20 Dec 2025明報#7716
大埔宏福苑五級火 | 出席殉職消防員路祭被指衣著花巧 大埔民政專員致歉
Firefighter Ho Wai-ho, who died in the Tai Po Wang Fuk Court five-alarm fire, was given a funeral with the highest honours by the Fire Services Department yesterday (19th). His coffin was taken first to the fire scene and then to Sha Tin Fire Station, where he had been stationed, for memorial and farewell ceremonies. Tai Po District Officer Hau Man (1974) Chan attended the memorial procession in a black-and-white patterned dress and was criticised by netizens for wearing attire that was too flashy.
The Home Affairs Department said on social media today (20th) that the Tai Po District Officer and her team had been handling the follow-up work with dedication, but that her choice of clothing at yesterday’s memorial procession had drawn public attention. The Tai Po District Officer expressed her sincere apology, stressing that she extended the highest respect and deepest condolences to Fire Services Department Senior Fireman Ho Wai-ho, posthumously promoted, who died in the line of duty. She said she would continue to handle the follow-up work at Wang Fuk Court properly.
在大埔宏福苑五級火殉職的消防員何偉豪，消防處昨（19日）為他舉行最高榮譽喪禮，靈柩先後到達火場及其生前駐守的沙田消防局，舉行路祭與告別儀式，大埔民政專員陳巧敏穿黑白花紋連衣裙出席路祭儀式，被網民批評穿著太花巧。
民政事務總署今（20日）在社交平台發文，稱大埔民政專員和團隊一直盡心盡力處理善後工作，但昨日於路祭儀式上的衣着選擇引起大家關注，大埔民政專員由衷致歉，強調對英勇殉職的消防隊目（追授）何偉豪致以最崇高的敬意和深切的哀悼，未來會繼續做好宏福苑的善後工作。
19 Dec 2025集誌社#7710
宏福苑五級火｜政府首引《建管例》解散宏福苑法團管委會 委任華懋旗下公司管理
After the five-alarm fire at Wang Fuk Court, owners face complex issues including the way forward for repair works and insurance claims. The current and former chairmen of the owners’ corporation were earlier arrested by the Independent Commission Against Corruption. The government today (19th) invoked Section 31 of the Building Management Ordinance for the first time, applying to the Lands Tribunal to dissolve the management committee of the existing Wang Fuk Court Owners’ Corporation and appoint Hap On Management Limited, a subsidiary of the Chinachem Group, as the appointed manager to assist the estate’s owners in handling post-fire management and follow-up matters. Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs Alice Mak Mei-kuen said she was concerned about whether the current management committee had the ability to safeguard the owners’ interests in dealing with the various complex matters.
宏福苑五級火過後，業主要面對維修前路、保險索償等複雜問題，現屆及舊有法團主席早前都被廉政公署拘捕。政府今（19日）首引《建築物管理條例》第 31 條，向土地審裁處申請，解散現有宏福苑業主立案法團的管理委員會，委任華懋集團旗下合安管理有限公司為委任管理人，協助宏福苑業主，處理火災後各項管理和後續事宜。民政及青年事務局長麥美娟表示，關注現屆法團管委會是否有能力就各複雜事宜，保障自己權益。
13 Nov 2025明報#7529
立法會選舉｜政府聯電子傳媒選舉前夕於西九辦大匯演 市民將可免費入場
The Legislative Council general election will be held on 7 December. The Government will join seven electronic media organisations in staging the large-scale outdoor variety gala “United, Vote, Create the Future Mega Show” at the West Kowloon Cultural District on the eve of polling, with the aim of conveying a message of unity and hope and encouraging members of the public to support the election. Admission will be free, with details of ticket distribution to be announced later.
The Government held a press conference today to announce details of the gala. It will be held at 8pm on 6 December at Bamboo Garden in the West Kowloon Cultural District, bringing together performances from different fields and combining traditional and innovative elements, including singers’ performances, large-scale dance and magic shows.
To encourage voters to support the election, the Government has also adapted entertainer Aaron Kwok’s song “Strong” into “United in Heart, Vote to Create the Future”. About 70 people from the entertainment industry, including Cally Kwong and Alan Tam, took part in the recording. The song will be played on major platforms from today.
