14 Jun 2024獨媒#3691
張國鈞稱香港法治從不建基於海外法官 不點名指岑耀信犯「法治大忌」
The case involving 47 people has attracted attention in Hong Kong and overseas. Jonathan Sumption, who resigned as a non-permanent judge of the Court of Final Appeal, described the matter as the “last straw”. In the latest development, Lawrence Wai Chung Lau and Yue Shun Lee, who were acquitted, were involved in an appeal by the Department of Justice against only Lawrence Wai Chung Lau. Deputy Secretary for Justice Cheung Kwok-kwan commented to the media today on Sumption’s resignation. He said that Hong Kong’s rule of law had never been based on the system of non-permanent judges, and, without naming Sumption, criticised him for interfering with legal proceedings by making comments, calling this a “major taboo” of the rule of law. He believed that non-permanent judges of the Court of Final Appeal “coming and going” was entirely normal.
Deputy Secretary for Justice Cheung Kwok-kwan met reporters after concluding his visit to Beijing. He said Xia Baolong, director of the Hong Kong and Macao Work Office, had “affirmed” the spirit of “fearlessness, impartiality, selflessness and honesty” among judges at all levels in Hong Kong. Cheung also quoted Xi Jinping as saying at the 20th Party Congress that “unity is strength”. He said Hong Kong’s judicial and legal sectors would stand united, uphold the rule-of-law principle, safeguard Hong Kong’s “golden signboard” of the rule of law, and promote the city’s development “from stability to prosperity”.
47人案惹來中外關注，辭任終審法院非常任法官的岑耀信形容事件是「最後一根稻草」。事態最新發展，是被判無罪的劉偉聰和李予信，只有劉偉聰被律政司上訴。律政司副司長張國鈞今向傳媒評論岑耀信辭職一事，他指香港法治從來「不是基於非常任法官制度上」，他又不點名批評岑耀信作出評論干預法律程序是「法治大忌」，他相信終院非常任法官「進進出出」，是非常正常的事情。
律政司副司長張國鈞在結束訪京後見記者，他表示港澳辦主任夏寶龍「肯定」香港各級法官的「無懼、無偏、無私、無欺」精神。張又引述習近平在二十大提到「團結就是力量」，稱香港司法法律界團結一致，堅守法治理念，定維護香港法治「金漆招牌，推動香港「由治及興」的發展。
13 Jun 2024法庭線#3682
港澳辦、建制派發文斥攻擊抹黑法治 岑耀信續受訪稱香港民主處「維生狀態」
After former UK Supreme Court justice Jonathan Sumption resigned early as an overseas non-permanent judge of Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal, he gave a series of interviews criticising Hong Kong’s rule of law and the verdict in the Hong Kong 47 case.
The Hong Kong and Macao Work Office published an article on Wednesday (12th), accusing Sumption of attacking and smearing Hong Kong’s rule of law. It said that “putting politics above facts and the law is biased political speculation and malicious political hype”, and accused him of making a “180-degree turn” from his position in 2021, criticising him for “willingly serving external forces to interfere in Hong Kong affairs”. The pro-establishment camp also rebutted Sumption in newspaper articles.
Sumption also gave an interview to the UK’s Sky News, saying that after the National Security Law, life had become difficult in Hong Kong for those who opposed government policies and pursued democracy. He again denied that he was discussing politics, saying he was pointing out how politics affected the judiciary. He described Hong Kong’s democracy as not having disappeared, but as being “on life support”.
英國最高法院前法官岑耀信（Jonathan Sumption）提早辭任香港終審法院海外非常任法官後，接連受訪批評香港法治及 47 人案裁決。
港澳辦周三（12 日）刊載文章，指岑耀信攻擊及抹黑香港法治，「以政治淩駕事實和法律，是充滿偏見的政治臆斷和惡意的政治炒作」，又指他與 2021 年時「180° 大轉彎」，批評「心甘情願為外部勢力干預香港事務效力」。建制派亦在報章反駁岑耀信。
岑耀信亦接受英國《天空新聞台》訪問，指《國安法》後，在香港反對政府政策、追求民主者的生活變得艱難，他再次否認自己談論政治，稱是要點出政治如何影響司法。他又形容，香港的民主雖未消逝，但處於「維生狀態」（it is on life support）。
11 Jun 2024集誌社#3666
回應岑耀信批法治倒退 特首：不干預法官審訊是香港的基因
Lord Sumption, who earlier resigned as an overseas non-permanent judge of the Court of Final Appeal, wrote an article criticising the decline of Hong Kong’s rule of law. Responding to reporters’ questions on the 11th, Chief Executive John Lee said that not interfering with judges’ trials is part of Hong Kong’s “gene”. He also said that British officials and politicians, as well as anti-China and anti-Hong Kong media, had openly threatened to impose sanctions on judges before, during and after trials, trampling on the rule of law.
