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2008 年 9 月 1 日

「撐港台運動」獲九成半回覆的立法會候選人聯署，要求政府不再拖延，着手把香港電台脫離政府架構並轉型成為法定的公共廣播機構。

本運動於八月十三日至二十七日期間向所有立法會候選人發信，邀請他們簽署聲明(見下列附件)，結果有82位候選人回覆，約佔全部候選人的 41%。而回覆的候選人當中，有78位候選人同意聯署下附聲明，約佔全部候選人的 95%。

民建聯表明不會就此事表態，另外，工聯會、職工盟、港民黨、藍英同盟、大部分的自由黨參選成員及大部份功能組別的獨立候選人則沒有回覆。本運動認為，香港電台的前途問題經已討論多時，有承擔的候選人應該對議題有一定認識，並形成立場，對眾多候選人不作回應表示失望。

回覆的候選人中，贊成聯署的包括民主黨、公民黨、前綫、街工、民協、前綫、南方民主同盟及公民起動的所有候選人，及部分的社民連候選人和部分獨立候選人。回覆者當中，沒有候選人反對聲明內容，但有四名候選人的回覆並沒有就聲明表示立場。

聯署聲明和所有候選人的回應已以列表形式上載到「撐港台運動」網頁 (請 按此下載 請留意該試算表共有三頁)，公開予所有人瀏覽。

「撐港台運動」呼籲所有簽署贊成聲明的候選人，一旦當選，必須謹守承諾，促請政府盡快著手將香港電台轉型為公共廣播機構；而未能進入議會的聯署人士，本運動亦希望他們能與廣大市民攜手監察政府，以免政府使用拖延手段，令香港電台士氣受損，進一步削弱港人享有真正的公共廣播空間的機會。

若有疑問，請與本運動成員麥燕庭 (Email: Info AT SaveRTHK DOT org) 聯絡。

聯署聲明原文：

立法會候選人
撐港台聯署聲明

2008年8月

我們 都是本屆 (2008 年) 立法會的候選人，我們雖然來自不同派別或界別，但我們都關心香港的公共廣播和言論自由。

我們：

1. 反對 2007 年 4 月發表的《公共廣播服務檢討報告書》未經討論便把香港電台排拒於公共廣播服務機構門外、形同扼殺香港前途的建議；
2. 要求 政府不要再拖延，着手把香港電台脫離政府架構並轉型成為法定的公共廣播機構。

本人____________(請在線上寫上姓名)

• 同意聯署聲明
• 不同意聯署聲明
• 其他意見(只供本運動內部參考)________________

1st September, 2008

The SaveRTHK Campaign invited all candidates of the upcoming Legislative Council elections to co-sign a joint-statement, and secured 95% of the respondents to agree with the statement, which demands that the government set in motion the delinking of Radio and Television Hong Kong (RTHK) from the government structure and transform RTHK into a statutory public service broadcaster.

The Campaign sent out letters to all candidates during the period of 13th – 27th of August, inviting them to co-sign the joint-statement (see enclosed). As a result, 82, or 41% of the, candidates responded. Of those who responded, 78, or 95% of the, respondents agreed and signed on the joint-statement.

For the residual, the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong stated that they would not express their stance on this matter. The Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions, Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions, Party for Civic Rights & Livelihood (HK), Blue Intelligent Union, most of the candidates from Liberal Party and many independent candidates in the Functional Constituencies did not respond to the invitation.

The Campaign expressed its disappointment on those candidates who did not respond, because the issue about the future of RTHK has been debated upon for quite a long time. Candidates should have understood the issue well and should have made up their mind on the issue.

All candidates from the Democratic Party, the Civic Party, The Frontier, Neighbourhood and Worker’s Service Centre, Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People’s Livelihood, Southern Democratic Alliance and Civic Act-up responded and agreed to co-sign the joint statement. Some of the candidates from League of Social Democrats, and some independent candidates also responded and agreed to co-sign. No respondents opposed the joint-statement, although four respondents did not express an explicit stand on the statement.

The full text of the joint statement and the responses from the candidates have been posted on the website of the SaveRTHK Campaign (www.SaveRTHK.org) for the public’s perusal. (Please click here to download the spreadsheet for the results. Please note that the spreadsheet workbook has three sheets.)

The SaveRTHK Campaign would like to call upon all the candidates who co-signed the joint statement to keep their promises. If they are elected they must urge the government to transform RTHK, as soon as possible, to a statutory public service broadcaster. Even if they are outside the Legco they should still, together with the general public, monitor the government on this matter. They should remain vigilant of the government’s stalling tactics that have been damaging the morale of RTHK and undermining the public service broadcasting in Hong Kong.

For enquiries, please contact Ms. MAK Yin-Ting of the Campaign (Email: info AT SaveRTHK DOT org).

Full text of the Joint Statement

Save RTHK!
A joint statement by some candidates of the
2008 Legislative Council Election

August 2008

We are candidates of the upcoming Legislative Council Election. Although we have different political affiliations and are running for seats in different geographical or functional constituencies, we share the following common beliefs concerning freedom of speech and public service broadcasting in Hong Kong:

We：

1. oppose the recommendations, put out in the March 2007 Report on Review of Public Service Broadcasting in Hong Kong without a thorough discussion, that effectively will kill Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK);
2. demand the government set in motion the de-linking of RTHK from the government structure and transform RTHK into a statutory public service broadcaster.

I, __________________ (please print name), hereby

• agree to co-sign this statement
• disagree to co-sign this statement
• have other opinions (for the Campaign’s internal reference only)________