9 Sept 2025Yahoo#7277
談囚友更生計劃成效 鄧炳強舉唐英傑為例：「佢而家成個人思想改變晒」
The Correctional Services Department established the Lap Tak Academy two years ago with funding from the Hong Kong Jockey Club to provide diploma courses for inmates. At today’s (9th) Legislative Council meeting, a legislator asked how the Government assessed the role played by the Lap Tak Academy. Secretary for Security Chris Tang cited Tong Ying-kit, the first person convicted under the National Security Law, as an example, saying that “his whole outlook has changed now” and that he “deeply regrets the immature actions he took at the time.”
“Helping Inmates with Radical Ideas Establish Correct Values”
The Legislative Council’s Panel on Security met today (9th) to discuss the rehabilitation services provided by the Correctional Services Department for inmates. Secretary for Security Chris Tang attended the meeting and outlined the effectiveness of various rehabilitation programmes. On behavioural and thought rectification, he said that in recent years a number of people involved in serious offences and holding radical ideas had been admitted to correctional institutions. In response, the Correctional Services Department launched the “Reason Along the Way” Programme according to inmates’ rehabilitation needs. It focuses on three directions: understanding Chinese history and strengthening national education; psychological and values restructuring; and career planning and the restoration of family relationships, with the aim of helping inmates who committed offences because of radical ideas establish correct values.
懲教署兩年前在馬會資助下設立「立德學院」，為在囚人士提供文憑課程。在今日（9 日）的立法會會議上，有議員質詢政府如何評估「立德學院」所發揮的作用。保安局局長鄧炳強舉出國安法首名入罪人士唐英傑做例子，指他「而家成個人思想改變晒，對當日未成熟嘅做法非常後悔」。
「助激進思想囚友建立正確價值觀」
立法會保安事務委員會今日（9 日）開會討論懲教署為在囚人士提供的更生服務，保安局局長鄧炳強出席，交代各項更生計劃的成效。其中「行為及思想矯正」工作方面，他指近年不少涉及嚴重罪行及思想激進人士被收納入懲教院所，有見及此，懲教署因應在囚人士的更生需要， 推出「沿途有『理』」計劃，致力按三大更生方向，分別為認識中國歷史及加強國民教育、心理及價值觀重整，以及生涯規劃及家庭關係重修，協助因激進思想而犯罪的在囚人士建立正確的價值觀。
8 Sept 2025集誌社#7272
選委會補選｜預算 2.33 億 3534 人票選 21 席 平均每席 1100 萬、每票 6.6 萬元
The by-election was held to fill 93 vacancies among the 1,500 members of the Election Committee. The members will nominate candidates for, and vote to elect 40 members of the Election Committee constituency in this year’s December Legislative Council election. Of the 93 vacancies, 72 candidates from 22 subsectors were elected uncontested, while 28 candidates contested 21 seats across six subsectors. A total of 3,534 people voted in the by-election. Based on the budgeted expenditure of HK$233 million, the average cost was more than HK$11 million per seat and nearly HK$66,000 per vote.
Asked whether the election was cost-effective, Electoral Affairs Commission Chairman Justice Lok Kai-hong said that although only six subsectors involved contests for 21 seats, the by-election was in fact required to fill 93 vacancies, with 10 people also needing to go through the nomination process. He said that during preparations, the authorities had to assume that all subsectors would require elections, so some expenditure, such as venue bookings, could not be avoided. He added that the Registration and Electoral Office would later provide details of the actual election expenditure.
今次補選為填補 1500 人中的 93 個議席空缺，將在今年 12 月立法會選舉提名參選人、投票選出 40 名選委會界別議員。93 個議席中，72 名、來自 22 個界別分組的候選人已自動當選，另有 28 名候選人競逐 6 個界別分組的 21 席。補選最終有 3534 人投票，選出 21 議席，以預算開支 2.33 億元計算，平均每席花逾 1100 萬元、每票近 6.6 萬元。
被問及選舉是否符合成本效益，選舉管理委員會主席陸啟康指，雖然只有 6 個界別要競逐 21 議席，但補選實際要填補 93 個席位，其中 10 人亦需經過提名程序填補；而籌備期間「要當所有界別都需要選舉」故部分開支如預訂場地是無法避免，又指選舉事務處稍後將交代今次實際選舉開支。
20 Aug 2025獨媒#7185
選委會補選下月7日舉行 有自動當選者未提供個人照、政綱等資料
The Election Committee election will be held on the 7th of next month. Of the 28 sectors requiring by-elections, 72 candidates in 22 sectors have been returned uncontested. The remaining 28 candidates in six sectors will contest 21 seats. The Electoral Affairs Commission has uploaded the candidates’ profiles. However, in the sector for representatives of Hong Kong members of relevant national organisations, where 27 candidates were returned uncontested, some candidates did not provide election platforms, while others did not include photographs. Among the candidates who provided platforms, some used identical platforms.
