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在六七十年代，港英政府發展新界，興建不少公共設施，例如水塘、公園、房屋、隧道等，工程會抽取地下水，令農地因缺水而變為乾涸，不宜耕作，加上當時香港經濟起飛，農業日漸式微，農地漸漸被荒廢，變成了棕地。
In the 1960s and 1970s when developing the New Territories the British Hong Kong Government built public facilities such as reservoirs parks housing and tunnels . In the process underground water was extracted which caused the land to dry up and become unsuitable for agriculture . Such situations coupled with the fact that Hong Kongs economy took off at that time and agriculture was gradually declining led to the abandonment of agricultural land which then turned into brownfield sites
現時棕地作業包括食品冷凍倉、港口後勤、貨櫃車場、回收場、建造業機械及物料儲存庫等。
Currently brownfield operations include refrigerated warehouse for food port back - up container depots recycling yards and storage of construction machinery and materials
棕地是香港經濟轉型衍生出來的現況，市場有需要才有棕地，所以請大家不要妖魔化棕地作業者。
Brownfield sites are the products of economic restructuring in Hong Kong . They exist because there is such a need in the market so please do not demonize brownfield operators
代理主席，我並不反對收回棕地發展公營房屋，但收回棕地後，如何妥善重置棕地作業，為業界尋找營運空間，這才是問題的關鍵。
Deputy President I do not oppose the resumption of brownfield sites for public housing . However the crux of the question lies in how to relocate brownfield operations and seek operating space for them after the resumption of brownfield sites
部分作業需要存放大型機械，根本無法"上樓"。
It is impossible for some operations to move upstairs as they have large machinery to store
棕地作業者亦很擔心負擔不起搬遷後的昂貴租金而結業。
Brownfield operators are also worried that they will have to cease business as they are unable to afford the expensive rent after the relocation
我們不能因為要興建房屋而扼殺現有經營者的生存空間，必須安頓好經營者才去收地。
We must not smother the survival of existing operators because there is a need to build housing . Operators must be properly relocated before land resumption
政府兩項棕地研究結果將會在短期內公布，期望屆時有詳細的數據分析及完善的安置方案。
The results of two studies on brownfield operations will be released shortly . I hope detailed data analysis and a proper relocation plan will be included
代理主席，我首先申報我是香港哥爾夫球會的會員。
Deputy President I must first declare that I am a member of the Fanling Golf Club
原議案提出全面收回粉嶺高爾夫球場172公頃土地用作發展房屋，我代表新界鄉議局表示反對。
The original motion proposed to fully resume the 172 - hectare site of the Fanling Golf Course for housing development . On behalf of the Heung Yee Kuk I express objection to this proposal
粉嶺高爾夫球場有100多年歷史，球場內有行政長官粉嶺別墅及球會會所，分別獲評為一級及二級歷史建築，亦有不少新界原居民祖先墳墓，部分祖墳可追溯至明、清兩朝，後人每年都前往拜祭。
The Fanling Golf Course has more than 100 years of history . The Fanling Lodge and the clubhouse of the golf club graded as Grade 1 and Grade 2 historic buildings respectively are situated there . Many ancestral graves of indigenous inhabitants of the New Territories which can be traced back to Ming or Qing Dynasties are also located in the golf course and visited by descendants annually
收回球場發展是否想連歷史建築、先人的墳墓也拆卸？
Does resumption of the golf course mean destruction of historic buildings and ancestral graves?
