14 May 2024獨媒#3534
社工註冊局改組 成員須宣誓 損聲譽可永久釘牌 孫玉菡稱「忍無可忍」
The Labour and Welfare Bureau criticised the Social Workers Registration Board last week for five failings, and the Executive Council approved a plan to reorganise the board. Secretary for Labour and Welfare Sun Yuk-han said this afternoon that the plan has three main elements: increasing the board from 15 to 27 members, retaining eight elected seats, increasing appointed members from six to 19, and requiring all members to take an oath to uphold the Basic Law and swear allegiance to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region before taking office. At an afternoon briefing, Sun added that if a social worker is convicted of an offence endangering national security, the board will have the power to “immediately cancel” the social worker’s registration and permanently remove the person from the register, with written representations not accepted. The amendment bill will be gazetted this Friday (the 17th) and submitted to the Legislative Council for first and second readings next Wednesday (the 22nd). He stressed that the bill needed to be passed “as soon as possible”, and bluntly criticised the board: “Over the past two years [since taking office], we gave them many opportunities. We kept tolerating it, until now we can tolerate it no longer.”
勞工及福利局上周批評社工註冊局「五宗罪」，行政會議通過社工註冊局改組方案。勞福局長孫玉菡今午透露方案三大重點，包括註冊局由15人大增至27人，保留8席選任成員，由現時6名委任成員增至19席，及要求所有委員上任前宣誓擁護基本法及效忠特區。孫玉菡在下午舉行的簡介會，進一步補充如社工被裁定干犯危害國家安全的罪行，註冊局有權「當即註銷」該社工註冊，並從註冊紀錄冊中永久除名，不接納書面申述。修訂條例草案將於本周五（17日）刊憲，並於下周三（22日）提交立法會首讀及二讀。他強調條例需「盡快盡早」通過，又直白批評：「（上仼後）呢兩年畀左好多機會佢哋，一忍再忍，忍到宜家忍無可忍。」
10 Nov 2022法庭線#5699
環保署前督察宣誓簽「天日昭昭」被命退休 申覆核許可被拒 上訴再遭駁回
From the end of 2020, the government required civil servants to take an oath pledging allegiance to the Hong Kong government and upholding the Basic Law, or leave the civil service. In February 2021, a senior inspector of the Environmental Protection Department signed “Heaven bears witness” three times on his oath declaration. The authorities said he had failed to properly sign the declaration and ordered him to retire early. He challenged the decision as unconstitutional and applied for leave to seek judicial review, but permission was refused. He subsequently appealed.
Judges Au Hing-cheong and Anderson Ka Ming Chow handed down their judgment on Thursday (10th), finding that none of the appellant’s grounds had merit. They dismissed the appeal and ordered the appellant to pay the costs.
政府 2020 年底起要求公務員宣誓，效忠港府及擁護《基本法》，否則須離職。環保署高級督察 2021 年 2 月，三度在宣誓聲明上簽署「天日昭昭」，被局方指沒簽妥聲明而下令他提早退休。他質疑當局決定違憲，申請司法覆核許可但被拒，其後再上訴。
上訴庭法官區慶祥及周家明周四 (10 日) 頒下判決，認為上訴人所有理據均沒有可取之處，駁回上訴，頒令上訴人須付訟費。
29 Oct 2022獨媒#5639
曾國衞：考慮將法定團體、公共事務要職人士納入宣誓範圍
The latest Policy Address stressed implementing the principle of “patriots administering Hong Kong”. Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Tsang Kwok-wai said on radio this morning that the arrangements for public officers’ oaths were being reviewed. The government was considering bringing members of statutory bodies involving public funding and people holding key positions in public affairs within the scope of the oath requirement, but there was no timetable for now: “We’ll do it one category at a time.”
新一份《施政報告》強調落實「愛國者治港」原則，政制及內地事務局長曾國衞今早在電台表示，正檢視公職人員宣誓安排，考慮將涉及公帑資助的法定團體成員、公共事務位居要職人士納入宣誓範圍，但暫無時間表，「做得一類得一類先。」
17 Jun 2022HKFP#2094
129 Hong Kong civil servants sacked or quit after failing to take allegiance oath
Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Erick Tsang said about 180,000 other serving civil servants had signed the declaration to uphold the Basic Law, bear allegiance to and be responsible to the Hong Kong government, and be dedicated to their duties.
Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Erick Tsang said about 180,000 other serving civil servants have signed the declaration to uphold the Basic Law, to bear allegiance and be responsible to the Hong Kong government and to be dedicated to their duties.
