26 Jul 2024集誌社#3852
新區議會｜163 人獲委增選委員 宋芝齡敗部復活 黃守東、莊豪鋒六人是「二次敗部」
Seven months after the new District Councils took office following reduced direct elections, the reinstatement of the appointment system and the introduction of a “patriots” threshold, the government yesterday (25th) announced a list of 163 co-opted members. They were appointed to committees under the District Councils and have voting rights on those committees.
According to an analysis by The Collective, 27 people on the appointment list lost last year’s District Council elections, while 18 had lost the 2019 elections. Eight of them lost both of the past two elections. In other words, 37 of the 163 appointees—nearly 23%—were candidates returning after defeat, including TVB artiste Song Chi-ling and Sau Tung Wong, known as ATV’s “warm-hearted man”.
Mark Chong Ho-fung, the only candidate from Roundtable Community who successfully secured a place on the ballot in this election but lost, was appointed as a co-opted member along with two other party colleagues. The other two appointees were Jason Ka Chuen Ng and Alfred Chun Tat Chan, who had intended to run in the District Council elections but ultimately failed to secure enough nominations to get on the ballot. Roundtable Community convenor and Legislative Council member Michael Tien said the appointment list showed that the government knew the party’s team could “get things done”, and considered the appointments recognition of their colleagues’ work. Tien, who had earlier said the party was pursuing a “direct-election route”, said the methods of selection and functions of co-opted members and district councillors were not identical: co-opted members could only join through appointment and could not be elected, he said, stressing that the party’s direction had not changed.
直選被削、重啟委任制，並引入「愛國者」門檻的新區議會上任七個月。政府昨（ 25 日）公布 163 位「增選委員」名單，相關人士被委任為區議會轄下委員會的委員，並在該委員會擁投票權。
《集誌社》統計發現，委任名單中，有 27 人於去年底的區議會選舉落敗、18 人曾在2019年區選落敗。上述人士中，有八人過去兩屆選舉均落敗。換言之，163 人當中，有 37 人 ，即近 23 % 是敗部復活，包括無綫藝人宋芝齡、「亞視暖男」黃守東等。
實政圓桌在今屆選舉中唯一一名成功入閘，但選舉落敗的莊豪鋒，和另外兩名黨友共三人，獲委任為增選委員，其餘兩人則是擬參選區選，但最終無足夠提名而未能入閘的吳家俊、陳俊達。實政圓桌召集人、立法會議員田北辰表示， 委任名單反映政府知道該黨團隊「做到嘢」，認為委任屬對於同事工作的肯定。早前曾稱政黨走「直選路線」的他表示，增選委員與區議員的產生方法、功能不盡相同，如增選委員只能透過委任加入，並不能透過選舉產生，強調路線無變。
4 Mar 2024獨媒#3097
大埔區議會八節「會見市民計劃」僅會面七名市民 平均每節不足一人
The District Council’s regular Meet-the-Public Scheme involves arranging one evening each week for district councillors to take turns meeting members of the public. Following the revamp of the District Councils, the scheme was incorporated into the Guidelines on Monitoring District Councillors’ Performance. Two months on, documents from the Tai Po District Council reporting on progress showed that eight Meet-the-Public sessions had been held during the first two months, with seven residents attending, averaging fewer than one per session.
From 10 January, Tai Po District Council district councillors personally took duty at their offices and met members of the public from 6pm to 8pm every Tuesday. As of 29 February, the eight Meet-the-Public sessions had involved meetings with seven residents, one of whom had made an appointment by telephone. Issues raised by residents included public housing waiting arrangements and approval, bus frequencies, and early-morning noise in Tai Yuen Estate.
區議會恆常舉行的「會見市民計劃」，即每周安排一個晚上，由區議員輪值會見市民。「完善」區議會後，計劃列入《區議員履職監察指引》。兩個月過去，大埔區議會文件匯報進度，顯示首兩個月共舉行八節「會見市民計劃」，惟有七名市民到場會面，平均每節不足一人。
大埔區議會由1月10日起，逢星期二下午六至八時由區議員親身在辦事處當值並會見市民，截至2月29日進行的八節「會見市民計劃」，共與七名市民會面，其中一名經電話預約。市民關注的事宜包括公屋輪候安排及審批、巴士班次、大元邨清晨噪音問題等。
14 Feb 2024獨媒#2978
中西區區議會其他事項傾23條 議員稱職權包括推廣政府政策
During the previous term of the District Councils, the Home Affairs Department deemed various agenda items to be outside their powers on the grounds that they concerned territory-wide affairs. However, the situation has changed substantially following the “improvements” to the District Councils. At a meeting of the Central and Western District Council’s District Facilities and Works Committee on 1 February, a councillor sought to express “personal views” on Article 23 of the Basic Law under “Other Business” and was given approval by the chairperson, David Wing Shing Yip. The other 19 attending committee members then took turns speaking for half an hour. On whether the council had exceeded its powers, the DAB’s Jan Noel Shih said the council’s duties included enabling more members of the public to understand government policies. Appointed District Councillor Eugene Kin Keung Chan said it was appropriate to discuss the matter under “Other Business” because it was unrelated to the original meeting agenda, and that councillors also had a responsibility to support government policies.