剛才有議員說，打高爾夫球是權貴的玩意，以前可能是，但近年這項運動在全世界已經非常普及，不少學校、基層學生也可以參與，高爾夫球場正是推廣運動發展與普及的場地，亦是舉辦國際公開賽的場地，以及香港選手的訓練基地。
Some Members say that golf is a game for the rich and the powerful which might be true in the past . However in recent years the sport has become very popular around the world and more accessible to schools and grass - root students . The golf course serves to promote and popularize the sport as the venue for international open championships as well as the training base of Hong Kong athletes
即使局部發展，也會削弱它的文化歷史價值及用途。
Even partial development will undermine its cultural and historical values and purposes
因此，我認為要全面保留粉嶺高爾夫球場，反對涂謹申議員的議案，也不會支持所有發展粉嶺高爾夫球場土地的修正案。
Therefore I hold that the Fanling Golf Course should be fully conserved and oppose Mr James TOs motion and any amendment proposing the development of the Fanling Golf Course
代理主席，今天我們討論了很多增加土地的方法，我相信政府不單要解決眼前5年、10年的居住問題，而是要建造可以讓市民安居樂業和安老的宜居城市。
Deputy President we have held discussion on a number of ways to increase land supply . I believe the Government should not only solve the housing issue in the next five to 10 years but also build a liveable city that allows the public to live and age in peace and contentment
要達到這個目標，我們必須放眼未來。
In order to achieve this goal we must have the future in mind
目前我看到最有效的方法，就是施政報告所提出的"明日大嶼願景"，填海發展東大嶼都會。
The most effective solution that I can see for the time being is the reclamation development of the East Lantau Metropolis under the Lantau Tomorrow Vision proposed in the Policy Address
有議員同事反對大規模填海，說會影響海洋生態，又把"明日大嶼願景"妖魔化為"大白象"工程。
Some Honourable colleagues oppose the large - scale reclamation project on the grounds that it would affect the marine ecology . They also demonize the Lantau Tomorrow Vision as a white - elephant project
事實上，香港有7,000公頃土地都是填海得來，佔已發展土地面積四分之一。
As a matter of fact 7 000 hectares of land in Hong Kong that is one quarter of the developed area were acquired through reclamation
過去10多年來，香港填海步伐減慢，由八九十年代每年平均200公頃，跌至2000年後每年平均40公頃，才會出現時的"土地荒"。
Over the past decade the reclamation process in Hong Kong has slowed down dropping from 200 hectares annually in the 1980s and 1990s to 40 hectares annually after 2000 which led to the current shortage of land
在交椅洲和喜靈洲興建人工島，可以為香港新增1,700公頃土地，提供住宅、消閒、商業用地，有利香港長遠發展。
The construction of artificial islands near Kau Yi Chau and Hei Ling Chau is beneficial to the long - term development of Hong Kong as it can provide an additional 1 700 hectares of land supply for residential leisure and commercial uses
填海得來的土地，可以提供260,000至400,000個住宅單位，以七成公營房屋計算，即新增大約180,000至280,000個公屋單位，惠及基層市民，我看不到有甚麼理由要反對？
The reclaimed land can provide 260 000 to 400 000 residential units with 70 % being public housing . That means 180 000 to 280 000 additional public housing units which will benefit the grass roots . I do not see any reasons for opposing the proposal
新界鄉議局唯一要求，是政府必須推展整個"明日大嶼"計劃，日後的交通走線必須途經梅窩，以解決大嶼南、梅窩的交通負荷及居民需要。
The only request of the Heung Yee Kuk is that when implementing the entire Lantau Tomorrow Vision traffic routes must pass through Mui Wo in order to address the traffic load issue and the needs of the residents in South Lantau and Mui Wo
政府應該盡快向立法會提交填海方案，進行前期研究，多管齊下，為下一代創造宜居空間。
The Government should table the reclamation plan to the Legislative Council expeditiously and launch the preliminary study so as to create a liveable space for the next generation through a multi - pronged approach
當然，10分鐘的發言時間有限，我不能逐一評論原議案和各項修正案的內容，我發言主要介紹由我提出的修正案的3個重點，包括向境外人士和公司買家實施"限購令"、減少發展商囤積土地，以及政府不應該降低出租公屋的比例，因為這些措施都有協助增加供應和壓抑需求的效果，從而滿足香港人家庭和基層的居住和置業需求。
