20 Sept 2025HK01#7343
首長責任制第二級調查 楊何蓓茵稱不涵警隊 涉退休官未答如何罰
The latest Policy Address proposed introducing a “heads of departments accountability system” to address the “administrative accountability” of civil servants at various levels, with a two-tier investigation mechanism. Speaking at a policy press conference, Secretary for the Civil Service Ingrid Yeung Ho said the existing Public Service Commission Ordinance does not cover the police force. As a result, the “second level” for investigating serious issues would not cover the police force, while the first level would still apply.
Asked whether penalties such as salary reductions would still be imposed if an investigation involved retired officials, Yeung did not directly respond. She said that if problems accumulated in the government over time, an investigation might involve civil servants who had only recently retired. She stressed that the purpose of establishing a civil service assessment mechanism was to ensure departments properly carried out their duties and resolved problems as soon as possible, rather than allowing problems to accumulate for many years before becoming apparent.
新一份《施政報告》提出增設「部門首長責任制」，以處理各級公務員的「行政問責」，機制設有兩級調查機制。公務員事務局局長楊何蓓茵出席政策記者會時表示，現行《公務員敍用委員會條例》不涵蓋警隊，所以調查嚴重問題的「第二級別」將不涵蓋警隊，至於第一級別則仍然適用。
被問到如調查過程中涉及退休官員，是否仍會作扣薪等懲處，楊何蓓茵未有正面回應，僅稱若政府出現日積月累的問題，調查或牽涉剛退休的公務員，強調訂立公務員評核機制，是希望各部門做好份內工作，有問題要盡快解決，「唔會將問題積咗好多年之後顯然出嚟先發生」。
27 May 2025獨媒#6832
警隊新一代通訊系統取消招標改直接購買 稱涉「最新地緣政治風險」
The police told the Legislative Council two years ago that they planned to develop a next-generation communications system based on 5G. Before applying for funding, the Security Bureau had already stated that, in the interests of national security, the core network and base stations would be built by the Government. The authorities have now said that, because the project is related to the Police Force’s daily law enforcement and directly affects national security, the Force considered it necessary to raise its security and reliability requirements “based on the latest geopolitical risk assessment”. It therefore decided to cancel the tender and instead procure the system directly from a service provider that is “reliable and meets the service requirements”. The system’s non-recurrent expenditure has been reduced from 5.2 billion to about 2 billion.
The Security Bureau submitted a paper to the Legislative Council’s Panel on Security Affairs setting out the latest progress on the next-generation communications system. The authorities plan to apply to the Finance Committee for funding in June this year. If funding is approved, the contract is expected to be awarded within this year, the first phase of services to be rolled out from mid-2027, and the system to be fully operational in December 2030.
警方前年向立法會透露計劃開發新一代通訊系統，建立一套以5G為基礎的新一代通訊系統。保安局未申撥款已事先表明，因應國家安全，核心網絡及基站將由政府興建。當局又有最新說法，指由於項目關係警隊日常執法，直接影響國家安全，「基於最新的地緣政治風險評估」，警隊認為有必要提高安全性和可靠性要求，決定取消招標，改用直接購買方式向「穩妥和符合服務要求」向服務供應商進行採購。系統的非經常性開支由原預算52億元減至約20億元。
保安局向立法會保安事務委員會提交文件，提及新一代通訊系統的最新進度，當局計劃今年6月向財委會申請撥款；若獲得批出撥款，預期可在今年內批出合約，於2027年中開始推出首階段服務，並在2030年12月全面投入服務。
21 May 2025HK01#6809
警方無人機巡邏周五試行 西九及邊界先行 最終目標築天網防罪案
The Police will launch a pilot scheme for deploying small drones on Friday (23rd), shifting from using them on demand to taking proactive action. The first phase will run for three months in the Border Police District and Kowloon West Region, with drones equipped with functions including thermal imaging and night vision used for patrols.
Responding to concerns about privacy and safety requirements, Superintendent Ko Chung-ying of the Major Events and Search Division said drones operating in urban areas would patrol at positions more than 60 metres above the highest point in the area and would be fitted with parachutes to prevent them from falling. Property management offices in designated areas would be notified and banners would be put up to inform residents about a week before patrols began.
Ko Chung-ying said the second phase of the drone programme could begin as early as the fourth quarter of this year in places including The Peak and Cheung Chau. The ultimate goal is for every police district to be able to use drones for patrols, turning them into a “Sky Net”.
警隊周五（23日）將推出小型無人機行動調配先導計劃，從以往按需求使用變為主動出擊，首階段在邊界警區及西九龍總區推行，以配備熱像儀及夜視鏡等功能的無人機巡邏，為期3個月。
就私隱及安全要求的關注，警隊大型活動科重點及搜查組警司高仲英表示，市區無人機將於區域最高點的60米以上位置巡邏，並設置降落傘防無人機墜落，巡邏約一星期前會通知指定區域的物管處及貼上橫幅通知居民。
高仲英透露，最快今年第四季將開展第二階段於山頂及長洲等地的無人機計畫，最終目標為每個警區都可使用無人機巡邏，將其變為「天網」。
3 Jan 2025明報#4384
獨立書展參觀者遭截查 警：伙食環打擊阻街
More than 20 publishers have held community reading activities since last week at the former site of Mount Zero Books on Tai Ping Shan Street in Sheung Wan and at nearby shops. Uniformed police officers patrolled and stopped people nearby throughout the seven-day event. On Monday (December 30 last year), officers entered a shop, warned that objects were obstructing the street and recorded the identity card details of a volunteer minding the shop. FEHD and the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department also visited the site.