Andrew Li, the Court of Final Appeal’s first Chief Justice, and Chief Justice Andrew Cheung also issued statements in response. Li said he regretted the retirement of the three overseas judges, but said that “more importantly, everyone should uphold their responsibilities and continue moving forward, rather than dwelling on the past”. Cheung said that any claim that judges’ decisions had been influenced by political or other external considerations “constitutes a serious allegation, which must be made on specific and sufficient grounds and should never be made lightly”.
較早前請辭的終審法院海外非常任法官岑耀信，撰文批評香港法治倒退，特首李家超今（11日）回應記者提問時表示，不干預法官審訊是香港的基因，又指英國官員、政客，反華反港媒體，在審訊前、期間、審訊後，公然恐嚇制裁法官，踐踏法治。
終院首任首席法官李國能、現任首席法官張舉能亦發聲明回應事件。李國能對三名海外法官引退表示遺憾，但指「更重要的是大家要秉持承擔繼續前行，而非沉溺過去」；張舉能則指任何指稱法官裁決，受到政治或其他外來考慮影響的說法，「都屬嚴重指控，必須理據具體且充分，絕不應輕率作出」。
11 Jun 2024明報#3667
前終院海外法官岑耀信指本港變「極權社會」 李家超：法官專業應在法律而非政治
Jonathan Sumption, who announced his resignation as a non-permanent overseas judge of the Court of Final Appeal last week, wrote in the Financial Times that he had previously remained on the court in the hope of helping to uphold the rule of law, but that this was “probably no longer realistic”; he added that others were less pessimistic and that he hoped they would prove to be right. He described Hong Kong as once having been a vibrant and politically pluralistic society, but as slowly becoming a “totalitarian society”. The HKSAR Government said it strongly disagreed with Sumption’s remarks, and that the claim that Hong Kong is “totalitarian” was absolutely untrue. Chief Executive John Lee, speaking before this morning’s Executive Council meeting, said judges’ professionalism lay in their legal knowledge and experience, not politics. He said judges might like or dislike a particular political system or law, but they must correctly interpret legislation according to legal principles and the evidence, rather than from the standpoint of their political positions.
上周宣布辭任終審法院非常任法官的岑耀信（Jonathan Sumption）在《金融時報》撰文，稱之前留任終院是希望有助維護法治，惟「恐怕已不再現實，其他人沒有那麼悲觀，我希望他們會證實是對的」；並形容香港曾是充滿活力和政治多元的社會，但正慢慢變成「極權社會」。特區政府表示極不同意岑耀信言論，「極權」說法絕非事實。特首李家超今早出席行會前回應事件，指法官專業在於法律知識同經驗而非政治，稱法官可喜歡或不喜歡某一政治制度或法律，但法官要按法律原則和證據正確詮釋法例，而非從其政治立場出發。
4 Jun 2024Channel C#3640
羅奇訪港照唱「香港玩完」 一國兩制已變成「中國特色兩制」
Stephen Roach, former chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia, put forward the view that “Hong Kong is finished” in an article for the Financial Times in Britain earlier this year. Executive Council Convenor Regina Ip immediately mounted a high-profile rebuttal, sparking a war of words. In a recent newspaper interview during a visit to Hong Kong, Roach said he still maintained that view, citing the increasingly close political and economic links between Hong Kong and the mainland and the shrinking scope for Hong Kong to make changes. He further said that the definition of “one country, two systems” had changed after 2019 into “two systems with more Chinese characteristics”.
