Borrison/hk-legicost huggingface dataset:
香港特別行政區政府所採取的策略與其他國家無分別，都是建基於現有失業援助制度，就如在再培訓局的"特別․愛增值"計劃中，放寬參加的資格至包括擁有學士甚至博士學位的人士、將訓練津貼延伸至兼讀課程，以及調高每月最高津貼金額；在綜援制度中，有時限地放寬健全人士申領的資產上限，以及豁免計算保險現金價值作為資產的一部分；及調低職津計劃的基本津貼及中額津貼的工作時數要求，讓因要放取部分無薪假的低收入人士仍可符合申領職津的資格。
The strategies adopted by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is no different from those of other countries in that they are also founded upon the existing unemployment assistance system . For instance under ERBs Love Upgrading Special Scheme the eligibility for application has been relaxed to cover trainees who have bachelor or even doctoral degrees trainees enrolled in part - time courses are also eligible for training allowance and the cap of the monthly training allowance has been increased; and under the CSSA system the asset limits for able - bodied applicants have been relaxed on a time - limited basis and the cash value of insurance policies will not be counted as assets . Besides the working hour requirements for the Basic Allowance and the Medium Allowance under the WFA Scheme have been reduced so that low - income earners who have to take some unpaid leave can still be eligible for WFA
此外，亦有意見指，為甚麼"保就業"計劃可以做6個月便叫停，而不可以做6個月的臨時失業援助金？
Moreover there is the view that when the Employment Support Scheme ESS can be brought to an end six months after its inception why can we not provide a temporary unemployment assistance for six months?
為甚麼失業援助金不能夠"臨時"，我已經在上文詳細解釋，在此不重複了；而為甚麼"保就業"計劃做6個月便要停，我在昨日的口頭質詢中第一項質詢亦已清楚回應，我亦不再重複。
Regarding why an unemployment assistance cannot be temporary I have already explained it in detail in my earlier remarks and I will not make any repetition here . As to why ESS has to stop six months after its introduction I also gave a response clearly in my reply to the first oral question yesterday on 17 March and I am not going to repeat it
我希望大家看看國際經驗的其他啟示。
I hope that Members can take a look at the other lessons learned from international experience
由2019年開始，當有立法會議員建議政府成立失業援助金，我已不斷指出，據我所知，世界上並沒有一個國家會設立一個無須供款及無須經濟審查的公共失業援助制度，立法會秘書處研究報告亦印證這一點。
Since 2019 when Members of the Legislative Council proposed the setting up of an unemployment assistance by the Government I have continuously pointed out that no country in the world would set up a non - contributory and non - means - tested public unemployment assistance which is evidenced in the Information Note of the Legislative Council Secretariat
我們要留意的，並非沒有國家做這件事這一事實，而是要明白為何沒有一個國家做這件事。
What we have to pay attention to is not the very fact that no country has done such a thing but we must understand why no country has done it
立法會秘書處研究報告也引述一些研究顯示，美國三成失業個案是由於失業保險金所致。
The Information Note of the Legislative Council Secretariat has also cited some studies revealing that 30 % of the unemployment cases in the United States US were due to the unemployment insurance benefits
只要香港的疫情受控及疫苗接種成功推廣，與粵、澳商討便能水到渠成。
The Innovation and Technology Bureau has also made preparations for this system and it can be achieved naturally through negotiations with Guangdong and Macao so long as the epidemic situation is brought under control and the vaccination programme is successfully taken forward in Hong Kong
就陳克勤議員的議案中提及發展"職位共享"半職文化的建議，我在昨日第一項口頭質詢的回應中，已指出香港的勞工市場靈活，飽受勞工界批評的無薪假安排正是"職位共享"的文化。
With regard to the proposal of developing a half - time job - sharing culture mentioned in Mr CHAN Hak - kans motion as I pointed out in reply to the first oral question yesterday the labour market in Hong Kong is flexible and the arrangement of no pay leave much criticized by the labour sector is precisely a job - sharing culture
