6 Jun 2024集誌社#3656
六四 35｜陳朗昇採訪受阻 記協警方互譴責 重組事發經過
Chan Long-sing, multimedia production director at Channel C and chairperson of the Hong Kong Journalists Association, was told by an on-site police officer on the night of June 4 that he was “charging the police cordon”. The HKJA issued a statement “strongly condemning” the police for “issuing an unreasonable warning and obstructing reporting”, saying that a police superintendent had invited Chan into the cordon. The police issued a statement “strongly condemning” the HKJA statement for making “unreasonable accusations” and containing “false content”, saying officers had asked him to enter the operational area so that they could issue him a stern warning.
《集誌社》reviewed footage filmed that night and reconstructed the sequence of events. The footage shows a white-shirted police officer beckoning Chan into the area inside the orange tape and patting him on the arm. Another “officer with a loudhailer” subsequently rebuked Chan: “First warning, do not charge the police cordon again.” The “beckoning officer” who had earlier patted Chan’s shoulder then gestured as if pushing Chan Long-sing away and said: “Don’t push me again!”
《Channel C》多媒體製作主任、香港記者協會主席陳朗昇在六四當晚，被現場警員指「衝擊警方防線」。記協發聲明「嚴正譴責」警方「無理警告、阻礙採訪」，指當時有警司邀陳入防線。警方出稿「強烈譴責」記協聲明「無理指控、內容失實」，說警員要求他進入行動範圍內，以向他作出嚴正警告。
《集誌社》翻看當晚拍攝的片段，重組事發經過。片段顯示當晚，陳被一名白衣警遞手請進橙帶內，拍陳膊頭。陳其後另一名「嗌咪警」斥：「第一次警告，不要再衝擊警方防線」。之前拍膊頭的「遞手警」作勢推開陳朗昇稱「你唔好再推我啦！」
5 Jun 2024獨媒#3645
參選記協主席被裁提名無效 網媒主編李敏妮稱事件或進入法律程序
With the Hong Kong Journalists Association’s executive committee election approaching, incumbent chair Chan Long-sing announced that he would not seek re-election after receiving a “friendly reminder”. The nomination period ended last Friday (May 31), and the association received two applications to run for chair, including one from Lee Man-nei, editor-in-chief of online media outlet Tou Si Po. The association said one of Lee’s nominators withdrew the nomination and that she failed to submit a replacement nomination by the deadline, rendering the nomination invalid. Lee later posted a “complaint” about the association, saying she had not been given sufficient time to submit a replacement nomination. InMedia invited Lee for an interview twice over the past week, but she declined both times. She told InMedia today that “the matter may enter legal proceedings” and that she “will take all appropriate action”.
Chan Long-sing told InMedia that if Lee Man-nei believed the association had handled the matter unfairly or had a complaint, she could complain to the independently appointed Election Committee. He said the committee’s members were completely independent of the executive committee and would handle any complaints concerning the association’s election fairly.
香港記者協會執委會換屆在即，現任主席陳朗昇獲「溫馨提示」後宣布不爭取連任。上周五（5月31日）選舉提名期結束，記協收到兩人報名參選主席，當中包括網媒《透視報》主編李敏妮，記協指李的其中一名提名人撤銷提名，亦未能在限期前補上新提名，提名無效。李敏妮及後發文「投訴」記協，認為沒有給予足夠時間補交提名。《獨媒》過去一周兩度邀約李敏妮訪問，均被拒絕。她今日向《獨媒》稱「事件或許會進入法律程序」，並稱「會採取一切適當的行動」。
陳朗昇向《獨媒》表示，如李敏妮認為記協處事不公或有所投訴，可向獨立委任的選舉委員會投訴，委員會的成員完全獨立於執委會，會公正處理任何涉及記協選舉的投訴。
3 Jun 2024獨媒#3624
【六四35】警嚴六四前夕密布防東角道 阻記者直播稱或洩部署
Tomorrow marks the 35th anniversary of June 4. On the eve of June 4 in previous years, performance artists would go outside East Point Road in Causeway Bay to commemorate it through performance art. Since the afternoon, police have been on high alert, with plainclothes officers wearing single-ear earpieces stationed at every corner, leaving almost no blind spots.