Due to the time constraint I am not able to comment on the original motion and all the amendments in 10 minutes . I will mainly focus on three key points in my amendment impose a purchase restriction on people and corporate buyers from outside Hong Kong; reduce land hoarding by developers; and refrain from lowering the proportion of public rental housing . These measures will help increase supply and suppress demand thus satisfy the housing and home ownership needs of Hong Kong households and grass roots
代理主席，自從《長遠房屋策略》於2014年公布後，直至2017-2018的4個年度，由香港房屋委員會和香港房 屋協會提供的公營房屋建屋量每年平均不足14,000個單位，大幅落後於《長策》當年提出每年供應28,000個公營房屋單位的目標，導致公屋申請者的平均輪候時間由2014年9月底的3.1年升至2018年9月底的5.5年。
Deputy President in the four years since the promulgation of the Long Term Housing Strategy LTHS in 2014 until 2017 - 2018 the average annual production volumn of public housing by the Hong Kong Housing Authority HA and the Hong Kong Housing Society has been under 14 000 units which significantly fell behind the annual supply target of 28 000 public housing units as set out in LTHS . As a result the average waiting time for public housing allocation increased from 3.1 years in late September 2014 to 5.5 years in late September 2018
而在未來5年，房委會的建設計劃預計只能每年提供平均19,500個公營房屋單位，即使加上其他機構的供應，相信也難以達到《長策》的目標。
In the next five years HA expects to provide an average of 19 500 public housing units annually . Even with the supply by other organizations included the target in LTHS will be hard to meet
所以，即使政府在《長遠房屋策略》2018年周年進度報告提出調整公私營房屋供應比例，由6：4改至7：3，把未來10年公營房屋的供應目標提升至315,000個單位，但我們只要看一看事實，看一看過去及現時的建屋進度數據，就會知道這個目標是形同虛設，可望而不可及，無法做到的。
Therefore although the Government has proposed to raise the publicprivate split from 6col4 to 7col3 in the Long Term Housing Strategy Annual Progress Report 2018 and revised the supply target for public housing to 315 000 units for the next 10 years we will realize that this target is unachievable simply by looking at the facts as well as past and current data on housing construction progress
代理主席，我認為香港房屋問題其中一個重要癥結，源於我們的住宅市場對外開放，來自境外資金的投資炒賣，令香港人要面對樓價和租金飆升至嚴重脫離香港市民可以負擔的能力。
Deputy President I think one of the cruxes of the housing issue in Hong Kong is that our residential market is open to the outside world . Due to investment and speculation by capital outside Hong Kong property prices and rents have surged to a level way beyond the affordability of Hong Kong people
我留意到，在報告的需求推算中，並沒有調整"其他因素"的數字。
I have noticed that the figure for miscellaneous factors was not adjusted in the demand projection in the report
何謂"其他因素"呢？
What do miscellaneous factors represent?
就是包括"只有流動居民的住戶"、"居於本港房屋單位的非本地學生"，以及"沒有把單位放回市場的非本地買家"，即相當大部分是非本地、非居住的投資需求。
They include units occupied by households with mobile residents only non - local students who may take up accommodation in Hong Kong and buyers from outside Hong Kong who may purchase flats without channelling them back to the market . That means the majority of them represent the non - residential investment demands of non - local residents
根據報告推算，未來10年非本地的"其他因素"需求竟然多達30,200個單位，而未來10年的私營房屋供應目標則減少至135,000個單位。
According to the report the demand projection in the next 10 years based on miscellaneous factors is as high as 30 200 units; while the supply target for private housing in the next 10 years will be reduced to 135 000 units
換言之，在政府新供應的目標中，可能會有高達22.4%的私樓要用來滿足非本地及投資需求，並非供應給香港人，較上年足足增加了5個百分點，即每5個私人單位就有1個用於滿足境外或投資需求，而非用來滿足香港人的住屋和置業需求。