大家可以想想，一間企業要求員工每星期放一天或兩天無薪假，假設是一星期5天工作，這個安排正是5人分享4個職位或5人分享3個職位，否則這企業便要裁減兩成或四成員工。
Think about this If an enterprise asks its employees to take one or two days of no pay leave per week and assuming the employees work five days a week such an arrangement is tantamount to five employees sharing four posts or five employees sharing three posts or else this enterprise will have to lay off 20 % or 40 % of its employees
政府沒有計劃推廣"職位共享"的文化。
The Government does not have plans to promote a job - sharing culture
至於梁美芬議員的其他建議，就協助失業人士轉行、轉型為自僱或創業，這都是現時再培訓局的工作，大家看看再培訓局的網頁便知一二。
As for the other proposals made by Dr Priscilla LEUNG with regard to assisting the unemployed in switching to other trades becoming self - employed or starting their own businesses all these are currently the work of ERB and Members can take a look at ERBs website to find out more
就有關再培訓局的其他建議，如擴大"先聘用、後培訓"計劃，正是再培訓局現時努力中的重點之一。
Regarding the other proposals pertaining to ERB such as extending the First - Hire - Then - Train scheme this is exactly a key area of work in which ERB is putting in a lot of efforts
勞工處亦已提高各個相關就業 計劃下僱主可獲發放的在職培訓津貼金額上限，在此我不再詳細講述有關項目了，這些計劃亦均以試點方式提供額外留任津貼。
The Labour Department has also raised the cap of on - the - job training allowance for employers under various employment programmes and I will not go into detail . An additional retention allowance is also provided on a pilot basis under these schemes
大家不要誤會再培訓局只提供基層工作的訓練，再培訓局亦有不少創科的課程，譬如區塊鏈的課程。
Please do not be mistaken that ERB provides training only for elementary jobs . ERB also offers many courses on innovation and technology such as courses on blockchain
就為僱主提供僱員薪金津貼，以鼓勵僱主聘用準備投考專業資格的青年，這正是透過職業訓練局與香港工程師學會合作，為工程學畢業生所提供的工科畢業生訓練計劃。
With regard to providing employers with salary subsidies for employees so as to encourage employers to hire young people who are pursuing professional qualifications this is precisely the objective of the Engineering Graduate Training Scheme for engineering graduates organized jointly by the Vocational Training Council and the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers
發展局也在防疫抗疫基金下為年輕建築師、測量師等提供同類計劃。
The Development Bureau has also provided similar schemes for young architects surveyors etc . under the Anti - epidemic Fund
若其他專業有具體的計劃，大家可以向相關政策局提出，聯絡勞福局或公務員事務局亦可，我們十分歡迎。
If other professions have come up with concrete schemes they are very much welcome to put them forward to the relevant Policy Bureaux or contact the Labour and Welfare Bureau or the Civil Service Bureau
就支援本地居民到大灣區就業和創業的建議，正與政府在大灣區的工作計劃完全一致，最近推出的大灣區青年就業計劃便是其中一個例子。
The proposal to provide support for local residents in employment and entrepreneurship in the Guangdong - Hong Kong - Macao Greater Bay Area is fully in line with the Governments work plan in the Greater Bay Area . A case in point is the Greater Bay Area Youth Employment Scheme that has been introduced recently
粵港澳大灣區建設領導小組亦已在2019年的兩次全體會議中推出共24項政策措施，便利香港居民到大灣區內地城市發展、就業和居住，並加強大灣區內人流、物流等方面的便捷流通，其中包括支持專業界別到大灣區發展的措施，涵蓋的專業包括律師、建築業等。
At the two plenary meetingsheld in 2019 the Leading Group for the Development of the Guangdong - Hong Kong - Macao Greater Bay Area also introduced 24 policy measures to offer convenience to Hong Kong people in developing their careers working and living in the Mainland cities of the Greater Bay Area as well as enhance the convenient flow of people goods and so on within the Greater Bay Areawhich includedmeasures supporting the development of professional servicesin the Greater Bay Area covering such professions as lawyers architects and so on
