9 May 2025獨媒#6775
的士團體請願要求「除暴安良」打擊白牌車 周國強指業界遭迫上絕路
Several taxi groups petitioned outside the Transport Department’s offices at the West Kowloon Government Offices this morning, urging the government to “uphold justice and eliminate violence” by legislating within months to regulate illegal ride-hailing vehicles and calling on police to step up enforcement against unlicensed hire cars. Kwok Keung Chow, chairman of the Smart Mobility Joint Chamber of Commerce, said that if police showed determination, enforcement results would certainly be seen: “Before the government legislates, I hope the police will really lend a hand and step up action against these illegal activities. Do you have to drive all of us to suicide? If this industry really comes to an end, the public will not get protected, legal services, while illegal activities are allowed to exist. Is this really the core value of our society?”
多個的士團體今早到位於西九龍政府合署，運輸署辦公室外請願，要求政府「除暴安良」，在數月內立法規管非法網約車，並促警方加大力度打擊白牌車。智慧出行聯合商會主席周國強表示，如果警方拿出決心，必定看到執法成果：「政府未立法之前，我希望警方真係幫幫手，對呢啲非法嘅嘢多啲打擊。係咪要迫到我哋全部人要自殺？甚至乎我哋呢個行業真係要玩完嘅話，市民得唔到有保障、合法嘅嘢，而縱容非法嘅嘢存在，呢個係咪我哋社會核心嘅價值？」
1 May 2025獨媒#6747
【五一勞動節】社民連政總示威 周嘉發：冇咩宏願 安全出門安全番屋企已是最大心願
The League of Social Democrats petitioned at Government Headquarters today on May Day. “As usual,” the four members were stopped and searched by police after leaving Admiralty Centre, and were subsequently allowed to leave. This was the sixth consecutive May Day without any group organising a march. League of Social Democrats Vice-Chairperson Dickson Chau said: “Going out to protest, express some demands or set up a street booth—it’s very simple. We have no grand purpose or lofty ideals; it’s just about reaching as many people as possible and gaining support for the League of Social Democrats.” They added: “Simply being able to leave home safely, complete it smoothly and return home safely has, especially over these past four or five years, already been our greatest wish.”
社民連今日趁五一勞動節，到政府總部請願。「一如既往」，他們一行四人在步出海富中心後便被警員截查，及後獲放行。今年是連續第六年沒有團體舉辦遊行的五一勞動節，社民連副主席周嘉發表示，「出嚟示威、表達一啲訴求，開街站都好，好簡單㗎啫，冇咩宏願既目的、冇乜宏大嘅理想㗎喇，點樣可以接觸到好多人呀，可以獲得好多人支持我哋社民連呀咁。」「純粹可以安全出門口，可以順利完成，安全返番屋企呢，已經特別係呢四五年呢最大嘅一個心願。」
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。」
18 Feb 2025獨媒#4528
汽總棄政總請願「回巢」開記招 稱罷駛是其他業界「個人意願」
Some taxi-owner representatives earlier said that if the Government did not respond positively to the regulation of online ride-hailing platforms, they would stop driving for at least five days from the 5th of next month. The situation changed again today: Wong Yu-ting, chairwoman of the Radio Taxi Association, said she had never advocated a strike and that everything would depend on a meeting with the Government tomorrow. The Motor Transport Workers General Union, an affiliated union of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions, issued a press release yesterday saying it planned to “strongly demand” outside the East Wing entrance of the Central Government Offices that the Government crack down on “white-plate vehicles”. It suddenly changed plans at noon and instead held a press conference at the Federation’s Wan Chai office. Regarding the strike action, the union’s vice-chairman Cheung Wing-tak said it was the “personal choice” of “other industry players” and described it as a case of “officials forcing the people to rebel”.
