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因為很多基層婦女和長者都要照顧家庭，難以在如此高要求、全世界工時最長的地方工作。
Even worse it is difficult for them to play a part in the economy and get employed as many female and elderly members of the grass - roots sector need to take care of their families unable to work in such a demanding place where people work the longest hours on earth
這種帶給長者、婦女和基層的快樂，根本不是其他社會政策可給予。
This kind of happiness brought to the elderly women and the grass roots can never be obtained from other social policies
明明是一個小政策，但無論對社區關係、長者、基層和婦女，都是生活的大幫忙。
In this way a policy on a minor issue like this can end up offering great help to community relationship and the lives of the elderly women and the grass roots
在這裏，究竟我們的高官，薪高糧準的高官，他們做過甚麼呢？
So what have our senior officials done in this respect? . They are public officials on a top salary after all
為官之道，除了坐在這裏，薪高糧準，加官晉爵之外，我覺得最基本的是應該看看社會上相關人士有否因為你當官而得到更多幸福，更多快樂。
Apart from sitting in this Chamber earning a good salary and honourable status the fundamental meaning of being a public officer is to open your eyes and see if the people in society are living a better and happier life with you in your positions
官員只不過稍稍梳理政策，便能夠給民間這麼大快樂，偏偏他們兩年來都是姿態高高，撒手不管，他們不應該扣減薪金嗎？
The officers can bring about great happiness to the people simply by slightly altering their policies yet they have been keeping themselves aloof without taking any actions . Do they not deserve a pay cut?
但是，在這裏所說的，是很多人日常義務的努力勞動，如果沒有他們，這些政策根本不會得到梳理。
However we are talking about voluntary input from a lot of people in their daily lives . The Polices would not have been rationalized without them
我記得當時何先生十分激動地在外面說："高永文，你只是姓'高'，但你不是能力高，你只是姿態高、你只是離地，不理別人。
As I can recall Mr HO called out emotionally outside the Complex KO Wing - man you are simply holding a superior position but it does not mean any superior ability . You just hold yourself superior without connecting the people without any regard to the people in fact
我是就着我編號113、114和115的修正案，即是就總目138分目000提出的3項修正案發言，分別是削減發展局局長、副局長和政治助理約1個月的薪酬開支。
I will speak on my Amendments No . 113 114 and 115 a total of three amendments concerning head 138 in respect of subhead 000 which respectively seek to deduct an amount approximately equivalent to the expenditure for one months emoluments of the Secretary for Development one months emoluments of the Under Secretary for Development and one months emoluments of the Political Assistant to Secretary for Development
過往，這些非原居民和受影響的居民提出很多不同方案，要求復村、免資產審查申請公營房屋或先安置後遷拆，但一一皆被當局拒絕，然後強行收地。
In the past these non - indigenous inhabitants and the affected residents put forward various proposals which include reinstatement of the village non - means - tested application for public housing or rehousing before clearance . However they were all rejected by the authorities which then carried out resumption of land by force
原來粉嶺的高爾夫球場佔地40多公頃，根本足以興建政府所說的全部公屋單位連配套設施，但政府偏偏不這樣做。
In fact on the 40 - odd hectares of land of the Fanling Golf Course the Government can accommodate that number of PRH units together with the supportive facilities but the Government does not do that
我還記得政府提出很多莫名其妙的理由，有時候說是高官的集體回憶，有時候說我們不能沒有高爾夫球場，有時候說單是興建公屋並不足夠，因為沒有配套設施，但這些全部都是狡辯砌詞。