就建議失業人士可獨立申請綜援計劃，我在過往的回應已指出，這是萬萬不能的。
On the proposal of allowing the unemployed to apply for CSSA on an individual basis as I said before in my past replies this proposal should never be implemented
這個先例不但可能動搖所有香港的福利制度，包括社會保障、教育、醫療及公共房屋政策，更有可能動搖香港社會家庭成員互相扶持的家庭功能。
Such a precedent will not only prejudice the entire welfare system in Hong Kong including policies pertaining to social security education healthcare and public housing but also undermine the prevailing familial function of mutual assistance among family members
陸頌雄議員建議將職津的高額工時要求由192小時降低至72小時，政府無法接受這建議。
Mr LUK Chung - hungs proposal of lowering the working hour requirement for the Higher Allowance under the WFA Scheme from 192 hours to 72 hours is not acceptable to the Government . WFA is fundamentally designed to reward hard work
職津的基本設計是多勞多得，每月192小時，平均計算為每星期約44小時。
The monthly requirement of 192 hours means an average of about 44 working hours per week
將高額工時要求調低至72小時，將破壞職津計劃的基本設計原意。
Lowering the working hour requirement for the Higher Allowance to 72 hours will defeat the original purpose of the WFA Scheme
就建議檢討《僱傭條例》有關4-18連續性合約的規定，雖然幾年前勞工顧問委員會曾作出討論，但未能獲得共識，勞工處現正進行調查研究工作，在完成後會再提出討論。
Regarding the proposal to review the 4 - 18 requirement for employees employed under a continuous contract under the Employment Ordinance despite discussions by the Labour Advisory Board a few years ago no consensus has yet been reached . The Labour Department is now conducting a survey and this issue will be raised again for discussion upon completion of the survey
就將再培訓局的再培訓津貼法定上限提升至每月9,000元的建議，我想指出有關津貼的目的是幫補學員為參加再培訓局課程時所花 費的交通及膳食開支，以鼓勵他們接受再培訓。
On the suggestion of increasing ERBs statutory cap of retraining allowance to 9,000 per month I wish to point out that the original intention of this allowance is to help trainees meet the travelling and meal expenses arising from attending ERBs retraining courses in order to encourage them to take up retraining
將津貼提升至9,000元只是變相"派錢"，偏離了再培訓政策的原意，亦可致再培訓政策變質，政府決定不會採納。
Increasing the allowance to 9,000 is in effect just handing out cash which will deviate from the original intention of the retraining policy and is twisting the retraining policyThe Government has decided not to accept it
邵家輝議員提出運用關愛基金的資源協助失業及就業不足人士，一是關愛基金同時會面對前述所講的所謂臨時失業援助金的同樣問題，與剛才所說政府的考慮一樣；二是關愛基金可動用資金少於80億元，不足以滿足各黨派建議中最低的失業基金水平。
Mr SHIU Ka - fai proposed to utilize the resources of the Community Care Fund to help the unemployed and underemployed . First the Community Care Fund will likewise face the same problem as that of the so - called temporary unemployment assistance as mentioned above requiring the Government to make the same consideration as I have explained earlier on . Second with less than 8 billion available the Community Care Fund is not sufficient to meet the minimum level of an unemployment fund proposed by various parties and groupings
2019冠狀病毒病疫情為香港的經濟和市民的生計帶來前所未有的挑戰。
The COVID - 19 epidemic has posed unprecedented challenges to the economy of Hong Kong and peoples livelihood
政府會加倍努力嚴控疫情，重振經濟，繼續循開創就業機會、增加培訓及再培訓機會和提供適切的財政支援等多方面支援基層市民。
The Government will put in extra efforts to contain the epidemic and revive the economy and at same time support the grass roots by creating more jobs increasing training and retraining opportunities and providing financial support as appropriate
謝偉俊議員，你現在可以就修正案發言，時限為5分鐘。