去屆區議會，多項議程皆以涉及全港事務為由，被民政處指違違反職權。不過「完善」後的區議會，情況已大大不同。2月1日中西區區議會地區設施及工程委員會上，有議員在其他事項時望就《基本法》第23條提出「個人睇法」，獲主席葉永成批准，其餘19名出席委員更輪流發言，長達半小時。區議會是否違反職權？民建聯施永泰指區議會職責包括令更多市民知悉政府政策，委任區議員陳建強則認為在「其他事項」討論，與原有會議議程無關，認為做法適當，議員亦有責任支持政府政策。
29 Dec 2023獨媒#2749
廖成利議辦告別 指未來五年民協續參選 籲留港民主派一同等待機會
Neither of ADPL’s two candidates in this term’s District Council election held after the “improvements” managed to secure "the three committees" nomination and enter the race. With the District Council changeover approaching, ADPL chairman and Wong Tai Sin District Councillor Bruce Sing Lee Liu held a farewell ceremony at his councillor’s office on Friday (December 29). Saying “I’ll be back”, he said ADPL would transform into a “livelihood concern group” and already had a “five-year plan” to continue fielding candidates, stressing that “dissolution isn’t our option”.
Asked by The Independent Media why he was confident the government would again open participation to the pro-democracy camp, Bruce Sing Lee Liu said the political system was like a “pendulum”: “When it reaches one extreme, it will gradually move towards more reasonable arrangements.” He suggested that all democrats remaining in Hong Kong should “take their positions and do their best”, and await future opportunities together.
民協兩名參選人在今屆「完善」後的區議會選舉中，均未能取得「三會」提名入閘。區議會換屆在即，身兼黃大仙區議員的民協主席廖成利周五（12月29日）在其議員辦事處舉行告別禮，揚言「I’ll be back」，指民協將轉型「民生關注組」，並已有「五年計劃」，會繼續派員參選，強調「解散唔係我哋嘅選項」。
《獨媒》問到，為何會有信心政府會再度開放予民主派參選，廖成利指政治制度就如「鐘擺」，「去到一極嘅時候，慢慢就會去到較合理嘅安排」。他建議所有留港的民主派「各就各位、各盡所能」，一同等待未來的機會。
19 Dec 2023獨媒#2696
區議員需每年向主席交報告 包括接獲市民意見及處理個案數宇
The Government announced yesterday (19 December) the revised Standing Orders of District Councils under the revised Guidelines on the Monitoring System for District Councillors’ Performance. The detailed guidelines regulate councillors’ attendance: in addition to full council meetings, attendance at committee and working group meetings must reach 80 per cent, while councillors must attend punctually and avoid leaving meetings midway. Their offices must be open for at least 40 hours a week, and they must participate in Home Affairs Department activities at least six times. District councillors must also submit an annual work report to the chair of the District Council, namely the District Officer for the district concerned. The report must include the number of times residents’ views were received, the number of cases handled, and the issues of concern and follow-up work.
政府昨日（12月19日）公布《區議員履職監察制度指引》修訂後的《區議會常規》，當中《指引》鉅細無遺，規管議員出席率，除大會外，委員會及工作小組會議出席亦需達八成，並需準時出席及避免在會議中途離席；辦事處每周開放至少40小時；參與民政處活動至少6次等。此外，區議員需每年向區議會主席即當區民政專員提交工作報告，內容須包括接獲市民意見的次數、處理個案的數字及關注的議題和跟進工作等。
18 Dec 2023獨媒#2683
區議員履職監察指引規定出席率不可低於八成 麥美娟：不應認為「未上任先犯校規」
The new-term District Councils will introduce a performance monitoring mechanism, with some of the guidelines made public. They will require district councillors to maintain an attendance rate of at least 80% at council meetings each year. Secretary for Home and Youth Alice Mak said the mechanism was intended to enable councillors to maintain close contact with residents. However, as all candidates in this election were patriots, a reporter asked Mak about the possibility of councillors breaching the guidelines: “Do you estimate that some councillors will be disciplined?” Mak said: “They have not yet taken office, so we should not assume that they have ‘broken the school rules before taking office’. Instead, I have high expectations of our more than 400 district councillors.”