I remember the many strange reasons mentioned by the Government . For example it says that the golf course possesses the collective memory of high officials and we cannot dispense with a golf course or the construction of PRH units is not sufficient as there are no supportive facilities . All these are only quibbling
根本那麼多公頃的土地，足以興建公屋後還可興建相應的配套設施，狡辯砌詞是只容富人打高爾夫球，不許百姓耕作，不許百姓住在農地上開心地過生活。
In fact with so many hectares of land the PRH units can be built together with the corresponding supportive facilities on the land . The Government is quibbling for the sake of allowing the rich to play golf but disallowing the villagers to farm or to live happily on the farmland
政府美其名是在該處興建公屋，但其實完全沒有解決房屋問題。
The Government says euphemistically that it is constructing PRH units there but it has completely failed to resolve the housing problem
要真正解決房屋問題，政府要另覓土地，興建公營房屋，這樣才是真正解決問題之道。
In order to genuinely resolving the housing problem the Government has to identify other pieces of land to build PRH units . This is how it should really resolve the problem
基層和貧窮的人可以住的土地面積卻越來越小和越來越貴，因為他們原本居住的地方，政府美其名是市區重建，其實是被摧毀了來興建私營房屋，他們唯有搬到附近仍然是很舊地區的"劏房"居住，結果"劏房"的供應越來越匱乏。
The area where the grass roots and the poor can live is getting smaller but getting more expensive because the places where they originally lived were destroyed by the Government for building private residential units under the pretext of urban renewal . These people have no other alternatives but to move to the subdivided units of the equally old districts nearby and the supply of subdivided units is getting scarce as a result
當局強行收地都要做得好一點，諮詢做不好，賠償不足，沒有恩恤措施，對我們的基層真的每每拳打腳踢，雖然不是真的用拳頭打，但就是這些殺人不見血的政策，令他們的流離失所，這就是發展局的第一宗罪。
There are neither proper consultations sufficient compensation nor ex gratia measures . They are really dealing heavy blows though not physical ones to our grass roots . It is due to these heinous policies that these people have become homeless
另一宗罪是甚麼呢？
What is the next sin?
根據本土研究社的研究，棕土主要集中在新界的元朗、屯門、北區，但這些土地受到破壞，現在被人用作貨櫃場、露天停車場、露天儲物用途等，共佔1,200公頃。
According to a study by the Liber Research Community our brownfield sites are mainly located in Yuen Long Tuen Mun and North District of the New Territories but these sites have been damaged as they are now being used as container depots open car parks and open storage areas . These sites amount to 1 200 hectares of land
我還未說到橫洲的情況，根本有人是用官地做這些事，而政府竟然繼續縱容他們這樣做，這是甚麼發展局？
I have not yet mentioned the situation in Wang Chau where some people are actually engaging in such businesses on government land . The Government is in effect condoning them to do . What kind of Development Bureau is it?
我提出這些修正案，以及支持陳志全議員的修正案的原因有三，便是發展局的最少三宗罪，當然不止這三宗罪，但這三宗罪真的令人非常憤慨。
I have three reasons to propose these amendments and support Mr CHAN Chi - chuens amendments . These reasons are related to at least three sins of the Development Bureau which have committed more than three sins of course . These three sins are very infuriating indeed
這個發展局所發展的是甚麼？
What kind of development is this Development Bureau pursuing?
它在打劫貧苦大眾、最無權無勢的人的資源，然後令富人的權益得到發展，這個發展局是值得支持嗎？
It is robbing the poor and the underprivileged of their resources to develop the rights and interests of the rich . Is this Development Bureau worth supporting?