有的士車主代表早前揚言，一旦政府無正面回應規管網約車平台，將在下月5日罷駛最少5日。事件今日再有變數，無線電的士聯誼會主席黃羽庭改稱一向不主張罷駛，一切有待明日與政府開會。工聯會屬會汽車交通運輸業總工會昨日發採通，打算在政總東翼門外「強烈要求」政府取締「白牌車」，中午突然變卦，改為在工聯會灣仔會址舉行記者會。對於罷駛行動，汽總副主席莊永德指行動是「其他業界」的個人意願，並認為行動是「官逼民反」。
21 Jan 2025Channel C#4446
雷玉蓮赴美國領事館「一人請願」 祝特朗普小心保重 約10名警員隨行錄影
On the eve of Donald Trump’s inauguration as US president, social activist Lui Yuk Lin petitioned yesterday (20th) at the US Consulate General in Hong Kong and Macao in Admiralty, saying she hoped Trump would be careful and stay safe so that “people around the world can see that he is not that bad”. She stressed that even if people disliked Trump, they should not assassinate him. About 10 police officers surrounded and accompanied Lui Yuk Lin during the petition and filmed her along the way. She was later directed to express her demands in a protest area behind an orange cordon. She said she did not understand why there were “so many police”, stressing that she had not violated the Hong Kong National Security Law: “I don’t even understand English, so how could I collude with foreign forces?”
美國總統特朗普上任前夕，社運人士雷玉蓮昨日（20日）到金鐘的美國駐港澳總領事館請願，稱希望特朗普小心及保重，「畀全世界人睇到佢唔係咁衰」，強調即使人們不喜歡特朗普，也不應暗殺他。雷玉蓮請願期間約有10名警員包圍隨行，並沿途錄影，其後被安排在橙帶後的示威區表達訴求，她表示不明白為何「咁多差人」，強調自己沒違反港區國安法，「我英文都唔識，又點勾結外國勢力呢」。
20 Jan 2025獨媒#4442
被禁錮港人家屬向緬甸駐港總領事館請願 未獲接信
Families of Hong Kong people detained in Southeast Asian scam compounds, accompanied by former Yau Tsim Mong District Council vice-chairman Yu Tak-po, petitioned the Consulate-General of Myanmar in Hong Kong this morning after earlier visiting the Consulate-General of Thailand in Hong Kong. They hoped the Myanmar government would help rescue them as soon as possible, but no representative accepted their petition letter. They left the letter outside the shopping centre at Sun Hung Kai Centre.
A 25-year-old man was released last Thursday and returned to Hong Kong after his family paid a ransom to a criminal syndicate. At least 11 Hong Kong people remain detained in Southeast Asian scam compounds. Yu Tak-po and the families delivered the petition letter to the Myanmar consulate at the Sun Hung Kai Centre shopping centre this morning. He quoted the released man’s family as saying that they hoped other families would maintain their faith and hope, and that they would be reunited before the Lunar New Year.
有被禁錮東南亞園區進行詐騙工作的港人家屬，繼早前前往泰國駐港總領事館後，今早再與協助他們的前油尖旺區議會副主席余德寶，到緬甸駐香港總領事館請願，盼望緬甸政府儘快協助營救，但對方未有派員接信，他們將信件放在新鴻基中心商場門外。
一名25歲男子在家屬向犯罪集團交付贖金後，上周四獲釋從泰國返港，目前仍有至少11名港人禁錮在東南亞詐騙園區。余德寶今早與被禁錮港人家屬，到位於新鴻基中心商場的緬甸駐香港總領事館遞交請願信，並引述該名獲釋男子家人稱，寄語其他家屬要保持信念及希望，希望農曆新年前一家團聚。
16 Oct 2024HK01#4148
施政報告2024｜李家超宣讀前 社民連政總請願促廣開言路推真改革
【2024 Policy Address/John Lee/Policy Address】Chief Executive John Lee will deliver the third Policy Address of his term in the Legislative Council at 11 a.m. today (16th). Five members of the League of Social Democrats petitioned outside the Government Headquarters at 9 a.m., calling for the immediate implementation of universal suffrage and criticising the government’s current reforms as being out of step with public opinion. League chairperson Chan Po-ying criticised the Hong Kong government for currently “listening only to the rich rather than ordinary citizens”, saying that if it wants genuine reform, it must open channels for public views and ensure the media’s watchdog rights and residents’ freedom of speech.