立法會換屆選舉12月7日舉行。政府將聯同7間電子傳媒，於投票日前夕於西九文化區舉行大型戶外綜藝晚會「同心‧投票‧創未來大匯演」，期望傳遞團結及希望的信息，鼓勵市民支持選舉。市民將可免費入場，派發入場券詳情稍後公布。
政府今舉行記者會公布匯演詳情。大匯演將於12月6日晚上8時於西九文化區竹翠公園舉行，將匯聚不同領域的表演，融合傳統及創新元素，包括歌手表演、大型舞蹈及魔術表演。
為鼓勵選民支持選舉，政府亦將藝人郭富城的歌曲《強》改編成《同心投票創未來》，由約70名演藝人士參與演唱，包括鄺美雲、譚詠麟等。歌曲今日起會在各大平台上播放。
11 Nov 2025集誌社#7523
陳嘉信授勳｜原獲頒銀紫荊 周六授勳典禮「被缺席」 政府：購水紀律調查未有結果
Chan Ka-shun, the former Director of Government Logistics who was embroiled in a controversy over the government being duped in a water purchase, was included in this July’s honours list and awarded the Silver Bauhinia Star. The investiture ceremony will be held on Saturday (15th). In response to media enquiries today (11th), a government spokesperson said a disciplinary inquiry into the drinking-water procurement incident was under way. Pending its outcome, Chan Ka-shun would not be included in the attendance list for the investiture ceremony, and the government had informed him.
捲入政府買水被呃風波的前政府物流服務署署長陳嘉信，今年七月已在授勳名單內，獲頒授銀紫荊星章，頒授典禮周六（15日）舉行。不過，政府發言人今（11日） 回應傳媒查詢指，正就採購飲用水事件作紀律調查，未有結果前，勳銜頒授典禮出席名單，將不包陳嘉信，政府已知會了他。
20 Oct 2025集誌社#7440
公僕水患｜鑫鼎鑫文件「樂百氏」變「百氏」 物流署助「釐清」 屢違約不退貨 審計署指需確認有否人為失誤 財庫局：紀律調查
The Government Logistics Department purchased bottled water worth HK$52.9 million from Xin Ding Xin Trading and was duped into receiving counterfeit water. After completing an audit, the Audit Commission said it was necessary to ascertain whether human error was involved in at least four matters. During the tender process, the Logistics Department had discovered that the manufacturer’s company seal provided by Xin Ding Xin read “Baishi” rather than “Robust”. The department only asked Xin Ding Xin to “clarify” the matter, after which the company “corrected” it. The Audit Commission said this was clearly a sign of fraud, and that the Logistics Department had fallen short by neither contacting Robust for verification nor reporting the matter to law enforcement agencies. In addition, Xin Ding Xin repeatedly breached the contract, with more than 20 bureaux and departments having lodged complaints, but the Logistics Department “never returned the goods”. The Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau said it had invited Administrative Officer Staff Grade A1 Alice Yim Lau to conduct a disciplinary investigation into the human lapses identified in the Audit Commission’s recommendations.
政府物流服務署以 5290 萬元向鑫鼎鑫商貿買樽裝水，被呃得到冒牌水，審計署完成審核，指最少在四事宜需確認有否人為失誤，包括招標時，物流署曾揭發，鑫鼎鑫提供製造商公司印章為「百氏」而非「樂百氏」，物流署只向鑫鼎鑫「釐清」，對方其後「改正」。審計署認為，這明顯是詐騙跡象，物流署沒聯絡樂百氏核實，也沒向執法部門舉報，有所不足。此外，鑫鼎鑫屢次違約，逾 20 政策局及部門曾投訴，但物流署「從不退貨」。財經事務及庫務局表示，已邀請首長級甲一級政務官劉焱，就審計署建議書內點出的人為疏漏，進行紀律調查。
8 Oct 2025集誌社#7402
垃圾收費｜埋單最少花 2.64 億元 拒公開指定袋合約金、銷售開支：涉商業資料未能透露
The Environment and Ecology Bureau announced at the end of last month that waste charging would “continue to be suspended”. Secretary for Environment and Ecology Tse Chin-wan said that understanding public sentiment demonstrated that the authorities were “doing their utmost to discharge their responsibilities”. Over the past four years, the government has spent at least $264 million promoting the policy. The Collective had earlier asked the government about expenditure on designated bags, designated labels and sales. The bureau replied that the matter had been handled in accordance with the contract terms and procedures, but details could not be disclosed because they “involved the commercial information of individual suppliers”. As for the 170 million designated bags, whose production cost was about $74 million, the authorities also did not disclose how many had been distributed or the current inventory, saying only that they were used for publicity and education and provided for use by government departments.
環境及生態局上月底公布「繼續暫緩」垃圾收費，局長謝展寰說掌握民情體現了當局「盡力履行責任」。過去四年，政府花費最少 2.64 億元推動政策，《集誌社》早前追問政府有關指定袋、指定標籤、銷售等開支數目；局方回覆指已據合約條款和程序處理，但由於「涉及個別供應商商業資料」未能透露詳情。至於生產成本約 7400 萬元的 1.7 億個指定袋，已派多少個、目前庫存為何？當局亦未透露數字，僅稱用於宣傳教育、提供予政府部門等使用。
6 Oct 2025集誌社#7395
簡約公屋｜小欖項目爆螺絲擅被剪短 承辦商三項目同涉結構裝置問題 建築署調查：與組件質素無關
In mid-September, screws on brace plates connecting to the core wall at the Lok On Pai Light Public Housing project in Siu Lam, Tuen Mun, were suspected of having been cut short without authorisation. The Buildings Department announced today (6th) that it had found further issues involving structural installations carried out on site at three Light Public Housing projects—the Siu Lam project, Yan Po Road in Tuen Mun, and Sheung On Street in Chai Wan—by the On Po–Chun Gou Joint Venture. The department has formed a dedicated task force to investigate, stressing that the incident was unrelated to the quality of the modular assembly components and instead involved on-site work procedures. It said it would pursue the responsibility of the parties concerned in accordance with the contract terms.