選委會選舉將於下月7日舉行，28個需補選的界別中，有22個界別合共72名候選人自動當選。餘下6個界別28名候選人，將競逐21個席位。選管會已上載各候選人簡介，不過27名候選人自動當選的「有關全國性團體香港成員的代表」界別，有候選人未有提供政綱，更有人未有附上相片。提供政綱的候選人中，亦有人採用同一政綱。
1 Aug 2025獨媒#7130
吳秋北昨稱被曾國衞「威脅」支持同性伴侶替代框架 今午道歉認表述過火、由衷敬佩對方
The Legislative Council Bills Committee has completed scrutiny of the Same-sex Couples (Registration of Relationships) Bill, which will resume its second reading later. Several pro-establishment parties have said they do not support it. Stanley Ng, an Executive Council member and Legislative Council member, said in a social media post last night that Chris Tang, the Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs, had “threatened” him that he must back and help steer the bill through, “otherwise he would bear the consequences”.
At 10.40pm last night, Ng wrote that “Secretary Tang met me again this morning regarding his bill. He has been truly persistent, almost pleading!” Ng accused Tang of “threatening” him that he must back and help steer the bill through, “otherwise he would bear the consequences”. This afternoon, Ng said that “the wording I used about Secretary Tang in last night’s post went too far”: “I hereby apologise! I sincerely admire the Secretary’s dedication and sense of responsibility!”
立法會法案委員會早前已完成審議《同性伴侶關係登記條例草案》，稍後將恢復二讀，多個建制派政黨均表明不支持。本身是行政會議成員兼立法會議員的吳秋北，昨晚在社交網站發文稱，政制及內地事務局局長曾國衞「威脅」其必須補駕護航，「否則後果自負」。然而，吳秋北今日就稱「昨晚貼文對曾局的表述過火」：「在此表示道歉！實在局長盡心盡責的精神，我是由衷敬佩的！」
在昨晚10時40分，吳秋北發文，稱「今早曾局再次約見，就為他的法案，可謂鍥而不捨，近乎哀求！」吳秋直指曾國衞「威脅」其必須補駕護航，「否則後果自負」。
30 Jul 2025獨媒#7118
同性伴侶登記法案收6,000意見書 支持反對意見參半
The Bills Committee on the Registration of Same-Sex Partnerships Bill completed clause-by-clause scrutiny on the morning of the day before yesterday. It will next report to the House Committee, after which the bill can be scheduled for second and third readings by the Legislative Council. With the Court of Final Appeal deadline approaching, the Bills Committee decided not to hold a public hearing and instead invited the public to submit written views. After the deadline expired yesterday, the Legislative Council had received 6,000 submissions, with support and opposition each accounting for about half. This is the largest number of submissions received by a bill since the Seventh-term Legislative Council was established following its “improvement”.
Among the opposing submissions, some were signed “Hong Kong Defenders” and said traditional marriage values should be upheld. They also described same-sex relationships as undesirable Western ideas, saying Hong Kong need not accept wholesale matters that affect national security. Many submissions also said the bill contravened the National Security Law and Article 23. Chan Ho-wang, an accredited national security education instructor, said the bill contravened Article 23 and that the Government must guard against and resist the influence of undesirable culture. He also said the Hong Kong Government must adopt a bottom-line mindset, “and cannot allow people with ulterior motives to continuously challenge Hong Kong’s stable and harmonious society under the slogan of equal rights,” adding that it was necessary to set things right. Christian groups were also prominent among the opposing views, saying the Legislative Council was in a “dire situation” and urgently needed opposition. Some submissions merely stated a position without providing any explanation or reasoning.
