30 Oct 2023集誌社#8567
區選提名記｜民主黨民協未能入閘 建制派 KOL黑超哥、玄學小仙女夠提名
The nomination period for the District Council election ended today (30 November), with the Government announcing that 172 people would contest the district direct elections. The number of directly elected seats has fallen from 452 in the current 2019-term councils to 88 in the new term. In the 2023 election, candidates must obtain a total of nine nominations from members of “"the three committees"” to qualify to stand.
The Collective published statistics showing that at least 20 people who had indicated an intention to run ultimately failed to obtain enough nominations and could not qualify to submit their candidacies. The pro-democracy camp was entirely shut out, including the Democratic Party and the Association for Democracy and People’s Livelihood. Neither of the two candidates from the centrist New Prospect qualified, while only one of the five candidates fielded by the non-traditional pro-establishment Roundtable qualified.
Those who secured enough nominations included candidates from the Democratic Alliance for Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions, as well as newcomers such as pro-establishment KOL Hei Chiu Gor, whose name is Hui Man-fung, and Tse Min-ting, who describes herself as the “Feng Shui Little Fairy”.
Roundtable Legislative Council member Michael Tien said he had visited the homes of more than 200 "the three committees" members, but only 26 were willing to listen to his platform. The four candidates who failed to qualify had seven members willing to nominate them. Three of those members withdrew their nominations after seeking the opinion of the chairman of "the three committees", leaving only four nomination votes ultimately secured. Democratic Party chair Lo Kin-hei said the party had mailed information to "the three committees" members and contacted individual members. Although some candidates received individual nominations, they did not reach the threshold.
區議會選舉提名期今（30日）結束，政府公布有 172 人參選地區直選。直選議席由2019年現屆的 452 席，減至新一屆的 88 席。2023年的選舉，參選人要獲得「三會」成員、合共九個提名，才可入閘。
《集誌社》統計，至少 20 名曾表示有意參選者，但最終未能取得足夠提名，無法「入閘」報名。當中民主派「全軍盡墨」，包括民主黨和民協；中間派新思維二人都無法入閘；非傳統建制、實政圓桌出五人當中，僅一入閘。
有誰成功夠提名入閘？除了民建聯和工聯會，還有「素人」，如建制派 KOL「黑超哥」許民楓、自稱「玄學小仙女」的謝敏婷等。
實政圓桌立法會議員田北辰表示，曾家訪逾 200 名三會成員，只有 26 人願聽政綱，末能入閘的四人，共有七人願給予提名，當中三人索取三會主席意見後撤回提名，即最終只穩袋四張提名票。民主黨主席羅健熙就指，曾向三會成員郵寄資料，接觸個別三會成員，雖有參選人獲個別提名，但未達門檻。
29 Oct 2023獨媒#8562
【施政報告】楊潤雄：不認為《電檢條例》修訂對電影質素有任何直接影響
The Film Censorship Ordinance was amended two years ago to expressly require censoring officers to consider whether a film’s exhibition would be “contrary to the interests of national security”. Kevin Yeung, Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism, was asked at a press conference on the Policy Address’s policy measures today about the industry’s concerns that freedom of expression and creativity were narrowing, and whether funding alone would be sufficient to revive Hong Kong’s film industry; award-winning actor Chow Yun-fat had also raised concerns earlier. Yeung said that many good films had continued to achieve good box-office results in the two years since the amendments, adding, “I do not believe the amendments two years ago have had any direct impact on film quality.” He said he believed that, with the Government’s continued support and the industry’s participation, good films would continue to be produced for audiences in different places. A review of available information found that, since 2021, at least 22 films had had their screenings cancelled because they were not issued certificates of approval or because their directors refused to comply with requests for cuts or alterations. Some Hong Kong films, including “Stars by the Pound” and “The Sunny Side of the Island”, were screened only overseas.
《電檢條例》兩年前修訂，明文規定檢查員須考慮影片上映會否「不利國家安全」。文化體育及旅遊局局長楊潤雄今在《施政報告》政策措施記者會上，被問到業界擔憂言論自由和創意收窄、影帝周潤發早前亦提出關注，只是注資是否足以振興香港電影業。楊表示《電檢條例》修訂後，過去兩年仍有很多好電影獲得好票房，「我不認為兩年前的修訂對電影質素有任何直接影響」，相信在政府持續支持和業界參與下，會繼續為各地觀眾製作好電影。翻查資料，自2021年起，至少有22部影片因未獲發准映證或導演拒應要求刪改而取消放映；亦有香港電影如《少年》、《憂鬱之島》只在海外進行放映。
28 Oct 2023獨媒#8558
入境處拒續批工作簽證 研六四學者失中大歷史系教席
Canadian Chinese historian Ho Hiu-ching, who taught a June Fourth course at Harvard University and wrote *Tiananmen Exiles: The Voice of China’s Democracy Movement*, had been an associate professor at The Chinese University of Hong Kong since 2019. After waiting more than a year for a decision, her application to extend her work visa was formally rejected by the Immigration Department this month, immediately costing her the post. In an interview with Independent Media, Ho said she was a “very moderate” person who only wanted to conduct research and teach, but that “such a humble request as being a scholar and a teacher ultimately still comes at such a great cost,” leaving her feeling helpless about the decision. She said it was difficult to state definitively why her visa had been rejected, but believed it was related to her research and teaching. Describing it as a very typical case of “killing the chicken to scare the monkeys,” she said it would have a chilling effect on colleagues and students working on China-related issues and affect academic freedom. Ho said she had researched the subject of “exile,” only to become one of those in exile herself.
