義入紙申請舉辦五一遊行，惟至今仍未獲發不反對通知書。他們昨日在Facebook 撰文交代遊行申請進度，稱昨日與警方會面時被問到如避免遊行被騎劫，警方亦展示Facebook 留言截圖，包括「即使喺英國都撐大家 加油」及「使唔使帶架生？」，要求他們交代與留言者的關係，又問會否有已解散的民間團體成員參與遊行。他們強調，是次遊行與任何外地組織無關，本地工會及勞工團體也沒有參與籌備過程，又稱遊行主辦方沒有公權力，避免遊行被騎劫應是政府責任，促警方盡快通知申請結果。
20 Apr 2023光傳媒#6335
98%港人無參與「明日大嶼」官方諮詢 過半憂造成財務危機
Greenpeace released the Lantau Tomorrow Vision Public Opinion Survey 2023 yesterday, finding that 98% of respondents had not taken part in the public consultation. The main reasons were that they did not know about the consultation or did not know how to participate. The survey found that more than half of residents feared Lantau Tomorrow Vision would cause a financial crisis, deplete the public coffers and even leave the Hong Kong government in debt. They also lacked confidence that the economic benefits the government claimed Lantau Tomorrow Vision would bring could be realised.
綠色和平昨日發布《明日大嶼民意調查2023》，發現98%受訪者沒有參與公眾諮詢，主要原因為是不知道有諮詢或不知道如何參與。調查發現過半數市民擔心「明日大嶼」造成財務危機，掏空庫房甚至令港府負債，亦沒有信心政府聲稱「明日大嶼」所帶來的經濟效益能夠實現。
18 Apr 2023獨媒#6328
海上業界倡輸入大灣區外勞 易志明：唔等於唔加價
The business sector has successively campaigned for the importation of workers of various kinds. Yesterday, Legislative Council member for the Shipping and Transport constituency Frankie Yick of the Liberal Party held a press conference with representatives of the maritime sector, urging the government to import workers to address the urgent shortage. Yick said the average age of employees in the industry had reached 60, while an industry representative said the vacancy rate was 30 per cent and called on the government to recruit young people from the Greater Bay Area to work in Hong Kong. Representatives of New World First Ferry and Hong Kong and Kowloon Ferry, both of which have applied for substantial fare increases, attended the press conference. When an InMedia reporter raised the issue, Yick declined to respond, saying the press conference was not about fare increases, and added that importing workers did not mean fares would not rise.
商界接連為輸入各式各樣的外勞造勢。昨日自由黨立法會議員航運交通界易志明，與海上業界代表舉行記者會，促請政府輸入外勞「救急」。易志明表示行內員工的平均年齡已達60歲，有業界代表則指行內空缺率達三成，倡政府招攬大灣區青年來港入行。申請大幅加價的新渡輪及港九小輪皆有代表出席，《獨媒》記者問及相關問題時，易志明擋駕，稱記者會並非關於加價，又指引入外勞亦不等於不加價。
17 Apr 2023獨媒#6315
勞聯撤回五一遊行申請 周小松指遊行被污名化：可惜、遺憾
The Labour Union applied to police earlier this month for a May Day march to be held around Prince Edward on 29 April, but withdrew its application for a letter of no objection today. Labour Union Legislative Council member Xiaosong Zhou told Commons that around 20 people had initially intended to take part, but three affiliated unions later said the march had been “stigmatised and politicised”, and that they felt participating might make them a focus of attention and did not want to bear such great pressure. They were also concerned that the march might be hijacked and “infiltrated by troublemakers”.
勞聯本月初向警方申請在4月29月於太子一帶舉行五一遊行，惟今日撤回不反對通知書的申請。勞聯立法會議員周小松向《獨媒》表示，原本約20人有意參加，但後來有3個屬會稱遊行「被污名化、政治化，覺得參與遊行可能成為關注焦點，唔想承受咁大壓力」，更擔心遊行被騎劫，「被啲搞事分子滲透。」
16 Apr 2023HK01#6311
夏寶龍考察香港｜抵立法會險首遇抗議 外籍人士要求改善車流
At about 10:15am, a foreign national arrived outside the Legislative Council carrying a loudspeaker and a pull-up banner reading “Liberate Queen’s Road Central”. Police immediately escorted him to Tamar Park. A large number of police officers and staff surrounded him thereafter, but allowed him to display the banner. The foreign national said he wanted to protest against traffic and environmental problems in Hong Kong, called for a pedestrian zone to be established on Queen’s Road Central, and also said the business environment should be improved. As Tamar Park, where the foreign national was located, is far from the vehicle entrance and exit of the Legislative Council building, the two sides “missed each other” when Xia Baolong’s motorcade arrived at about 10:30am. Police also allowed the foreign national to remain in Tamar Park under “close watch”.
