Borrison/hk-legicost huggingface dataset:
同時，有關進口豁免會令人有機會以研發為名生產另類吸煙產品，又或者令部分人以為法例容許小量生產，以致誤墮法網。
Meanwhile the import exemption will give people an opportunity to produce ASPs under the pretext of research and development or make some people think that production in small quantities is allowed under the law thus causing them to violate the law inadvertently
同樣，在缺乏獲豁免商號和處所登記制度以便監管的情況下，該項豁免會令不法分子有機可乘，將大大削弱禁令的有效力。
Likewise in the absence of a registration system for exempt companies and premises to facilitate monitoring this will provide an opportunity for unscrupulous people to take advantage of the exemption and greatly reduce the effectiveness of the ban
有見有關豁免只會令煙草業及極少數公司受惠，經權衡進口另類吸煙產品豁免的利弊後，我們認為不應該，亦無需要在《條例草案》下加入有關豁免，亦不支持有關修正案。
As this exemption will only benefit the tobacco industry and a very small number of companies after weighing the pros and cons of granting an exemption for importing ASPs we consider it neither appropriate nor necessary for this exemption to be included in the Bill and we do not support the amendments
主席，就議員提出的修正案，我的回應到此為止，希望在席議員考慮特區政府的意見，投票反對議員對《條例草案》提出的所有修正案。
Chairman this is my response to the amendments proposed by Members . I hope that Members in the Chamber will consider the views of the SAR Government and vote against all the amendments proposed by Members to the Bill
代理主席，我發言支持政府提出的《2021年醫生註冊條例草案》。
Deputy President I speak in support of the Medical Registration Amendment Bill 2021 the Bill proposed by the Government
《條例草案》可說是姍姍來遲，我想會內很多議員也記得，其實政府2016年已經提出修訂，當時的修訂是想放寬讓非本港受訓的醫生來港，其實修訂非常溫和，只是讓他們的非註冊執業年期由1年擴充到3年，但當時因為有梁家騮醫生主力"拉布"，所以無法通過。
The Bill is long overdue . I think many Members in this Council also remember that the Government proposed an amendment in 2016 to relax the restrictions on the admission of non - locally trained doctors NLTDs to practise in Hong Kong . The amendment was in fact very mild only extending doctors term of non - registration from one year to three years
當時梁家騮醫生得到泛民的支持瘋狂"拉布"，當時建議的放寬根本真的非常輕微，主要是擴大香港醫務委員會的組成，但當時的泛民發言表示，對於當時行政長官的任何委任，他們也不相信、不接受，於是該條例草案被"拉布"至無疾而終。
However the bill could not be passed as Dr LEUNG Ka - lau focused his strength on filibustering at that time . With the support of pan - democratic Members Dr LEUNG Ka - lau filibustered frantically . The proposed relaxation back then was very minor indeed mainly expanding the composition of the Medical Council of Hong Kong; however the pan - democratic Members at that time said in their speeches that they neither believed in nor accepted any appointment made by the then Chief Executive so the bill disappeared into obscurity as a result of filibustering
結果到2018年，陳局長上任之後才獲得通過，但通過的效果仍然非常有限。
It was only in 2018 after Secretary CHAN had taken office that the bill was passed but the effect of its passage was still very limited
眾所周知，政府的文件亦已告訴我們，現時醫院管理局面對嚴重的專家短缺和專科醫生短缺，目前欠600名專科醫生，預測到2030年欠800名專科醫生，2040年欠960名專科醫生。
As we all know the Government has also stated in its papers that the Hospital Authority HA is facing a serious shortage of specialist doctors with a shortfall of 600 at present . It is estimated that the shortfall of specialist doctors will reach 800 and 960 by 2030 and 2040 respectively
剛才已有多位同事描述市民等候向專科求診的苦況，所以我覺得放寬醫生註冊刻不容緩。
Earlier on a number of colleagues have described the plight of the public waiting for specialist consultation so I think there is no time to delay in relaxing medical registration
其實放寬主要是增加數個渠道，讓香港永久性居民的醫科畢業生增加來港執業的渠道，也讓非永久性居民的專科醫生可以來港執業。
In fact the main purpose of the relaxation is to provide a number of additional channels for medical graduates who are Hong Kong permanent residents to come and practise in Hong Kong and to allow specialist doctors who are not permanent residents to come to Hong Kong for practice
