10 Dec 2025集誌社#7670
立法會選舉｜盤點近年選舉開支 今屆「票價」最高
The Legislative Council election has ended. About 1.317 million people voted in the geographical constituency elections this year; although the turnout rate rose, the actual number of voters fell. More than 40,000 invalid ballots were also recorded, representing a record-high proportion. Amid extensive government publicity and preparations, $1.28 billion was allocated for this year’s election, putting the average cost per seat at as much as $14.2 million. The Collective reviewed spending and total votes in previous Legislative Council elections. Based on this year’s budget and approximately 1.39 million total votes, the cost per vote was about $916.9, an increase of more than 50% from the previous election.
立法會選舉結束，今屆地區直選約 131.7 萬人投票、投票率升但實際人數跌，亦有逾四萬張「廢票」、比例創新高。政府大力宣傳和籌備下，今屆選舉預留撥款高達 12.8 億元，平均每一個議席成本高達 1420 萬元。《集誌社》盤點過去幾屆立法會選舉的開支、以及投票總數目，以今屆預算和投票總數約 139 萬計算，每票成本約 $916.9，較上屆增加逾五成。
10 Dec 2025追光者#7671
國際人權日｜27個國際人權組織發表聯合聲明 籲港府釋放鄒幸彤和李卓人
Today (10 December) is International Human Rights Day. Twenty-seven international human rights organisations, trade unions and legal professional bodies issued a joint statement calling on the Hong Kong government to release Chow Hang-tung and Lee Cheuk-yan and withdraw all national security-related charges against them. The statement said their detention by the Hong Kong government was “arbitrary”, and that their calls for the Chinese authorities to disclose the truth about the June 4 incident, as well as their roles in the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China and the trade union, “should never be grounds for prosecution”. The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) also launched the “Free Lee Cheuk-yan” international solidarity campaign, demanding Lee’s immediate release.
The statement was initiated by Amnesty International, the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute and the International Trade Union Confederation, and jointly issued with 24 other international human rights organisations, international trade unions and legal professional bodies worldwide. It expressed regret that the trial of former Hong Kong Alliance vice-chair Chow Hang-tung and former Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions secretary-general Lee Cheuk-yan had been further adjourned from November this year to 22 January next year.
今日（10日）是國際人權日，27個國際人權組織、工會和法律界專業團體發表聯合聲明，呼籲港府釋放鄒幸彤和李卓人，並撤銷他們所有的國家安全相關控罪。聲明指出港府對二人的拘留屬「任意性質」，而他們呼籲中國當局公開六四事件真相，及在支聯會和工會的角色，「絕不應成為檢控的理由」。另外，國際工會聯合會（ITUC）亦發起「Free Lee Cheuk-yan」國際聲援行動，要求立即釋放李卓人。
聲明由國際特赦組織（Amnesty International）、國際律師協會人權研究所（International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute）、國際工會聯合會（International Trade Union Confederation）發起，聯同全球24個國際人權組織、國際工會和法律界專業團體聯合發表，聲明對前支聯會副主席鄒幸彤和前職工盟秘書長李卓人的審訊，由今年11月進一步押後至明年1月22日表示遺憾。
10 Dec 2025法庭線#7672
前高級入境事務助理831太子站被捕 警方結案後遭革職 提覆核指局方無理拒信記錯
A former senior immigration assistant was arrested at Prince Edward station on August 31, 2019. Police closed the case the following year and returned the exhibits. The Civil Service Bureau subsequently launched an internal investigation and dismissed her in May this year. She earlier applied for judicial review, arguing that the bureau unreasonably refused to accept that her memory had been unclear when she gave evidence, causing her to misremember details including the route she had taken.
The case was heard in the High Court on Wednesday (10th). The applicant's side stressed that she had not deliberately concealed anything, but had simply misremembered her journey 18 months earlier. It said that experiencing pregnancy and childbirth, as well as facing heavy pressure, had affected her memory and performance during interviews. The bureau argued that she had been able to give a detailed account of the locations and times of other journeys that day and had clearly come prepared. It therefore concluded that she had deliberately provided misleading information to conceal the facts, and that the decision to dismiss her was not improper. Judge Ko Ho-man adjourned the case until February 13, 2026, for judgment.