明日是六四35周年，過去六四前夕均會有行為藝術家到銅鑼灣東角道外，以行為藝術作悼念。自下午起，警方已嚴陣以待，每個角落處都有戴單邊耳機的便衣警員戒備，幾乎沒有死角。
17 May 2024光傳媒#3542
電視電台全改口 下周總統就職禮稱「台灣的賴清德」
Taiwanese president-elect Lai Ching-te will be sworn in next Monday (20th). However, when Hong Kong electronic media report the related news, they no longer use the term “president”. A survey by The Light Media of the wording used by Hong Kong media found that all radio and television stations referred to the incoming president as either the “leader” or “Taiwan’s Lai Ching-te”. By contrast, four years ago, mainstream media still generally referred to Tsai Ing-wen as “president”. Among newspapers, Hong Kong Economic Journal and Sing Tao Daily have also this year referred to him as “Taiwan’s incoming leader”. Current-affairs commentator Lau Yui-shiu said the media would inevitably continue to face pressure and move closer to the official position, but he believed that the form of address was merely a gesture and “cannot affect the actual situation”.
In Taiwan, president-elect and incumbent Vice-President Lai Ching-te will be sworn in next Monday (20th) as the 16th President of the Republic of China at the Presidential Office. He will then deliver his inauguration speech setting out his governing principles. At previous inauguration ceremonies, besides the incoming president’s governing policies, the public had generally paid close attention to the new president’s position on cross-strait policy, which Hong Kong media had also frequently reported.
台灣總統當選人賴清德將在下周一（20日）宣誓就職，香港電子傳媒報道有關新聞時，用字卻不再使用「總統」。《光傳媒》統計港媒報道用詞，發現全部電台和電視，均以「領導人」或「台灣的賴清德」來稱呼這位準總統。對比4年前，主流傳媒仍普遍以「總統」稱呼蔡英文。在報章方面，《經濟日報》和《星島日報》今年亦改稱「台灣候任領導人」。時事評論員劉銳紹認為，傳媒難免持續受壓，立場向官方靠攏，但他認為稱呼只是姿態，「影響唔到現實局勢」。
在台灣，總統當選人兼現任副總統賴清德將於下周一（20日），在總統府宣誓就任中華民國第16任總統。之後他將發表就職演說，闡釋治國理念。在以往的就職典禮，除治國方針外，外界普遍關注新任總統的兩岸政策立場，香港傳媒過往亦多有報道。
3 May 2024明報#3481
《華爾街日報》亞洲總部遷星 港編制大縮
The US-based Wall Street Journal (WSJ), which previously used Hong Kong as its Asia headquarters, will move its Asia headquarters to Singapore, while the number of reporters and editors at its Hong Kong bureau will be sharply reduced to single digits. According to this newspaper, some Hong Kong reporters will be transferred to Singapore or elsewhere in Asia, while several Hong Kong-based reporters and editors have been laid off. The number of redundancies accounts for more than half of the bureau’s current Hong Kong staffing.
In an internal memo yesterday, WSJ Editor-in-Chief Emma Tucker said that, “like many of the companies we cover,” WSJ would shift the focus of its Asian operations from Hong Kong to Singapore. She also said that some colleagues would be forced to leave, most of them from Hong Kong. At the same time, WSJ will establish a new editorial operation in Singapore to lead business coverage including China’s stock and property markets, electric vehicles and Hong Kong stocks.