【施政報告2024/李家超/施政報告】行政長官李家超今日（16日）早上11時會到立法會宣讀任內三份施政報告，社會民主連線5名成員，於早上九時到政府總部外請願，要求立即實行普選，批評政府現時推動是改革脫離民意。社民連主席陳寶瑩不滿港府現時「偏聽偏信富人而非普通市民」，稱若要真改革，政府要廣開言路，並確保傳媒監察權利及市民言論自由。
29 May 2024Channel C#3590
社工註冊局改組｜社工代表立會請願 批狄志遠無諮詢業界 未加入法案委員會如「靜坐扮代表」
Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun Yuk-han issued a statement on the 10th accusing the Social Workers Registration Board of five failures, while proposing amendments to the ordinance to “improve governance” of the board. The Social Workers Registration (Amendment) Bill 2024 received its first and second readings in the Legislative Council last Wednesday (22nd), and the Bills Committee will meet again tomorrow (30th) to continue scrutiny.
At noon, two social workers petitioned outside the Legislative Council, rebutting Sun’s five accusations. They said the restructuring under the amendments would undermine professional autonomy and criticised the authorities for “rushing” out the proposals within just 12 days, saying there had been “notification but no consultation” and describing the process as a “black-box operation”. The two confronted Tik Chi-yuen, the Legislative Council member representing the social welfare sector, demanding that he explain the rationale for supporting the amendment proposals. They also criticised him for being a sector representative who remained “completely silent” in the Legislative Council, as if “sitting silently”, without clarifying matters for the profession or joining the Bills Committee, and urged him not to “pretend to represent” them. Tik invited the two to meet and discuss the matter in a Legislative Council meeting room. He responded: “Not speaking up is my choice,” adding that he had continued consulting the sector, heard differing views, and had been unable to join the Bills Committee because he was not selected in the draw.
勞工及福利局局長孫玉菡本月10日發文炮轟社工註冊局5宗罪，即研修例對註冊局「完善管治」。《2024年社會工作者註冊（修訂）條例草案》已於上周三（22日）在立法會首讀及二讀，明（30日）再召開法案委員會繼續審議。
中午有2名社工到立法會門外請願，反駁孫玉菡所指5宗罪，指修例改組將打擊專業自主，又批評當局於短短12天內「匆匆」推出修例方案，「只有知會，沒有諮詢」，形容是「黑箱作業」。2人就事件與社福界立法會議員狄志遠對質，要求對方交代支持修例建議的理據，又批評對方身為業界代表卻在立法會「粒聲唔出」如「靜坐」，沒為業界澄清，更沒有加入法案委員會﹐促狄不要「扮代表」。狄邀請2人到立法會會議室會面對話，並回應指：「我唔出聲係有我嘅選擇」，並持續諮詢業界意見﹐聽到意見不一，亦解釋指未能中籤加入法案委員會。
23 May 2024獨媒#3569
的士業界向李家超請願行動臨時取消 黃羽庭：已回應業界訴求
After some members of the taxi industry recently organised a voluntary “sting” operation targeting Uber, Chief Executive John Lee urged them on Tuesday not to conduct such operations themselves, warning that they could inadvertently breach the law. The industry had planned to petition outside the Central Government Offices this morning (May 23) under the title “Responding to the Chief Executive’s concern over illegal white-plate cars and petitioning the Chief Executive to deal with the matter”, but the action was cancelled yesterday. The Independent Media contacted Wong Yu-ting, chairman of the Hong Kong Radio Taxi Association, who said the cancellation was not because of any “hint” from the relevant departments, but because the Chief Executive had already responded to the industry’s demands and the matter had been resolved, leaving no need for a petition.
近日有的士業界自發「放蛇」行動打擊Uber，行政長官李家超在周二「勸喻」切勿自行「放蛇」，否則有機會誤墮法網。業界原訂於今早（5月23日）在政總門外請願，標題為《回應特首關注非法白牌車事件及向特首請願要求特首處理》，不過活動在昨日取消。《獨媒》記者致電香港無線電的士聯誼會主席黃羽庭查詢，他稱並非收到有關部門「提示」，而是特首已回應業界訴求，問題已經解決，沒有請願的必要。
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