19 Nov 2024集誌社#4246
47人案判刑｜多國政要譴責 彭定康：侮辱港人 外交部：反對抹黑破壞香港法治
The sentencing of the 47 pro-democracy figures drew attention from the United States, Australia, the European Union and other Western countries, which issued statements of condemnation. Chris Patten, the last governor of Hong Kong, said in a statement that the sentences were “not only an insult to the people of Hong Kong, but also an insult to people around the world who cherish human rights and freedom”. The US Consulate General in Hong Kong and Macau also strongly condemned the sentences and called on the authorities to immediately release all political prisoners. A Foreign Ministry spokesperson firmly opposed individual Western countries using the case to interfere in China’s internal affairs and to “smear and undermine Hong Kong’s rule of law”.
Secretary for Security Chris Tang told the media after the verdicts that the overall terms reflected the seriousness of the case. He also said the authorities would study the judgment in relation to individual sentences and “consider whether to lodge an appeal”. Chief Executive John Lee said the sentences showed that the court had determined that the offences committed by the defendants were “very serious and must be severely punished”. He also said that “anti-China and anti-Hong Kong forces have used the pretexts of so-called democracy, freedom and human rights to harm and destabilise Hong Kong and subvert the state power”. The HKSAR Government would pursue the matter in accordance with the law and impose severe punishment without leniency.
民主派 47 人案判刑引起美、澳、歐盟等西方國家關注，紛發表聲明譴責。其中末代港督彭定康發聲明指，判刑「不單是對香港人的侮辱，亦是對全世界珍惜人權和自由人士的侮辱」；美國駐港澳總領事館亦強烈譴責判刑，要求當局即時釋放所有政治犯。外交部發言人則堅決反對個別西方國家借個案干涉中國內政，「抹黑和破壞香港法治」。
保安局長鄧炳強在宣判後見傳媒，指整體刑期反映案件嚴重性，又指會就個別刑期研究判詞，「考慮是否作出上訴」。行政長官李家超則指，判刑顯示法庭確定被告所犯罪行「非常嚴重，必須予以嚴懲」，又指「反中亂港勢力假借所謂民主、自由、人權藉口，禍港亂港、顛覆國家政權」，特區政府必依法追究、嚴懲不貸。
14 Aug 2024集誌社#3902
8.18 流水式集會｜彭定康批定罪不公 港府：強烈譴責惡意詆毀
In the 8.18 assembly case, Jimmy Lai, Martin Lee, Margaret Ng and four other pro-democracy figures lodged a final appeal against their convictions for participating in an assembly, arguing that the prosecution and conviction decisions undermined freedom of assembly. On Monday (12th), the Court of Final Appeal handed down its judgment and unanimously dismissed all the appeals. Former Governor Chris Patten told The Guardian that the ruling was unjust, and that the involvement of former President of the UK Supreme Court Lord Neuberger made the matter worse. The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government issued a statement today (14th) strongly condemning Patten for “maliciously denigrating” the ruling and for making wanton personal attacks on Lord Neuberger.
8.18 流水式集會案，黎智英、李柱銘、吳靄儀等7名民主派人士，就「參與集結」定罪作終極上訴，爭議檢控、定罪決定損害集會自由；本周一（12日）終審法院頒下裁決，一致駁回所有上訴。前港督彭定康接受《衛報》訪問時，批評裁決不公，前英國最高法院院長廖柏嘉參與其中令事件更差；特區政府今（14日）發聲明譴責彭定康「惡意詆毀」裁決及對廖柏嘉肆意作人身攻擊，予以強烈譴責。
19 Feb 2024獨媒#3000
【23條立法】鄧炳強連環反駁彭定康、自由亞洲電台等 轟刻意抹黑、恐嚇港人
The public consultation on legislation under Article 23 of the Basic Law ends at the end of the month. Secretary for Security Chris Tang spoke to reporters after attending a briefing in the evening, drawing on his Response and Rebuttal Team chief instincts to rebut, one after another, former Hong Kong governor Chris Patten, UK Security Minister Tom Tugendhat, Radio Free Asia and former Legislative Council member Ted Hui. He accused the four individuals and the media outlet of smearing and intimidating Hong Kong people, and reiterated that many Hong Kong residents and businesspeople welcomed the legislation.
