2 Nov 2023獨媒#8590
全港一成關愛隊員因選舉停職 麥美娟讚「有承擔」 稱不影響服務
Media reports estimate that about 460 Care Team members have suspended their duties because they intend to stand as candidates in the District Council election or serve as election agents. In some neighbourhood Care Teams, half of the members have suspended their duties. Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs Alice Mak Mei-kuen said this afternoon that about 10% of Care Team members across Hong Kong had applied to the Home Affairs Department to suspend their duties. She said, however, that she believed this would not affect the Care Teams’ services. She also praised the members for having “a sense of responsibility”, saying that they not only took part in Care Team services but also “actively participated in the election”, which she considered “worthy of support”.
有傳媒統計，有約460名關愛隊成員因有意成為區議會選舉候選，或選舉代理人而暫停職務，部分「小區」關愛隊更有一半成員停職。民政及青年事務局局長麥美娟下午回應時確認，全港約有10%關愛隊員已民政總署申請暫停職務。不過她稱相信不會影響關愛隊的服務，她又稱關愛隊員「有承擔」，因不單參與關愛隊服務，還「積極參與選舉」，她認為「值得支持」。
1 Nov 2023獨媒#8585
團結香港基金訪問北京 陳智思引述夏寶龍：中央所做一切都是為了香港好
Bernard Chan, chairman of Our Hong Kong Foundation, led 15 directors and members of the management team on a visit to Beijing at the end of last month. They were received by Xia Baolong, director of the Hong Kong and Macao Work Office of the State Council, at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse for nearly two and a half hours. Chan quoted Xia as saying that the central government’s policy on “one country, two systems” would not change, and reiterated that “one country, two systems” is the best institutional arrangement for Hong Kong and Macao to maintain long-term prosperity after their returns, and must be upheld over the long term: “Since the handover, everything the central government has done has been for the good of ‘one country, two systems’ and for Hong Kong’s good.”
團結香港基金主席陳智思上月底率領15名理事及管理層訪問北京，獲國務院港澳辦主任夏寶龍在釣魚台國賓館接見近兩個半小時。陳智思引述夏寶龍的說話，指中央對「一國兩制」的政策不會變，重申「一國兩制」是香港、澳門回歸後保持長期繁榮的最佳制度安排，必須長期堅持：「回歸以來，中央所做的一切都是為了『一國兩制』好，為了香港好。」
1 Nov 2023獨媒#8587
立法會通過中大校董會改組 張宇人拒評會否罷免段崇智
After prolonged controversy, the Legislative Council passed the private bill proposed by three legislators at its third reading, with 76 votes in favour, none against and three abstentions. The number of members on the Chinese University of Hong Kong’s Council will be reduced from 55 to 34, while the number of external members will increase, changing the ratio of external to internal members to 2:1. The method of appointing the vice-chancellor will also be amended to require the support of three-quarters of the Council’s members, while the number of Legislative Council members will remain unchanged. During the debate on the Chinese University of Hong Kong Ordinance, vice-chancellor Rocky Tuan became a target of criticism. When the three legislators who proposed the bill were asked whether they would consider removing Tuan and vice-Eric Shu Pui Ng, Tommy Cheung only said that he did not know what work the Council would undertake in future.
爭議多時的中大校董會改組草案，立法會以76票贊成、無人反對、3票棄權，三讀通過由3名議員提出的私人草案，中大校董會人數將由55人減至34人，並增加校外校董人數，令校外成員與校內成員的比例改為2:1，亦修改聘任校長的方法，須經校董會4分之3成員投票支持通過；但立法會議員數目則維持不變。在整個中大條例辯論，校長段崇智成為攻擊對象，3名提出草案的議員被問會否探討罷免段崇智和副校吳樹培，張宇人僅表示不知道校董會將來工作。
31 Oct 2023獨媒#8573
區選提名期結束 非建制派全軍覆沒 羅健熙：將與黨友商討前路
The nomination period for the District Council election ended yesterday. The non-establishment camp was wiped out, with the Democratic Party, the Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood and the District Council Alliance failing to secure enough nominations to enter the election. Democratic Party chairperson Lo Kin-hei said it was “a great pity” that they could not stand for election. He will later discuss the way forward with party colleagues, including whether contesting elections remains feasible and how to continue without any councillors, before reporting back to the public.
