10 Dec 2025集誌社#7670
立法會選舉｜盤點近年選舉開支 今屆「票價」最高
The Legislative Council election has ended. About 1.317 million people voted in the geographical constituency elections this year; although the turnout rate rose, the actual number of voters fell. More than 40,000 invalid ballots were also recorded, representing a record-high proportion. Amid extensive government publicity and preparations, $1.28 billion was allocated for this year’s election, putting the average cost per seat at as much as $14.2 million. The Collective reviewed spending and total votes in previous Legislative Council elections. Based on this year’s budget and approximately 1.39 million total votes, the cost per vote was about $916.9, an increase of more than 50% from the previous election.
立法會選舉結束，今屆地區直選約 131.7 萬人投票、投票率升但實際人數跌，亦有逾四萬張「廢票」、比例創新高。政府大力宣傳和籌備下，今屆選舉預留撥款高達 12.8 億元，平均每一個議席成本高達 1420 萬元。《集誌社》盤點過去幾屆立法會選舉的開支、以及投票總數目，以今屆預算和投票總數約 139 萬計算，每票成本約 $916.9，較上屆增加逾五成。
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。
18 Apr 2025集誌社#6712
「找」數夜繽紛｜高官稱開支難計 《集誌社》查文件「找」數 最少 42 活動共撥近 2800 萬 沙頭角「繽紛」吸 1624 旅客
The HKSAR Government began promoting “Night Vibes” and the “night-time economy” in September 2023, and announced in January 2024 that the initiative would be upgraded to “Day and Night Vibes across 18 Districts”. District Offices and District Council task forces dedicated to boosting the district economy launched a series of activities to stimulate local economies. In early April, lawmakers questioned the Government at a special Finance Committee meeting about the spending and effectiveness of the “Day and Night Vibes” activities. The authorities said the work involved was carried out using existing resources and manpower, making it impossible to calculate the related expenditure separately. Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs Alice Mak also said colleagues were “all multi-tasking”, so their working hours and expenditure could not be “calculated separately”.
Are the costs of “Day and Night Vibes” really impossible to trace, and can expenditure not be calculated to assess effectiveness? The Collective found that District Offices in multiple districts had provided funding for various Vibes activities through the Community Involvement Programme. A review of funding-outcome documents from multiple districts found that at least 42 activities had been approved for funding totalling at least nearly 28 million. Twelve of the activities received million-dollar grants totalling about 14.28 million, including “Shining Eastern District Night Flying Dragon”, which was approved for 1.2 million and said to have attracted 10,000 attendances. “Night Tuen Yuen”, which was said to have attracted 120,000 attendances, and at least two other projects were collectively approved for about 2.07 million.
特區政府自 2023 年 9 月起推「夜繽紛」、「夜經濟」，到 2024 年 1 月宣布升級為「18 區日夜都繽紛」，由民政處及區議會提振地區經濟專責工作小組，推出一系列活動以刺激地區經濟。4 月初議員在特別財委會向政府查詢「日夜都繽紛」活動開支、成效等，局方指各活動涉及工作「由現有資源及人手推行，未能分開計算相關開支」；民青局長麥美娟又指同事「都是 multi-task」，不能「分割計算」工作時數和開支。
日夜都繽紛的成本是否真的「無數可循」？不能計算開支以評估成效？《集誌社》發現，多區民政處都曾透過「社區參與計劃」撥款予多個繽紛活動。翻查多區撥款結果文件，最少 42 個活動曾獲批撥款最少近 2800 萬；其中有 12 個活動獲批百萬撥款約 1428 萬，包括獲批 120 萬、稱有 1 萬人次參與的「閃耀東區夜飛龍」，而稱有 12 萬人次參與的「夜屯園」，最少三個項目合共獲批約 207 萬。
7 Apr 2025獨媒#6655
近3年政府大樓賀回歸國慶佈置 花費共2,170萬元
The Government has recorded a deficit of more than $100 billion, and the Legislative Council’s special Finance Committee will hold a session on “public finance” tomorrow. A legislator asked the authorities about expenditure on “festive” decorations at various government buildings over the past three years. The total was about $21.7 million, and all the “festivals” involved were the anniversaries of the establishment of the HKSAR and National Day. Asked how to strike a balance amid the deficit, the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau said it would ask contractors to use reusable festive items and decorations as far as possible, although some anniversary-themed decorations were not suitable for reuse.
Election Committee constituency legislator Yueheng Tan expressed concern about the Government Property Agency’s expenditure guidelines for property management. The legislator asked about the expenditure on festive decorations at different government buildings over the past three years, and how to “strike a balance between creating a festive atmosphere and exercising appropriate fiscal restraint” against the background of the fiscal deficit and the Government’s efforts to economise.