新一屆區議會設有履職監察機制，部分指引內容曝光，將規定區議員每年大會會議出席率不可低於80%。民政及青年事務局局長麥美娟稱，機制原意是希望議員能與居民緊密接觸。不過，今次選舉所有候選人都是愛國者，記者便問麥美娟，一眾區議員違反指引的機會：「係咪會有議員會被懲處呢你估計？」麥美娟就稱：「佢哋都未上任，我哋就唔好諗住人哋『未上任先犯校規』，我反而對於我哋400幾個區議員充滿期望。」
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25 Oct 2023獨媒#8530
社民連政總外抗議區選審查參選人「問三合會攞提名容易過三會」
Chief Executive John Lee today (25th) delivered the second Policy Address of his term. A five-member delegation from the League of Social Democrats petitioned outside the East Wing entrance of Government Headquarters in the morning, holding a banner reading, “Without democracy, how can there be a livelihood?” Chairperson Chan Po-ying criticised the obscure “"the three committees"” for controlling the power over the life and death of the District Councils. She said it was absurd that candidates had to undergo multiple rounds of vetting, adding that “it is easier to ask triads for a nomination than "the three committees".” She said the District Councils existed in name only.
行政長官李家超今日（25日）發表任內第二份《施政報告》。社民連一行5人早上到政府總部東翼門外請願，他們舉起寫有「沒有民主哪有民生」的橫額。主席陳寶瑩批評名不見經傳的「三會」居然操控區議會的生殺大權，她感到荒謬，參選人需要經過多重審查，「問三合會攞提名容易過三會」，她指區議會已名存實亡。
21 Oct 2023獨媒#8521
新思維稱獲「三會」成員口頭答應提名 狄志遠強調沒有受排擠
On the fifth day of the District Council nomination period, Third Side plans to field two candidates but has yet to register them to enter the race. Third Side chairman and Legislative Council member Tik Chi-yuen said members of "the three committees" had verbally agreed to nominate them, but there was still a “clear distance” to go. He said they were taking a wait-and-see approach, but Third Side would continue explaining its position and seeking nominations, stressing that he did not feel ostracised.
區議會提名期進入第五日，新思維擬派出兩人參選，但仍未報名入閘。新思維主席、立法會議員狄志遠表示，已獲得「三會」成員口頭承諾提名，但就仍有「明顯距離」，指他們持觀望態度，但會繼續解說爭取提名，強調在感覺上沒有遭受到排擠。
15 Oct 2023獨媒#8493
民協2人參選區議會 重申是愛國愛港政黨
The nomination period for the District Council elections following the “improvement” of the system will begin next Tuesday. The Association for Democracy and People’s Livelihood (ADPL) is fielding two candidates: incumbent Tuen Mun District Councillor Kenny Kai Lim Chow and secretary-general Wai Shing Kwok. They told InMedia that they had still not secured the agreement of members of “"the three committees"” to nominate them. Asked how they would convince members of “"the three committees"” that they were patriots, Wai Shing Kwok stressed that the ADPL itself is a patriotic, Hong Kong-loving political party, and that both Kenny Kai Lim Chow and Wai Shing Kwok are patriots.
「完善」後的區議會選舉提名期下周二開始，民協派出2人參選，包括現任屯門區議員周啟廉、總幹事郭偉誠。他們接受《獨媒》查詢時指，仍未獲「三會」成員答應提名。被問到如何說服「三會」成員自己是愛國者，郭偉誠強調，民協本身就是愛國愛港的政黨，自己與周啟廉亦是愛國者。
15 Oct 2023獨媒#8494
民主黨減至6人參選 主席羅健熙戰老巢南區
The nomination period for the District Council election begins next Tuesday (the 17th). The Democratic Party, which earlier announced that it would field eight candidates, announced today that it will instead field six candidates in the District Council direct elections, including party chairman Lo Kin-hei and vice-chairman Bonnie Hoi Yan Ng. Five of the six resigned during the oath-taking controversy, while the remaining candidate is Yau Tsim Mong District Councillor Leo Tsz Lok Chu, who passed the oath-taking process. Contesting the party’s Southern District stronghold, Lo Kin-hei said the decision to field six candidates was made out of respect for different views among party colleagues on whether to stand: “Everyone has different considerations, and some people may also have their own circumstances.” He also said he believed that the party colleagues contesting this time still complied with the principle of patriots governing Hong Kong.
區議會選舉提名期下周二（17日）開始，早前宣布將派8人參選的民主黨，今日宣布改派6人出戰區議會直選，包括黨主席羅健熙、副主席伍凱欣，6人中有5人均曾在宣誓風波中辭職，餘下一人則為宣誓過關的油尖旺區議員朱子洛。在老巢南區出戰的羅健熙指，改派6人因尊重各黨友對參選有不同想法，「每個人都有自己唔同嘅考慮，亦都可能有啲人會有佢自己嘅情況」，又指相信今次參選黨友仍然符合愛國者治港原則。
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