這是一個可恨的發展局。
This is a hateful Development Bureau
在2013年，當時還是陳茂波做發展局局長，他表示發展棕地的程序複雜，包括環境、交通等技術評估，要向立法會申請撥款，亦有補償、安置等問題，不能一蹴而就，但他會盡心地做。
In 2013 when Mr Paul CHAN was the Secretary for Development he said that the procedures for the development of brownfield sites were complicated as they involved technical assessments on the environment and transportation application for funding from the Legislative Council and there were issues such as compensation and rehousing all of which could not be accomplished in one move but that he would do his best
結果，被人破壞了的土地繼續被破壞，棕地資料庫不知去了哪裏。
At the end the pieces of land which have been damaged continue to be damaged and the database for brownfield sites is nowhere to be seen
所有政策都是打劫窮人的土地來強化有權勢的人的利益，即使新界東北都一樣，被迫遷的，一定是非原居民，得益的人便是鄉紳權貴。
All policies share the same approach of robbing the poor of their land to strengthen the interests of those in power . The development of North East New Territories is no exception . The non - indigenous inhabitants are always the ones being forced to leave while the squires and the privileged are the ones who reap the benefits
這是因為我們的安全監督不完善。
This was attributed to our defective safety supervision
表面上是工業安全的問題，但我們細心追蹤，為甚麼工業總是這麼不安全？
It is superficially a matter of industrial safety but we want to follow up on the issue to see why industrial works are always unsafe and why the lives of Hong Kong workers can be so worthless
但是，工人的性命便這樣鑲嵌到大橋中，他們的血汗和性命成為了"大白象"基建中的成本一部分。
However the lives of some workers are then embedded in the bridge with the blood sweat and lives of workers becoming part of the cost for constructing the white elephant infrastructural project
原來我們的政府真的很 馬虎，招標14次均是價低者得，並不會理會對方過去的往績，究竟是否真的懂得興建大橋，還是興建的大橋全都倒塌，原來政府是不理會的。
Our Government is really treating the tenders in a perfunctory manner . All its 14 tenders were won by the lowest bid . The Government gives no regard to the past records of the tenderer from which the Government can tell whether the tenderer really knows how to build a bridge or whether all the bridges built by it have collapsed
所以，削減有關官員的薪酬，以及削減港珠澳大橋相關項目的工程撥款開支其實是合情合理的，亦可還給我們的工人和農民一個公道。
Hence the deduction of emoluments of the government officials concerned and the deduction of the funding for the expenditure on various works related to the Hong Kong - Zhuhai - Macao Bridge are well justified while justice can also be served to our workers and farmers
表面上，長者只是社會上其中的一群，但老年其實是一個人生階段，是每個人必經的階段，即使我們現在不是老人家，但其實每一個人也會老，我們看看現時長者過着怎樣的生活？
On the surface the elderly are one of the social groups; in reality ageing is one of our life stages that everyone will experience . Even if you are still young now you will age some day
其實不單是我自己，很多年青人也看不到希望。
When we look at how the elderly live at present neither I nor many young people see any hope
所以，由這個社會去做安老，令他們安享晚年，是理所當然的。
Therefore it is just natural for this society to take care of the elderly allowing them to enjoy life in their twilight years
很多人沒有自己的居所，在公屋居住；很多人即使有自己的資產，也只是居住在十分廉價、十分破舊的唐樓裏面，設施不佳。
Many elderly people do not have their own properties and thus live in public rental housing units . Many others who are property owners though are living in their cheap and dilapidated tenement buildings with poor facilities
2012年，政府推出所謂的長者生活津貼，當時政府說要進行資產審查，是因為這是一項扶貧政策。
When the Old Age Living Allowance OALA was launched in 2012 the Government said the assets test was part and parcel of OALA which was a poverty alleviation measure introduced at the time and it was running out of money amid the ageing population
我們不說第一年，繼續說在5年後的情況，例如說2015年比較新的數字是怎樣的呢？
Let us forget the first year of the policy implementation now and go on with the situation after five years . For example what are the relatively more recent figures such as those of 2015?
證明我們實施的有關政策相當刻薄，即使政策介入，長者仍然生活在貧窮線之下，叫他們怎能不為數元撿紙皮、撿汽水罐呢？
This serves to prove that the relevant policies are really stingy so that even with policy intervention the elderly are still living in poverty and have to scavenge cardboard and soft drink cans to earn just several dollars . I often repeat this remark in the hope that government officials can heed my advice
其實我真的不明白，為何政府會這樣前言不對後語？
I really do not understand why the Government can be so inconsistence
放着可持續的方案不做，卻隨便推行一個會"爆煲"的方案，政府是否打算遲些退縮便算，或在提出加稅時，減的竟然是富人的稅，而加的可能是基層的稅，例如提出銷售稅？
Why have government officials turned a blind eye to the Proposal? . Ignoring a proposal that is sustainable the Government haphazardly turns to the scheme which is bound to face cost overrun . Is it the Governments plan to scrap its proposal later or does it plan to increase taxes such as introducing the sales tax to make the grass roots pay more but enable the rich to pay less?