In other words in the new supply target projected by the Government as high as 22.4 % of private housing will serve to satisfy non - local and investment demands rather than the needs of Hong Kong people . The figure presents an increase of five percentage points over the previous year and that means one out of five private units will serve to satisfy the demand from outside Hong Kong or of investment rather than to meet the housing and home ownership needs of Hong Kong people
財政司司長陳茂波曾經在網誌提出，要放寬私人住宅的按揭成數考慮條件。
Financial Secretary Paul CHAN has once suggested in his blog to relax the ceiling for private residential mortgage loans
雖然陳茂波事後澄清沒有"減辣"時間表，但其言論就引起了香港市民的憂慮政府是否企圖托市，特別是如果"減辣"，將再次吸引大量境外資金湧來香港投資房地產，樓價勢必再次火上加油。
Although he later clarified that there was no timetable for reducing the harsh measures his remarks have aroused concern about whether the Government attempts to boost the market as reducing the harsh measures will attract a large amount of capital outside Hong Kong to invest in real estate and fuel the property prices . The Government should definitely not boost the market
所以，政府絕不應該托市之餘，我在修正案提出政府應該進一步限制境外需求，實施非本地及公司買家住宅物業的"限購令"。
For this reason I proposed in my amendment that the Government should suppress the demands from outside Hong Kong by imposing a purchase restriction on residential units purchased by people and corporate buyers from outside Hong Kong
政府可 以參考其他地方的模式，例如澳洲和新西蘭，禁止非本地居民和公司購買及持有二手住宅單位，包括不准持有已補地價的資助出售房屋單位，以達致在住宅市場中區隔本地自住和非本地投資需求，從而確保市場有足夠供應予香港市民、香港永久居民和香港人選擇，單位不會任由非本地居民或公司投資者長期持有，繼而套現謀利。
The Government may draw reference from the practices in other places such as Australia and New Zealand and forbid people and corporate buyers from outside Hong Kong to acquire and hold second - hand residential units including subsidized sale flats with premiums paid in order to separate local self - occupation needs from non - local investment demands . We should ensure that sufficient supply is in the market for Hong Kong citizens Hong Kong permanent residents and Hong Kong people to choose from rather than being held by non - local people or corporate buyers over a long period of time for cashing in profit later on . In Australia where a purchase restriction is in place property prices have come down from the peak in 2018
有"限購令"的澳洲，樓價在2018年從高位回落，悉尼和墨爾本2018年12月的樓價，較2017年同期分別下跌11.1%和7.2%，澳洲全國樓價亦下跌4.8%，證明"限購令"有效令樓價回復至當地市民可負擔能力之內。
The property prices in Sydney and Melbourne in December 2018 dropped by 11.1 % and 7.2 % respectively compared with the same period in 2017 . The overall proprety prices in Australia have dropped by 4.8 % . This shows that a purchase restriction can effectively bring property prices back to a level affordable to local people
我們應該要學習，請政府官員深思。
We should learn from that example . I call on government officials to ponder over it
我的修正案的第二個重點，是應該限制發展商囤積居奇。
The second key point in my amendment is to reduce land hoarding by developers
有估計指，私人發展商持有的新界閒置農地超過1,000公頃，如果全部發展起來，規模大約為3個啟德發展區的總面積，如果計算地積比率，例如3倍，以每個單位平均500平方呎計算，可興建的單位數目超過60萬個。
It is estimated that private developers own more than 1 000 hectares of idle agricultural land in the New Territories . If all developed the scale will be equivalent to three times the total area of the Kai Tak Development Area . Take a plot ratio of 3 and an average of 500 sq ft per unit as an example more than 600 000 units can be built
因此，對於長期持有新界農地而不作任何規劃的發展商，政府不應該姑息。
Therefore the Government should no longer tolerate long - term holding of agricultural land in the New Territories for which the developers have not any planning
