25 Aug 2022獨媒#2384
法團不滿大維修承辦商投票結果 主席私下拆票袋 再辦大會推翻結果
Yan Tsui Court in Chai Wan has been embroiled in a major dispute between residents and the owners’ corporation in recent months over the tender for a major renovation contractor. The estate was included in the Mandatory Building Inspection Scheme in 2015, and held its first owners’ meeting in June this year to vote on the contractor. A resident told InMedia that the owners’ corporation chair, allegedly dissatisfied with the result, “privately opened the ballot bag” and recounted the votes, after which another person convened a further meeting to overturn the result. Chair Choi Lai-lai denied the residents’ allegations, saying the opening of the ballot bag had been authorised by the owners’ corporation and was intended to “verify the result”. At the second meeting, the vote on the major renovation was successfully overturned. Some residents responded on the spot by submitting signatures from 5% of the owners, demanding a meeting to remove the owners’ corporation.
柴灣茵翠苑近月因招標大維修工程承辦商，引起業主和法團極大爭執。茵翠苑在2015年被納入「強制驗樓計劃」，今年6月舉行第一次業主大會投票選出工程承建商。有居民向《獨媒》表示，法團主席疑不滿結果「私下拆票袋」再點票，及後又有人再召大會推翻結果。主席蔡莉莉否認居民指控，指「拆票袋」獲法團授權，目的是為了「核對結果」。在第二次舉行的大會中，大維修的投票結果被成功推翻，有居民則即席反擊，遞交5%業主簽名，要求召開大會撤換法團。
24 Aug 2022明報#2382
律師會改選 「開明派」帝理邁連任失敗
The Law Society held an election yesterday for some seats on its council, with seven candidates contesting six seats. Human rights lawyer Mark Daly, who was regarded as part of the liberal camp, failed to win re-election, while the Law Society’s former president Melissa Kaye Pang was successfully elected and will remain on the council. It was learned that the six elected council members each received about 2,500 votes, while Daly received only about 300 votes.
律師會昨改選理事會部分議席，7名候選人競逐6席理事，被視為開明派的人權律師帝理邁（Mark Daly）未能連任，律師會前任會長彭韻僖則成功當選，繼續留任理事會。據悉，當選的6名理事得票約2500票，而帝理邁得票僅約300票。
21 Aug 2022獨媒#2377
翠林邨大維修爭議 千人出席大會 主席逕自宣布「流會」
Tsui Lam Estate in Tseung Kwan O was included in the Government’s Mandatory Building Inspection Scheme in 2019 and was required to undergo inspection and repairs. However, the owners’ corporation did not use the “TenderSure” service provided by the Urban Renewal Authority with government funding. The lowest bid returned for the major repair works was still HK$170 million, prompting owners to express dissatisfaction and question whether bid-rigging was involved. Some “owners’ corporation volunteers” also conducted door-to-door canvassing to collect proxy authorisations before the meeting, raising further questions. Hundreds of residents were already waiting before today’s owners’ meeting. After the meeting had been under way for about an hour, the owners’ corporation chairperson Hung Fai Sin suddenly declared it aborted, citing insufficient venue time. No items were put to a vote, prompting an uproar among residents. After the meeting, Hung Fai Sin also avoided follow-up questions from reporters.
將軍澳翠林邨在2019件被納入政府「強制驗樓計劃」，須就樓宇進行檢驗及修葺，惟法團未有採用由政府資助、市建局提供的「招標妥」服務，大維修回標最低價亦須達1.7億，引起業主不滿、質疑「圍標」。有「法團義工」更於大會舉行前「洗樓」收集授權，引起更多質疑。今日的業主大會舉行前，已有數百名居民等候，會議在進行約一小時後，法團主席冼雄輝突以場地時間不足為由宣布「流會」，未有就任何項目投票，引來居民鼓噪，會後冼雄輝亦迴避記者追訪。
19 Aug 2022獨媒#2376
翠林邨居民不滿不知名義工洗樓收授權 包圍質問法團主席、簡介會中斷
Tsui Lam Estate in Tseung Kwan O was included in the government’s Mandatory Building Inspection Scheme in 2019 and is required to have its buildings inspected and repaired. The owners’ corporation did not use the government-subsidised “Tendering Assistance” service provided by the Urban Renewal Authority. The lowest bid in the recently announced major repair tender returns was still HK$170 million, prompting dissatisfaction among owners. Before the general meeting on Sunday (21 August), the owners’ corporation held three briefing sessions. At the final session yesterday, residents were unhappy that the owners’ corporation had sent unknown outsiders to canvass flats, allegedly to obtain proxy votes by deception. Someone called the police, and the briefing was eventually halted.
在2019年被納入政府「強制驗樓計劃」的將軍澳翠林邨，須就樓宇進行檢驗及修葺。法團未有採用由政府資助、市建局提供的「招標妥」服務，近日公布的大維修回標，最低亦須達1.7億，引起業主不滿。法團在周日（8月21日）大會前，舉行三場簡介會，不過昨日最後一場，居民不滿法團派不知名的村外人「洗樓」，涉嫌騙取授權票，有人報警，簡介會最終中斷。
18 Aug 2022獨媒#2371
社民連晚宴突遭酒樓取消
After the Democratic Party’s annual dinner was “cancelled” last month, the Social Democratic League’s anniversary dinner, scheduled for Saturday evening, was also suddenly called off. London Restaurant in Mong Kok, the venue for the dinner, informed the league today that the booking had been cancelled, without giving a reason. Social Democratic League chairwoman Chan Po-ying told InMedia that only 12 tables had originally been booked and that it was not a “big affair”. She lamented that Hong Kong could no longer accommodate a political group’s social gathering, saying: “I believe it will be very difficult to organise such activities in the future.”