我們必須妥善規劃，我們要有清晰的人口數據，多少年後會有多少名長者，我們應妥善規劃大概每多少人中便需要提供1個宿位給他們，為何過往這麼多年每年仍有這麼多名長者在輪候院舍期間去世呢？
We ought to have proper planning a good grasp of the demographics and a clear idea of the elderly population for the years ahead . Proper planning should be made in relation to the ratio of RCHE place provision . But why were there still so many elderly people who died while waiting for RCHE places in all these past years?
我們的估計和承擔在哪？
Is there any estimation and commitment?
所以，我很希望政府明白，長者的日常照顧、院舍服務及全民退休保障，便是你們經常說，要令香港人看到希望，要修補社會裂痕中最重要的事情。
Therefore I very much hope that the Government can understand that the daily and residential care services for the elderly as well as universal retirement protection are the most important elements which make Hong Kong people see hope and help mend the rifts in society
啟德體育園花了300多億元，港珠澳大橋又花了過千億元，便是"寧養石頭，不養白頭"，如此涼薄的社會，叫我們如何繼續生活，怎會不認為勞工及福利局局長值得被扣減薪酬呢？
Some 30 billion has been invested in the Kai Tak Sports Park and more than 100 billion spent on the Hong Kong - Zhuhai - Macao Bridge . How can we continue to live in such a mean society which prefers investing in infrastructure works to paying for the welfare of the elderly . How can we not think that it is justifiable for the Secretary for Labour and Welfare to have a salary cut?
其實，即使扣回他多年來的薪酬也不為過，但為何我只扣減他1個月的薪酬呢？
After all it is not excessive to recoup his salary paid over these years . But then why do I just propose a one - month salary reduction?
由於宣誓案的緣故，我接觸過立法會的手語專家，知道他們一直都有點不滿。
Due to the oath - taking case I had approached some sign language experts of the Legislative Council and learnt about their grievances
雖然聽障人士對立法會辯論很感興趣，但無奈我們的辯論節奏非常急促，議員發言亦非常流暢，當這些議員的發言被翻譯成手語時，手語員為求速度，一方面覺得很辛苦，另一方面會流失很多內容，表達得不準確。
Persons with hearing impairment are very interested in the debates of this Council but since the tempo of our debates is very fast and Members are eloquent speakers thus when translating Members speeches into sign language sign language interpreters have great difficulties to catch up with the tempo and some of the contents may be missed out and render the translation inaccurate
我們說話的時候，可以很快完成一個音節，但手語翻譯員要表達相關意思的時候，便要做很多動作。
When we speak we pronounce a syllable very quickly but sign language interpreters may need to use a number of hand gestures to express the relevant meaning
例如，"香港特別行政區"，他們只能表達為"港府"或"香港政府"或"政府"，所以，很多時候要在詞彙上作出轉化。
For example for the term Hong Kong Special Administrative Region they may express it as local government Hong Kong Government or Government . Hence there is often a conversion of vocabulary
第二，我就殘障人士、聽障人士提出一個誠懇的要求。
Secondly I want to make a sincere request on behalf of persons with disabilities and hearing impairment
因此，不論手語翻譯員如何努力，我們在立法會會議上的發言被翻譯成手語都是形同虛設，聽障人士根本不知道我們正在辯論甚麼。
Therefore no matter how hard the sign language interpreters work the translation of speeches given at the Council meetings into sign language is futile and persons with hearing impairment are unable to understand our debate at meetings
這才是真正的共融社會，也是立法會設立手語翻譯，在電視直播時加入即時手語翻譯的精神。
Only in this way can we build a genuine inclusive society which is also the underlying spirit of providing sign language interpretation during live television broadcast by the Legislative Council
我很希望主席能夠接納我的意見。
I eagerly hope that the Chairman will take heed of my views
香港人的資源就是這樣由親建制組織一手包攬，試問我們又怎能認同呢？
This is how resources of Hong Kong people are all controlled by pro - establishment associations . How can we give our consent?