政府要建立棕地資料庫，訂下優先發展棕地的原則，引用《收回土地條例》收回棕地和農地，興建公營房屋。
It should establish a brownfield database set a development priority and recover brownfield sites and agricultural land for public housing construction by invoking the Lands Resumption Ordinance
土地空置稅也可促使發展商將囤積的土地盡快用作興建房屋以增加供應。
The introduction of idle land tax can also push developers to release hoarded land for housing construction in order to increase the supply
我也支持發展閒置的軍事用地、私人遊樂場地契約用地，包括收回172公頃的粉嶺高爾夫球場以發展公營房屋和安老院舍。
I also support the development of idle military sites and sites leased under private recreational leases including the full resumption of the 172 - hectare site of the Fanling Golf Course for housing and residential care homes for the elderly
不過，即使政府真的收回土地興建公營房屋，我擔心政府依然是想"托市"，興建的單位大部分用來出售，甚至只賣不租，減少出租單位的數量，剝奪輪候出租公屋市民"上樓"的機會，間接迫香港人買樓。
However even if the Government recovers land for public housing construction my concern is that it may still attempt to boost the market by putting up most of the units for sale but not for rent . With less units for rent people on the waiting list of public rental housing PRH have less chance of being allocated a unit which indirectly compel Hong Kong people to purchase properties
我過去在委員會多次希望透過提問，政府亦不曾交代未來每一年的出租公屋和綠置居的預計供應量分別為何，所以我的擔心是有實質證據支持的。
I have repeatedly raised this question at Panel meetings in the past without getting a response from the Government about the estimated annual supply of PRH and units under the Green Form Subsidized Home Ownership Scheme . Hence my worries are not unfounded . Chief Executive Carrie LAM suggested in 2017 that the Government would cap the number of PRH supply at 800 000
所以，我的修正案強調，增建公營房屋是不應該犧牲苦候公屋多年的基層市民，政府應首要解決輪候人士的基本居住需要。
For this reason my amendment stresses that while increasing the supply of public housing the grass roots who have been on the PRH waiting list for years should not be sacrificed . The Government should give priority to the basic housing needs of those on the waiting list
我本來不打算發言，只是想學習，當然，聽到石禮謙議員的發言，我真是再次從議會其中一位很資深的議員學到新知識。
I did not intend to speak but to learn from Members . Of course after listening to the speech of Mr Abraham SHEK I have really learnt something new from one of the very experienced Members in this Council again
在短短7分鐘的發言時間，石議員用了5分鐘向我們講解《基本法》的精髓，同時回應民主派有關收回粉嶺高爾夫球場的要求。
During the short period of seven minutes speaking time Mr SHEK used five minutes to explain to us the essence of the Basic Law and also respond to the demand of the democratic camp for resuming the site of the Fanling Golf Course
當然，石議員不同意這項要求，便娓娓道來一大堆道理。
Of course Mr SHEK does not agree to this demand and has thus poured out lots of arguments against it
其實，他在最後1分鐘嘗試為地產界說項，這樣沒有問題，因為他來自功能界別，為自己的界別說話，是天經地義的。
In fact at the last minute he tried to put in a good word for the real estate sector . That is fine as he is from a functional constituency and it is only natural that he speaks in favour of his own constituency
但是，我只是想藉此機會回應一下，粉嶺高爾夫球場這塊土地並不屬於香港哥爾夫球會。
Nevertheless I only want to take this opportunity to say that the site of the Fanling Golf Course does not belong to the Hong Kong Golf Club
我相信石議員都同意，這塊土地是屬於香港市民的。
I believe Mr SHEK will also agree that this piece of land belongs to Hong Kong people
我們便要問，在公共政策上，這是否合比例？
Then we have to ask In terms of public policy do they pay proportionately?
這是否符合香港人長遠的利益，是否公平？
Is it in line with the long - term interest of Hong Kong people? . Is it fair?