《基本法》第23條立法公眾諮詢在月底結束，保安局局長鄧炳強傍晚出席一個講解會後見記者，發揮其應變反駁隊隊長本色，一口氣連環反駁前港督彭定康、英國保安國務大臣董勤達、自由亞洲電台，及前立法會議員許智峯，炮轟該四名人士及媒體抹黑、恐嚇港人，重申不少本港市民、做生意人士都歡迎今次立法。
22 Jul 2023獨媒#8059
譚耀宗批彭定康仍對香港「齮齮齕齕」 稱曾遭港英打壓拒借大會堂
Tam Yiu-chung, former Standing Committee member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and vice-president of the National Hong Kong and Macao Studies Association, published a new book and held a sharing session at the Book Fair on Saturday. Tam said that when he was responsible for cultural and recreational activities at the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions, he once applied to use City Hall but was refused: “We were singing and dancing, and weren’t talking about anything else, but they still wouldn’t let us. Everything was banned! Even that wasn’t allowed!” He criticised former Hong Kong governor Chris Patten for still “finding fault” with Hong Kong: “You keep talking about this and that! Look at your ancestors— even when we rented a venue, they suppressed us!”
前全國政協常委、全國港澳研究會副會長譚耀宗出版新書，周六在書展舉行分享會。譚耀宗提到，當年在工聯會負責文娛康樂活動，曾向大會堂申請場地卻遭拒批：「我哋唱歌跳舞，無講其他嘢都唔俾，都禁！咁樣都唔得！」他批評，前港督彭定康仍對香港「齮齮齕齕」：「又話呢樣嗰樣！你睇吓你啲祖宗，我哋租個場都俾佢打壓！」
22 Jun 2022信報#2119
彭定康論移民潮 港損失巨大
Chris Patten, the last governor of Hong Kong, published his new book, 《Hong Kong Diary》, yesterday, looking back on his tenure as governor. At the book launch in London recently, he criticised Beijing for completely violating the Sino-British Joint Declaration, saying that the emigration in recent years of large numbers of Hong Kong talent to the United Kingdom and elsewhere was a huge loss for Hong Kong.
末代港督彭定康昨天出版新書《香港日記》，回顧其港督生涯。他日前在倫敦出席新書發布會時批評，北京徹底違反《中英聯合聲明》，認為近年大批香港人才移民到英國等地，對香港而言是巨大損失。
21 Jun 2022HKFP#2112
Hong Kong’s last British governor accuses Beijing of ‘vengefully’ targeting city’s freedoms
In his new book, *Hong Kong Diary*, former Hong Kong governor Chris Patten recalls that, before he took office, the Chinese side had already expressed dissatisfaction to the British side over discussions about Hong Kong’s democratisation process. He also says that the recent wave of Hong Kong people moving to the UK has resulted in a loss of talent. In an interview with Agence France-Presse, he said Beijing had in recent years carried out a “retaliatory” crackdown on Hong Kong’s freedoms, and that the political upheaval began when Xi Jinping became general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee in 2012, which also made him increasingly angry.
末任港督彭定康發表新書《香港日記》，回憶就任前中方已向英方表示不滿討論香港民主化進程，亦指近年港人移英潮造成人才流失。在《法新社》的訪問中，他指近年北京對香港自由「報復式」打壓，而政治巨變亦是由2012年習近平上任中共中央總書記為啟始，也令他轉趨憤怒。
3 Dec 2020CNBC#992
Appalling’ and ‘grim’: World leaders react to sentencing of Hong Kong activists
UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, former Hong Kong governor Chris Patten, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen criticized or expressed concern about the ruling against Joshua Wong and others.
UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, former HK governor Chris Patten, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen criticized/expressed concern about the ruling against Joshua Wong & Co.
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