1 Dec 2025法庭線#7614
高才通內地申請人涉虛報資料以獲批一家三口留港 被改控串謀詐騙明年1月答辯
A 47-year-old Chinese national allegedly falsely stated when applying to come to Hong Kong under the High Talent Pass Scheme that he had been awarded a Bachelor of International Business degree by Monash University in Australia. He later allegedly claimed that his education level was a higher education degree when applying for a Hong Kong identity card. The defendant was previously charged with “arranging for a false statement to be made to obtain an entry permit” and “providing false particulars to a registration officer”. The case was brought before the Sha Tin Magistrates’ Courts again on Monday (December 1).
The prosecution applied to withdraw the charge of “providing false particulars to a registration officer” and amend the charge to conspiracy to defraud. It alleged that the defendant conspired with others to falsely state that he met the eligibility requirements when applying under the High Talent Pass Scheme, thereby inducing the Immigration Department to approve the stay of his family of three in Hong Kong. The defence applied for an adjournment to obtain documents and legal advice. Acting Principal Magistrate Kei Hong Cheang approved both applications and adjourned the case to January 12 next year for plea. The defendant was granted bail during this period on conditions including HK$200,000 cash bail and a HK$200,000 surety.
47 歲中國籍男子涉申請「高才通」來港時，虛報獲澳洲蒙納士大學頒授國際企業學士學位，其後於香港申請身份證時，假稱教育程度為高等教育學位。被告早前被控「為取得入境證而安排作出虛假陳述」及「向登記主任提供虛假詳情」兩罪。案件周一（12 月 1 日）在沙田裁判法院再訊。
控方申請撤回「向登記主任提供虛假詳情」罪，並修訂控罪為「串謀詐騙」，指被告串謀他人在申請「高才通」時，虛報自己符合資格，誘使入境處批准其一家三口留港。辯方申請押後，以待索取文件及法律意見。署理主任裁判官鄭紀航批准雙方申請，將案件押至明年 1 月 12 日答辯，期間被告獲准以 20 萬元現金、20 萬元人事擔保等條件保釋。
27 Oct 2025法庭線#7453
高才通內地申請人涉虛報雪梨科技大學學歷 被控兩罪 缺席聆訊遭發拘捕令
A 34-year-old Chinese woman allegedly claimed that the University of Technology Sydney had awarded her a Bachelor of Business in Economics degree in 2012 when she applied to come to Hong Kong under the Top Talent Pass Scheme in 2024. When applying for a Hong Kong identity card in the same year, she allegedly stated that her educational attainment was postgraduate level or above. She was charged with “making arrangements to make false representations for the purpose of obtaining an entry permit” and “furnishing false particulars to a registration officer”. The case was mentioned again at Sha Tin Magistrates’ Courts on Monday (the 27th). The defendant was absent, and the court issued an arrest warrant.
34 歲中國籍女子涉 2024 年申請「高才通」計劃來港時，訛稱 2012 年獲雪梨科技大學頒授經濟學商業學士學位，同年在香港申請身份證時，假稱教育程度為研究生或以上，被控「為取得入境證而安排作出虛假陳述」及「向登記主任提供虛假詳情」兩罪。案件周一（27 日）於沙田裁判法院再訊，被告缺席，法庭發出拘捕令。
22 Aug 2025法庭線#7196
高才通內地申請人涉虛報澳洲蒙納士大學學歷 缺席聆訊 官押下月再訊
A 27-year-old Chinese national was accused of falsely claiming, when applying to come to Hong Kong under the Top Talent Pass Scheme, to hold a Bachelor of Business Administration degree awarded by Monash University in Australia. He was charged with “making arrangements to make false representations for the purpose of obtaining an entry permit”. The case was first brought before the Sha Tin Magistrates’ Courts on Friday (22nd). The defendant was absent from the hearing. Magistrate Mok Tsz-chung adjourned the case to 18 September.
27 歲中國籍男子涉申請「高才通」來港時，虛報持蒙納士大學頒授工商管理學士學位學歷，被控「為取得入境證而安排作出虛假陳述」罪。案件周五（22 日）於沙田裁判法院首度提堂。
被告缺席聆訊，裁判官莫子聰押後至 9 月 18 日再訊。
12 Aug 2025獨媒#7153
梁振英再借「雙非」評高才政策 稱社會對內地怨氣或再現
Former Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying has repeatedly commented on Hong Kong’s population policy in recent days, saying mainland talent may “return to the mainland with their entire families after obtaining identity cards”. Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun Yuk-han subsequently responded on social media without naming him, stressing that talent would sustain Hong Kong’s labour force. Leung posted again for two consecutive days, first questioning the 220,000 applications approved under various talent schemes: “If half of the cases bring their families to settle here, how will Hong Kong cope with education, healthcare and housing? Will we deal with it then?” He also said that high-talent entrants living on the mainland and holding eligibility for Hong Kong permanent residency might later come to Hong Kong to use its education, elderly-care and medical resources, while the government had no legal means to exclude them. He said, “Social resentment towards the mainland will surface again, just as with the doubly non-permanent resident and milk powder issues. We need to talk politics.”