政府錄得千億財赤，立法會特別財委會明日將有一節討論「公共財政」。有議員向當局提問，過去3年在政府不同建築物進行的「節日」佈置所涉開支。答案是合共約2,170萬元，所涉的「節日」全是特區成立周年日及國慶日。至於如何在財赤下取得平衡？財庫局回答指，會要求承辦商盡量選用可重用的節慶和裝飾，不過以周年為主題的部分布置則不適用。
選委界議員譚岳衡關注到政府產業署有關物業管理的開支綱領，問到過去3年，不同政府建築物進行節慶佈置所涉及的開支，又問到在財政赤字、政府節流的背景下「如何平衡烘托節慶氣氛和適當節流」。
9 Oct 2024集誌社#4131
華服賀國慶｜康文署拒披露開支 慈善機構承辦 義工局、女童軍參與 三機構彭韻僖皆掌要職
The Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau and the Leisure and Cultural Services Department jointly organised the “Thousand-Person Traditional Chinese Attire National Day Gala” last Friday (the 4th). The event was undertaken by Rhythmic Power Foundation Limited. The Collective asked the LCSD last week whether the event involved government funding and, if so, the amount involved. The department replied yesterday that it would not disclose the information, saying only that the contractor was appointed and expenditure approved “in accordance with established procedures”.
According to records reviewed, Rhythmic Power Foundation is a registered charity founded by former Law Society president Melissa Kaye Pang. In addition to undertaking the event, the Volunteer Movement Development Bureau, whose chair is Melissa Kaye Pang, and the Hong Kong Girl Guides Association, whose acting director is Melissa Kaye Pang, promoted the event and recruited organisational members and young people in September to wear traditional Chinese attire, film short videos and attend activities. The Collective asked the two organisations whether their participation in the event was related to Pang and whether there was a conflict of interest. The Girl Guides Association replied that “experiential learning is one of the non-formal education approaches of the Girl Guides”. As of press time, Melissa Kaye Pang and the Volunteer Movement Development Bureau had not replied.
文體旅局及康文署上周五（4日）主辦「千人華服賀國慶」晚會，活動由韻律動力基金有限公司承辦。《集誌社》上周向康文署查詢，是次活動是否涉政府撥款及金額為何？署方昨回覆拒披露，僅稱「按既定程序」委聘承辦單位和審批支出。
翻查資料，承辦活動的韻律動力為註冊慈善機構，由前律師會會長彭韻僖創辦；除承包活動，由彭韻僖出任主席的義務工作發展局、任臨時總監的香港女童軍總會，在今年九月宣傳和招募團體會員和青少年，穿著華服拍短片及出席活動。《集誌社》向兩機構查詢，響應活動與彭是否有關、會否存在利益衝突？女童軍總會回覆指「體驗式學習是女童軍非正規教育模式的其中一環」，截稿前彭韻僖及義工局則未有回覆。
28 Aug 2024Channel C#3960
抗戰及海防博物館9.3揭幕 歷史博物館總館長認未悉具體開支 「唔希望大家着眼我哋用咗幾多錢」
The Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence will officially be renamed the “Hong Kong Museum of the War of Resistance and Coastal Defence” next Tuesday (Sept. 3). The museum held a pre-opening event yesterday (27th). The new museum’s first special exhibition will focus on the East River Column’s wartime resistance activities in the Shenzhen-Hong Kong region, while the permanent galleries will also expand their coverage of the East River Column. Legislative Council member Lau Chi-pang said the public had previously confused the British military’s defence of Hong Kong in 1941 with the East River Column’s later contributions to the war of resistance, saying that the “process [of the Battle of Hong Kong] had been exaggerated”. Cheung Yui-sum, director of the Hong Kong Museum of History, acknowledged that he did not know the exact amount involved in the redevelopment. He said this was “not an important factor to discuss” and that he did not want the public to “focus on exactly how much we spent”.
香港海防博物館將於下周二（9月3日）正式改為「香港抗戰及海防博物館」，館方昨日（27日）舉行前奏活動。新展館將以「東江縱隊在深港地區的抗戰活動」為首項專題展覽，常設展廳亦會加強展示東江縱隊事蹟。立法會議員劉智鵬表示，市民過去混淆1941年英軍防衛香港與後來東江縱隊在抗戰的貢獻，稱香港保衛戰「過程被放大咗」；香港歷史博物館總館長張銳森承認不知道改建涉及的具體金額，認為這並非公眾討論的重要因素（not an important factor to discuss），並稱不希望市民「着眼點擺喺究竟我哋用咗幾多錢」。
23 May 2024獨媒#3568
北部都會區已知成本逾2,240億 續研「片區開發」
A Development Bureau reply to questions from Legislative Council members shows that known expenditure has so far exceeded 224 billion. The bureau reiterated that some projects remain at different stages of study and that more reliable estimates of expenditure can only be made when they reach a more mature stage. It also said that land development involved different approaches: whether in-situ land exchanges succeed and whether the Government contracts out “district development” to the market would both affect the costs of land resumption and works to be undertaken.
According to figures submitted by the bureau, known costs are more than 60.2 billion for the Hung Shui Kiu/Ha Tsuen New Development Area, about 20 billion for the Yuen Long South New Development Area, 74.85 million for Lau Fau Shan, nearly 43.4 billion for the San Tin Technopole, nearly 14.4 billion for the Lok Ma Chau Loop, 97.43 million for Ngau Tam Mei, about 200 million for the Northern New Town, and 28.9 million for Ma Tso Lung. The highest figure, more than 86.3 billion, is for the Kwu Tung North/Fanling North New Development Area.
