28 Apr 2025獨媒#6732
工權會政總請願 促4.28定為工殤紀念日
The Industrial Accident Victims’ Rights Association petitioned outside Government Headquarters this morning, urging the authorities to designate 28 April as Workers’ Memorial Day and erect a workers’ memorial in a prominent urban location. The association’s secretary-general, Sin Man Siu, criticised the government for referring to 28 April as “World Day for Safety and Health at Work”, saying they did not agree because “safety and health can be discussed every day”. They reiterated that the importance of 28 April lies in mourning workers who have died or been injured and learning profound lessons from workers’ deaths. “How many families have been affected? We hope the government will take the lead in improving occupational safety.”
工業傷亡權益會今早到政府總部外請願，要求當局將4.28定為工殤紀念日，及在市區當眼處豎立工殤紀念碑。工權會總幹事蕭倩文批評，政府一直將4月28日稱為「世界工作安全及健康日」，但表明不認同，指「講安全講健康每日都可以講」，重申4.28的重要性是悼念工殤，並從工人死亡吸取深刻教訓，「幾多家庭受影響，希望政府帶頭做返好職業安全」。
27 Apr 2025獨媒#6731
【五一勞動節】女工會政總請願 胡美蓮指行動未受壓
With May Day approaching, groups in Hong Kong had in previous years marched to the Central Government Offices to express their demands, but such marches have not taken place since 2020. The Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions also announced recently that it would continue to suspend its march. Four days before Labour Day, the Hong Kong Women's Workers Association submitted a letter of views to the Central Government Offices today (April 27), calling on the Secretary for Labour and Welfare to engage in dialogue with grassroots women workers. A Labour and Welfare Bureau representative received the letter, while several police officers maintained order at the scene.
In March 2023, the Women's Workers Association planned to hold a march on International Women's Day and had obtained a Letter of No Objection, but abruptly cancelled it one day before the march. Police said the organisers had "weighed the pros and cons". On this year's International Women's Day, the association had also originally planned to petition at the Central Government Offices, but changed the event at the last minute to its office. Asked by InMediaHK whether the association had been "contacted" before today's action, and whether it had been told not to hold an event on May Day itself, the association's secretary-general Wu Mei-lin said: "There was absolutely none [pressure] this time." Based on past experience, she also said that it was not necessarily necessary to hold an event on the day itself. She reiterated that the key was to accommodate the schedules of women workers who wanted to express their views: "It's not about choosing one particular day; the key is whether the people who want to come can fit it into their schedules."
「五一」勞動節將至，香港過往每年均有團體遊行至政總表達訴求，惟2020年後遊行不再，工聯會日前亦宣布繼續停辦遊行。距離勞動節還有四日，香港婦女勞工協會今日（4月27日）到政總遞交意見書，促勞工及福利局局長與基層婦女勞工對話，勞福局代表接信，現場有數名警員維持秩序。
2023年3月，女工會曾擬舉辦三八婦女節遊行，並獲不反對通知書，不過在遊行前一日突取消，警方稱主辦方已「平衡利弊」。今年三八婦女節，女工會亦原訂到政總請願，但臨時改回會址舉行。《獨媒》問到今次行動前有否被「關心」，以及提示不可於五一勞動節正日辦活動。女工會總幹事胡美蓮稱「今次完全冇（受到壓力）」，過往經驗亦認為不一定需於正日舉行。她重申關鍵在於遷就想表達心聲的女工時間，「唔係要邊日定邊日，個關鍵就係想嚟嘅人係咪都就到時間。」
22 Apr 2025獨媒#6716
不滿李家超未兌現「承諾」 向政總掟雞蛋及蕃茄 男子刑毀罪上訴遭駁回
A man was convicted 30 years ago of two counts of conspiracy to defraud. After serving one year in prison, he successfully appealed to overturn the convictions. He alleged that the government had maliciously prosecuted him, causing him to develop a mental illness, lose his ability to work and become estranged from his wife and children, and repeatedly sought compensation. In May the year before last, dissatisfied that Chief Executive John Lee had not honoured a promise to respond to his litigation within 10 days, he threw tomatoes and eggs at the exterior wall of a government building. He was convicted of criminal damage and fined $3,000.