《同性伴侶關係登記條例草案》前日早上完成逐條審議，下一步將要向內務委員會報告，再可排會期再上立法會大會二、三讀。基於終院死線臨近，條例草案委員會決定不召開公聽會，改為邀請公眾提交意見書，截至昨日期限屆滿後，立法會共上6,000份意見書，支持和反對法案的比例約佔一半。今次條例草案的意見書數目，是第七屆「完善後」立法會成立以來的最多。
在反對意見書中，部份人以「護港者」署名，稱要維護傳統婚姻價值，又指同性關係是西方不良思想，香港毋須照單全收影響國家安全的事，亦有不少意見指條例草案違反國安法及23條。其中國家安全教育認可導師陳浩泓指，條例草案違反23條，政府必須防範和抵制不良文化影響，又指港府必須要有底線思維，「不能只讓別有用心的人以平權口號不斷衝擊香港穩定和諧的社會」，又稱必須撥亂反正。反對意見亦不乏基督教團體動員，稱立法會情形「水深火熱」急需反對。亦有意見書僅表達立場，沒有附帶任何解釋理據。
24 Jul 2025獨媒#7088
《立法會議員守則》獲通過下屆適用 梁君彥指不減有心人參選意欲
The Legislative Council published the Code of Conduct for Legislative Council Members earlier this month. It allows sanctions to be imposed on members for improper conduct, ranging from a written warning to suspension from duties and deductions from pay. Members are also required not to deliberately disparage the Chief Executive or the Government’s governing authority. The new Code will apply to the next Legislative Council. The Legislative Council passed the relevant legislative amendments over two consecutive days. Asked whether the Code would frighten off people intending to stand for election, President Andrew Leung said the duties mentioned in the Code would be “very easy to fulfil” for current members and would not affect people genuinely wishing to serve the public.
In response to the new Code, the Government yesterday proposed amendments to the Legislative Council (Powers and Privileges) Ordinance. At present, members’ salaries and allowances are withheld only when they are suspended for “grossly disorderly conduct” in breach of the Rules of Procedure. After the amendments, the scope of sanctions will be expanded to cover suspension for breaches of the Code. The amendment bill was passed at third reading yesterday by 88 votes to three.
This morning, two motions proposed by Paul Tse, chairman of the Committee on Rules of Procedure, to amend the Rules of Procedure by introducing the new Code were also approved by the Legislative Council at a meeting by 88 votes to none.
立法會在月初公布《立法會議員守則》，可向議員不當行為施加處分，輕則書面警告，重則暫停職務及扣薪，而議員的責任包括不得故意貶損行政長官和政府管治威信，新《守則》適用於下屆立法會。立法會一連兩日通過了相關法例修訂，主席梁君彥被問到會否令有意參選的人被嚇怕，他認為《守則》提及的工作對今屆議員來說也「好容易做到」，不會影響有心服務市民的人。
政府昨日因應新《守則》，提出修訂權力及特權法，現時議員因違反《議事規則》中「作出極不檢點行為」而停職，才會停發薪酬和津貼，修例後處分範圍將擴闊至因違反《守則》而停職。修例草案昨以88票贊成三讀通過。
而在今早，再由議事規則委員會主席謝偉俊提出的兩項議案，修訂《議事規則》引入新《立法會議員守則》，同樣在立法會大會獲得88票贊成。
23 Jul 2025集誌社#7083
同性伴侶登記制｜法案委員會首次會議 15 委員僅葉劉淑儀表態支持 議員關注否決後果
Following the Court of Final Appeal’s ruling in the Sham Tsz Kit case, the Government submitted the Registration of Same-Sex Partnerships Bill to the Legislative Council. The Bills Committee held its first meeting today (23rd). Of the 15 committee members, only New People’s Party legislator Regina Ip explicitly said the bill should be supported, saying that a same-sex partnerships registration system would help improve Hong Kong’s image as an inclusive society. At least 12 of the other legislators explicitly opposed the bill or tended to favour handling the matter through administrative means. Holden Chow of the Democratic Alliance for Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong said he was “firmly opposed”, criticising the passage of a registration system as akin to “throwing the doors wide open”. He also said that “more matters overturning family ethical values will follow one after another, including two fathers, two mothers, and then adopting children.”
政府因應終審法院「岑子杰案」裁決，向立法會提交《同性伴侶關係登記條例草案》，法案委員會今（ 23 日）舉行首次會議。 15 名法案委員會成員中，僅新民黨葉劉淑儀一人明確表應支持議案，指同性伴侶登記制度有助改善香港包容形象。其餘至少 12 名議員明確反對，或傾向用行政方式處理，其中周浩鼎代表民建聯表明「堅決反對」，批評通過登記制如同「中門大開」，又指「更加顛覆家庭倫理價值的事會接踵而來，包括兩個爸爸、兩個媽媽再領養小朋友。」
政制內地事務局局長曾國衞重申，政府已多次強調同性伴侶登記不同於婚姻登記，權利亦有所不同，「完全兩回事」，「不能混為一談」。
16 Jul 2025集誌社#7052
同性伴侶登記制｜草案交立法會首讀、二讀 曾國衞：遇事不避難
The Same-sex Partnership Registration Bill received its first and second readings in the Legislative Council today (16th). Several pro-establishment parties had earlier stated their opposition. Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Erick Tsang stressed again today that same-sex partnerships under the Bill would not be equivalent to marriage, saying there was “absolutely no room for manoeuvre” and that the Government would not allow its policy direction to depart from the current system of one man and one woman and one husband and one wife. He said he understood that the Bill was controversial, that the current proposal was already the “greatest common denominator”, and urged legislators to scrutinise it in a rational and impartial manner.