Mr Paul TSE you may now speak on the amendment . The time limit is five minutes
我多謝何君堯議員替我把議案的字眼弄清楚很多，但令我非常失望的是本會大黨的代表在其發言中，甚至會以標題的"及"字來造文章，連議案的內容或字眼也沒有看清楚便舉手反對。
I thank Dr Junius HO for clarifying the wording of the motion and making it much clearer for me but I find it most disappointing that in their speeches the representatives of major political parties in this Council had made a fuss over the word and in the motion subject and put up objection when they did not even read clearly the contents or wording of the motion
當然，我明白可能是個別人士的理解能力或辯論能力有限，我也不再多說了。
Of course I understand that probably it is because some people have limited comprehension ability or debating skills and I am not going to speak further on this point
我們不只是為政改而政改，政改背後的目的是要達到一些目標，便是要解決市民最關心、最深層次的矛盾居住問題。
The underlying purpose of the constitutional reform is to achieve some objectives and put it more precisely to resolve what is most concerning to the public and the most deep - rooted conflict―the housing problem
如果說為了一個"及"字，或為了一些根本沒有的事，例如這是否階層鬥爭或是否利益矛盾而否定整個討論的空間，我認為這是完全違反或辜負了國家現在給我們的新付託。
If the room for discussion is denied because of the word and or reasons that actually do not exist such as whether this is a class struggle or whether a conflict of interest is involved then I think this is completely going against or rendering us unworthy of the new mandate entrusted to us by the country now
所以，修正案本身我是完全支持的。
For this reason the amendment has my full support
更何況避風塘現時的用途只是一年不知多少次颱風襲港時讓350艘船停泊或平時已被黑幫騎劫用來出租，但這已取代甚至凌駕了 全香港市民的居住需要，大家可以秤一秤，有甚麼會是完全正確，完全有利的呢？
Furthermore the typhoon shelter is currently used only for the berthing of 350 vessels when for who knows how many times a year a typhoon hits Hong Kong or it is just hijacked by triad gangs for rent on normal days . But this has replaced and even overridden the housing needs of all Hong Kong people . Members can weigh it up
我對政府感到更失望的是，避風塘可能不是漁民的避風塘，而是政府不作為的避風塘。
What I find even more disappointing about the Government is that the typhoon shelter probably is not for the fishermen to take shelter but rather a typhoon shelter for the Governments inaction
多年來，你們有否就終審法院的判例作出任何修訂？
Over the years have amendments been made in response to the judgment of the Court of Final Appeal CFA?
局長說沒有打算，沒有計劃。
The Secretary said that they are not prepared to do it and there is no plan for it
繼續在這個避風塘躲起來吧，局長。
Keep on hiding in this typhoon shelter Secretary
這項議案好像有點過時，因為我記得是在2019年提出。
This motion seems to be a bit outdated because I recall that I proposed it in 2019
當然，議會的操作在過往一段長時間被騎劫、被阻延，令議案被拖遲。
Of course the operation of this Council had been hijacked and delayed for a long time thus causing this motion to be put off
主席，我們看見最近韓正副總理無論在3月6日中國人民政治協商會議或3月7日全國人民代表大會會議的講話中，均有提到一個問題，也就是香港的房屋問題沒有解決辦法、無法形成共識，但總要有開始解決的時機。
President as we can see whether in his remarks made recently at the meeting of the Chinese Peoples Political Consultative Conference on 6 March or that of the National Peoples Congress on 7 March Vice Premier HAN Zheng mentioned the same problem that is there is no solution to the housing problem in Hong Kong and no consensus can be forged but there has to be a time to start tackling it
主席，現在時機到了，在我們改善行政立法的效率後，真正重要的是抵擋一些一直以來操控香港很多發展趨勢或機會的個別利益團體或行業，以免導致我們不能在土地供應、房屋供應方面解決真正的深層次矛盾。
President the time has come now . After improvement is made to the efficiency of the executive and legislature it is truly important to resist individual interest groups or industries that have long been controlling many development trends or opportunities in Hong Kong lest the real deep - rooted conflicts in land supply and housing supply cannot be addressed