區議會選舉提名期昨日結束，非建制派全軍覆沒，民主黨、民協及區政聯盟均未有取得足夠提名，未能報名參選。民主黨主席羅健熙對未能參選感到「好可惜」，稍後將與黨友商討前路，包括參選是否仍屬可行，及在沒有議員的情況下如何走下去，及後再向公眾交代。
31 Oct 2023獨媒#8575
廖成利：民協已進入「沙漠階段」 有信心日後區選將開放泛民參與
The nomination period for the District Council elections ended yesterday, with the non-establishment camp entirely “zeroed out”. Two Association for Democracy and People’s Livelihood (ADPL) candidates were also unable to secure nominations from members of "the three committees" and enter the race. ADPL chairperson Bruce Sing Lee Liu said the ADPL had entered a “desert phase”, describing the current district administration as resembling Shenzhen’s system. However, Bruce Sing Lee Liu said they believed the system would eventually be opened to traditional pan-democrats at an appropriate time: “I have confidence in this.” Bruce Sing Lee Liu believed traditional pan-democrats could still take part in the Legislative Council election in two years’ time, while the ADPL would decide whether to contest it depending on the circumstances.
區議會選舉提名期昨日結束，非建制派全數「清零」，民協2名參選人同未能取得「三會」成員提名入閘。民協主席廖成利稱，民協已進入「沙漠階段」，形容現時的地區行政已如同深圳的系統，但相信在適當時候會將開放予傳統泛民參與，「呢個我有信心嘅」，認為傳統泛民仍可參加兩年後的立法會選舉，民協將視乎情況是否參選。
31 Oct 2023獨媒#8576
鄭雁雄：不可能昨日反中亂港 今喊兩句口號即變「愛國者」
The government said it would help the public better understand the importance of the district council reform and held a seminar in the afternoon. Chief Executive John Lee criticised the governors of Hong Kong for completely obeying the British government and enjoying supreme privileges. He said that after the British government learned that China would resume sovereignty over Hong Kong, it substantially introduced and expanded elections, changing district council seats so that most were elected, and hurriedly implemented political reforms, “attempting to turn Hong Kong into an independent or semi-independent political entity and creating ‘loopholes’ in the district councils”. Director of the Liaison Office Zheng Yanxiong said there were “generally accepted standards” for patriots, and that in judging whether someone was a patriot, “one must listen to what they say, but even more importantly observe what they do”. He said it was “impossible for someone who was still opposing China and causing chaos in Hong Kong yesterday, or whose political group was still doing so, to transform into a patriot today just by shouting two slogans”.
政府稱要為市民更明白區議會改制後的重要性，下午舉行研討會，特首李家超批評港督完全聽命英國政府，擁至高無上特權，他稱英政府得悉中國將收回香港後，大幅引入和擴大選舉，將區議會議席變為大部分由選舉産生，急速推行政制改革，「企圖把香港變成獨立或半獨立的政治實體，令區議會產生「漏洞」。中聯辦主任鄭雁雄更言，愛國者有「公認標準」，判斷愛國者「要聽其言、更要觀其行」、「不可能昨日還在反中亂港，或者所屬政團還在反中亂港，今日喊兩句口號就搖身一變成咗愛國者」。
31 Oct 2023光傳媒#8579
區選低競爭 多敗部 6區10人爭8席 8區一半參選人曾落敗 鍾劍華：有違政治倫理
The nomination period for the first District Council election after electoral reform ended yesterday (30th). Statistics compiled by Guang Media from the nomination lists across Hong Kong’s 18 districts found low levels of competition in several districts, with the District Committee constituency seeing 10 candidates contesting eight seats and five candidates contesting four seats in different districts. Many candidates in this election were defeated in the 2019 District Council election; in the District Committee constituencies of Wan Chai and Wong Tai Sin, candidates making a “comeback from the losers’ bracket” accounted for as much as 80%. Chung Kim-wah, a Hong Kong scholar of social policy and public administration, told Guang Media that the low level of competition was expected: “There is coordination within the pro-establishment camp, and they will not sour relations.”
