28 Mar 2024獨媒#3282
民研公布高官民望 三名司長支持率不足5成 楊潤雄包尾
Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute released its popularity ratings for government secretaries and bureau directors today (28th), its second such survey since John Lee became chief executive. Support for Chief Secretary Chan Kwok-ki, Secretary for Justice Paul Lam Ting-kwok and Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po fell markedly to below 50%, with Paul Chan’s rating dropping by nearly 20%. Security Secretary Chris Tang Ping-keung, the “Response and Rebuttal Team captain,” who has frequently appeared in public in recent months; Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism Kevin Yeung Yun-hung, who organises “mega events”; and Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs Alice Mak Mei-kuen, who is responsible for “boosting” districts, all recorded declines. Yeung Yun-hung’s net support rating was the lowest. Tang, whose support rating ranked first last year, saw his net support rating fall by 7%, its lowest level since March last year.
香港民研今日（28日）發布政府司局長民望，為特首李家超任內第二份調查，政務司司長陳國基、律政司司長林定國及財政司司長陳茂波支持率明顯下跌至五成以下，陳茂波跌幅近兩成。近月頻頻出鏡的「應變反駁隊隊長」保安局長鄧炳強、主辦「盛事」的文體旅局長楊潤雄，及主責「提振」地區的文青局長麥美娟，全部錄得下跌，其中楊潤雄的支持度淨值更是包尾；去年支持度排第一的鄧炳強，支持淨值下跌7%，是自去年3月以來新低。
27 Mar 2024Channel C#3266
公民黨從公司名冊除名正式解散 18年歷史告終 梁家傑：也無風雨也無晴
The Civic Party, which announced its dissolution last May after no one stood to take over the Executive Committee and began liquidation proceedings, was struck off the Companies Register today (27th). This marked the formal completion of the party’s dissolution procedures and the end of its 18-year history. Responding to enquiries from this media outlet, founding member and final-term chairperson Alan Leong said: “Neither wind nor moon, nor fair weather.”
去年5月因改選執委會無人接任而宣佈解散，並啟動清盤程序的公民黨，今天（27日）在公司名冊中除名，象徵公民黨正式完成解散程序，結束18年歷史。創黨成員兼末屆主席梁家傑回應本台查詢表示：「也無風月也無晴」。
19 Mar 2024獨媒#3209
律政司前國際法律專員林美秀 下月接任平機會主席
The government has appointed a new chair of the Equal Opportunities Commission. Former Department of Justice international law specialist Linda Mei Sau Lam will succeed Ricky Chu Man-kin and take up the post on the 11th of next month. Records show that in March 2019, Linda Mei Sau Lam, then Deputy Director of International Law (Mutual Legal Assistance) at the Department of Justice, attended a press conference with then Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, Secretary for Security John Lee Ka-chiu and others, giving a “one chicken, three flavours” response to the interim report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Shatin to Central Link project, the tunnel toll adjustment proposal under the three-tunnel traffic-distribution scheme, and amendments to the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance.
Ricky Chu Man-kin, the current chair of the Equal Opportunities Commission, previously served as director of the Independent Commission Against Corruption’s Corruption Prevention Department and secretary-general of the Independent Police Complaints Council. He took office in April 2019 for a three-year term. The authorities announced in April 2022 that Chu would be reappointed as chair of the Equal Opportunities Commission for a two-year term, but no timetable for legislating against “intra-ethnic discrimination” had been set during his tenure.
政府委任新任平等機會委員會主席，前律政司國際法律專員林美秀接替朱敏健，將在下月11日履新。翻查資料，在2019年3月，林美秀當時為律政司副國際法律專員（司法互助），並與時任行政長官林鄭月娥、保安局局長李家超等出席記者會，「一雞三味」回應沙中綫工程調查委員會中期報告、三隧分流的隧道費調整方案，及修訂《逃犯條例》。
平機會現任主席朱敏健曾任廉政公署防貪處處長、監警會秘書長，他2019年4月上任，任期3年。當局在2022年4月宣布再委任朱敏健為平機會主席，任期為兩年，惟其任內仍未有就「族內歧視」訂立法時間表。
19 Mar 2024明報#3210
民建聯擬開小紅書「說好香港故事」 加強內部培訓 目標議助等每年北上一次
After changing its leadership last year, the Democratic Alliance for Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong recently streamlined its internal structure and yesterday outlined its future plans at a media tea gathering. Deputy Secretary-General Wenbin Ye said the party would make more active use of social media to share district councillors’ daily work and “good people and good deeds” in the community, and was considering opening a Xiaohongshu account. The DAB will also strengthen internal training, with a target for staff including district councillors’ aides to receive training in the mainland at least once a year.
