6 Jul 2020獨媒#7754
出版總會投訴近200「體演文出」選民 全遭駁回 團體斥濫用機制
The pro-establishment Hong Kong Publishing Federation Limited’s complaints against nearly 200 new electors in the Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication constituency were heard today at Kai Tak Community Hall. Because the notice period for the hearing was short, the parties first disputed this morning whether procedural justice had been violated. The hearing proceeded in the afternoon, when the adjudicator rejected all the objections. The organisation accused the opposing side of abusing the mechanism.
親建制的香港出版總會有限公司，投訴近200名「體演文出」新選民，今日在啟德社區會堂聆訊。由於聆訊通知期短，今早先爭拗是否違反程序公義。下午進入聆訊，審裁官全數駁回所有反對，團體斥反對方濫用機制。
6 Jul 2020獨媒#7755
近200團體被指不符「體演文出」選民資格 代表律師斥未獲通知理由違程序公義
With the pro-democracy camp seeking to win more than half the seats in the next Legislative Council, the number of registered electors in several functional constituencies has risen sharply. In the Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication constituency, registered electors increased from 2,920 in 2016 to 4,163 in 2020, a rise of 45%. The Hong Kong Publishing Federation Limited objected to the voter applications of 201 groups with the Registration and Electoral Office, and a hearing was held today. A lawyer representing several groups criticised the fact that the groups objected to had not received notices setting out the reasons for the objections, arguing that this breached procedural justice. The lawyer argued for the entire morning in court with lawyers representing the objected-to groups and the Electoral Affairs Commission.
民主派力爭於來屆立法會議席過半，多個功能組別的選民人數登記急升。其中「體育、演藝、文化及出版」界別的登記選民，由2016年的2,920人，升至2020年的4,163人，升幅達四成半。香港出版總會有限公司向選舉事務處反對201個團體選民申請，今日聆訊。代表多個團體的律師在庭上斥，被反對方並未收到列明反對理由的通知書，違反程序公義，與反對方及選管會代表律師在庭上爭論一個上午。
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