Yesterday, the final day of the event, a reporter observed the area at around noon. A number of people who had visited the bookshops were stopped after leaving and asked to produce their identity cards, including former Hong Kong Journalists Association chairperson Chris Kin Hing Yeung. The reporter was also asked to produce an identity card after raising a camera to take photographs.
The police said they had conducted a joint operation with FEHD in Central since late December to combat shops illegally extending their operating areas. FEHD said no relevant situation had been found during the operation. The Electrical and Mechanical Services Department said it had received a report through the 1823 hotline and inspected an electricity box at the bookshop on Tuesday (December 31), finding no problems.
The police did not provide the total number of people stopped and searched near No. 6 Tai Ping Shan Street on successive days, or the reasons. Under Section 54 of the Police Force Ordinance, police officers may stop and search a person whose conduct is suspicious or where there are reasonable grounds to suspect that the person has committed or is about to commit an offence.
20多間出版社上周起在上環太平山街見山書店原址及附近店舖舉辦社區閱讀活動，7日期間都有軍裝警員附近巡邏及截查，周一（去年12月30日）有警員進店警告有物件阻街及抄下看店義工身分證，另食環署及機電署人員也曾到場。
食環指行動中未發現
昨日為活動最後一天，本報記者約中午到場觀察，不少到訪書店市民離開後被截查及要求出示身分證，包括記協前主席楊健興。記者舉起相機拍攝，也被要求出示身分證。
警方回覆本報說，警方與食環署自12月下旬於中區採取聯合行動，打擊店舖非法擴展營業範圍。食環署稱，行動中未有發現相關情况。機電署回覆，收到市民經1823熱線舉報，周二（31日）到書店檢查電箱，無發現任何問題。
機電署稱接舉報 無發現問題
至於連日在太平山街6號附近截停搜查的總人次及原因，警方則未有提供資料。根據《警隊條例》第54條，警務人員可在任何人行動可疑或有合理懷疑已經或即將干犯任何罪行，可截停搜查。
23 Nov 2024Now#4281
首10個月錄59宗太空油案 警方研引入「試紙」測試可疑人士
Commissioner of Police Chris Tang said 59 cases involving space oil were recorded in the first 10 months of this year, and that police would study introducing test strips for officers to test suspected persons on the spot during patrols.
警務處處長蕭澤頤指，今年首10個月錄得59宗涉及太空油的案件，會研究引入「試紙」，警員巡邏時即場測試可疑人士。
7 Jul 2024獨媒#3788
團體被「國安搵上門」後取消遊行 簡啟恩：如犯法問話警誡是天經地義
Since the implementation of the National Security Law for Hong Kong and the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance, marches have almost disappeared, with one group cancelling its march after being interviewed by national security officers. Kan Kai-yin, Deputy Commissioner of Police responsible for national security, said that before 2019, police would interview and communicate with march organisers to facilitate deployment, which he considered “absolutely only natural, or reasonable, lawful and justified”. He said some people “demonised” national security officers coming to their doors, portraying themselves as victims being suppressed in the hope that more people would join the march. He said that if the National Security Department believed someone might commit an offence under the national security law, it would not stand by, and that questioning, cautioning and requiring cooperation were only natural. He said whether people came out to march and demonstrate was not the police’s concern, but they should assess for themselves whether doing so posed a risk to them.
Kan Kai-yin also said that if members of the public were simply expressing their views, this “might not be ‘soft resistance’” and “there is no problem however many times you come out”. However, if they were found to have the aim of overthrowing the government and inciting hatred against it, “once these elements are present, its nature has changed”.
《港區國安法》及《維護國家安全條例》實施後，遊行活動近乎絕跡，有團體亦因被國安約談而取消遊行。負責國家安全的警務處副處長簡啟恩表示，警方在2019年前都會與遊行主辦者約談溝通，目的是方便部署，「我覺得呢個絕對係天經地義，或者合情合法合理」。他認為，有人將「國安搵上門」「妖魔化」，將自己塑造成受害人、被打壓，目的是希望更多人參與遊行。他指，若國安處認為有人有機會干犯國安法，不會坐視不理，認為問話、警誡及要求配合是天經地義，「佢哋唔出嚟遊行示威，絕對唔關我哋事，佢哋出唔出嚟遊行示威，佢哋自己都要評估下佢哋有冇風險。」
簡啟恩又稱，若市民單純表達意見「未必是『軟對抗』」，「你出嚟幾多次都無問題」，惟被發現有推翻政府和煽動憎恨政府的目的，「有呢啲原素存在就變咗質㗎啦」。
27 Feb 2024獨媒#3049
警方全港裝閉路電視 未來擬引入偵測車牌、辨認恐佈分子功能
The police plan to install 2,000 CCTV cameras this year, saying they are intended to deter street violence and serious crime. Fifteen sets of cameras will first be installed in Mong Kok next month to test the technology. The cameras will not initially have tracking capabilities, but the addition of facial-recognition technology in future has not been ruled out. Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung told the Legislative Council’s Panel on Security today that, in the next phase, the police hope the system can count crowds, automatically check licence plates, detect fights and even identify suspected terrorists for counter-terrorism operations. The DAB’s Kennedy Ying Ho Wong expressed concern over whether the footage could be used to issue traffic tickets or catch people crossing the road improperly. Tang said explicitly that the system was not intended for issuing traffic tickets, but disclosed that the police were considering cameras specifically targeting traffic violations, such as vehicles parked on double yellow lines for a prolonged period.