我認為這點才是真正需要討論的。
I think this is what we genuinely need to discuss
當然，我們沒有任何人我相信最少限度沒有任何民主派的同事會認為我們要破壞《基本法》最基本的原則，要將私人財產收歸國有，將社會主義推向香港。
For sure no one from us at least no colleagues from the democratic camp as I believe will reckon that we have to undermine the most basic principles of the Basic Law by nationalizing private property and imposing socialism upon Hong Kong
但是，當我們義正詞嚴地說要保護私人財產時，我們亦需要問問，在公共政策的精神上，我們在保護私人財產的同時，是否對得起香港人？
However when we make it unequivocally clear that private property has to be protected we also need to ask in terms of the spirit of public policy whether we are doing justice to Hong Kong people while protecting private property
就這一點，我相信石禮謙議員剛才並非這個意思。
In this regard I believe this was not meant by Mr Abraham SHEK just now
不過，我覺得我有責任在這裏提醒他。
But I think I am obliged to remind him here
當然，郊野公園不應成為今天最大的爭議點，因為不是有很多同事特別就此事發言。
Of course country parks should not be the main point of contention today as they have not been particularly mentioned by many colleagues
不過，既然石議員提到，我亦想簡單講解一下。
Nonetheless since they were mentioned by Mr SHEK I would also like to make a brief explanation
其實，郊野公園是屬於全香港市民的財產。
In fact country parks are a kind of property of all people in Hong Kong
關於動用郊野公園的土地，我相信不是一吋土地也不能用，只不過，在動用一吋土地之前，我們是否應該先用盡所有其他方法覓地呢？
As regards utilization of country parks I believe that it is not the case that we cannot use one single inch of country park land . But before we use an inch of country park land should we first exhaust all other means to identify land?
這才是今天辯論的重點所在。
This should be the focus of our debate today
主席，我無意用盡7分鐘的發言時間，以上是我回應石禮謙議員的陳辭。
President I do not intend to use up my seven minutes speaking time . The above is my response to Mr Abraham SHEKs speech
主席，香港的房屋問題並非近一兩年才出現，其實已困擾社會數十年，只是在最近10年、8年，樓價飆升、土地供應緊張，令問題非常突出。
President the housing problem in Hong Kong has arisen not only over the last couple of years . In fact it has troubled society for several decades . It is just because the problem has become pronounced in the past 10 or eight years with soaring property prices and scarcity of land supply
前兩屆政府或前兩任特首也很努力地解決這個問題，但似乎仍未能縮短現時輪候公營房屋的隊伍，達致3年獲編配公屋的目標，亦不能令私人樓宇樓價緩慢地向下調整。
The Governments or the Chief Executives of the previous two terms all strove to solve this problem but it seems that they could not shorten the queue for public housing shorter to attain the target of allocating public housing in three years . Nor could they bring about any gradual downward adjustment in private property prices
所以，這是一個"老、大、難"的問題。
It is an old big and hard problem indeed
很多同事今天提出了很多短中長期的方案、他們的憂慮，以及須如何處理，我也是贊同的。
Today many Honourable colleagues have put forward many short - term medium - term and long - term proposals . I agree with their concerns and ways to deal with the problems
不過，我想指出的是，當我們在會議廳內誇誇其談的時候，很多居於板間房的市民確實度日如年。
However I wish to point out that as we rattle on in the legislature many members of the public living in cubicles find the days dragging on like years
我們必須提出一些簡單、即時見效的方案，才能夠把他們拯救於水深火熱之中。
We must put forward some simple and instantly effective proposals to save them from deep water . When I was small I was also a new arrival
我年幼時也是個新移民，雖然不算是居於板間房，但也是居於"包租婆"租出的一個房間內，在雙層床上睡覺，白天做家課時就打開摺枱，我相信很多香港人也是這樣的。
Although I was not really living in a cubicle I was sheltered in a room rented from a landlady . I slept on a bunk bed . When I had to do homework in the daytime I set up a folding table
最近有一位朋友介紹我參觀一些過渡性房屋，我亦想借此機會向局長指出為何過渡性房屋如此有效和迫切。
Recently a friend took me on a visit of some transitional housing . I wish to take this opportunity to point out to the Secretary why transitional housing is so effective and urgently needed
這是慈善團體九龍樂善堂一項名為"樂屋"的計劃，但我先談談受惠家庭的情況。
It is a scheme known as the Lok Sin Tong Social Housing Scheme operated by the charitable organization the Lok Sin Tong Benevolent Society Kowloon Lok Sin Tong . But I will first talk about the circumstances of a beneficiary family