曾以香港作為亞洲總部的美國《華爾街日報》（WSJ），將把亞洲總部遷至新加坡，香港駐站的記者及編輯規模大幅減至個位數。據本報了解，部分香港記者會調至新加坡或亞洲其他地方，另有多名駐港記者和編輯被裁，解僱人數佔目前香港駐站規模逾半。
WSJ總編輯Emma Tucker昨在內部通函表示，「一如我們報道的許多公司一樣」，WSJ會將亞洲運作重心由香港轉移至新加坡，並提及部分同僚將被迫離開，大部分來自香港。同時WSJ將在新加坡新設編輯，領導報道包括中國股市、樓市、電動車、港股等商業新聞。
3 May 2024Channel C#3483
世界新聞自由日｜英文網媒《The Hong Konger》成立 總部設於英國 關注離散港人議題
Today (3 May) is World Press Freedom Day. After Radio Free Asia (RFA) and The Wall Street Journal announced that they would move their headquarters out of Hong Kong, overseas Hongkongers have announced the establishment of the English-language online media outlet The Hong Konger in the UK. Its website went live today.
According to The Hong Konger’s website, the outlet is headquartered in the UK, with an editorial team comprising media professionals, academics and culture enthusiasts. The outlet takes inspiration from the renowned US magazine The New Yorker: it comes from New York but is not limited to New York. It hopes to expand “Hong Kong” into a concept that transcends geographical location, explore issues of concern to Hongkongers in the diaspora, examine global issues from a Hong Kong perspective, and explore Hong Kong’s cultural identity through political, social, economic, cultural and lifestyle perspectives.
今天（5月3日）是世界新聞自由日，繼自由亞洲電台（RFA）、《華爾街日報》（Wall Street Journal）宣佈將總部撤出香港後，有海外港人宣佈於英國設立英文網媒《The Hong Konger》﹐網站今日上線。
據《The Hong Konger》網站簡介，該媒體總部位於英國，編採團隊由傳媒人、學者及文化愛好者組成。該媒體以美國知名雜誌《The New Yorker》（《紐約客》）為靈感：來自紐約，但並不局限於紐約，盼將「香港」擴展成超越地理位置的概念，探討離散港人關注的議題，用香港視角探討全球問題，盼從政治、社會、經濟、文化、生活多方面探索香港文化身份。
24 Apr 2024獨媒#3418
記協周日音樂會取消改網上演出 指基於不可抗力因素
The Hong Kong Journalists Association had been due to hold a concert on Sunday (the 28th) to raise funds, but announced tonight that it had been cancelled and would instead be staged online. It said the cancellation was due to force majeure factors during the final preparations. HKJA chairman Chan Long-sing wrote on social media: “I really want to say that we have all tried our very best,” lamenting that “unfortunately, in this world, trying one’s best is not a factor that ensures success.”
The HKJA had planned to hold a concert titled “A Momentary Utopia” on Sunday evening to raise funds. The event was to feature musical performances, a charity auction, social sharing and wine and snacks. The promotional poster did not mention a specific venue or the guest performers, but described the participants as a group of musicians whose careers had been held back by news, several creators pursuing their dreams, and a journalists’ union that had walked alongside everyone for 56 years, “meeting you after sunset.”
香港記者協會原定周日（28日） 舉辦音樂會籌募經費，但今晚宣布取消，將改以網上形式演出，取消的原因是在最後籌辦階段基於不可抗力因素。記協主席陳朗昇在社交網站表示，「很想說，我們都已很盡力」，並慨嘆「奈何，世間，盡力不是事成要素」。
記協原定周日晚上舉辦名為《刹那的烏托邦》的音樂會，以籌募經費。活動屆時有音樂表演、慈善拍賣、聯誼分享及美酒小食，但宣傳海報未有提及具體地點、表演嘉賓，但就指是一群被新聞耽誤的音樂人、幾位追逐夢想的創作者，及一個與大家同行56年的記者工會，「與你相約日落黃昏後」。
23 Apr 2024獨媒#3409
《假新聞法》暫不立法 李家超：永遠希望自律、行業專業處理
Secretary for Justice Paul Lam Ting-kwok told the South China Morning Post that enacting a Fake News Law involved complex legal issues, and that legislation under Article 23 of the Basic Law had also met some of the needs. He said the government would not consider enacting a Fake News Law for now. Asked this morning, Chief Executive John Lee said he hoped the issue of “false information” could be handled through professionalism and self-regulation within the industry, without the need for legislation.