警隊計劃今年安裝2,000部閉路電視，稱要阻嚇街頭暴力及嚴重罪案，將於下月在旺角先裝15組鏡頭測試技術，鏡頭暫時無追蹤功能，但不排除將來加裝人臉辨別技術。保安局局長鄧炳強今在立法會保安事務委員會透露，下階段警方希望系統可以統計人流、自動檢查車牌、偵測打鬥，甚至執行反恐行動辨認目標恐佈分子。民建聯黃英豪關注影像會否用來「抄牌」或捉人亂過馬路，鄧炳強明言系統並非用於「抄牌」，但透露警方正考慮專門打擊交通違例的鏡頭，例如車輛長時間泊雙黃線。
22 Feb 2024獨媒#3021
警隊選定18區615個位置設閉路電視 「現階段」暫無追蹤功能
The Government previously announced that 2,000 CCTV cameras would be installed across Hong Kong. In a paper submitted to the Legislative Council, the Security Bureau said the cameras would be distributed across 615 locations in the 18 districts. The Police will install 15 sets of cameras in Mong Kok next month for technical testing, with formal installation in other districts beginning in the middle of the year. The Security Bureau said the CCTV cameras would be installed in public places with “higher crime rates and greater pedestrian flows”, with the aim of safeguarding public safety and enhancing crime prevention and detection. It also said the cameras would only capture public areas and “do not have a tracking function at this stage”. Commissioner of Police Raymond Siu Chak-yee previously said the possibility of adding facial-recognition technology to CCTV cameras in the future could not be ruled out.
政府早前公布會在全港安裝2,000部閉路電視。保安局向立法會提交文件，指鏡頭將分布於18區的615個位置，警隊將於下月在旺角安裝15組鏡頭進行技術測試，年中開始正式在其他區安裝。保安局稱閉路電視將安裝於「罪案較高、人流較多」的公眾地方位置，目的是保障公共安全，加強防罪滅罪成效；又指鏡頭只會拍攝公眾地方範圍，「現階段並無追蹤功能」。警務處處長蕭澤頤早前曾稱，未來不排除加設有人臉辨別技術的閉路電視。
6 Feb 2024獨媒#2946
警方確認通緝周庭 未回答國安處要求北上是否屬實
A press conference at which police reviewed Hong Kong’s overall security situation in 2023 was originally scheduled for last week but was postponed until today after the government published its consultation document on Article 23. Reporters again asked about former Demosisto member Chow Ting and former Studentlocalism convenor Chung Hon-lam, both of whom had said they were invited by the National Security Department to travel to the mainland. Chow said she had obtained her passport in exchange for a “mainland tour”. Asked about the legal basis for “travelling to the mainland in exchange for a passport”, Deputy Commissioner of Police Kan Kai-yin only confirmed that Chow was wanted, and again criticised her as “shameful” for fleeing to evade responsibility, saying she would be pursued for life unless she surrendered.
警隊回顧2023年香港整體治安狀況的記者會原定上周舉行，由於政府公布23條諮詢文件而押後至今日。有記者再追問，前香港眾志成員周庭及前學生動源召集人鍾翰林均曾表示，曾被國安處邀請回內地，其中周庭更是以「內地遊」換取護照。被問到「北上換護照」的法律理據何在，警務處副處長簡啟恩僅確認周庭被通緝，並再以相同套路批評周庭畏罪潛逃「羞恥」，除非自首否則終生追捕。
3 Feb 2024獨媒#2932
23條立法後會否增加人手？ 蕭澤頤：涉高度機密不便透露
The Government has launched a one-month consultation on legislation under Article 23 of the Basic Law. Asked whether the Police Force would establish a new department after the legislation, or whether the National Security Department would enforce the law and receive additional manpower, Commissioner of Police Chris Tang said the matter involved sensitive information and was highly confidential: “We are not in a position to disclose it here.”
政府推出《基本法》第23條立法諮詢，諮詢為期一個月。被問到在23條立法後，警務處會否增設新部門，或是由國安處執法及增派人手。警務處處長蕭澤頤表示，由於涉及敏感資料，屬高度機密：「我哋就唔方便喺呢度透露。」
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