Secretary for Housing Ho Wing-yin said at a Legislative Council meeting today that the problems were discovered through proactive inspections by the department, demonstrating that the system was effective, and that all the issues were “remediable”. Director of Buildings Lee Kiu-yin said the department inspected the three projects and found that six per cent of the 4,000 screws examined had been cut short, while the connection holes in a further 20 per cent of the steel plates had been enlarged.
屯門小欖「樂安排」簡約公屋 9 月中，爆出連接核心牆的撐板，有螺絲疑被擅自剪短醜聞。建築署今（6日）公布，發現涉事承建商安保－俊告聯營在小欖、屯門欣寶路及柴灣常安街三個「簡約公屋」項目，有更多「現場安裝的結構裝置問題」。署方已成立專隊調查，強調事件與組裝合作組件質素無關，而是涉及現場工序問題，又指將按合約條款追究涉事方責任。
房屋局長何永賢今出席立法會會議時，指問題由署方主動巡查發現，證明制度行之有效，涉事節目皆「可補救」；建築署署長李翹彥則指署方巡查三項目，檢視 4,000 粒螺絲發現其中 6% 被剪短，另有兩成鐵板連接孔被擴大。
6 Oct 2025獨媒#7396
政府連日派員巡查橋咀島 保護珊瑚傳單僅印繁體及英文
Sharp Island was nearly overrun during the National Day holiday, prompting concern over ecological damage. The government sent staff to inspect the island on Saturday (the 4th), but said they had “not seen anything unusual”; the beach had been cleaned and it believed visitors’ behaviour would not have a major impact on the coral areas. The Stand News visited the island today and found personnel from various departments conducting inspections and distributing leaflets. The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department distributed its 2013 Code of Conduct for the Protection of Hong Kong’s Coral Areas, whose content was in Traditional Chinese and English. Asked whether it would be able to distribute Simplified Chinese leaflets before the Golden Week holiday, the department said it was producing publicity materials in multiple languages—Traditional and Simplified Chinese and English—and would launch them as soon as possible.
橋咀島於十一國慶假期幾乎淪陷，破壞生態引起關注，政府周六（4日）已派員到島上視察，不過結果是「見唔到特別情況」，沙灘已回復潔淨，並相信遊客行為對珊瑚區不會有大影響。《獨媒》今日登島視察，各部門人員均在現場巡查及派發單張，其中漁護署派發2013年的保護香港珊瑚區守則，不過內容為繁體中文及英文。本網向漁護署查詢會否趕及在黃金周前派發簡體中文單張，署方回覆指正製作多語言（繁簡中文和英文）的宣傳品，會儘快推出。
1 Oct 2025HK01#7380
林智遠：短期內交審計報告草稿 是否涉問責「不便透露」
Following a drinking water controversy involving the Government, the Audit Commission conducted a review of the procurement tendering process at the request of the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau. The Audit Commission earlier said its investigation into the Government’s tendering process for procuring bottled drinking water was largely complete and that it had begun drafting a management letter.
The Director of Audit, Nelson Chi Yuen Lam, was asked today (1st), after attending a National Day reception hosted by the HKSAR Government, whether the report’s contents involved holding anyone accountable. He said it was inconvenient to disclose and that he needed to communicate with different departments.
政府發生飲用水風波，審計署應財經事務及庫務局要求，就今次採購招標過程審查。審計署早前稱對政府採購樽裝飲用水招標過程的調查工作大致完成，已着手撰寫管理建議書。
審計署署長林智遠今日（1日）出席特區政府舉辦的國慶酒會後，被問及報告內容是否涉及有人被問責？他指不便透露，要與不同部門溝通。
26 Sept 2025明報#7359
中國承認伊珠麗為美國駐港總領事
Julie Eadeh, formerly head of the political section at the US Consulate General in Hong Kong and Macau, has succeeded Hanscom Smith as the new Consul General in Hong Kong and Macau and arrived in Hong Kong earlier to take up her post. The HKSAR Government announced in the Gazette today (26th) that China recognises Julie Eadeh as the US Consul General in Hong Kong.
曾任美國駐港澳總領事館政治部主管的伊珠麗（Julie Eadeh）接替梅儒瑞出任新任駐港澳總領事，早前已抵港履新。特區政府今日（26日）刊憲公布，中國承認伊珠麗為美國駐港總領事。
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