一名前高級入境事務助理，2019 年 8 月 31 日在太子站被捕，警方翌年結案並歸還證物。公務員事務局其後展開內部調查，今年 5 月將她革職。她早前提出司法覆核，指局方無理拒納她作供時記憶模糊，以致記錯乘車路線等細節。
案件周三（10 日）於高等法院聆訊，申請方強調她並非刻意隱瞞，只是記錯 18 個月前的行程，而且因經歷懷孕分娩，又承受沉重壓力，影響記憶及會面表現。局方則指，她可仔細交代當日其他行程的地點及時間，明顯有備而來，故最後判斷她刻意提供誤導資料，以隱瞞事實，作出革職決定並無不妥。法官高浩文押後至 2026 年 2 月 13 日頒下判詞。
10 Dec 2025法庭線#7673
反恐第二案｜無罪何培欣直接向終審法院申上訴許可 據悉涉訟費及證物處理
In the second case under the anti-terrorism legislation, five of the eight defendants, including Ho Pui-yan, were found not guilty of all charges. The latest information on the Court of Final Appeal’s website shows that she has directly applied to the CFA for leave to appeal. It is understood that the appeal concerns legal costs and the handling of exhibits, and that procedurally it must be dealt with directly by the CFA.
After the verdict, Ho Pui-yan’s side applied for legal costs. High Court trial judge Chan Chung-hang said she had brought suspicion upon herself and rejected her application. Police found HK$163,000 and RMB400 at Ho Pui-yan’s residence. The court ruled that the defendant had obtained the money in the course of committing the offence and had it placed in her custody, and ordered its forfeiture.
反恐條例第二案，8 名被告中有 5 人獲裁定全部罪名不成立，包括何培欣。終審法院網頁最新顯示，她已向終院直接申請上訴許可。據悉，有關上訴與訟費及證物處理相關，而程序上需直接循終院處理。
何培欣一方在裁決後申請訟費，原審高院法官陳仲衡指她自招嫌疑，駁回其申請。警方在何培欣住所搜出 16.3 萬元港幣及 400 元人民幣，官裁斷是被告在犯案過程中取得，交由她保管，予以充公。
9 Dec 2025Yahoo#7667
立法會現任、候任議員見傳媒 老將新丁握手交談 梁君彥冀新舊議員多溝通
The election for the eighth-term Legislative Council and the second Legislative Council election since the electoral system was improved ended on 7 December. The turnout was the second-lowest on record, and 90 members were elected to the new-term Legislative Council, with their term beginning on 1 January 2026. Current and incoming members met the media on the ground floor of the Legislative Council Complex today (9 December), in the first such arrangement by the Legislative Council. Outgoing President Leung Kwan-yen thanked the current members and expressed hope that members from the current and new terms would communicate more.
第八屆及完善選舉制度後第二次立法會選舉 12 月 7 日結束，投票率是歷屆第二低，90位新一屆立法會議員產生，任期由2026年1月1日開始。一眾現任、候任議員今（9 日）在立法會大樓地下見傳媒，是立法會首次作出類似安排。即將卸任主席的梁君彥感謝現屆議員，又期望新舊議員多溝通。
9 Dec 2025集誌社#7668
宏福苑五級火｜約 800 人出席多倫多悼念活動 前消防員哽咽憶殉職同袍
The five-alarm fire at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po left at least 159 people dead and 79 injured, while 31 people remain missing. It is the deadliest fire in Hong Kong in recent decades. A memorial event was held at Memorial Community Hall in North York, Toronto, at 4:30 p.m. local time on December 6, with large numbers of Hong Kong residents in the area queuing to lay flowers. A Lennon Wall covered in messages of support for Tai Po residents was set up inside the venue. Organisers said about 800 people attended.
大埔宏福苑五級火造成至少 159 人死亡、79受傷，仍有 31 人失蹤，是本港 近數十年來，最嚴重的火災。多倫多北約克紀念堂（Memorial Community Hall）於當地時間 12 月 6 日下午四時半舉行悼念活動，大批當地港人排隊獻花；會場內設置連儂牆，貼滿市民為大埔居民打氣字句。大會表示，活動有約 800 人出席。
9 Dec 2025法庭線#7669
涉YouTube披露國安處會面內容 評論人王岸然被控妨害調查等兩罪 還押明年一月訊
Former vice convenor of the Civil Human Rights Front and current affairs commentator Wong Ngan-yin was accused of disclosing on YouTube the contents of a meeting with the police National Security Department and publishing videos with seditious intent. He was charged with “obstructing the investigation of offences endangering national security” and “knowingly publishing publications with seditious intent”. The case came before the court for the first time on Tuesday (9th). It was the first time police had used the offence of obstructing an investigation to bring a prosecution.
The prosecution applied for an adjournment to allow police to further investigate more than 2,400 videos on the defendant’s YouTube channel and 15 electronic devices seized, and opposed bail. After hearing submissions from both sides, national security law-designated judge and Chief Magistrate So Wai-tak refused bail and adjourned the case until 20 January next year for a further hearing.