主席，今天的議案是希望可以拋磚引玉，提供一個"快、靚、正"的方法，令政府不要在土地供應方面只有遠景而沒有近景。
President in proposing this motion today I hope to throw out a sprat to catch a mackerel by suggesting a swift smart and swell approach so that the Government will not only look at the long term but not the near term in respect of land supply
基本上，如果能夠填平避風塘，馬上可以有一幅又平又大的地方可以造地，亦與市區非常接近，而且現時已有很多交通基建建成。
In fact reclamation at the typhoon shelter can immediately create a vast stretch of flat land in close proximity to the urban area and many transport infrastructure facilities have already been completed there
"城東方案"在2018年由香港城市發展關注組提出，他們指出可以在短期內為香港提供85公頃的市區用地，亦可提供超過360萬平方米住宅樓面面積及7萬個住宅單位主席，是7萬個是"快、靚、正"的方法，是一個近景，不只是靠遠景的方法。
This Project City - E was proposed by the Hong Kong City Development Concern Group in 2018 . They pointed out that it can provide 85 hectares of land in the urban area and over 3.6 million square metres of residential gross floor area plus 70 000 residential units for Hong Kong―President it is 70 000 units―it is a swift smart and swell approach; it is a picture in the nearer term not just a vision for the distant future
施政報告提到的"明日大嶼"也要20年才可看到成果，但這個方案只需三數年便立即有成果，可以減少輪候公屋的時間，現在所謂的5.7年其實也是"虛"的，很多市民要等6年至8年仍未能"上樓"。
While Lantau Tomorrow as mentioned in the Policy Address will take two decades to produce results this approach will immediately bear fruits in only a couple of years . The waiting time for public rental housing can then be shortened . The current waiting time of 5.7 years is actually not true as many members of the public still have not been allocated a unit after waiting for six to eight years
所以，我們必須好好改善土地供應及房屋供應，我們不希望中央又要再插手，像在政改方面，要監督香港政府做事，監督着香港做很多其他本應是香港政府及我們自己可以做得來的事情，這正正是為何我要再次強調，這是一個非常合時機的方向。
Therefore we must properly improve land supply and housing supply . It is not our wish to see the Central Authorities having to intervene again just as they did in respect of the constitutional reform in order to supervise the Hong Kong Government in carrying out its duties and supervise Hong Kong in doing many things that the Hong Kong Government and we ourselves should have the ability to handle . This is exactly why I have to emphasize once again that this is a most timely direction
當然，我亦明白任何事情也有好處和壞處。
Certainly I understand that everything has its pros and cons
壞處方面，我很多謝謝偉銓議員在2019年7月2日的一篇文章分析了這個方案。
Concerning the downsides of it I very much thank Mr Tony TSE for providing an analysis of this proposal in his article on 2 July 2019
基本上，壞處其實很簡單，只有數點：第一是影響了既得利益，因為啟德碼頭一帶已有很多製冷系統，已進行了很多基建投資，故所花的錢可能會失去；第二是會影響在啟德草坪上一些已賣出的土地，特別是影響所謂的用地供應，甚麼利益會受影響呢？
Basically the downsides are actually simple and there are only a few points The first is that it will jeopardize vested interests because many cooling systems have been developed near the Kai Tak pier and lots of infrastructure investment has been made and therefore the money that has been spent may hence be thrown down the drain . Second it will affect the sites already sold at the lawn in Kai Tak and in particular it will affect the so - called land supply . What interests will be affected?
此外，要改善《條例》，我們可以從兩方面考慮。
Moreover for the improvement of the Ordinance we can take into consideration two points
第一是我剛才提到的，在要求方面，是否由所謂的凌駕性利益改為合理的要求更為恰當呢？
First as I said just now concerning the requirements is it more appropriate to replace the so - called overriding interest by reasonable requirement?
