16 Sept 2025集誌社#7314
同性伴侶關係登記｜回應立法會否決法案 特首指會研究行政措拖保障權利
The reconstituted Legislative Council rejected the Government’s Same-sex Partner Relationship Registration Bill for the first time. Executive Council member Wu Chiu-bak was absent from the vote. Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu, speaking before attending an Executive Council meeting today (16th), said the Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau would study administrative measures to protect same-sex couples’ rights according to the actual circumstances, including medical treatment and the handling of inheritances.
被完善後的立法會，首次否決了政府的《同性伴侶關係登記條例》草案、身兼行政會議成員的吳秋北缺席投票，特首李家超今（16日）出席行政會議前回應事件指，政制及內地事務局會研究用行政措拖，按實際情況，保障同志伴侶如醫療，處理遺產等權利。
14 Jan 2025光傳媒#4425
邵家臻訃聞｜立法會及港府至今未有表示 《信報》引建制人士：不應該因過往立場而例外處理
Shiu Ka-chun, the Legislative Council member for the social welfare constituency, died of stomach cancer last Friday at the age of 55. Former Labour Party legislator Cheung Chiu-hung, Fermi Wai Fun Wong, founder of an organisation, and other social welfare sector figures posted tributes, while the Hong Kong Council of Social Service also issued a statement of condolence. But four days later, neither the Legislative Council nor the Hong Kong government had issued any announcement on the death of Shiu, a former legislator, unlike past practice. The Hong Kong Economic Journal quoted pro-establishment legislators today (the 14th) as saying that the council would not treat people differently; once the family formally issued an obituary notice, the Secretariat would contact them to ask about their wishes. Another legislator said issuing an obituary notice was merely a basic step, adding that there was “no need to go that far as not even to issue an obituary notice.”
The Hong Kong Economic Journal’s political affairs column by Yu Kam-yin said the attitude of the Legislative Council, which after the electoral overhaul is led exclusively by patriots, had attracted considerable attention in political circles. The column noted that when a former legislator died in the past, the Legislative Council would generally send an obituary notice to incumbent members informing them of the details of the funeral and other memorial arrangements. The Legislative Council Secretariat would also send a wreath on behalf of all legislators to pay tribute to the deceased.
立法會社福界議員邵家臻上周五不敵胃癌離世，終年55歲。前工黨議員張超雄、融樂會創辦人王惠芬等社福界人士均發文悼念，社會服務聯會亦有發聲明致哀。但事隔4日，立法會及港府仍未就邵家臻這位前議員病逝發表任何公告，有別於過往做法。《信報》今（14日）引述建制派議員指出，議會不會「大細超」，待家屬正式發訃聞後，秘書處便會聯絡家屬詢問意向。另一位議員則表示，發訃聞只是基本動作，「無需去到咁盡，連訃聞都唔發」。
《信報》政情專欄「余錦賢」指出，改制後清一色由愛國者擔大旗的立法會，對邵家臻逝世的取態，深受政界關注。專欄提到，以往有前議員身故，立法會一般都會向現任議員發訃聞，告知喪禮等悼念儀式詳情，立法會秘書處亦會代全體議員，向逝者贈花圈致意。
6 Nov 2024集誌社#4206
盛事基金｜批款「超支」？三年撥款近兩億資助 17 項目 近半獲批資助上限 $1500 萬
The Government has in recent years actively promoted the “mega-event economy”. It established the Cultural and Arts Events Fund last April; two of the funded events, Chubby Hearts and the Mou Lam Sing Mou Carnival, have been involved in controversies over conflicts of interest. Executive Council Convenor and Legislative Council member Regina Ip raised a written question in the Legislative Council today (6th), noting that the Government said in 2022 that the scheme would allocate $60 million annually through the fund to support four events. However, the number of events exceeded four in 2023 and 2024. She questioned why the number of events and the funding exceeded the budget, and how the authorities would report the matter to the Legislative Council.
According to the reply from Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism Kevin Yeung, the fund approved 17 projects over the past three years, with funding totalling as much as $198 million. In other words, the number of events and the funding had already exceeded the annual budget of $60 million for four events. Yeung did not directly respond on the reporting mechanism, saying that the original plan to fund “at least four events” was “budgetary in nature”. He also said the Government was “pleased” that many events had applied after the fund was launched, which was in line with the fund’s objective.