大家試想一想，醫生遷往香港要解決居住的問題，而香港房價那麼貴，有年輕子女的還要解決就讀的問題。
Come to think about this doctors who move to Hong Kong have to solve the problem of accommodation but property prices in Hong Kong are that high; those with young children have to solve the problem of schooling as well
大家想一想，如果是境外來港的醫生，他們可能希望子女入讀國際學校，但國際學校的學費不菲，屆時有多少醫生前來，我們也不知道，所以我覺得是應該嘗試一下的。
Think about this doctors coming to Hong Kong from abroad may want to send their children to international schools but school fees of these schools are very expensive . We do not know how many doctors will come to Hong Kong by then so I think such relaxation should be given a try
我亦聽到陳沛然醫生表示，擔心質素沒有保證。
I have also heard Dr Pierre CHAN express his concern about the lack of quality assurance
就此，我必須同意張宇人議員所說，在回歸前，那麼優待英聯邦醫生，讓他們享有特權，只要來自英聯邦，無論是印度或英屬處女群島當然，我不知那裏有否醫學院，英聯邦有那麼多地方便可以免試，也無須check醫學院的水平，便可前來執業。
In this regard I must agree with Mr Tommy CHEUNG that before the return of sovereignty Commonwealth doctors were treated so well and given some privileges . As long as they came from the Commonwealth be it India or the British Virgin Islands―of course I do not know if there are medical schools as there are such a lot of places in the Commonwealth―they could come to Hong Kong for practice without the need of taking any examination or having the standards of their medical schools checked
為何當時又不見有特別多投訴或較多醫療事故呢？
Why wasnt there a particularly large number of complaints or medical incidents at that time?
所以，我覺得可放寬這數個渠道，特別是我們設有一個特別註冊委員會把關，選擇100間水平高的醫學院的畢業生，再透過這數個渠道來港執業，作有限度註冊執業，在公營機構服務，我覺得無須太擔心醫學水平的保證。
Therefore I think these few channels can be relaxed when particularly there is a Special Registration Committee serving as the gatekeeper to select 100 high - level medical schools and admit through these few channels their graduates to come to Hong Kong for practice with limited registration and serve in public institutions . So I do not think we need to worry too much about the assurance of medical standards
但是，要紓緩特別是醫管局人手不足的問題，我們不可單靠輸入。
However we cannot solely rely on admission of doctors to alleviate the problem of manpower shortage especially in HA . Of course the Government has also made efforts to increase the number of medical student places in the two local medical schools
我亦藉此機會反映他們的意見，考試是無可厚非的，我們當然要保證質素，考試率是非常低，收到的投訴指考試沒有問題，但有些試題就是刁難，刻意考一些非常罕見的病例，十年難見的兒科病例，還有一個奇怪的地方，就是這種考試我都未聽過，即使我考過這麼 多考試原來設有一個扣分制，通常答中會有分，但原來答錯也會扣1分，這點比較奇怪。
There is nothing to be said against taking the examination as we certainly want to ensure quality . The examination rate is very low; the complaints received are that there is nothing wrong with the examination but some of the questions are very difficult deliberately testing candidates on some very rare cases or rarely seen paediatric cases . Another strange aspect is that this kind of examination―I have never heard of it even though I have taken so many examinations―adopts a point deduction system under which one point will be deducted for a wrong answer unlike the usual practice of getting points for correct answers only
我希望將來的考試安排可以稍為放寬，讓那些在境外受訓的醫生可以參加這個考試，提高他們考試的機會，以增加本港醫生的來源。
I hope that the future examination arrangements can be relaxed a bit so that those NLTDs can take the examination and their chances of taking the examination can also be increased thereby widening the pool of doctors in Hong Kong
最後，我想談談，要紓緩醫管局的人手不足，當然不只靠政府大量撥款，待它開設職位及依靠輸入境外醫生。
Lastly I would like to say that to alleviate the shortage of manpower in HA we must not only rely on the Government for its massive funding creation of posts and admission of NLTDs
我亦時常收到很多年輕的醫生投訴，指醫管局的管理未免太保守，對於培育人才方面，亦有很多山頭主義的指控，甚至指資源分配不均，人口多的地區，人口遠遠多於港島，但資源卻趕不上。