前行政長官梁振英連日多次點評本港人口政策，指內地高才「拿了身分證後全家返回內地」，勞工及福利局局長孫玉菡之後需在社交媒體上不點名回應，強調人才維持香港勞動人口。梁振英再次連續兩日發文，先質疑各類人才計劃已經批出22萬個申請：「如果有一半個案帶同家人來定居，香港的教育、醫療、住屋怎樣應付？到時再算？」他又提到，居於內地、擁有香港永久性居民資格的高才日後或來港使用教育、養老資及醫療資源，政府亦沒有法律手段排除，認為「社會對內地的怨氣會再次出現，一如雙非和奶粉問題，我們要講講政治」。
20 May 2025明報#6806
用議辦註冊公司 尚海龍致歉認越界 稱公職初哥不熟操作 不涉私利
This newspaper reported yesterday that the Hong Kong Top Talent Pass Scheme Talent Services Association, of which Legislative Council Election Committee constituency member Jesse Hailong Shang is founding president, had used his Legislative Council office at CITIC Tower in Admiralty as its company registration address. Jesse Hailong Shang issued a statement yesterday apologising for the incident, explaining that it was due to “management negligence and unfamiliarity with the relevant procedures”. He admitted that the arrangement had “overstepped the line”, but said there was “no personal benefit” involved. He added to this newspaper that the association had always used the Wan Chai address of its company secretary for its “business registration”.
Posts promoting the Top Talent Pass Scheme association featured the Legislative Council office in the background. This newspaper earlier reviewed Companies Registry documents and found that the Hong Kong Top Talent Pass Scheme Talent Services Association, registered as a company limited by guarantee, had used Room 1315, CITIC Tower as its company registration address from July 2023 to December last year. This was the Legislative Council office provided to Jesse Hailong Shang. The company’s financial report showed that Room 1315 was the association’s “principal place of business”. In November last year, Jesse Hailong Shang published several social-media posts mentioning different people visiting the Hong Kong Top Talent Pass Scheme Talent Services Association; the backgrounds of all the photographs were his Legislative Council office at CITIC Tower.
本報昨日報道，立法會選委界議員尚海龍擔任創會會長的香港高才通人才服務協會，曾使用其位於金鐘中信大廈的議員辦公室作公司註冊地址。尚海龍昨發聲明就事件致歉，解釋源於「管理疏忽且不熟悉相關操作」，承認做法「越界」，但當中「並無私利」。他向本報補充，協會一直使用秘書公司位於灣仔的地址作「商業登記」。
帖文提高才通協會 相片背景均為議辦
本報早前翻查公司註冊處文件，發現註冊為擔保有限公司的「香港高才通人才服務協會」，自2023年7月至去年12月一直以中信大廈1315室作為公司註冊地址，即立法會向尚海龍提供的議員辦公室；公司財務報告顯示1315室是協會「主要營業地點」（principal place of business）。尚海龍的社交媒體去年11月發布多則帖文，提及不同人到訪高才通人才服務協會，相片背景均為其位於中信大廈的議員辦公室。
16 Oct 2024獨媒#4145
【施政報告】「高才」搵工死線獲推遲 首個簽證期限由2年延長至3年
The Top Talent Pass Scheme is regarded as the best route to becoming a “new Hong Konger”, as applications are processed quickly and the entry threshold is low. However, many top-talent applicants discovered after arriving in Hong Kong that finding a job was difficult and living costs were high, and posted negative messages on Xiaohongshu. This year was originally the critical period for the first batch of Top Talent Pass applicants to renew their visas, requiring them to prove that they had employment or had started a business before their visas could be extended. In the Policy Address, Chief Executive John Lee announced what was described as good news: the initial visa validity period under the Top Talent Pass Scheme would be extended from two years to three. In other words, unemployed top-talent applicants would have an additional year to find work.
「高才通」是成為「新香港人」的最佳管道，不但申請快，而且門檻亦低。惟不少「高才」抵港後才發現香港搵工難、生活費高，在「小紅書」發放負面訊息。本來今年是首批「高才通」申請者續簽的「年關」，必須證明自己有工作或創業，簽證才能延期。特首李家超在《施政報告》宣布「佳音」，就是將高才通首個簽證期限，由兩年延長至三年。換言之，遭遇失業的「高才」可以有多一年搵工。
15 Oct 2024集誌社#4138
施政 KPI｜14 萬高才通 內地人逾九成 生仔派了 $ 5.2 億 批 62 宗投資移民
After the anti-extradition bill movement, Hong Kong experienced an emigration wave. In Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu’s first Policy Address in 2022, he said the local labour force had fallen by about 140,000 and proposed attracting talent. The High Talent Pass Scheme was launched initially for graduates of the “world’s top 100 universities”, later expanded to 185 institutions. Facing the emigration wave and a birth rate that had declined continuously since 2020, Lee proposed an unprecedented HK$20,000 birth incentive in his 2023 Policy Address and relaunched the investment immigration scheme, which had been discontinued for nine years.