《同性伴侶關係登記條例草案》今（16日）在立法會首讀及二讀。多個建制政黨早前表明反對，政制及內地事務局局長曾國衞今再強調，法案下的同性伴侶關係不等於婚姻關係，「絕對沒有任何轉圜的餘地」，指政府不會讓政策方針偏離現時一男一女、一夫一妻制度。他又表示明白法案具爭議性，現時方案已是「最大公約數」，籲議員以理性持平的態度審議。
8 Jul 2025獨媒#7009
房署拒出席膳心小館立法會申訴會議 議員避談
The Housing Department refused last month to renew the tenancy of the social enterprise Agape Garden’s Shek Kip Mei shop, which must move out by the 14th of this month. Last Wednesday (the 2nd), representatives of Agape Garden and several employees went to the Legislative Council to lodge a complaint. The Legislative Council Complaints Division had originally scheduled a meeting for yesterday (the 7th). However, one hour before the meeting, Agape Garden’s person in charge was suddenly informed by the Legislative Council Secretariat that it had been cancelled because the Housing Department refused to attend the discussion at the Legislative Council. The department had only given written notice that the shop must be forcibly closed on 14 July. The Housing Department told InMedia that the tenancy agreement contained no option to renew, and reiterated that the premises would be “put to other uses” and that the tenant had to move out on or before the tenancy expiry date. The Housing Department did not respond to questions about why it would not attend the meeting.
As for Legislative Council members Doreen Kong and Tik Chi-yuen, who had been due to attend the meeting, InMedia approached them at the Legislative Council yesterday for information about the incident, but they only said they were busy with work and did not respond to reporters’ questions. Kwan Ho-ming, chairman of the Legislative Council Panel on Welfare Services, also said he was busy with work and was not in a position to comment, adding that any questions could be directed to the Secretariat.
社企膳心小館石硤尾店上月遭房屋署拒絕續租，需於本月14日前遷出。上周三（2日）膳心小館代表及數名員工到立法會申訴。立法會申訴部原定昨日（7日）舉行會議，惟至開會前一小時，膳心小館負責人突然被立法會秘書處告知會議取消，指房署拒絕到立法會討論，僅書面通知7月14日須強行收舖。房屋署回覆《獨媒》指，租約上沒有選擇續約的條款，重申有關單位「另作其他用途」，承租人須於租約期屆滿日或之前遷出。房屋署並無回覆為何不出席會議。
至於曾有份出席會議的立法會議員江玉歡及狄志遠，《獨媒》昨在立法會欲向兩人查詢事件，但對方僅稱工作繁忙，未有回應記者提問。立法會福利事務委員會主席管浩鳴亦指工作繁忙，不便回應，有問題可向秘書處查詢。
3 Jul 2025HK01#6984
選管會公布選舉指引 增國安罪行為DQ條件 智方便可查選民資料
The Electoral Affairs Commission today (the 3rd) began a public consultation on proposed guidelines for activities relating to Legislative Council elections. Commission Chairman Luk Kai-hong said the guidelines had two purposes: to remind people, in simple and clear terms, of the requirements and provisions of electoral legislation; and to establish a code of conduct for election-related activities not covered by legislation, providing practical standards for formulating rules.
Luk said the guidelines were based on those for the previous Legislative Council general election, but were about 40% shorter, clearer and easier to understand, with a more coherent structure. He said the main revisions comprised 25 items, broadly grouped into four categories: revisions relating to electoral matters; the latest election arrangements; further explanations of the guidelines; and amendments to ensure consistency among the various guidelines.
選舉管理委員會今日（3日）開始就立法會選舉活動建議指引諮詢公眾。選管會主席陸啟康表示，制定指引有兩個目的，第一希望以簡單易明方式提醒大家選舉法例的要求及規定；第二是為法例未涵蓋但與選舉有關的活動訂立行為守則，提供實務標準制定規範。
陸啟康表示，指引以上次立法會換屆指引作為基礎，但文字減少約40%，清楚易明、條理更順暢。他介紹，本次主要修訂有25項，大致歸納四大類別，包括選舉事宜相關修訂、最新的選舉安排、進一步解釋指引內容、修改指引讓其他指引都有一致性。
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