政府近年積極推廣「盛事經濟」，在去年四月成立文化藝術盛事基金（下稱基金），其中獲資助的 Chubby Hearts、武林盛舞嘉年華皆涉利益衝突爭議。行政會議召集人兼立法會議員葉劉淑儀今（6日）在立法會提書面質詢，提到政府在 2022 年指計劃每年撥款 6000 萬元透過基金資助四項活動，但在 2023 和 2024 年有關活動已超過四項，質疑數目和撥款為何超出預算，當局如何向立法會匯報。
根據文體旅局局長楊潤雄回覆，基金過去三年批准 17 個項目，資助額高達 1.98 億元；換言之，活動數目和資助額，早已超出當年每年撥款 6000 萬、辦四項活動的預算。楊潤雄未有直接回覆匯報機制，指最初規劃時資助「最少四項活動…屬預算性質」，又指政府「樂見」基金推出後不少活動提出申請，符合成立基金的目標。
6 Apr 2024獨媒#3315
教育局：未就「應科大」數量及成立時間表設硬指標
Last year’s Policy Address announced plans to establish universities of applied sciences. After the Education Bureau announced the application requirements in February this year, Hong Kong Metropolitan University formally became the first university of applied sciences in March. The Legislative Council Panel on Education discussed the matter on Friday (April 5). Deputy Secretary for Education Jeff Chun Fai Sze said the authorities had not set hard targets for the number of universities or the timetable for their establishment.
去年施政報告宣布推動成立「應用科學大學」（應科大），教育局在今年二月公布申請條件後，香港都會大學在三月正式成為首間「應科大」。立法會教育事務委員會周五（4月5日）討論，教育局副局長施俊輝指當局未有就數量及成立時間表設立硬指標。
25 Mar 2024獨媒#3239
大黨游說再押後垃圾徵費 梁熙稱疫情失去3年 盧偉國倡等埋焚化爐
Ming Pao’s political column today quoted sources as saying that opposition to waste charging was strong in the Legislative Council, and that the scheme might be shelved on 1 August. The Legislative Council’s Panel on Environmental Affairs met in the afternoon, with two “major parties” in the council offering the government a “way out”. Democratic Alliance for Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong legislator Leung Hei said the pandemic had caused the government to “lose three years” and that proceeding as scheduled would be “extremely difficult”. Lo Wai-kwok, chairman of the Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong, suggested waiting until the “I·PARK” incineration facility began operation next year before introducing the scheme. Secretary for Environment and Ecology Tse Chin-wan repeatedly reiterated that the government was “determined” to implement it, saying the trial scheme was intended to “genuinely see” the public’s mood and feelings before making further arrangements. He did not say explicitly whether the scheme would be postponed, but said that even with a legal framework, it did not mean that it had to be followed “regardless of the circumstances”.
《明報》政情專欄今日引述消息稱，立法會內反對垃圾徵費的呼聲甚高，不排除垃圾徵費在8月1日「泡湯」。立法會環境事務委員會下午開會，兩個立法會「大黨」為當局提供「下台階」，例如民建聯梁熙稱疫情令政府「唔見咗3年」，堅持如期推行將「非常困難」。經民聯主席盧偉國更建議，不如等待「I·PARK」焚化設施明年啟用才推行。環境局局長謝展寰多次重申「有決心」推行，透過試行計劃「真心想睇吓」市民的心情和感受，再做部署。他無明言是否延期，但指即使有法律框架，不代表「不論任何情況都要跟住」。
14 Mar 2024獨媒#3169
倡「重建」輔仁文社舊址百子里公園為愛國紀念區 議員稱文件出錯、僅加設展板
The Government proposed launching patriotic education in last year’s Policy Address. All 20 Central and Western District councillors proposed installing signs promoting patriotism at six parks or leisure sites in the district to provide “patriotic inculcation education”. One proposal suggested rebuilding Pak Tsz Lane Park in Central, the site of the Furen Literary Society, one of the bases of the 1911 Revolution, and adding a “patriotic memorial area” commemorating more than 70 years since the founding of New China. The Leisure and Cultural Services Department said it was open to the proposal and willing to explore its feasibility, but noted that “if the design or use of existing facilities is to be changed, various considerations would be required”.
政府在去年《施政報告》提出展開愛國主義教育，中西區全體20名區議員提出在區內6個公園或休憩處加設宣傳愛國主義的告示板，進行「愛國熏陶教育」，其中建議重建辛亥革命基地之一的輔仁文社所在的中環百子里公園，增設「新中國創立70多年的愛國紀念區」。康文署表示對有關建議持開放態度，並樂意探討其可行性，但指「如要改變現有設施的設計或用途，需作多方面的考量」。
10 Mar 2024Channel C#3147
23條立法｜政府強烈譴責香港自由委員會基金會 恫嚇中央和特區官員
The Legislative Council Bills Committee on the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance continued its scrutiny of the bill today (10th). The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region said in a statement today that it strongly condemned the anti-China organisation Hong Kong Freedom Committee Foundation for openly calling on the United States to impose so-called “sanctions” on central government and HKSAR officials, particularly those involved in the legislation under Article 23 of the Basic Law, and for vilifying and smearing the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance Bill.