一對夫婦有兩個孩子，一個有學習障礙及輕微自閉症。
It consists of a couple with two children . One of them has learning disabilities and mild autism
他們租住板間房，由於小朋友不懂表達，因此可能經常在房間內哭泣，鄰居們當然覺得騷擾，經常責罵他，令到母親在情緒上受到極大困擾及壓力，她甚至對我說她想抱着兩個小朋友到天台了結生命。
The family used to rent a cubicle . Since the child concerned cannot express himself he cried in the cubicle frequently and of course his neighbours found this very annoying and scolded him frequently so the mother was subjected to very great emotional disturbance and stress . She even told me that she once contemplated taking her two children to the rooftop and ending their lives
在遷進新居後，他們的經濟相對沒那麼緊絀，小朋友向醫生求診才發現他患有我剛才提及的學習障礙及自閉症。
After moving into their new home their financial situation is relatively not so tight . After consultations with a doctor it was found that the child concerned had learning disabilities and autism as I mentioned just now
經過治療，現時小朋友基本上已逐步康復。
After treatment the child has basically recovered now
因此，居住環境不單影響生活質素，對整個家庭甚至人生也有很大影響。
Therefore the living environment not only affects ones quality of life it also has great impact on the entire family and even their life
回看數據，樂善堂只能提供80個單位，這是杯水車薪，如果單靠他們，一定無法處理更多個案。
If we look at the figures we will see that Lok Sin Tong can provide only 80 units just like a drop in the ocean . If we rely on these organizations alone it will surely be impossible to deal with more cases
我看到社會上還有很多其他慈善團體正在一起努力，但如何能夠解決現時房屋問題的燃眉之急呢？
I can see that many other charitable organizations in the community are working hard together but how can the existing and urgent housing problem be solved?
我的同事給我準備了一些資料，指出在申請過渡性房屋方面，政府的申請手續頗繁複，甚至機構有時候也不懂得填寫，須聘請一些專業人士協助。
My colleagues have prepared some information for me . It shows that the Governments application procedures for handling translational housing are rather complicated and tedious . At times even these organizations do not know how to fill the forms and have to hire professionals to help them
設立這麼多關卡，當然可以保障居住或結構安全，但對於正在輪候入住公屋或想解決住屋問題的人，我覺得確實有點兒吹毛求疵。
By establishing so many guard posts of course home safety or structural safety can be ensured . To people waiting to move into public housing or wanting to solve their housing problems however I think such procedures really amount to nit - picking
因此，既然議會內的同事都認為房屋問題如此重要，而我剛才又向大家舉出了例子，讓議員知悉情況，我希望大家可放下爭拗，盡 快讓政府在短期內提供更多過渡性房屋或加快供應公屋，而我亦認為土地供應也不應停留在爭拗的階段。
In view of this since Honourable colleagues in the legislature all consider the housing problem so important and I have given Members an example just now to apprise them of the situation I hope we can set aside our differences to enable the Government to provide more transitional housing in the short term or expedite the supply of public housing as soon as possible . I also think that on land supply we should not remain at the stage of having disputes
主席，綜合社會保障援助計劃的目的，是以入息補助方式，為在經濟上無法自給的人士提供安全網，使他們的入息達到一定水平，以應付生活上的基本需要。
President the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance CSSA Scheme provides a safety net for those who cannot support themselves financially . It is designed to bring their income up to a specific level to meet their basic needs in daily living
按個案類別分析，在2017年，年老個案仍是所有綜援個案中最大的類別，有144,198宗，佔整體個案數目62%；緊隨其後的是單親個案，有25,792宗，佔11%，以及23,632宗健康欠佳個案，佔10%。
In the analysis by case types in 2017 old age cases remained the largest type among all CSSA cases numbering at 144 198 cases and accounting for 62 % of the total number of cases followed by single parent cases which stood at 25 792 cases and accounted for 11 % and then 23 632 ill - health cases which accounted for 10 %
年老個案仍是所有綜援個案中最大的類別，主要原因是大部分長者的積蓄有限，有些甚至沒有任何積蓄。
Old age cases remain the largest type among all CSSA cases primarily because most elderly persons have limited savings while some even have no savings at all