更過分的是，原來內地實習計劃的主辦團體會派遣成員到香港以外進行招募。
More outrageous still the organizing bodies of the Internship Scheme would arrange their members to travel to places outside Hong Kong for recruitment
第二，青年工作變成統戰工作。
Secondly youth work has become united front work
如果以每月30天來計算，即使以較低的津貼額每天410元來計算，每人的津貼額平均也要12,300元。
If calculated on the basis of 30 days a month at a lower daily subsidy of 410 the average subsidy for each young people will be 12,300
根據2015年的報道，廣東省共青團曾在網頁展示所謂的"青年同心圓計劃"，當中有百多個粵港澳台青少年的交流項目，目標是要組織近4萬名青少年參與其中，並表明希望增進他們對國家的認同，促進人心回歸，增強民族自豪感。
As reported in 2015 the Guangdong Communist Youth League mentioned in its web page the so - called 青年同心圓計劃 under which more than 100 exchange events were organized for youths from Guangdong Hong Kong Macao and Taiwan . Aiming to recruit about 40 000 youth participants the Programme sought to cultivate a stronger sense of national identity promote the reunification of peoples hearts and enhance their sense of national pride
這是統戰工作而不是實習工作，所以要做統戰工作，煩請中聯辦自掏腰包，不要動用香港人的公帑。
This was indeed united front work rather than internship . Thus the united front work should be financed by LOCPG but not public funds of Hong Kong people
中國被視作國際的一部分，而絕大部分資源和名額都是留給中國學生。
China is seen as a part of the international world and the majority of the resources and quotas have been reserved for Mainland students
我曾於早前舉行的財務委員會會議上，與民政事務局局長劉江華一起討論這個問題。
At a meeting of the Finance Committee held earlier I discussed the issue with Secretary for Home Affair LAU Kong - wah
局方預計2017-2018年度會有21,000人前往內地交流，但到全球各地交流的合共卻只有1,300人。
According to the estimate of the Bureau in 2017 - 2018 21 000 people will take part in programmes for exchange in the Mainland but only 1 300 people will participate in programmes for exchange in other overseas countries
多年來，香港在教育事務和青年工作方面的國際化便是內地化，這對香港學生究竟有何好處？
Over the years in respect of education and youth work internationalization is tantamount to Mainlandization . What benefits will this bring to Hong Kong students?
局長的回應很可笑，他說並非所有外國國家均願意與香港作雙向交流，故此國際交流計劃的規模相對較小。
The Secretarys response is very ridiculous . He said that not all overseas countries were willing to have bilateral exchanges with Hong Kong thus the scale of international exchange was relatively smaller
一旦遇到這個問題，便應改作單向扶植，讓香港學生有更多機會面向 國際，讓他們有更多機會到不同地區見識。
If there are obstacles in conducting bilateral exchanges the Government should switch to unilateral exchanges so as to create more opportunities for local students to face the world and broaden their horizons in different parts of the world
2017-2018年度，政府預計會撥款1億元予內地計劃，而國際計劃則只撥款1,400萬元，相差10倍之多。
In 2017 - 2018 the Government estimates that 100 million will be set aside for the Mainland scheme but only 14 million will be allocated for the international scheme which is 10 times less than the former
經過點算，我們發現民政事務局轄下的青年內地實習資助計劃去年合共批出撥款1億1,000萬元，當中高達六成由親建制組織包攬，而這些組織有不少委員均具有濃厚的建制背景。
After doing some researches we found that a total of 110 million was granted to the Internship Scheme under the Home Affairs Bureau last year of which as high as 60 % of the funding went to the pockets of pro - establishment associations
直至現在，無論老師、家長、學生均叫苦連天。
Teachers parents and students are all in great distress
所以，問題是香港的整體教育制度生病了。
The entire education system in Hong Kong is defective
政府是在摧毀他們，揠苗助長，還是在幫助他們呢？
Is the Government destroying them by being over - anxious for results or is it helping them?