Wenbin Ye said the party was discussing opening a Xiaohongshu account and stepping up its social-media presence. Regarding the platform’s predominantly mainland Chinese user base, Wenbin Ye said it could be used to “tell good Hong Kong stories”, such as having district councillors share the characteristics of their respective communities.
民建聯領導層去年換屆後，早前精簡內部架構，噚日與傳媒茶敘講未來計劃。副秘書長葉文斌話，該黨將更積極善用社交媒體，分享區議員日常工作及社區「好人好事」，並正考慮開設「小紅書」帳戶；民建聯亦會加強內部培訓，包括區議員助理等職員目標每年到內地至少受訓一次。
葉文斌話，內部正討論開設小紅書帳戶，加強經營社交媒體。對於用家多數為內地人，佢話可以善用平台「說好香港故事」，例如由各區議員分享所屬社區特色等。
4 Mar 2024獨媒#3093
國家安全部：香港仍有「蛀虫」蠢蠢欲動 23條是「必答題」
The BBC recently reported on Hong Kong residents’ reactions to Article 23 legislation, saying many avoided discussing it—a stark contrast to the willingness of residents to express opposition in 2003. China’s Ministry of State Security published an article today saying that Article 23 legislation is a “must-answer question” for Hong Kong’s lasting peace and stability and its development from governance to prosperity. It also said that although the national security law had become Hong Kong’s “stabilising anchor” after its enactment, the “vicious nature” of anti-China and anti-Hong Kong forces long entrenched in the city had not changed. It said “vermin” were still lurking and waiting for an opportunity to cause disorder, and that Article 23 should therefore be used to “cut off the sources of disorder”.
BBC日前報導香港市民對23條立法的反應，表示很多人避而不談，與2003年市民勇於表達反對意見呈強烈對比。內地國家安全部今日刊登文章，指23條立法是香港長治久安、由治及興的必答題，又稱雖然國安法立法後成為香港「鎮海神針」，但長期盤踞香港的反中亂港勢力「惡劣本性難移」，仍有「蛀虫」蠢蠢欲動，伺機作亂，因此要用23條「斬斷亂源」。
2 Mar 2024獨媒#3084
全國兩會下周舉行 李家超赴京、行會休會兩星期
The Two Sessions—the National People’s Congress and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference—will open next week. Chief Executive John Lee will travel to Beijing on Monday (4 March) to attend the opening session of the second session of the 14th National People’s Congress on 5 March.\n\nLee will be accompanied on his Beijing visit by Director of the Chief Executive’s Office Carol Yip Man-kuen. During the visit, he will also meet central government ministries and commissions, and witness the Hong Kong Jockey Club signing cooperation documents with the National Health Commission and the Health Bureau on strengthening health and healthcare talent training and carrying out local infectious disease prevention and response projects. Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury Christopher Hui and Secretary for Health Lo Chung-mau will also participate in the signing ceremony.
全國兩會（全國人大及全國政協代表大會）將於下周揭幕，行政長官李家超將於周一（3月4日）前往北京，列席3月5日舉行的第十四屆全國人民代表大會第二次會議開幕會。
李家超的北京之行由行政長官辦公室主任葉文娟隨行，期間亦會拜會中央部委，以及見證馬會與國家衞健委和醫務衞生局，就加強衞生健康人才培訓和開展本地傳染病預防及應對項目簽署合作文件。簽署活動亦有財經事務及庫務局局長許正宇和醫務衞生局局長盧寵茂參與。
22 Feb 2024獨媒#3020
夏寶龍晤主要官員了解「由治及興」進程成果 陳國基稱獲肯定
Xia Baolong, director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council, visited Hong Kong for seven days and left on 28 February, the day the consultation period on Article 23 legislation ended. His key itinerary this afternoon was a meeting with principal officials at the Central Government Offices. After the meeting, Chief Secretary for Administration Eric Chan Kwok-ki did not say whether the central government had given Hong Kong a “big gift”, saying only that policies offering benefits to Hong Kong would be announced in due course. Although officials had indicated that Article 23 legislation was not the focus of Xia’s visit, Chan acknowledged that the work was discussed at the meeting. He said Xia had come to Hong Kong to learn about the results and plans in the progress of advancing “from governance to prosperity”. Chan said Xia highly recognised and affirmed the work of the current-term government, and encouraged officials to unite as one.