繼民主黨上月的年度晚宴「被取消」後，社民連原定周六晚舉行的會慶晚宴，亦突然遭腰斬。晚宴舉行場地旺角倫敦大酒樓，今日告知取消酒席，沒有知會原因，社民連主席陳寶瑩向《獨媒》表示，原本只訂了12圍，並非「大搞」，感嘆香港再容不下一個政團的聯誼活動，「相信未來都好難做呢啲活動」。
25 Jul 2022獨媒#2264
寶盈花園業主大會拖延兩年終舉行 關注組九人全勝踢走舊法團
The owners’ corporation of Po Ying Garden in Tseung Kwan O, regarded as pro-establishment, was due to be replaced by owners who sought to convene a general meeting two years ago. However, after two meetings failed to proceed, the old owners’ corporation did not hold the meeting until Monday (July 25), in accordance with an order from the Lands Tribunal. At the meeting, a motion to replace the old owners’ corporation received the support of more than half of the ownership shares, while all nine members of the Po Ying Garden Concern Group were elected to form the new owners’ corporation. The new chairman described the victory as a “major reversal”, saying the result reflected residents’ dissatisfaction with the old owners’ corporation’s long-standing control of the estate. He said he would “put things right” after taking office and change the estate’s long-standing bad practices.
被視為親建制的將軍澳寶盈花園法團，有業主兩年前欲召業主大會撤換法團，惟歷經兩次「流會」，舊法團一直延至周一（7月25日）才按土地審裁處命令舉行業主大會。會議上，撤換新法團的議案獲逾半業權份數贊成，而「寶盈花園關注組」九名成員組成的新法團則成功當選。新主席形容是次勝選為「大翻盤」，結果反映居民對盤踞多年舊法團的不滿，他上任後將「撥亂反正」，改變屋苑多年來的陋習。
17 Jul 2022獨媒#2233
社民連稱強大壓力下被迫刪涉違《國安法》貼文
League of Social Democrats chair Chan Po-ying said in a statement this afternoon that the group was “forced under intense pressure to delete an online post alleged to have violated the Hong Kong National Security Law, and cannot disclose details”. She said, “We will continue to speak out; speech is not a crime; long live democracy.” InMediaHK is making inquiries with police.
社民連主席陳寶瑩今午發聲明，稱「在強大壓力下，被迫刪除被指涉嫌違反《港區國安法》的網上貼文，詳情無法透露」，並指「會繼續發聲，言論無罪，民主萬歲」。《獨媒》正向警方查詢。
15 Jul 2022獨媒#2221
民主黨晚宴「被取消」 失全年一成收入
Pro-Beijing media outlets including Wen Wei Po and Ta Kung Pao have devoted extensive coverage since the beginning of the week to criticising the Democratic Party’s annual dinner scheduled for this Saturday. The Democratic Party announced yesterday that the dinner had been cancelled. Democratic Party member Yuen Hoi-man said on a radio programme this morning that the restaurant had given written notice that, because a confirmed infection cluster had been found at a nearby shopping mall, it was considering closing for disinfection that day. Yuen said he could “only accept” the restaurant’s decision. He revealed that the failure to hold the dinner would affect about 10% of the Democratic Party’s annual income. He said there would be no immediate impact, but that in the long term the party would have to “grit its teeth” and develop new resources. He declined to comment on whether the cancellation involved greater political risk than epidemic risk.
《文匯》及《大公》等官媒喉舌自周初每日大篇幅抨擊民主黨今周六年度宴會，民主黨昨宣布取消晚宴。民主黨袁海文今早在電台節目表示，收到酒樓書面通知，附近商場有確診群組，考慮公共衞生當日休業消毒。袁海文表示「只能接受」酒樓決定，他透露未能舉辦宴會，對民主黨全年收入影響約一成，他指未有即時影響，長遠要「咬緊牙關」，開拓新資源。他不評論今次取消晚宴是否政治風險大於疫情風險。
4 Jul 2022獨媒#2170
工權會辦四十週年展覽 盼喚起對工人重視：社會發展包含無數血肉
The Association for the Rights of Industrial Accident Victims is holding a two-day exhibition to raise public awareness of workers and occupational safety. Exhibits include a giant map of industrial fatalities recording 304 fatal industrial accidents since 1986.
工業傷亡權益會一連兩日舉辦四十週年展覽，以引公眾對工人和職業安全的關注。當中展品包括一張巨型工殤地圖，記錄自1986年至今共304宗致命工殤意外。
1 Jul 2022獨媒#2162
【七一冇遊行】工會轉到荃灣擺街站 總幹事：未拉未鎖咪試吓做囉！
On July 1, the Hong Kong Property Management and Security Workers General Union set up a street booth in Tsuen Wan. Police arrived three times, recorded people’s personal particulars and said that loudspeakers could not be used. Volunteers distributed leaflets printed with “Hong Kong, our home, let’s protect her together”. Other volunteers made a sign reading “Hey, how are you getting on living in Hong Kong?”, inviting members of the public to vote for the sentence that best represented their lives in Hong Kong. “Can I swear?” ultimately won by a large margin.
七一當日，香港物業管理及保安職工總會在荃灣擺設街站，警方三度到場，登記個人資料並指不能使用揚聲器。有義工派發印有「香港，我們的家，一起守護她」的單張，亦有義工自製了「親，你係香港生活成點呀？」的紙牌，供市民投票選出最能代表其在港生活的句子，最終由「我可以講粗口嗎？」高票勝出。
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