在香港，每次教改都強調要多一分競爭，至今操練文化已根深蒂固，即使只多加一條稻草，亦會成為駱駝背上最後不能負荷的一條稻草。
In Hong Kong each education reform lays more emphasis on competition . The culture of drilling is now deeply rooted . With one more straw it will likely break the camels back
如果要說某局長、某政治助理對香港整個社會造成的禍害，恐怕真是難以估計，不知道他們是否要剖腹自盡才足以謝罪。
If we are to hold a certain Director of Bureau or Political Assistant accountable for the calamity they have caused to Hong Kong society I am afraid the harm is so great that they have to commit hara - kiri in order to pay for their wrong - doings
學生全都是人，都有價值，他們生活在社會上，我們便要幫他們面對社會，適應社會的環境，發掘自己的潛能。
All students have their own values and we have to help them face society adapt to the environment of society and discover their potentials
香港學校課程極之單一，生活沒有其他選擇，從小到大，我們向學生貫輸，如果是失敗者，社會就會認為他們沒有價值。
We instill into students since their early childhood that should they fail society will consider them worthless
主席，首先我表明一定會支持陳志全議員要求削減全港性系統評估印卷費的修正案，而我現時則就修正案編號158、164、165和166發言，這些修正案均議決削減總目156分目000的開支，即削減教育局局長、副局長和政治助理大約1個月薪酬的開支，以及教育局副秘書長5的全年薪酬預算開支。
Chairman first of all I declare that I will definitely support Mr CHAN Chi - chuens amendment that calls for the reduction of the printing expenses of the Territory - wide System Assessment TSA assessment papers . Now I will speak on Amendment Nos . 158 164 165 and 166
我很希望所有教育工作者能認清楚教育的意義和本質。
I really hope that practitioners in the education sector will see clearly the true meaning and nature of education . Let us look at the situation in Germany
再看德國的情況，德國強調多元化教育，學生不單可入讀文法中學，亦有很多專科和職業訓練學校可供選擇，學生在最後一年可到企業實習，學習真正的上班環境。
Germany lays emphasis on diversity in education . Other than grammar schools students can choose to study in specialized or vocational institutions . In the last school year students receive in - service training in enterprises to experience the real workplace
德國強調獨立自主的人生，而香港呢？
Germany emphasizes that one should lead an independent life and make his own choice what about Hong Kong?
在芬蘭，學生自我肯定、有自我價值、獲得尊重；在德國，學生的獨特性格和自主人生得以發揮。
In Finland students have self - affirmation they know their own value worth and are respected . In Germany students are given the chance to develop their own unique personality and have control over their own life
然而，我們的教育卻只視學生為一口螺絲釘，日後他們可能會被嵌入港珠澳大橋，從事血汗工程，或捱着全世界最長工時，被資本家吸乾血汗。
Nevertheless our education system only regards students as screws which may be inserted in the Hong Kong - Zhuhai - Macao Bridge . In future students may engage in hard labour or may have the longest working hours in the world being sucked dry by the capitalists
人類的同理心由0歲至10歲培養，過了這個階段，若沒有愉快的童年、沒有美好的群體生活，便再難以栽培。
People develop their empathy between the age of 0 and 10 . After this stage if one does not have a happy childhood and a pleasant social life he can hardly cultivate the spirit of empathy
我很想當權者明白，摧毀別人的同理心，摧毀下一代的自我價值所造成的罪行和禍害，不單影響其他人，而當下一代在一個這樣的社會中成長，你們也將活在一個沒有同理心的社會及人間地獄中，而這個地獄是他們一手造成的。
I really hope that those in power will understand the evil consequences and harm resulted from destroying the sense of empathy and self - worth of the next generation will not only affect other people but also cause harm to them because if the next generation grow up in such a society people in power will also live in a community without empathy which is a hell on earth and this hell is created by them
教育工作者批評近10多年來的教育改革，越改越糟，越改越不珍視人性，越改越摧毀人本精神，他們對此深痛惡絕。