曾於哈佛大學開設六四課程、著有《天安門流亡者：中國民主抗爭的呼聲》一書，自2019年起於香港中文大學任副教授的加拿大籍華裔歷史學者何曉清，等待審批逾一年後，工作簽證延期申請於本月正式被入境處拒絕，即時失去教席。何曉清接受《獨媒》訪問，表示自己是「好溫和」的人，只想做研究和教書，惟「咁卑微作為一個學者、一個老師嘅要求，最後都要承受一個咁大嘅代價」，對決定感到無奈。她難以定言簽證被拒的原因，但估計與其研究和教學有關，形容是很典型的「殺雞儆猴」，對研究中國議題的同行和學生造成寒蟬效應，影響學術自由。何嘆自己研究「流亡」的議題，最後反而成了其中一分子。
27 Oct 2023獨媒#8546
經民聯20人戰區選 部分資深前議員不在列 盧偉國：有3條跑道
The Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong (BPA), which had not previously announced its full candidate list, held a mobilisation rally today and officially announced 20 candidates, fielding 10 each in the geographical constituencies and District Committees constituency. However, the list did not include some veteran former councillors, including former Yau Tsim Mong District Councillor Siu Tong Chan and incumbent Kowloon City District Councillor Wui Hung Cho. BPA chairman Lau Wai-kwok said explicitly: “The new District Councillors to be returned this time will come through three tracks. The third track (appointment), of course, is not the direct election and District Committees election discussed at today’s mobilisation rally.” Siu Tong Chan told Independent Media: “I’m just following the party’s arrangements.”
一直未有宣布完整參選名單的經民聯，今日終舉行集氣大會，正式公布20人名單，地區直選及地區委員會界別各派10人。不過參選名單未見部分資深的前議員，包括前油尖旺區議員陳少棠及現任九龍城區議員左滙雄等。經民聯主席盧偉國明言 「今次區議會產生新嘅區議員，係有3條跑道，第3條跑道（委任）當然唔係今日集氣大會所講嘅直選同地區委員會選舉。」陳少棠則向《獨媒》表示「都係聽黨嘅安排。」
27 Oct 2023集誌社#8547
區選提名記｜向三會拜票 資深民主派獲覆「未收到消息可否提名」
In this year’s “improved” District Council election, the “battleground” for candidates seeking nominations is no longer the streets. After the government amended the electoral system, directly elected district councillors must secure nominations from nine members of “"the three committees"” to qualify to stand. A former pan-democratic district councillor seeking a nomination sent messages to 50 acquainted committee members, receiving only five replies—all refusals. Non-establishment group New Thinking, which had spent six months preparing for the election, also encountered obstacles in seeking nominations: a candidate wrote to more than 100 committee members and cited quotations from Xi Jinping to demonstrate patriotism, but received only “verbal promises” of nominations. On the other hand, establishment candidates registered with strong momentum. The new party Hong Kong New Direction fielded five candidates, all of whom qualified to stand, while Henry Chi Hang Ma, itself a member of "the three committees", secured enough nominations to register on the first day nominations opened. How did candidates from the three camps seek nominations?
今年「被完善」了的區議會選舉，候選人爭取提名的「戰場」，不再是街頭。政府修改選制，直選的區議員，要爭取九個「三會」委員提名，才可入閘。有民主派前區議員圖爭提名，發信息給 50 個相識的委員，只獲五個回覆、但全數拒絕；非建制的新思維籌備選舉半年，也在爭取提名碰壁，候選人發信予百多位委員、引習近平語錄自證愛國，但仍只得「口頭承諾」提名。另一邊，建制派報名氣勢如虹，新政黨香港新方向派五人出選全部入閘，本身是三會成員的馬志恆，在提名首日便夠提名可「入閘」報名。三條路線的參選人，是如何爭取提名？
27 Oct 2023獨媒#8550
【施政報告】林定國稱23條立法是還舊債非新目標 有信心明年完成
The Policy Address proposes completing legislation under Article 23 of the Basic Law next year. Secretary for Justice Paul Lam Ting-kwok said at an event this morning that he was confident it could be completed: “This is something that definitely can be done, I can say that, and it is also a target that definitely needs to be completed. This is not a question of a KPI; it is a matter of an overdue piece of homework. This is not a new target—we are repaying an old debt.”