發展局回覆立法會議員質詢顯示，目前已知開支已逾2,240億。局方重申部分項目仍處不同階段研究，須在較成熟階段才能就開支作更可靠的估算。發展局又提到，土地開發涉及不同方式，包括原址換地是否成功、政府是否交由市場承包「片區開發」，均影響收地和工程承擔的開支。
根據局方提交的數字，洪水橋／廈村新發展區的已知成本逾602億、元朗南新發展區約200億、流浮山7,485萬、新田科技城近434億、落馬洲河套區近144億、牛潭尾9,743萬、新界北新市鎮約2億、馬草壟2,890萬，以及最高的古洞北／粉嶺北新新發展區，逾863億。
17 Apr 2024集誌社#3365
23條立法後 反駁隊「長存」 保安局：「應變反駁隊」繼續運作，開支不會公開
Chris Tang previously said that the Response and Rebuttal Team would eventually be dissolved one day, but that its “spirit would live forever”. In response to a question from a Legislative Council member, the Security Bureau said that misleading information and smears still occur from time to time, and that “Response and Rebuttal Team” needs to continue operating. Asked about its expenses and staffing establishment, the Security Bureau said this forms part of the work of safeguarding national security and that the expenses would not be disclosed.
鄧炳強曾表示，反駁隊終有解散一日，但「精神長存」。結果，保安局在回覆立法會議員的提問時表示，誤導和抹黑現仍時有發生，「應變反駁隊」有需要繼續運作。至於開支和編制如何？保安局則指，屬維護國家安全工作一部 分，「開支不會公開」。
17 Apr 2024獨媒#3382
六閒置社區隔離設施每月開支375萬 政府指正檢視後續安排
Some community isolation facilities set up during the pandemic have remained idle after the resumption of normality. Several Legislative Council members raised questions about the facilities. The Development Bureau said the six currently idle community isolation facilities cost about 3.75 million a month, and the authorities are reviewing the arrangements going forward. Regarding a proposal by Ho Yin (Dr) Lee to turn them into accommodation centres or semi-open camps for non-refoulement claimants, the Security Bureau said the proposal would have to comply with the relevant legislation, and the risks that might result could not be underestimated. It considered the proposal unsuitable.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the authorities established nine community isolation facilities. In September last year, the authorities announced that three of them—in Tam Mei, Yuen Long, San Tin and Tsing Yi—would be converted for other short-term uses: a central dormitory for imported foreign workers in the construction industry, a construction-industry training centre, and a youth development and national education base for the Hong Kong Youth Cadets Association, respectively. The base began operating in April this year.
疫情期間設立的社區隔離設施，「復常」後部分仍處閒置狀態。多名立法會議員就社區隔離設施提問。發展局回覆指，目前6個閒置社區隔離設施每月開支約375萬，當局正檢視後續安排。對於李浩然倡作免遣返聲請人的收容中心或半開放營，保安局指需符合相關法例規定，所可能帶來的風險不能低估，認為並不合適。
新冠疫情期間，當局曾設立9個社區隔離設施。去年9月，當局公布將其中3個包括元朗潭尾、新田及青衣的社區隔離設施轉作其他短期用途，分別為建造業輸入外地勞工的中央宿舍、建造業培訓中心及香港青少軍總會的青年發展及國民教育基地，其中基地已於今年4月起開始營運。
16 Apr 2024獨媒#3358
林鄭「前任特首辦」上年度開支達917萬 按年增32%
As the Government scales back its handouts while facing a fiscal deficit of $100 billion, government spending continues to rise. The former chief executive’s office spent about $20.99 million in 2023/24, of which more than 40%, or about $9.17 million, was spent on Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor’s former chief executive office at Pacific Place in Admiralty—up 31.9% from about $6.95 million the previous year. The Administration Wing told the Legislative Council today that Lam’s office was set up in mid-2022, and the 2022/23 figure reflected nine months of expenditure, while the 2023/24 figure fully reflected 12 months. Asked whether it would be moved to a “less Grade A” location, the Administration Wing said a former chief executive should be accorded an appropriate status and respect after leaving office. Taking into account the former chief executive’s status and ceremonial duties, the office was most suitably located in a secure building in the city centre. It also said former chief executive offices were unique in nature and it was inappropriate to set hard indicators.
政府面對千億財赤就「派糖減甜」，但政府開支卻不斷增加。前任行政長官辦公室2023/24年度的開支約為2,099萬元，當中有逾四成約917萬為林鄭月娥位於金鐘太古廣場「前任特首辦」的開支，較前一年約695萬元增31.9%。行政署今日在立法會表示，林鄭的辦公室在2022年年中設立，2022/23年度的數字反映9個月的開支，2023/24年度才完全反映12個月的開支。至於會否遷至「無咁甲級」的地方，行政署指特首離任後需給予恰如其分的地位及尊重，考慮其身份及禮儀工作，辦公室最適合設於市區中心及有保安的大廈，而且前特首辦公室性質獨特，不適宜定立硬指標。
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