第二，究竟維多利亞港本身的 範圍應該多大呢？
Second regarding the coverage of the Victoria Harbour how large should it be?
沒有人會反對，維港的真正核心海港區，即由中環、金鐘或灣仔至對面的尖沙咀和紅磡這個核心地帶，是一定不能夠再填海的，這一點是很明顯的，但在這個範圍以外是甚麼景象呢？
No one will oppose that no further reclamation should be carried out at the real harbour core that is the core area from Central Admiralty or Wan Chai to Tsim Sha Tsui and Hung Hom on the opposite side . This is most obvious . But how about the area outside the core?
主席，我們回顧歷史，其實最初只是海港中間的核心地帶受保護，後來在1999年提出修訂後才擴展至包括整個維港。
President let us look back on history . In the beginning only the core at the centre of the harbour was protected . Then in 1999 amendments were proposed to extend the area under protection to the whole of Victoria Harbour
稍後如有機會，我會回應易志明議員的修正案，這亦是一個很重要的障礙，令在席議員未必能夠支持這個方案。
I will respond to Mr Frankie YICKs amendment later if I have a chance to do so . This is also a major obstacle which may deter Members in this Chamber from supporting this proposal
不過，正如我剛才在開始時提到，我們在重新出發、重新作出平衡的時候，我們不希望中央政府要為了香港的土地供應再有太大動作。
But as I said at the outset when we make a new start or try to strike a balance again it is not our wish to see drastic actions taken by the Central Authorities again to address the land supply in Hong Kong
在政治上作出修正後，我希望能夠令有關的個別團體及代表個別界別利益的人士好好思考和反省，如果為了個別利益，過分強調自己界別的利益而影響全港市民福祉，這做法只會導致北京中央政府再一次出手重錘打擊香港，我希望大家引以為鑒。
After rectifications are made politically I hope that individual organizations concerned and people representing the interests of individual sectors will seriously do some thinking and soul - searching . If they care about their individual interests and over - emphasize the interests of their industries at the expense of the well - being of all the people of Hong Kong it will only result in the Beijing Central Government taking actions once again to hit Hong Kong with a hard punch . I hope that we will all learn a lesson
先說說羅致光局長昨天在回答議員質詢時，再次表露出他擅長於激怒人的特殊技巧。
To start with in his reply to a Members question yesterday Secretary Dr LAW Chi - kwong once again demonstrated his special skill in provoking peoples anger
這次他如何把很多工友激怒呢？
How did he provoke many workers this time?
工友一聽到他的答覆，便立即發信息給我，他們十分生氣，因為羅局長說放無薪假，即是將工作分享，可避免裁員，冀互諒互讓。
Immediately after the workers heard his reply they sent me a message . They were very angry because Secretary Dr LAW Chi - kwong said that taking no - pay leave meant job sharing which could avoid layoffs . He hoped there would be mutual understanding and mutual accommodation
他一次過把兩群人激怒，失業的朋友覺得他既沒有解決辦法，又不派發失業援助，亦無法提供大量就業職位，以工代賑的臨時職位又處理得拖拖拉 拉；而現時仍有工作的朋友亦感到很生氣，"'老兄'，怎麼拉他們下水？
He has provoked two groups of people in one go . The unemployed are of the view that having no solution he still refuses to dole out any unemployment assistance and having no way to provide a large number of jobs he is dragging his feet in handling the provision of temporary posts under a welfare - to - work approach . Those who are still in employment also feel angry
他們有工作，局長卻鼓勵僱主要求他們放無薪假，讓更多人有工作，這樣是否即政府未盡自己原有的責任，便叫社會自行解決？
Buddy how can he drag them down? . They are in employment but the Secretary encourages employers to request them to take no - pay leave so that more people can have a job . As such is the Government leaving the problem to society without fulfilling its due responsibility?