摩根士丹利前亞洲區主席羅奇（Stephen Roach），年初在英國《金融時報》撰文，提出「香港玩完」觀點，行政會議召集人葉劉淑儀隨即高調反駁，掀起一輪舌戰。羅奇近日訪港接受報章專訪指出仍維持「玩完」的觀點，原因在於香港與內地在政經的連結愈來愈緊密，香港能改變的空間也愈來愈小。他進一步指「一國兩制」的定義在2019年後已經變化成「更有中國特色」的兩制。
2 Jun 2024Yahoo#3621
團結香港基金曾安排政治顧問打選戰 兼為國安法護航 澳媒揭周大福埋單
The Australian Financial Review (AFR), citing sources, reported that Our Hong Kong Foundation, a think tank founded by former Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa, arranged for Australian political consultancy Crosby Textor (CT Group) in 2020 to campaign for pro-Beijing candidates in the Legislative Council election originally scheduled for September, while also making the case for the newly implemented national security law. The report also revealed that the plan was funded by Chow Tai Fook Enterprises.
The report said CT Group conducted a study called “Project Ocean” in 2020, using a series of focus groups and opinion polls to formulate suitable recommendations. Its objectives included “identifying viable insights”, “framing the context of local unrest”, and providing “the most effective and appropriate recommendations to communicate to Hong Kong people”.
澳洲金融評論報（AFR）引消息人士指，由前特首董建華成立的智庫組織「團結香港基金」在 2020 年時，曾安排一間澳洲的政治顧問公司 Crosby Textor（CT group），為原定 9 月舉行的立法會換屆選舉中的親中參選人打選戰，同時為剛實施的國安法護航。報道同時揭露，該計劃由周大福企業埋單。
研提高公眾對國安法的接受程度
報道指，CT group 在 2020 年時曾開展名為「海洋計劃」（Project Ocean）的研究，透過一連串焦點小組、民意調查等，以制定合適建議。研究目的包括「分辨出可行見解」，「當地騷亂（unrest）的背景框架」，及提供「最有效合適的建議傳達予港人」。
17 May 2024獨媒#3541
廖李可期接任新聞處處長 曾被鄧炳強讚23條立法「幕後女功臣」
The Government announced several senior official appointments today. Liu Lee-kei, currently Deputy Secretary for Security, will succeed Weiwei Chen as Director of Information Services next Friday (24th). Liu has served as Deputy Secretary for Security since 2018 and was chiefly involved in the Basic Law Article 23 legislation work earlier this year. She was praised by Secretary for Security Chris Tang as a “behind-the-scenes heroine”. After the Article 23 legislation, she also represented the Security Bureau in writing to the UK newspaper The Guardian to rebut an article.
政府今日公布多名高層官員人事變動，其中現任保安局副秘書長廖李可期將於下周五（24日）接替陳偉偉出任政府新聞處處長。廖李可期於2018年起出任保安局副秘書長，今年初更主力參與《基本法》第23條立法工作，並獲保安局局長鄧炳強讚賞為「幕後女功臣」。在23條立法後，她更曾代表保安局去信英國《衛報》反駁一篇文章。
10 May 2024明報#3515
有校長稱台大學港招生會取消 港府：涉台事宜須按憲法一中
The “Taiwan Universities Individual Admissions Information Session”, held in Hong Kong for many years and scheduled to take place again at the end of this month, was reportedly cancelled recently. A spokesperson for the HKSAR Government declined to comment on individual cases, but cited the Constitution, saying that any activities involving Taiwan-related matters must be handled in accordance with the Constitution, the Basic Law and the one-China principle. This newspaper contacted the event organisers and Taiwan’s Ministry of Education separately, but had not received a reply by press time. A study guidance organisation said that fewer education fairs could affect Hong Kong students’ willingness to pursue studies in Taiwan, but believed that those interested could still obtain information through websites and other channels.
A school principal previously told this newspaper that the “Taiwan Universities Individual Admissions Information Session”, scheduled for 25 and 26 of this month in Tsim Sha Tsui, had been cancelled. Online information shows that the event was held at the same venue in Hong Kong over two days each year from 2020 to 2023. Promotional materials for 2021 and 2022 showed that around eight local universities participated each day, including several universities whose names contained the designation “National”. The event was intended to provide Hong Kong students interested in studying in Taiwan with information related to further studies.
