24 Feb 2025獨媒#4551
原定記協Plan B春茗場地逸東酒店 職員稱宴會樓層「裝修緊」
The Hong Kong Journalists Association’s fundraising spring banquet was cancelled twice in succession. Plan B for the banquet was originally scheduled to take place tonight at the Eaton Hotel in Jordan. InMediaHK visited the hotel in the afternoon and found a sticker on the lift’s button for the second floor stating: “The lift is currently temporarily unable to reach this floor. We apologise for the inconvenience.” The two banquet halls on the second floor were locked. Hotel staff told reporters, “We’re renovating,” but there were no visible signs of renovation at the scene.
香港記者協會籌款春茗晚宴連續兩度被取消，晚宴「Plan B」原定今晚在位於佐敦的逸東酒店舉行。《獨媒》下午到逸東酒店視察，升降機內的2樓按鈕，貼上印有「升降機現時暫停到達此樓層，不便之處，敬請原諒。」字句的貼紙。位於2樓的兩間宴會廳已上鎖，酒店職員則對記者稱「我哋裝修緊」，惟現場未見任何「裝修」痕跡。
20 Feb 2025集誌社#4542
記協春茗｜後備場地「未能招待」 晚宴取消 專心網上拍賣 記協主席：政治氣候蠶蝕商業市場
The Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) said on 20 March that Eaton HK notified it on 19 March that it was “unable to host” the spring gathering fundraising banquet, without providing a reason. Regal Hongkong Hotel had cancelled the booking for the event’s original venue the previous Friday (14 March), citing unstable electricity supply; the event had then been moved to a backup venue and postponed from 15 to 24 March. The HKJA said it would continue seeking new ways and spaces to meet, and would activate other contingency plans so that the spring gathering fundraising could proceed. The auction originally planned for the banquet would instead be held online. Speaking to reporters at Eaton HK in the afternoon, HKJA chair Cheng Ka-yu said the spring gathering fundraising banquet had to be cancelled. She believed other parties had pressured the hotel, saying this was not a rational commercial decision.
香港記者協會（記協）上周五（14日）被富豪香港酒店以「電力不穩」為由取消春茗籌款晚宴場地預訂，活動轉「後備場」，由原訂的 15 日，延至 24 日舉行；記協今（20日）公布，昨（19日）收到場地逸東酒店通知，對方在沒有提供原因下指「未能招待」晚宴。記協表示，「會繼續尋求新的方式和空間與各位相聚」，亦將啟動其他後備方案，讓春茗籌款能繼續舉行。而原定於晚宴現場的拍賣，會改網上進行。
記協主席鄭嘉如下午在逸東酒店見記者表示，要取消春茗籌款晚會。她認為是有其他方面向酒店施壓，因這不是一個理性的商業決定。
14 Feb 2025獨媒#4514
記協活動接二連三被取消 形容非巧合：香港人都唔係傻嘅
The Hong Kong Journalists Association was due to hold its anniversary fundraising spring banquet tomorrow evening, but was notified by the Regal Hongkong Hotel in Causeway Bay last night that the booking had been cancelled. Association chairwoman Cheng Ka-yu told reporters that the hotel initially said there had been a small explosion, but later changed its explanation to water leakage on a floor, which had caused serious damage to the electricity supply and disrupted and destabilised power on basement levels B1 and B2. On the repeated cancellation of association events, Cheng said Hong Kong people were very smart and would not believe that the cancellations occurring one after another were merely a “coincidence”: “Hong Kong people aren’t fools.” She said someone intended to prevent association members from taking part in eating, drinking and recreational activities.
The fundraising spring banquet was originally to be held in two function rooms on basement level B1 of the Regal Hongkong Hotel in Causeway Bay, with capacity for about 200 people. Cheng briefed reporters this evening, saying the association had been notified by the hotel yesterday. The hotel said in the afternoon that there had been a small explosion, but by the evening said there was water leakage on a floor, causing serious damage to the electricity supply and interrupting and destabilising power on basement levels B1 and B2. It had arranged for outsourced personnel to carry out emergency repairs and showed the association relevant photographs, but the photographs were not of the floor where the spring banquet was to be held. The association proposed postponing the event, changing the menu or even not serving food, but all the proposals were rejected.