我認為羅局長是有能力的人，我相信他不止是IQ高，如果他能有多點同理心和着緊一點，便不會這樣回答問題，不會令人生氣，希望他能夠反省一下。
I believe he has more than just a high IQ . If he could be more empathetic and more concerned he would not have answered the question in such a way and aroused peoples anger . I hope he can do some introspection
說回香港的失業問題，真是水深火熱。
Back to the unemployment problem in Hong Kong which is deadly serious
代理主席，回顧在"黑暴"發生前，香港真是一個天堂，特別是在就業方面，失業率之低可說是傲視全球。
Deputy President back then before the outbreak of the black - clad riots Hong Kong was really a paradise especially in terms of employment . Its low unemployment rate can be regarded as the envy of the world
在2019年3月至5月，即"黑暴"出現前，失業率是2.8%，全民就業，失業人數僅為114,000人。
From March to May 2019 which was before the occurrence of black - clad riots the unemployment rate was 2.8 % . With full employment there were only 114 000 unemployed people
到去年2020年1月至3月，"黑暴"發生了半年以上，又開始有疫情，失業率慢慢上升至4.2%。
Between January and March last year ie . 2020 which was six months or so after the outbreak of the black - clad riots coupled with the emergence of the epidemic the unemployment rate slowly rose to 4.2 %
sorry，失業率是7.2%，失業人數是261,600人，就業不足率是4%，15萬多人就業不足，這就是現時的慘烈情況。
Some 360 000 people are unemployed and the underemployment rate is 4 % Sorry the unemployment rate is 7.2 % and the number of unemployed people is 261 600 . The underemployment rate is 4 % with more than 150 000 people underemployed
當然，代理主席，勞工界一直強調這是被低估的失業率，因為很多人在"黑暴"和疫情下，被迫提早退休，或被迫回家照顧家人，離開勞動市場。
This is the present miserable situation . Of course Deputy President the labour sector has all along stressed that this unemployment rate is an underestimation because in the wake of the black - clad riots and the epidemic many people have left the labour market as they are forced to retire early or go home to take care of their families
其間，香港人十分努力轉業，接受再培訓。
In the meantime Hong Kong people have made great efforts to switch to another trade and receive retraining
再培訓課程如"特別․愛增值"計劃瞬間即滿額，亦有很多人報考保安牌。
Retraining courses such as the Love Upgrading Special Scheme have been fully enrolled in no time and many people have applied for a Security Personnel Permit
過去1年，業內的保安人員許可證數目增加超過4萬。
In the past year the number of Security Personnel Permits in the industry has increased by more than 40 000
老實說，保安行業的需求十分穩定，不會忽然增加4萬多個保安職位，大家也是先考取牌照，一牌傍身，看看是否有機會多一個選擇。
Frankly the demand in the security industry is quite stable and there will not be a sudden increase of over 40 000 security jobs . The people are simply trying to get a permit first so that they can wait and see if they can possibly have one more option
香港人在失業、疫情和較早前的"黑暴"之下，已經想盡辦法掙扎求存，自力更生的精神十分強。
In the face of unemployment the epidemic and the earlier black - clad riots Hong Kong people have tried every means to struggle for survival . Their spirit of self - reliance is pretty strong . As a matter of fact the number of applications for the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance CSSA is low
由此可見，我們十分需要一個失業支援制度。
It is thus evident that we strongly need an unemployment support system
其實在外國，失業支援制度相當普遍，在全球203個地方和國家中，有98個已經設有不同程度的失業保障制度，其中失業保險最為普遍，有80個地方實施；在經濟合作與發展組織37個比較先進的成員國中，有35個國家已於2020年設立失業保險制度。
As a matter of fact unemployment support systems are quite common in foreign countries . Out of the 203 places and countries in the world 98 have already set up a system providing unemployment protection of varying degrees among which unemployment insurance is the most common being implemented in 80 places . Among the 37 more advanced member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co - operation and Development 35 have already set up an unemployment insurance system by 2020
所以，長遠而言，香港需要設立一個供款式的失業保險制度。
Therefore in the long run Hong Kong needs to establish a contributory unemployment insurance system