過去多年在港舉行的「臺灣各大學單獨招生說明會」，原定本月底再度舉行，近日有消息稱活動已取消。特區政府發言人不評論個別個案，但引述《憲法》稱，任何活動涉及台灣相關事宜，必須根據《憲法》、《基本法》及一個中國原則處理。本報分別向活動主辦方及台灣教育部查詢，截稿前未獲回覆。有升學輔導機構認為，升學展減少會影響港生赴台升學意欲，但認為有興趣者仍可從網站等渠道獲取資訊。
有校長早前向本報稱，原定本月25至26日於尖沙嘴舉行的「臺灣各大學單獨招生說明會」已取消。翻查網上資料，該活動2020至2023年都在香港同一場地分兩日舉行，其中2021及2022年的宣傳品顯示，活動期間每日均有約8間當地大學參與，包括多間校名有「國立」稱號的大學；活動旨在向有興趣赴台升學港生提供升學相關資訊。
9 May 2024獨媒#3509
謝偉俊：「做惡狗」非香港角色、李家超做警察經驗較多「阿sir你梗係唔可以窒」
Legislative Council member Paul Tse Wai-chun recently gave a radio interview that prompted considerable discussion in political circles. Speaking freely, Tse said the Legislative Council had shifted from a Westminster model to a National People’s Congress model, with too many uniform voices. He said the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government’s current tone was tougher than that of China’s Foreign Ministry, and believed that “acting as the central government’s enforcer” and “playing the bad dog” was not Hong Kong’s role. He also revisited his remark in the Legislative Council earlier this year that the government was “governing Hong Kong through Xiaohongshu”, while saying he understood that Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu had been more tense at the time because it was shortly before the enactment of Article 23 legislation. He said: “I just think that, ultimately, his experience in politics is not as extensive as his experience as a police officer. I always laugh to myself: as a police officer, sir, you obviously can’t talk back to a sir—of course he would be angry if you talked back to him. But those of us in politics are always confronted and criticised to our faces, and we have to accept opinions. We’re used to it. So it doesn’t really matter to me if he scolds me.”
立法會議員謝偉俊日前接受電台訪問，引起政圈不少迴響。謝偉俊在訪問中暢所欲言，指立法會已由西敏寺變成人大模式，亦太多一致性聲音，指特區政府現時口吻較北京外交部更強硬，認為「幫阿爺做打手」、「做惡狗」並非香港的角色。他更重提年初在立法會指政府「小紅書治港」 ，但體諒行政長官李家超當時正值23條立法前夕較緊張：「我只係覺得佢，始終從政嘅經驗係唔夠佢做警察嘅經驗多，我成日心裡面都笑，警察阿sir 你梗係唔可以窒㗎啦，窒阿sir佢梗係嬲你。但我哋從政嘅，永遠都係兜口兜面鬧你，都要接受意見，我哋呢啲慣咗。所以佢鬧我，我又無乜所謂。」
17 Apr 2024獨媒#3381
李家超與崔建春會面 感謝外交部、特派員公署就外國對港抹黑作有力反駁
Cui Jianchun, the newly appointed Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, arrived in Hong Kong recently to take up his post. Chief Executive John Lee met him at Government House today and expressed thanks to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Commissioner’s Office for their support during the Hong Kong SAR’s local legislative process for Article 23 of the Basic Law, and for issuing timely and forceful rebuttals to smears and attacks against Hong Kong by foreign governments and politicians.
The State Council announced on the 10th of this month the appointment of Cui Jianchun as Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China in the Hong Kong SAR, succeeding Liu Guangyuan, who was transferred to become a deputy director of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Hong Kong SAR. John Lee met Cui Jianchun today and expressed thanks to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Commissioner’s Office for their long-standing support for the SAR Government, as well as for providing assistance and care to Hong Kong residents overseas seeking help.
新任外交部駐香港特別行政區特派員公署特派員崔建春日前春已抵港履新，行政長官李家超今日在禮賓府與對方會面，稱感謝外交部和特派員公署在香港特區就《基本法》第23條進行本地立法的過程給予的支持，對外國政府和政客針對香港的抹黑和攻擊作出及時、有力的反駁。
國務院在今月10日宣布任命崔建春為外交部駐港特派員公署特派員，接替調任中聯辦副主任的劉光源。李家超今日與崔建春會面，稱感謝外交部、特派員公署對特區政府的長期支持，以及為在外港人求助方面提供支援和照顧。
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