I often receive complaints from many young doctors alleging that the management of HA is too conservative; there are also many allegations of mountain - stronghold mentality in the nurturing of talents and even allegations of uneven resource distribution . The population in the highly populated areas is much larger than that on the Hong Kong Island but the resources there cannot catch up with the population
對於醫管局未有努力培養管理人才，我表示遺憾。
I regret that HA has not made effort to nurture management talents
在放寬醫生註冊之後，我們拭目以待，看看究竟有多少人願意回港服務。
After the relaxation of medical registration we will wait and see how many doctors will be willing to return and serve in Hong Kong
我希望考試的制度有所改善，我不是說要降低水平，但希望可以考多些、考密些，希望醫專可以做到。
I hope that the examination system can be improved . I am not saying that the standard should be lowered but I hope that more examinations can be arranged and they can be conducted more frequently . I hope HKAM can do so
我亦希望醫專可以確保有足夠的資源，訓練多些專科醫生。
I also hope that HKAM can ensure there are adequate resources to train more specialist doctors
其次，我亦希望陳局長留意一下醫管局管理的問題，因為改善醫管局的服務，有時不是純粹靠投放很多資源，不斷撥款。
Moreover I hope Secretary CHAN will pay attention to the management problem of HA because improving the services of HA sometimes does not simply depend on injection of substantial resources and continuous funding
現時醫管局的撥款已經非常高，應該考慮一下如何以先進的管理方法改善資源及服務。
At present HA has already been provided with huge funding and consideration should be given to how to improve resources and services through advanced management methods
主席，我謹此陳辭，支持《條例草案》恢復二讀。
With these remarks President I support the resumption of the Second Reading of the Bill
代理主席，我發言支持食物及衞生局局長提出的修正案。
Deputy Chairman I rise to speak in support of the amendments proposed by the Secretary for Food and Health
我們在法案委員會曾討論過有關修正案，這是有助於再擴大一些途徑予符合資格的境外訓練醫生來港執業。
We have discussed the relevant amendments in the Bills Committee which is conducive to further expanding the channels for qualified overseas - trained doctors to practise in Hong Kong . The New Peoples Party does not support the amendments proposed by Dr Pierre CHAN and Mr SHIU Ka - fai
新民黨不支持陳沛然醫生及邵家輝議員的修正案，我剛才聆聽陳醫生的發言，他作出了很多有趣的比較，他說香港及新加坡作為一個 國家，香港跟外國的比較也很有趣。
I have just listened to Dr CHANs speech . He made a lot of interesting comparisons saying Hong Kong and Singapore are countries . The comparisons between Hong Kong and foreign countries are also very interesting
當然，我不完全同意。
Of course I do not agree entirely with him
我不同意的是，新加坡是一個國家，其情況不能跟香港比較，即使大家的經濟規模、社會結構頗相似，但我不會在此作詳細的反駁。
I disagree that the situation of Singapore which is a country is comparable to that of Hong Kong even though the size of our economy and social structure are quite similar . Yet I am not going to refute this in detail here
總之，陳醫生提出的資料，我覺得對他所提修訂的論據沒有甚麼幫助。
In a word I do not find the information presented by Dr CHAN helpful to substantiate the arguments behind his amendments
就他的發言，特別是他提及醫管局的收費問題，我不清楚他是否會贊成醫管局提高收費。
As far as his speech is concerned especially the fees and charges of the Hospital Authority HA he has mentioned I wonder if he would support the increase of fees and charges by HA
至於邵家輝議員提出的修正案，我在法案委員會時也表達過，他的用意是良好的，但我覺得沒有必要。
As for the amendments proposed by Mr SHIU Ka - fai I have expressed my views in the Bills Committee . He is well - intentioned but I find them unnecessary
因為香港永久性居民在境外所生的子女，絕大多數也屬於永久性居民。
In the majority of cases children born outside Hong Kong of Hong Kong permanent residents HKPRs are also HKPRs
所以，世衞組織發表的很多文件均指出，沒有證據證明加熱煙或電子煙長遠來說比普通香煙較少禍害，這需要很長時間研究才知道，不可以隨便說加熱煙沒有電子煙對健康造成那麼大的影響，亦沒有證據證明吸食加熱煙或電子煙可方便戒煙。