立法會《維護國家安全條例草案》委員會今日（10日）繼續審議草案內容，香港特區爭取今日發聲明指，強烈譴責反華組織「香港自由委員會基金會」公然要求美國對中央和特區官員，特別是參與《基本法》第二十三條立法官員，實施所謂「制裁」，並污衊抹黑《維護國家安全條例草案》。
23 Feb 2024獨媒#3026
立法會財委會1分鐘通過98億「簡約公屋」撥款 田北辰稱滿意政府答覆故「轉軚」
The Legislative Council Finance Committee this afternoon (23rd) approved the approximately HK$9.837 billion funding for the second batch of Light Public Housing without discussion, a recorded vote or opposition. As the Public Works Subcommittee had already rejected discussing the funding today last month, the Finance Committee approved it by a show of hands without officials present or discussion; the entire “deliberation” took about one minute. Michael Tien of Roundtable, who had previously called the decision not to hold a discussion a “strange phenomenon”, explained before the meeting this morning why he had changed his stance and supported the funding, saying he was satisfied with the government’s replies to his questions about transport in his constituency and aircraft noise.
立法會財委會今午（23日）在無討論、不記名、無人反對下，全數通過第二批「簡約公屋」約98.37億元撥款。由於上月的工務小組上已否決於今日進行討論，故財委會是在無官員出席、無討論下舉手通過，「審議」全程僅約1分鐘。曾質疑毋需討論為「奇異現象」的實政圓桌田北辰，今早會前特意交代他為何「轉軚」支持，原因為滿意政府回覆他就當區交通及飛機噪音的質詢。
26 Jan 2024獨媒#2889
政府申注資10億元 增一帶一路獎學金名額
Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu proposed in last year’s Policy Address an additional HK$1 billion injection into the Government Scholarship Fund to increase the number of Belt and Road Scholarship places to 150. The Legislative Council’s Finance Committee discussed the proposal today (26th). Several lawmakers said they did not understand why the Hong Kong government was seeking the injection during a fiscal deficit and when the scholarship fund had a surplus. Election Committee constituency lawmaker Lai Tung-kwok said the Education Bureau had used a six-page paper to apply for HK$1 billion, with only one paragraph explaining the financial arrangements, describing it as “so simple as to be astonishing”.
特首李家超去年在《施政報告》提出，向「政府獎學基金」額外注資10億元，以增加「一帶一路獎學金」名額至150人，立法會財委會今（26日）討論議案。多名議員對港府在財赤時期，兼獎學基金有盈餘下，仍要申請注資10億元表示不解。選委會界別議員黎棟國更指，教育局用6頁文件申請10億元，當中只有1段文字交代財政安排，直斥「簡單到令人震驚」。
17 Jan 2024獨媒#2824
謝偉俊質疑「小紅書治港」政制局否認厚此薄彼稱「同等重視」
Hong Kong society is tending towards a “one-colour” landscape, while more of the dissatisfaction with Hong Kong is coming from mainland visitors. Legislative Council member Starry Lee? Wait, 謝偉俊 is Paul Tse, not Starry Lee. Need correct. He raised a written question in the Legislative Council, saying mainland internet users had complained about Hong Kong through Xiaohongshu, with some arguing that “criticising Hong Kong has now become politically correct”. He said that after being criticised, the Hong Kong government had responded quickly and prominently. Tse said many members of the public had pointed out that various local views—including calls to suspend Mandatory Provident Fund contributions, remove the cooling measures and provide tax refunds—had not received equal attention for a long time, easily creating the impression that the government favoured some over others, or even that Xiaohongshu was “governing Hong Kong”. The Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau said that the government “attaches equal importance” to views expressed on both local and mainland social media.
香港社會趨向「清一色」，對香港不滿意見較多反而來自內地訪港旅客。立法會議員謝偉俊在立法會提出書面質詢，指內地網民透過「小紅書」投訴香港，更有「現在噴香港已經是一種政治正確了」的論述。而港府「被噴」後，卻迅速並高調回應。謝偉俊指不少市民反映，多項本地意見，例如停供強積金、撤辣、退稅等惠民措施卻遲遲未獲同等重視，容易令人產生厚此薄彼，甚至「小紅書治港」的觀感。政制局回應稱無論本地或內地社交媒體提出的意見，政府「都同等重視」。
Translations are supplied by the source workbook. Consult the original reporting for context.