前民陣副召集人兼時事評論員王岸然，被指在 YouTube 披露與警方國安處會面的內容，以及發布具煽動意圖的影片，他被控「妨害調查危害國家安全的罪行」及「明知而發布具煽動意圖的刊物」罪，案件周二（9 日）首次提堂。這是警方首次引用妨害調查罪起訴。
控方申請押後，待警方進一步調查被告 YouTube 頻道的逾 2,400 條影片及搜出的 15 個電子裝置，並反對被告保釋。國安法指定法官、總裁判官蘇惠德聽罷雙方陳詞，拒絕被告保釋，將案押後至明年 1 月 20 日再訊。
8 Dec 2025集誌社#7660
立法會選舉．經民聯｜議席減一得八席 四人直選全敗 盧偉國：功能界別做到薪火相傳
The eighth-term Legislative Council election has concluded, and political parties began outlining their election results this afternoon (the 8th). The Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong fielded 14 candidates this term and ultimately won eight seats, one fewer than in the previous term. All of its winning seats were in functional constituencies or the Election Committee constituency. The seat held by Legislative Council President and Industrial (First) representative Andrew Leung was taken over by Gorden Wing Wai Wong. However, all four of its candidates in the geographical direct elections were defeated.
第八屆立法會選舉完結，各政黨陸續於今午（8日）交代選情。經民聯今屆派 14 人出選，最終贏得八席比上屆少一席。贏得議席中，均為功能界別、選委會界別，其中立法會主席、工業界（第一）梁君彥，議席由黃永威接替；但地區直選的四人俱敗。
8 Dec 2025集誌社#7661
立法會選舉・選票分析｜統計無效選票逾 4.1 萬張 廢票率 3.12％ 創新高
The Legislative Council election has concluded, with about 1.317 million people voting and turnout reaching 31.9%, surpassing that of the previous election. The Hong Kong and Macao Office described the turnout as having “far surpassed that of the previous election”. An analysis of the voting data found that, because the number of registered voters had fallen by about 334,000 from 2021, the actual number of voters decreased by 33,000 from the previous election despite a 1.7% increase in the turnout rate. The Collective also counted the number of “invalid ballots”, finding that the number of invalid ballots in the geographical direct election was the highest in the past several elections, at more than 41,000. The “invalid-ballot rate” of 3.12% was also the highest in the past several elections.
立法會選舉結束，今屆約 131.7 萬人投票、投票率超越上屆達 31.9%。港澳辦形容「投票率大幅超越上屆」。分析投票數據，今屆選舉由於登記選民人數較 2021 年大減約 33.4 萬人，在投票率微增 1.7％ 情況下，實際投票人數反而較上屆減少 3.3 萬人。《集誌社》另統計「無效選票」數字，發現地區直選無效票是過去幾屆最多、有逾 4.1 萬張，「廢票率」高達 3.12％ 是過去幾屆最高。
8 Dec 2025集誌社#7662
立法會選舉．跌票當選｜成功連任議員 全部原區重「跌票當選」 郭偉强、陸頌雄、顏汶羽落馬 方國珊敗部變「票后」
Ng Chau-pei received more than 24,000 fewer votes, Chan Hak-kan 21,000 fewer and Li Tsz-king 18,000 fewer, but all successfully secured re-election. They were among those re-elected despite receiving fewer votes than in the previous election. Ngan Man-yu suffered a further vote decline and lost his seat, leaving the legislature.
The results of the Legislative Council election count are in. Of the 90 seats, 20 were directly elected through geographical constituencies. Christine Fong of Professional Power, who had lost five previous election attempts, won more than 50,000 votes this time and entered the legislature as the top vote-getter. She said: “There are no miracles; only accumulation leads to results.” Kwok Wai-keung and Luk Chung-hung of the Federation of Trade Unions, and Ngan Man-yu of the Democratic Alliance for Betterment and Progress, failed to secure re-election in the direct election.
A review of the figures showed that all 11 incumbent legislators who successfully won re-election in their constituencies received fewer votes. They included former top vote-getter Starry Lee of the Democratic Alliance for Betterment and Progress, who received 53,529 votes this time, down by more than 42,000 from the 95,976 votes she received in the previous election. DAB’s Holden Chow and FTU’s Chan Wing-shan also won re-election with fewer votes.
吳秋北，跌逾 2.4 萬票；陳克勤，跌 2.1 萬票；李梓敬，跌 1.8 萬票，他們成功爭取連任，但得票都不及上屆，屬「跌票當選」的一群。顏汶羽更跌票跌到「墮馬」，告別了議會。
立法會選舉點票已有結果，90 個議席當中，有 20 席是地區直選的。五度參選落敗的專業動力方國珊，今屆取得逾五萬票，以票后姿態入局。她說：「沒有奇蹟，只有累積才有成績」。工聯會郭偉强、 陸頌雄、民建聯顏汶羽三人，在直選未能連任。
翻查資料，11 位在當區成功連任的現屆議員，全部都「跌票當選」，例如昔日票后民建聯李慧琼，今屆得 53,529 票，較上屆得 95,976 票，大跌逾 4.2 萬票。民建聯周浩鼎、工聯會陳穎欣等也是「跌票當選」。
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