According to many articles published by the World Health Organization there is no evidence that HTPs or e - cigarettes are less harmful than ordinary cigarettes in the long run and this requires a long time to study before we know the answer . One should not casually say that HTPs cause less harm to his health than e - cigarettes . Nor is there any evidence that smoking HTPs or e - cigarettes helps one to quit smoking
亦有資料顯示很多人是兩者均吸食，但最多證據指吸食電子煙和加熱煙是很容易上癮的。
There is data indicating that many people smoke both but most evidence points to the fact that both are highly addictive
根據我搜集的資料，我說些少電子煙的來源。
Based on the information I have collected I will talk about the origin of e - cigarettes
電子煙是在2017年，美國一間名為Juul Labs的公司開始成功在市場推廣，大行其道，曾經佔非常高的市場份額，美國青少年趨之若鶩。
After being successfully launched on the market in 2017 by a company called Juul Labs in the United States e - cigarettes became very popular and had a very high market share . American teenagers were attracted to them
結果，美國的食品及藥物管理局開始調查，發覺電子煙含有很高的尼古丁成分。
As a result the US Food and Drug Administration launched an investigation and discovered that e - cigarettes contain high levels of nicotine
當然，新產品毫無疑問有些商業價值、經濟價值，但因為發現越來越多青少年嚴重上癮，美國的食品及藥物管理局在2019年開始調查，發覺15歲至17歲的美國青少年比較成熟的25歲至34歲的吸煙人士會上癮的機會高16倍。
There is no doubt that the new product has some commercial and economic value but as more and more teenagers were found to be seriously addicted the US Food and Drug Administration commenced an investigation in 2019 and discovered that American teenagers aged 15 to 17 are 16 times more likely to be addicted than mature smokers aged 25 to 34
所以，美國有關當局自2018年至2019年開始接到很多投訴，直到目前為止Juul Labs已經有2,000宗訴訟，甚至北卡羅萊納州也要告它，最終賠償4,000萬美元和解。
For this reason the authorities in the United States received a lot of complaints between 2018 and 2019 . Juul Labs has had 2 000 lawsuits filed against it so far . Even the state of North Carolina filed a lawsuit against it but the case was eventually settled with the payment of US40 million
這證明了電子煙雖然曾經在美國商業上很成功，帶動了一些生產，在深圳也有設廠，但結果因為對健康的影響太惡劣，所以被禁。
This proves that although e - cigarettes were once commercially successful in the United States and brought about some production activities with factories established in Shenzhen they were eventually banned because of the adverse health effects . The same happens with HTPs
加熱煙亦一樣，因為它始終是新產品，目前很難斷言吸食加熱煙相對電子煙會少一點禍害。
Since they are new products after all we can hardly say that smoking HTPs will be less harmful than e - cigarettes
無論如何，因為它含有尼古丁及很多可能有毒的化學物品，我們都不應在香港發售，因為這些新潮的產品對青年人的吸引力很大。
As they contain nicotine and many potentially toxic chemicals we should not sell them in Hong Kong in any case . These new products are appealing to young people
所以，為了青少年的健康，實在應該全禁，而全禁這個立場亦罕有地得到全港18區家長教師會的支持，中小學的校長和老師也來找我表示支持，當然，醫學界亦劃一支持全禁。
Therefore for the sake of young peoples health a total ban should be imposed . This position has won the rare support from the federations of parent - teacher associations of all 18 districts in Hong Kong and the principals and teachers of primary and secondary schools have also come to me to express their support . Certainly the medical profession also renders unanimous support for a total ban
所以，我們新民黨支持全禁。
Therefore we in the New Peoples Party support a total ban
當然，在討論的過程中，聽到很多理據說對零售界銷售很有幫助。
Certainly during the discussion I heard a lot of arguments that this would be of much help to retail sales
我看過相關數字，即使現在有新冠疫情，我們每月的零售額大概也是300億元，一年便是3,600多億元，那麼如果說要賣多些電子煙和加熱煙，要多賣多少呢？
I have looked through the relevant figures . Despite the coronavirus pandemic our monthly retail sales volume is about 30 billion which translates to more than 360 billion a year . In this case if we want to sell more e - cigarettes and HTPs how many more do we want to sell?
對我們的零售生意有多少推動呢？
To what extent will this boost our retail business?