How effective have these measures been? According to the latest data compiled by The Collective, as of September 30, nearly 140,000 High Talent Pass Scheme applicants and dependants had arrived in Hong Kong, averaging more than 217 people per day. Although the policy aimed to attract top talent from around the world, nearly 95% of those arriving were from mainland China.
Under the HK$30 million “new investment immigration” scheme, the Immigration Department had approved 62 “new investment immigrant” visas, generating about HK$1.86 billion in investment for Hong Kong. The authorities disclosed that in June the Immigration Department had received 137 applications from Guinea-Bissau and Vanuatu, but subsequently declined to provide updated figures. Applications for the HK$20,000 birth incentive totalled fewer than 27,000, while the number of newborn babies last year was still 37% lower than in 2019.
反修例運動後，香港爆發移民潮，行政長官李家超在 2022 年首份施政報告，指本地勞動人口已流失約 14 萬人，提出要「搶人才」，首推出「高才通」，力爭「全球百強大學」的畢業生（後擴大至 185 間學府）。面對移民潮和出生率自 2020 年起連續下跌，李家超在 2023 年的施政報告，破天荒提出「生仔派兩萬」，又重推已停辦九年的投資移民計劃。
這些措施成效如何？《集誌社》綜合最新數據，截至 9 月 30 日，已有近 14 萬高才通申請人及受養人抵港，平均每日逾 217 人；政策放眼搶全球高才，結果誰獲批？若按地區劃分，近95％ 來自內地。
3000 萬元「新投資移民」，入境處已批出 62 個「新投資移民」簽證，約為香港帶來 18.6 億元投資額。當局曾披露，六月時，入境處接獲的申請，有 137 宗來自幾內亞比紹、瓦努阿圖，其後拒再更新有關資料。而兩萬金的生仔獎金，申請不足 2.7 萬宗；去年新生嬰兒人數，仍較 2019 跌 37 ％。
21 May 2024獨媒#3557
內地傳年底取消「高才通」 孫玉菡撰文反駁：打破不實謠言
More than a year after the Top Talent Pass Scheme was launched, its first applicants are required to find jobs this year. The Immigration Department has said that an income of HK$20,000 is preferable to be considered “reliable”. The government will also conduct a review this year, including raising the application threshold, which legislators have repeatedly urged. Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun Yuk-han said in a social media post that rumours circulating widely online in the mainland claimed the Hong Kong government would cancel the Top Talent Pass Scheme at the end of the year. He clarified that the speculation was untrue, saying the government had no intention of cancelling or suspending the scheme and emphasising that it would continue.
「高才通」推出一年多，首批申請者須在今年找到工作，入境處曾指收入最好達2萬元才「靠譜」，政府亦會在今年做檢討，包括議員催促多時的提高申請門檻。勞工及福利局局長孫玉菡局長在社交媒體發文表示，內地網上有傳港府年底取消「高才通」的的說法甚囂塵上，他澄清有關揣測不實，政府無意取消或暫停，強調高材通會繼續進行。
17 Apr 2024Channel C#3375
高才通人才服務協會舉辦捐血日 尚海龍：冀幫助他們融入香港
The government implemented the Top Talent Pass Scheme at the end of 2022, and nearly 44,000 people have arrived in Hong Kong since then. The Top Talent Pass Scheme Association held a blood donation day today (April 17), with many people who came to Hong Kong under the scheme taking part. The association’s chair and Legislative Council member Jesse Hailong Shang said government figures showed that more than half of the talent approved for Top Talent Pass visas had found jobs in Hong Kong, and hoped the event would help them integrate into Hong Kong.
政府於2022底實施「高端人才通行證計劃」，至今已有近4.4萬人抵港。高才通人才服務協會今日（4月17日）舉辦捐血日活動，多名經高才通計劃來港人士響應。協會理事會會長、立法會議員尚海龍表示，政府數據顯示，超過一半獲批高才通簽證人才已在港找到工作，希望今次活動有助他們融入香港。
25 Mar 2024集誌社#3247
高才通｜逾九萬人到港日均逾 210 人 受養人多過高才 子女五個月增 113％
More than 14 months since the Top Talent Pass Scheme was launched at the end of December 2022, The Collective obtained the latest Immigration Department data showing that nearly 59,000 applications had been approved by the end of February, while more than 61,000 dependants had been approved. Nearly 44,000 top talent applicants had arrived in Hong Kong, along with more than 46,000 dependants—more than the number of top talent—with 27,000 of them being unmarried children under the age of 18. Based on more than 90,000 arrivals as of the end of last month, more than 210 people have arrived in Hong Kong each day since the scheme was launched.
高才通由 2022 年 12 月底，推出至今逾 14 個月，《集誌社》取得最新的入境處數據顯示，截至 2 月底高才通批出近 5.9 萬宗申請，受養人獲批數目超過 6.1 萬宗。近 4.4 萬名高才已抵港，同時抵港的受養人數目更多、達逾 4.6 萬人，其中 2.7 萬名為18 歲以下未婚子女。以截至上月底抵港逾九萬人計算，自高才通推出以來，每日逾 210 人到港。
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