Lee said the authorities had been closely monitoring the problems caused by the production of “false messages”, adding that the current situation had “improved compared with the worst period”. He said “false information” adversely affected everyone and believed professional news workers would also work together to tackle it and maintain the credibility of news. Lee said he hoped the industry would use a professional approach to enhance the credibility of news and online information, and that the industry would improve on its own. He also said various journalist groups were making efforts, including correcting or rebutting inaccurate information.
律政司司長林定國接受《南華早報》訪問，指訂立《假新聞法》涉及複雜的法律問題，而《基本法》第23條立法後亦滿足部分需要，目前不會考慮立《假新聞法》。行政長官李家超今早被問到時表示，希望以行業專業及自律處理「虛假資訊」的問題，而不需要立法。
李家超表示，當局一直密切留意「虛假訊息」製造的問題，指目前情況與最壞的時候「有進步嘅地方」。他指「虛假資訊」令所有人受壞的影響，「相信」專業新聞從業員亦會共同對付，保持新聞可信性。李家超表示，期望業界以專業角度提升新聞訊息及網絡訊息的可信性，並希望業界自行提升，亦指不同新聞工作者團體正在努力，包括矯正或反駁不正確的資訊。
15 Apr 2024獨媒#3352
鄭雁雄讚傳媒反駁「香港玩完」及遺址論：讓真理不沉默
The HKSAR Committee for Safeguarding National Security held the opening ceremony of National Security Education Day at the Convention and Exhibition Centre this morning. In addition to Xia Baolong, Director of the Hong Kong and Macao Work Office, Zheng Yanxiong, Director of the Liaison Office, also delivered a keynote speech. Zheng said it was necessary to recognise Hong Kong’s favourable conditions for development, describing them as better than ever. He said: “In recent days, major Hong Kong media outlets have spoken out together to rebut the so-called absurd claims that ‘Hong Kong is finished’, that there is ‘no hope of recovery’, and that Hong Kong is a ‘relic’ or an ‘isolated island’, voicing optimism about Hong Kong’s economy. This is very good. We must release more positive energy, so that truth does not remain silent and fallacies do not become arrogant.”
特區國安委今早在會展舉行全民國家安全教育日開幕典禮，除了港澳辦主任夏寶龍，中聯辦主任鄭雁雄亦發表主題演講。鄭雁雄認為，必須要看到香港發展的有利條件，形容香港發展的有利條件從來沒有像今天這麼好過：「日前有所謂『香港玩完』、『復蘇無望』、『遺址』、『孤島』等荒謬之言，各大香港媒體齊聲反駁，唱響香港經濟光明論，這很好。我們就是要多釋放正能量，讓真理不沉默，讓謬誤不囂張。」
30 Mar 2024獨媒#3285
曾被官方點名 RFA關閉香港辦事處 稱為確保員工安全
Radio Free Asia (RFA) said in a statement on Friday that, taking into consideration the safety of its staff and reporters in Hong Kong, it would adjust its operations there, including closing its physical office and no longer retaining full-time employees. It would, however, continue to maintain its official registration as a news organisation in Hong Kong. The statement said that Hong Kong authorities had regarded RFA as a “foreign force”, raising serious doubts about whether it could continue to operate safely in Hong Kong after Article 23 of the Basic Law took effect.
自由亞洲電台（RFA）周五發聲明，稱考慮在香港職員和記者的安全，將調整在香港的運作模式，包括關閉實體辦事處及不再保留全職員工，但會繼續保留在香港的新聞機構官方註冊。聲明指，香港官方把RFA視作「外國勢力」，令人嚴重質疑他們在《基本法》23條生效後還能否在香港安全地運作。
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