我相信這是有限的，我們不值得為如此有限的商業利益而犧牲下一代的健康。
I believe it will be limited and it is not worth sacrificing the health of our next generation for such limited commercial gains
如果說銷售加熱煙和電子煙會大力刺激零售量，那麼即是禍害很大，有很多人上癮，這樣我們更加應該擔心。
Should HTPs and e - cigarettes become a major stimulus to retail sales it means that they will bring disaster as many people will become addicted . We therefore have all the more reason to be concerned
我真是難以明白這個邏輯。
I really do not understand this logic
香港作為一個如此有魅力的城市，如果我們恢復通關後......正如政府時時告訴我們，香港將會有很多新設施落成，例如西九文化區、M+、香港故宮文化博物館等。
Hong Kong is such a charming city and if we resume normal cross - border travel The Government keeps telling us that there will be many new facilities in Hong Kong such as the West Kowloon Cultural District M the Hong Kong Palace Museum and so on
我覺得這個理據真是非常難以接受。
I find this argument too hard to swallow
雖然我們聽了很多意見表示希望只禁電子煙而不禁加熱煙，但新民黨對這個意見無法苟同，所以我們會支持政府全禁兩項產品。
Although we have heard many people expressing the opinion that we should ban only e - cigarettes but not HTPs the New Peoples Party cannot agree with this opinion and we will support the Government to ban both types of products
大部分委員支持當局開闢新途徑引入非本地培訓醫生。亦有委員要求擴大非本地培訓醫生的來源。
Most of the members have shown support to the creation of the new pathway to admit NLTDs but some of them have requested to widen the pool of NLTDs
這些委員認為，應放寬特別註冊只限香港永久性居民申請的要求，以及為尚未在香港以外地方進行實習的非本地培訓醫科畢業生提供便利，讓他們亦符合資格參加執業資格試，在香港取得正式註冊資格。
In their view the Hong Kong permanent resident HKPR requirement for special registration should be relaxed . Also facilitation should be provided for the non - locally trained medical graduates who have yet to undergo internship outside Hong Kong to be eligible to take the Licensing Examination in order to obtain full registration in Hong Kong
有委員亦提出，若有非本地培訓醫生 未持有獲承認醫學資格，應考慮其服務的非本地醫療機構的水平及其過往工作經驗或成就，以決定他們可否透過新途徑來港。
Some members have also pointed out that for NLTDs who do not hold recognized medical qualifications the standing of the non - local healthcare institutions in which they are practising and their past working experience or achievements should be considered in deciding whether they are to be admitted through the new pathway
當局會就《條例草案》提出修正案，以落實上述建議。
The Government will propose amendments to the Bill in order to implement the aforesaid proposals
大部分委員支持當局提出的修正案。
The Governments amendments are supported by a majority of members
此外，邵家輝議員表示有意提出修正案，進一步擴大非本地培訓醫生來源。
In addition Mr SHIU Ka - fai has indicated his wish to propose amendments to further widen the pool of NLTDs
鑒於委員對於是否接手跟進邵議員的擬議修正案並無共識，法案委員會同意不接手跟進有關修正案。
Given that there is no consensus among members on whether the Bills Committee should take over Mr SHIUs proposed amendments the Bills Committee has agreed not to do so
法案委員會亦不會提出修正案。
The Bills Committee will not propose any amendments either
委員亦關注到特別註冊委員會的工作。
Members are also concerned about the work of the Special Registration Committee SRC
鑒於特別註冊委員會將於《條例草案》獲得通過後成立，並需時約一年編製獲承認的醫學資格名單，有委員認為這樣的時限不能接受，他們促請政府當局壓縮有關時限，使第一批特別註冊醫生可於《條例草案》獲通過後一年內來港。
Noting that SRC to be set up after the passage of the Bill will take around one year to compile the list of recognized medical qualifications some members considered such time frame unacceptable and urged the Government to compress the time required so that the first batch of special registration doctors could arrive in Hong Kong within one year after the passage of the Bill
亦有委員建議減少該委員會的成員人數，以加快委員會的審議程序。
Some members also suggested reducing the membership size of SRC to expedite its approval procedure
政府當局表示已參考新加坡的經驗，特別註冊委員會工作的複雜程度不應被低估。
According to the Government it has made reference to the experience of Singapore and the complexity of the work of SRC should not be underestimated
當局承諾會在切實可行情況下盡快成立特別註冊委員會，以編製有關名單。
It promises that SRC will be set up as soon as practicable to compile the list
關於減少委員會人數的建議，當局解釋《條例草案》建議的特別註冊委員會成員組合是經充分考慮，來自多元背景的成員可擔當不同角色，具有平衡代表性。