17 Jun 2022HK01#2097
大埔區議員姚鈞豪失議員資格 議席上周一起懸空
Tai Po District Councillor Herman Kwan Ho Yiu formally lost his councillor status in the Government Gazette. He was previously sentenced to three months’ imprisonment for unlawful assembly, and after he completed his sentence, the Home Affairs Bureau raised doubts about his oath.
大埔區議員姚鈞豪在政府最新刊憲中正式失去議員資格，姚早前因非法集結被判囚三個月，服刑後民政事務局對他的宣誓存疑。
15 Jun 2022HK01#2080
18萬公務員悉數完成宣誓效忠 129人因拒絕而離開政府
A total of 129 civil servants left the government after refusing to take the oath, and all 180,000 civil servants in Hong Kong have now completed the oath of allegiance.
129名公務員因拒絕宣誓而離開政府，目前本港18萬公務員已全部完成宣誓效忠。
30 May 2022獨媒#2043
曾因反送中案入獄區議員姚鈞豪 終獲民政局安排周三宣誓
The Government arranged for district councillors across Hong Kong to take their oaths in batches last year, but Tai Po District Councillor Herman Kwan Ho Yiu was unable to participate because he was in prison and had still not received any notification after his release. Herman Kwan Ho Yiu told The Stand News that he received notification from the Home Affairs Bureau today that he would be arranged to attend an oath-taking ceremony the day after tomorrow. The officiating officer is reportedly Acting Secretary for Home Affairs Jack Jick Chi Chan. Yiu said he would not speculate on the outcome of the oath-taking, but noted that he still had many community projects he wanted to carry out. If he could not do so, he hoped that “everyone could take turns carrying them forward.”
政府去年分批安排全港區議員宣誓，但大埔區議員姚鈞豪因身在獄中未能參與，出獄後亦一直未收到有關通知。姚鈞豪向《獨媒》表示，今日收到民政事務局通知，將安排他在後日出席宣誓儀式 。據悉監誓人為署理民政事務局局長陳積志。姚表示不會預計宣誓結果，但指仍有很多社區計劃想做，又若自己做不到，「希望大家都可以接力做落去」。
24 May 2022獨媒#2023
環境督察宣誓簽「天日昭昭」司法覆核申請被拒
A senior environmental protection inspector signed the four characters “Heaven sees clearly” when signing a declaration to uphold the Basic Law and pledge allegiance to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region last year. He was regarded as having refused to sign and was ordered to take early retirement. He filed for judicial review seeking to overturn the decision. Foreign judge Ko Ho-man handed down his judgment today, finding the application wholly without merit and refusing it. The judge said “Heaven sees clearly” was a well-known phrase, the last words of Song dynasty general Yue Fei before his execution, and was a slogan rather than a signature. He also criticised more than 29 memos and documents submitted by the environmental inspector as a pile of lengthy, repetitive and archaic language and legal jargon—almost an impenetrable jungle of words. He quipped that if civil servants could keep their jobs while working in this way, it might help accelerate calls for civil service reform.
一名高級環境保護督察去年在簽署聲明擁護《基本法》和效忠特區時，簽上「天日昭昭」四字，被視為拒簽兼被勒令提早退休。他入稟申請司法覆核要求推翻決定，外籍法官高浩文今判下判詞，認為全無理據，拒絕申請。法官表示「天日昭昭」一詞為人熟知，是宋朝將軍岳飛被斬首前的遺言，是一句口號而非簽名。法官又批評環保督察逾29份便箋和文件，全是一堆冗長、重覆而古老的語言和法律用語，幾乎是一堆無法穿越的文字叢林。他謔稱若公務員這樣工作仍可保住飯碗，或者可以加快公務員改革的呼聲。
30 Nov 2021立場新聞#1709
【公務員宣誓】曾問何謂「違反聲明」遭令退休 助理稅務主任申司法覆核
An assistant taxation officer with the Inland Revenue Department was ordered to retire after asking the department whether civil servants were required to take the oath, and has filed for judicial review in the High Court.
稅務局助理稅務主任因向局方詢問公務員宣誓是否必須而遭勒令退休，入稟高院提出司法覆核。
24 Sept 2021立場新聞#1600
區議員宣誓47-人案被告劉偉聰-多名高危區議員參與宣誓-李文浩拒宣誓
District councillors from Yau Tsim Mong, Sham Shui Po, Kowloon City, Wong Tai Sin and Kwun Tong took the oath. Man Hoo Li refused to take the oath and left office.
油尖旺、深水埗、九龍城、黃大仙和觀塘區議員宣誓。李文浩拒宣誓離任
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