改制後的首次區議會選舉提名期昨日（30日）結束，《光傳媒》統計全港18區的提名名單，發現多區出現「低競爭」，多區的地區委員會界別出現「10人爭8席」、「5人爭4席」情況；而今次區選不乏2019年區選敗將參選，在灣仔和黃大仙的地區委員會界別，「敗部復活」參選人比例就高達8成。香港社會政策及公共行政學者鍾劍華向《光傳媒》表示，低競爭是預期之內，「建制派有協調、亦唔會傷和氣」。
31 Oct 2023RTHK#8580
香港本財年首6個月赤字1777億元
The Government announced that it recorded a deficit of HK$177.7 billion in the first six months of the current financial year to the end of September, mainly because major revenues, including salaries tax and profits tax, are mostly collected in the latter part of the financial year.
The Government’s total expenditure in the first six months was HK$355.6 billion, while revenue was HK$131.3 billion. Proceeds of HK$46.6 billion were received from green bonds issued under the Government Green Bond Programme.
政府公布，截至9月底，今個財政年度首6個月赤字1777億元，主要由於薪俸稅及利得稅等主要收入，均大多在財政年度後期收取。
今年首6個月政府整體開支3556億元，收入1313億元，政府綠色債券計劃下發行的綠色債券所得收入466億元。
30 Oct 2023獨媒#8563
田北辰：叩門搵近300「三會」成員、200人無應門 15人拒聽政綱
The nomination period for the District Council election ended today. Roundtable planned to field five candidates, but ultimately only one obtained enough nominations to enter the race. Legislative Council member Michael Tien said that, over six days, four candidates had knocked on the doors of a total of 288 "the three committees" members in their four respective constituencies. Of these, 200 did not answer the door, while 15 refused to listen to an introduction of the election platform after answering. Only 26 agreed to hear the platform introduction after answering the door, and seven agreed to nominate the candidates, but the candidates still failed to secure enough nominations to stand for election. Tien said he would suggest that the authorities amend the regulations to arrange meetings for District Council election candidates to meet their nominators, namely "the three committees" members. He also criticised those who refused to answer the door, saying they should no longer be appointed by the government.
區議會選舉提名期今日結束，實政圓桌擬派5人參選，但最終僅1人取得足夠提名入閘。實政圓桌立法會議員田北辰表示，4名參選人在6日內，向所屬4個選區中共288名「三會」成員叩門，當中200人無應門，另有15人在應門後拒絕聽取介紹政綱，最終只得26人在應門後願意聽取介紹政綱，當中7人答應提名，惟仍未能取得足夠提名參選。田北辰表示，將向當局修例建議，為區議會選舉參選人安排見面會，接觸提名人即「三會」成員，又炮轟拒應門的人不應再接受政府委任。
30 Oct 2023獨媒#8565
人才服務辦公室今開幕 內地專才：港生活成本與壓力沒想像中可怕
One of the key focuses of the Policy Address is attracting talent. The government has established the Talent Services Office to provide dedicated support, and its opening ceremony will be held this afternoon (30th). Officials specially arranged for talent from mainland China and France to share their experiences of coming to Hong Kong. Icy, who works in the insurance industry and is from mainland China, actively urged talent to come to Hong Kong, saying that the city’s living costs and pressures are “not as daunting as imagined”. Her remark prompted laughter from the audience. She said that, as long as people make the right trade-offs, they can still enjoy a very carefree life.
《施政報告》其中一重點是「搶人才」，政府更成立「人才服務辦公室」專責提供支援，今日（30日）下午舉行開幕禮。官方特意安排來自內地及法國的人才分享來港感受，其中來自內地、從事保險業的Icy積極呼籲人才來港，更指香港的生活成本與壓力「沒有想像中可怕」，一度引來台下一陣笑聲，認為只要做好權衡，生活照樣可以過得非常瀟灑。
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