19/09/2019 HCMP2801/2015 THE UNIVERSITY 19. OF HONG KONG v. HONG KONG COMMERCIAL BROADCASTING CO LTD AND ANOTHER The Hong Kong Journalists Association has issued a summons 5 November for leave to appear as an intervener in the action. dated The association is a registered trade union of some of the journalists in Hong Kong. It has 593 members and is a body corporate by virtue of the Trade Union Ordinance (Cap 332). The association submitted that the ex parte injunction has far-reaching effects for press freedom in Hong Kong and on the ability of journalists to do their work. interested in the outcome It submitted that not only is it of the case, it also will be able, because of its experience and expertise, to offer an important, informed and different point of view on the questions arising. 20. Apple Daily Limited, by the affirmation of its editor-in-chief dated 13 November, stated that it applied (1) to vary or discharge the injunction as a person affected, (11) to oppose the University’s application for continuation of the injunction, and (iii) to be joined as a defendant “if necessary”. editor stated that since the Appointment The Issue and related matters “have arouse[d] the interest and concern of the public, Apple Daily is and was under a moral and social duty to publish any information it has or may have in future on the subject”. By a summons dated 20 November, Apple Daily Limited applied to be “joined as the 3™ defendant to discharge the ex—parte interim injunction order granted ... on 30 October 2015 (as per clause 7 thereof), and continued and revised on 6 November 2015 (as per clause 4 thereof)”. Mr Martin Lee SC who appeared on its behalf said that Apple Daily Limited falls within the description of the 2™ defendant because it intends to publish the information in question if and when it receives it, and since it is a known person, it should be separately joined as the 3“ defendant. 21. Mr Lau Yee Ching is the editor-in-chief of a students’ publication of the University publication. called “Undergrad”. It is not a legal entity. any representative capacity. Undergrad is merely the name of a Nor does Mr Lau seek to intervene in By his summons dated 5 November he applied for an order joining him as intervener or interested party in the action and discharging the ex parte injunction granted on 30 October 2015 or varying it in such way as the court sees fit. https: //legalref.judiciary.hk/Irs/common/ju/ju_frame.jsp? DIS=101619&currpage=T 7/33