國務院港澳辦主任夏寶龍來港考察7日，直至2月28日離開，即23條立法諮詢期結束的一天。夏寶龍今日下午的重點行程是在政總與問責官員會面，政務司司長陳國基在會面後見記者，未交代中央有否贈送「大禮」給香港，僅稱「優惠香港」政策會適時公布。雖然官方放風稱夏寶龍今趟行程重點不在23條立法，但陳國基承認會上談及23條工作，指對方親臨香港了解香港推動由治及興的進程中「成果係點呢，計劃係點呢」。他稱夏寶龍非常認可和肯定今屆政府工作，並鼓勵結團一致。
21 Feb 2024獨媒#3007
羅奇：北京應修正體系、更積極強調對香港「一國兩制」的承諾
Stephen Roach, a former “great friend of China”, former chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia and now a senior lecturer at Yale University, recently wrote in the UK’s Financial Times analysing “Hong Kong is over”. Bloomberg published an interview with him today in which he said Beijing’s top priority should be to reform its system, return the economy to the right track, address structural problems, and more actively and transparently emphasise its commitment to maintaining “One Country, Two Systems” in Hong Kong. The model had previously made Hong Kong vibrant and shaped its institutions. However, he also said Hong Kong had few choices and that it would be difficult to rebuild “the Hong Kong that everyone loved before”.
昔日中國大好友、摩根士丹利前亞太區主席，現為耶魯大學高級講師的羅奇（Stephen Roach）近日在英國《金融時報》撰文分析「香港玩完（Hong Kong is over）」，《彭博》今日再刊出其訪問，他認為北京首要做的事是修正其體系，令經濟重回正軌、解決結構性問題，並更積極及透明強調其對維持香港「一國兩制」的承諾，而「一國兩制」模式此前曾令香港充滿活力、形塑了香港的制度。不過他亦認為香港選擇不多，亦難以重建一個「大家之前所喜愛的香港」。
21 Feb 2024獨媒#3015
陳穎欣拍片批曾鈺成質疑23條多於支持 何俊賢不點名譴責博取流量
Tsang Yuet-ching, founding chairman of the Democratic Alliance for Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong and former president of the Legislative Council, earlier wrote in Ming Pao urging the government not to suppress negative commentary with an antagonistic and confrontational attitude. His remarks prompted Chan Wing-yan, a Legislative Council member of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions, to post a video criticising them as leaving people “scratching their heads” and saying they “seem to question Article 23 legislation more than support it”. DAB lawmaker Hoey Simon condemned Chan Wing-yan without naming her, saying that attacking political figures who raise concerns on behalf of the public in order to seek traffic was conduct contrary to that expected of patriots. Chan Wing-yan responded that, as a Legislative Council member, she had to stand up and rebut any malicious commentary on Article 23.
民建聯創黨主席、前立法會主席曾鈺成早前在《明報》撰文，呼籲政府切忌以敵對鬥爭的態度打壓負面評論，惹來工聯會立法會議員陳穎欣拍片批評其言論令人「搲頭」，斥「似係質疑多過支持23條立法」。民建聯何俊賢不點名譴責陳穎欣，為博取流量，攻擊為市民提出疑慮的政界人士，屬違反愛國者的行為。陳穎欣回應稱，作為立法會議員，任何對於23條的惡意評論，都必須挺身反駁。
15 Feb 2024獨媒#2983
民建聯稱62%受訪者支持港人入伍解放軍 惟不會於下月兩會提案
The DAB conducted a telephone survey last month and found that 73% of respondents agreed with strengthening contact with and understanding of the PLA, while more than 62% said they supported allowing Hongkongers to voluntarily enlist in the PLA. Asked whether he would propose allowing Hongkongers to join the PLA at next month’s Two Sessions, LegCo member Chan Yung, who is also convener of the Hong Kong deputies to the National People’s Congress, said the arrangement would be “not easy” because of “one country, two systems”. He also said many young people currently “sit too much” and have poor physical fitness, while the PLA’s physical requirements are higher than those of local disciplined services. He jokingly said young people should “at least not become strawberry soldiers”—having to hold umbrellas to conduct shooting training in temperatures of 37°C. The term “strawberry soldiers” is more commonly used in Taiwan, referring to the fruit’s inability to be touched, pressed or struck, and mocking young soldiers as having poor combat capability.
民建聯上月進行電話訪問，發現有73%受訪者認同加強接觸及認識解放軍，逾62%受訪者更表示支持容許港人自願加入解放軍。身兼港區全國人大代表召集人的立法會議員陳勇，被問會否在下月舉行的兩會提出容許港人加入解放軍，陳勇表示因為一國兩制，相關安排「不容易」。他又稱現時很多青年人「坐得多」體能欠佳，解放軍的體能要求比本地紀律部隊更高，他更笑言青年「至少唔好變成草莓兵」，在37度高溫下要擔遮才做射擊訓練。「草莓兵」一詞在台灣較常用，意思指該種水果不能碰、不能壓、不能打，揶揄年輕士兵戰鬥力差。
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