The man appealed against the conviction, arguing that throwing the eggs and tomatoes was an unavoidable means of venting his frustration, and that the soiled wall could be cleaned simply by wiping it and no property had been damaged. He also said he had previously thrown eggs and tomatoes at the Social Welfare Department but had not been prosecuted. Acting High Court judge Chun Man (OIAP) Li handed down a judgment today, holding that even without permanent damage, temporary damage to an object’s value or usefulness could constitute “damage”, and dismissed the appeal.
一名男子30年前因為兩項串謀行騙被定罪，服刑一年後上訴成功推翻定罪，男子指控政府惡意檢控，令他患上精神病、喪失工作能力及妻離子散，多次要求索償。前年5月，他不滿行政長官李家超沒有兌現10天回覆訴訟的承諾，向政府外牆掟蕃茄和雞蛋，他被裁定刑事毀壞罪成，罰款3,000元。
男子不服定罪提出上訴，指掟雞蛋及番茄是迫於無奈的宣洩，弄污牆𤩹只要一抹便可清理，不會損壞任何物件；又指曾向社署掟雞蛋及番茄，惟無被檢控。高院暫委法官李俊文今頒判詞，指就算沒有造成永久損壞，造成物件價值或用途上暫時性的損壞，亦可以構成「損壞」，駁回上訴。
20 Nov 2024明報#4266
政府總部今早被擲油漆彈 政府強烈譴責
At around 8am this morning (20th), police received a report that paint bombs had allegedly been thrown at the rear entrance of Government Headquarters near Harcourt Road. Officers found red paint and broken glass bottle fragments on a planter and the ground, covering an area of approximately 2 metres by 3 metres. The open area outside was cordoned off temporarily for further investigation. The case was classified as criminal damage. Sources at the scene said it could not be ruled out that someone had thrown beer bottles containing red paint from a height opposite the site.
今晨（20日）8時許，警方接報政府總部近夏愨道後門懷疑被人投擲油漆彈。警員到場發現花槽及地面沾有紅油及玻璃樽碎片，面積約2米乘3米，一度圍封對開空地進一步調查。案件列作刑事毁壞處理。現場消息指不排除有人由現場對開高處將載有紅色漆油的啤酒樽從高處擲下。
23 Oct 2024獨媒#4170
洪水橋首批居民年底需遷出 政總抗議促人性化安置
The second-phase works for the Hung Shui Kiu/Ha Tsuen New Development Area received funding from the Legislative Council in May this year, after which the Government began land resumption. In the first phase, 176 hectares of land were resumed and reverted to the Government on 31 August. Residents protested outside Government Headquarters this morning, saying that the earliest group of residents must move out by 6 December this year. They called for rehousing before demolition and a humane approach to handling the matter.
In May this year, the authorities announced the resumption of 176 hectares of private land in Hung Shui Kiu/Ha Tsuen for the second-phase development of the new development area. The land reverted to Government ownership on 31 August this year, affecting 1,693 households and 364 business operators. A news announcement by the Lands Department said that the first batch to move out comprised 274 households. Of these, 85 eligible households could receive rehousing or a cash ex-gratia allowance; the cases of 147 households were being processed or were awaiting supplementary information; and 42 households were ineligible.
Legislative Council member Tik Chi-yuen joined about 20 representatives of affected Hung Shui Kiu residents in petitioning outside Government Headquarters this morning. They held a banner reading “Strongly demand rehousing before clearance; adopt a humane approach and care for people’s livelihoods” and chanted slogans including “Rehousing demands are unreasonable” and “If land is resumed without rehousing villagers, they will have to sleep on the streets.”
洪水橋／厦村新發展區第二期工程於今年5月獲立法會撥款，政府隨即展開收地工作，首階段收回176公頃土地，8月31日復歸政府。有居民今早到政府總部外抗議，指最早一批居民需於今年12月6日遷走，他們要求先安置後拆遷，並人性化處理。
當局是於今年5月，宣布收回位於洪水橋／厦村的176公頃私人土地作新發展區第二期發展，土地於今年8月31日已復歸政府所有，涉及1,693個住戶及364個業務經營者。新聞公告指地政總署首批遷出的住戶涉274個，當中85個合資格住戶可獲安置或獲發現金特惠津貼、147個住戶的個案正在處理或尚待提交補充資料，42個住戶不合資格。
立法會議員狄志遠今早聯同約20位受影響的洪水橋居民代表到政府總部門外請願，他們手持印有「強烈要求 先安置後清拆 人性化顧民生」的橫額，並高呼「安置要求不合理由」、「收地不安置村民要瞓街」等口號。
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