《施政報告》提出明年內完成《基本法》第23條立法，律政司司長林定國今早出席一個活動時稱，有信心能夠完成：「呢個係一定會做得到嘅事情，我可以咁講，亦都係一定需要完成嘅目標，呢個唔係一個KPI嘅問題，呢個係一個欠交嘅功課問題。呢個唔係新嘅目標，我哋係還緊舊債。」
27 Oct 2023獨媒#8551
新思維2人未能取足夠提名 決定不參與區選
The nomination period for the District Council election ends next Monday. New Thinking had planned to field two candidates but announced today that it had decided not to contest after failing to secure enough nominations. Asked about the number of nominations it had received from members of "the three committees", vice-chairman Chun Long Wong said, “We won’t say much about the number, but there is indeed still some distance to go.” He stressed that the group had received nominations and verbal commitments from members of "the three committees".
區議會選舉提名期下周一結束，新思維擬派出2人參選，但今日宣佈因未能取得足夠提名，決定不參選。記者問到，新思維已取得的「三會」成員提名數量，副主席黃俊瑯就指「數量我哋唔多講，但的確仲有一段距離」，強調曾獲得「三會」成員的提名及口頭承諾。
27 Oct 2023獨媒#8552
鄧炳強稱23條非針對老百姓及商人 「一般市民唔會做間諜、叛國」
Mainland China has passed the Patriotism Education Law. Although Hong Kong has no plans for local legislation, the government introduced a number of measures in the Policy Address to align with it, including splitting primary-school General Studies into a Humanities subject and a Science subject. The former will focus on education about national conditions and national identity. At a press conference on the Policy Address measures this afternoon, a reporter questioned whether establishing the Humanities subject would effectively make national education a separate subject and reintroduce it. Secretary for Education Christine Choi said this was a “complete misunderstanding”, as the bureau had always promoted it through both in-class and extracurricular activities and there was “no separate subject”.
內地通過《愛國主義教育法》，雖然香港未有計劃本地立法，但政府在《施政報告》推出多項「對接」措施，包括將小學常識科分拆為「人文科」和「科學科」，前者主打國情教育、國民身份認同等。在今午施政報告政策措施記者會上，有記者質疑設立「人文科」，變相是「國民教育」獨立成科並重推國教。教育局長蔡若蓮指該說法「完全誤解」，因為局方一直結合課堂內外推進，「唔存在獨立成科」。
26 Oct 2023集誌社#8540
施政報告｜高才通新增8大學 兩所被美國制裁
The new Policy Address said the university list for the Top Talent Pass Scheme would be expanded next month, with eight institutions added to bring the total to 184. The government announced the list of new institutions today, including Xi’an Jiaotong University and Harbin Institute of Technology, which were added to the US Department of Commerce’s Entity List in 2020. The Collective asked the Labour and Welfare Bureau whether the Hong Kong government had considered the relevant circumstances when expanding the list. In its reply, the bureau only repeated the contents of its press release and did not directly respond to the questions.
新一份《施政報告》提到，下月擴大「高才通」大學名單、增加 8 間院校至 184 間。政府今公布新增院校名單，當中包括在 2020 年被美國商務部納入受制裁實體清單的西安交通大學、哈爾濱工業大學。《集誌社》向勞工及福利局查詢港府擴大清單時有否考慮相關情況等，局方回覆時只重覆新聞稿內容，未有直接回應查詢。
26 Oct 2023獨媒#8543
新民黨拒提名實政圓桌 田北辰稱食兩次檸檬 形容事件是鬧劇
The nomination period for the District Council election ends next Monday. Roundtable for New Policy plans to field five candidates, four of whom have yet to secure nominations from members of “"the three committees"”. Its convener, Tik Chi-yuen, was earlier invited by New People’s Party chairwoman Regina Ip to contact the party for assistance in finding nominations. The party announced last night that, after discussion by its caucus and consultation with the views of its “"the three committees"” members, it was unable to help. Tik told Media Report this morning that he had been “rebuffed twice” and found the party’s refusal to nominate puzzling, describing the incident as a farce: “If that’s the case, what was the point of you [Regina Ip] saying that publicly in the first place?”
區議會選舉提名期下周一結束，擬派5人參選的實政圓桌，其中4人仍未取得「三會」成員提名。召集人田北辰早前獲新民黨主席葉劉淑儀邀請，稱可聯絡協助尋找提名。新民黨昨晚宣布，經黨團討論及徵詢黨內「三會」成員意願後未能協助。田北辰今早向《獨媒》表示，自己「食兩次檸檬」，對新民黨拒絕提名感到奇怪，並形容事件是一場鬧劇：「既然係咁，你（葉劉淑儀）當初公開講係為乜呢？」
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