一名外籍人士大約於早上10時15分，携來揚聲器和寫有「解放皇后大道中」直幡的易拉架，來到立法會外圍，隨即被警員帶至添馬公園，之後一直有大批警員和工作人員把他圍攏，但容許他把展示易拉架。該外籍人士表示要抗議本港的車流和環境問題，要求在皇后大道中設行人專區，又指要改善營商環境。由於該外籍人士所在的添馬公園與立法會大樓車輛出入口距離遠，夏寶龍的車隊於大約早上10時半抵達時，雙方「緣慳一面」。而警方亦容許該外籍人士在「嚴密看管」下繼續逗留添馬公園。
14 Apr 2023獨媒#6302
去年113個工會撤銷登記 新登記數目兩年急跌12倍
Many trade unions announced their dissolution over the past year and were removed from the Trade Unions Registry, while the number of newly registered unions plunged. In response to Legislative Council members’ questions on the Budget, the Labour and Welfare Bureau said that only 40 trade unions were newly registered last year. This marked a decline for the second consecutive year, down by nearly 4.5 times from the previous year and by more than 10 times compared with the year before that. The Trade Unions Registry’s annual report showed that 113 trade unions had their registrations revoked last year.
過去一年有不少工會宣布解散，從職工會登記局除名，然而新登記工會的數目則急挫。勞工及福利局回答立法會議員就《財政預算案》提問時，表示去年僅得40個新登記工會，已經是連續兩年下跌，較去年少近4倍半，與前年比較下跌超過10倍。翻查職工會登記局年報，去年一共有113個工會被撤銷登記。
13 Apr 2023獨媒#6291
翠林邨業主大會前夕 關注組再有義工被淋紅油
The dispute over major repair works at Choi Lam Estate in Tseung Kwan O remains unresolved. In December last year, the owners’ meeting passed a motion to use “Smart Tender” with the vote of a Housing Department representative. However, fresh uncertainty emerged ahead of another owners’ meeting to be held on April 23, whose agenda requires owners to vote on whether to continue using the former consulting company and its inspection report. On the eve of the meeting, another volunteer from the concern group “Chui Ka” was splashed with red paint. The volunteer believed that someone was trying to intimidate residents and silence the group, and feared that such incidents could become the norm and threaten the safety of Choi Lam Estate residents. “Residents should not have to endure this pressure,” the volunteer said.
將軍澳翠林邨大維修爭議未完，去年12月在房屋署代表投票下，大會通過使用「招標妥」，不過在4月23日再舉行的業主大會再有變數，會議議程要求業主就是否沿用舊顧問公司及其驗樓報告作表決。大會前夕，關注組「翠家」再有義工被淋紅油。「翠家」義工認為有人想嚇怕居民，令關注組噤聲，憂事件成為常態，威脅翠林邨邨民安全，「居民唔應該承受呢種壓力」。
12 Apr 2023獨媒#6283
潑水節網民追擊警員、TVB記者 屈穎妍：黑勢力像睡火山 再爆將不可收拾
The Kowloon City Water-splashing Festival resumed last Sunday (9th), with water flying across the street battlefield and police officers and reporters at the scene also being hit. Netizens uploaded footage from the day showing a group repeatedly spraying water at police officers and a TVB News reporter, and at one point arguing with a cameraman. In an article today (12th), columnist Wat Wing-yin criticised them for “pretending to splash water but really causing trouble”, saying their conduct already constituted a crime: “Who can guarantee that next time it will be water, rather than something else, in their water guns?” She also said that although the “black violence” appeared to have subsided, the black forces were like a dormant volcano and “were merely pretending to sleep”; “if they erupt again, it will be impossible to contain.”
九龍城潑水節在過去周日（9日）復辦，街上戰場「水花四起」，在場警員和記者亦未能倖免。有網民將當日片段放上網，片中他們一行人不斷向警員和無綫新聞記者射水，並一度與攝影師口角。專欄作家屈穎妍今（12日）撰文，批評他們「假潑水，真搞事」，行為已屬犯罪，「誰敢擔保，他們的水槍下次裝的不是水，而是其他東西？」她又稱黑暴看似已消退，惟黑勢力像睡火山「只是裝睡了」，「再爆，將一發不可收拾。」
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