Educators have criticized that the education reforms over the last 10 - odd years have gone from bad to worse . They bitterly detest that after each reform the element of human nature has been reduced and the spirit of humanism disrupted
據說他辦事能力相當高、表現出色，所以我絕無針對他的意思，如果取消了他的職位，我也希望政府能夠將他調至其他較好的崗位上。
I learn that the officer concerned is very competent with outstanding performance and I have nothing against him personally . If his post is cancelled I hope that the Government will deploy him to a better post
這不單破壞自然生態，更破壞我們一直以來珍視的海港生態。
This will not only destroy natural habitats but also the marine ecology that we treasure
所以，我在此想說的是，我感到很奇怪，社會未有共識，政府便可以隨便提出一項為時約20年、極具爭議的項目，然後直接進入技術研究階段。
In the end the Government withdrew the proposal . I thus wish to express my query here . How come the Government can propose a highly controversial project which spans some 20 years without reaching a prior consensus in society and then say that the project has directly entered the technical study stage?
只是那個所謂的策略性研究，便花掉2億6,000多萬港元。
The strategic studies alone cost some HK260 million
於是我問官員一個有趣的問題，何解我們要求進行全民退休保障時，政府又說到二零四幾年，香港不單人口老化，勞動力更會大大下降，又沒有新人口輸入香港，所以全民退休保障是行不通的，隨時會"爆煲"。
I then asked the government official an interesting question . I said that when we asked the Government to take forward universal retirement protection it said that sometime after 2040 the population in Hong Kong would age and no new population would come in and thus universal retirement protection would not be a viable option because the retirement protection system would be overburdened
當政府要興建東大嶼都會時，便說人口會急劇上升，因為要應付這項需要，所以便要拓展土地，既提供商業區，也建設住宅區。
When the Government needs to take forward the East Lantau Metropolis it justifies itself by saying that the population will drastically increase and thus it needs to develop more land to provide commercial and residential districts to meet population need
我當時問官員，究竟這兩盤數怎樣計算出來？為何會有兩個背道而馳的推測呢？
At that time I asked the government official how these two sets of statistical projections were worked out and why they were so diametrically opposite
政府真是"吹得就吹"，"講得就講"，胡亂提供數目，亂誇效果，然後便進入技術研究階段，"霸王硬上弓"。
The Government brags about the plan with all sorts of empty talks provides confusing data and exaggerates the usefulness; and then it presses ahead with the project informing the public that the project has already entered the technical study stage . The mentality of the Government is always like this
政府的思維就是這樣，每次"洗濕個頭"，然後便說無法吹乾，港珠澳大橋是這樣、迪士尼樂園也是這樣，現在又無故興建啟德體育園，遲一點又有《香港2030+》，都是"洗濕個頭"，更是洗到很濕。
Every time it kind of gives Hong Kong a shampoo first and then says that the hair must be rinsed and blown dry no matter what . This is the case with the Hong Kong - Zhuhai - Macao Bridge and also with the Hong Kong Disneyland . Now it suddenly says that it wants to go ahead with the Kai Tak Sports Park and later the projects under the Hong Kong 2030
其實情況同樣簡單，又是涉及技術研究，又是在沒有社會共識下，便說要在大嶼山小蠔灣、屯門龍鼓灘及沙田馬料水填海，用來建樓。
The situation here also involves conducting technical studies . Similarly before a social consensus has been forged the Government announces that it will carry out reclamation at Siu Ho Wan in Lantau Lung Kwu Tan in Tuen Mun and Ma Liu Shui in Sha Tin to provide land for housing construction
其實很多地區團體會告訴你，最反對就是填海建豪宅。
Many local groups would tell you that they oppose reclaiming land for luxurious property developments the most