記協原定明晚舉行周年籌款春茗，惟昨晚收到銅鑼灣富豪香港酒店通知取消預訂。記協主席鄭嘉如對記者表示，酒店初時更一度稱發生小型爆炸，及後改稱樓層漏水，導致電力嚴重損壞，令地庫B1及B2層電力供應中斷及不穩。對於記協活動接二連三被取消，鄭嘉如指香港市民很聰明，不會相信記協活動接二連三巧合地被取消為「巧合」，「香港人都唔係傻嘅」，指有人意圖令記協會員未能參與吃喝玩樂的活動。
籌款春茗原定在銅鑼灣富豪香港酒店地庫B1層的兩間宴會室進行，場地可容納約200人。鄭嘉如今日傍晚向記者交代詳情，指記協昨日接獲酒店通知，對方下午稱表示發生小型爆炸，至晚上就改稱有樓層漏水，導致電力嚴重損壞，令地庫B1、B2層電力供應中斷及不穩，已安排外判人員搶修，又向記協展示相關照片，但照片並非舉行春茗的樓層。記協曾提出改期、轉換菜式甚至不用餐，但均遭對方拒絕。
14 Feb 2025集誌社#4515
記協春茗｜酒店「電力不穩」取消預訂 現場直擊燈火通明、情人節聚會如常舉行
The Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) had planned to hold a fundraising spring gathering banquet tomorrow (15th) at the Regal Hongkong Hotel to raise funds for its operations in the coming year. The HKJA notified ticket holders this afternoon that the hotel had informed it yesterday evening that its booking had to be cancelled because of “water leakage on a floor, which led to a temporary interruption and instability in the power supply”. The banquet will be rescheduled for 24 February at another hotel.
The HKJA said hotel staff initially reported a “minor explosion” before changing their explanation to water leakage on a floor causing unstable power. The hotel rejected proposed contingency arrangements, including rescheduling the event or changing the banquet hall or menu, and the HKJA has asked for a more detailed explanation. Reporters from The Collective visited the hotel today and found that its power supply was normal and the lights in the lobby were on. Power was also normal on the B1 floor where the spring gathering had been scheduled; one of the banquet halls was hosting a Valentine’s Day gathering that evening.
香港記者協會（記協）原訂於明天（15日）於富豪香港酒店舉行春茗籌款晚宴，為記協籌募來年經費。記協今午通知已購票的人士，指昨日傍晚收到酒店方通知，因為「樓層漏水、導致電力供應一度中斷及不穩」，要取消其預訂，晚宴將改期至 2 月 24 日於另一酒店舉行。
記協指酒店職員最初曾指發生「小型爆炸」，後改口稱樓層漏水致電力不穩，即使向對方提出應變方案，如改期、更改宴會廳或菜單等，皆被拒絕，已要求對方作更詳細解釋。《集誌社》記者今日到酒店現場視察，酒店電力正常，大堂亮起燈飾，而原訂舉行春茗的 B1 樓層亦電力正常，其中一個宴會廳，今晚正在舉行情人節聚會。
14 Jan 2025Channel C#4424
記協擬2月15日辦籌款春茗 預告拍賣「極具人氣」物品 鄭嘉如稱邀請官員出席
The Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) announced yesterday (13th) that it will hold its 57th-anniversary fundraising spring dinner at the Regal Hongkong Hotel in Causeway Bay on February 15 this year, previewing that “highly popular auction items” will be offered. The HKJA wished everyone good health, success in all endeavours and peace, and said proceeds from the dinner tickets and auction would support its operations and promote the rights of journalists and press freedom in Hong Kong. HKJA chairwoman Cheng Ka-yu told the media that it plans to invite groups from different camps as well as government officials to attend the spring dinner.
香港記者協會（記協）昨日（13日）宣佈將於今年2月15日，於銅鑼灣富豪香港酒店舉行57周年籌款春茗，預告當天會有「極具人氣的拍賣品」推出。記協表示祝願大家身體健康、事事順利及平安，晚宴門票和拍賣所得收益會用作支持記協運作，以推動香港記者權益和新聞自由。記協主席鄭嘉如向傳媒表示，計劃邀請不同派別的團體以至政府官員出席春茗。
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