Regarding the proposed reduction of the SRCs membership size the Government has explained that the SRC membership proposed in the Bill is determined after thorough consideration and each of SRC members will assume different roles to provide a balanced mix with diverse background
有委員亦關注到《條例草案》賦權食物及衞生局局長，如認為基於公眾利益而有此需要，可就特別註冊委員會執行其職能，向該委員會發出指令。
Some members are also concerned that under the Bill the Secretary for Food and Health will be conferred with power to issue to SRC directives about its performance of functions if heshe considers the public interest so requires
有委員關注到，局長在甚麼情況下會發出有關指令，局長會否隨便行使有關權力，以及本身未必是醫生的局長獲賦予這種凌駕權力，可能並不符合《基本法》所訂關於專業自主條文的規定。
Concerns have been raised as to under what circumstances the Secretary will issue such directives whether the Secretary will exercise such power arbitrarily and the likelihood that the conferment of such overriding power on the Secretary who may not necessarily be a doctor may not be in conformity with the provision concerning professional autonomy stipulated in the Basic Law
政府當局解釋，有關的賦權條文是為了應付任何不可預見的情況。
The Government has explained that the conferment provision is to cater for any unforeseen circumstances
例如，若特別註冊委員會未能在合理時間內釐定獲承認醫學資格名單，局長便可向該委員會發出指令，要求後者在指明期限內完成有關名單。
For instance if SRC cannot determine the list of recognized medical qualifications within a reasonable period of time the Secretary can issue a directive to SRC requiring it to complete the list within a specified time frame . Similar provisions are found in the Hospital Authority Ordinance Cap
《醫院管理局條例》及《消費者委員會條例》亦有類似的條文。
113 and the Consumer Council Ordinance Cap
當局向委員保證，局長不會隨便行使有關權力。
216 . The Government has assured members that the Secretarys power will not be exercised arbitrarily
局長發出的指令不會對特別註冊委員會釐定獲承認醫學資格的工作構成干預，亦不會削弱專業自主。
The Secretarys directives will neither interfere with SRCs decisions on recognized medical qualifications nor undermine professional autonomy
主席，我謹藉此機會感謝委員和秘書處的支持，讓《條例草案》能夠順利完成審議的工作。
President I would like to take this opportunity to thank members and the Secretariat for their support which facilitated the smooth completion of the scrutiny of the Bill
主席，以下是我對《條例草案》的意見。
President the following are my views on the Bill
主席，我擔任立法會議員已經第九年，亦進入這一屆任期的尾聲。
President I have been a Legislative Council Member for nine years and we are now approaching the end of this term
其實，由第一年開始，差不多每年我們在立法會都會跟進醫療問題，尤其是醫護人手不足、病床不足、病人輪候時間過長，這個問題我們討論了足足9年，而且9年內不止討論一次，而是不斷討論。
In fact healthcare is an issue which has almost been followed up in the Council every year since my first year of service with the shortage of healthcare personnel the inadequacy of hospital beds and the long waiting time for patients being our major concerns . Healthcare is not only an issue which has been discussed for nine years but also an issue which has been discussed on an ongoing basis
我們一早知道香港面對人口老化，因而不斷要求政府盡快增加醫療設施、增加醫護人手，但政府每年都有不同的理由、不同的藉口，估算一直做錯，醫護人手一直不足，病床亦越來越不足夠。
As population ageing is a long - noted problem facing Hong Kong we have kept urging the Government to increase healthcare facilities and medical manpower promptly . Regrettably year after year the Government excuses itself for different reasons . Its estimates are always wrong; our hospitals are always short - handed; and the shortage of hospital beds has been exacerbated
病人投訴、苦等，等到等無可等。
On the part of patients their chorus of complaints has not saved them from waiting
等急症，上吐下瀉、又暈又痛的病人要在急症室等候10多小時才見到醫生；等專科，專科醫療的等候時間同樣長得不可接受。
They still have to wait till the end of the world . In the Accident and Emergency Department patients suffering from vomiting diarrhoea dizziness and pain will have to wait for more than 10 hours to see a doctor . In the specialist departments the waiting time for medical care is also unacceptably long
大家想必聽過，如果病人自覺精神有問題，除非明天便要自殺，否則也要等上數年才可第一次見到醫生；兒童精神科的情況亦然。
We may have heard that if a mental patient wants to get treated he will have to wait for years to receive his first consultation unless he is intending to commit suicide . The situation is as bad in the Child Psychiatric Department
很多專科醫生都說自己也做到抑鬱，所以要離開公營醫院，他們說工作沒有成功感，覺得自己幫不了病人。
Many specialists in public hospitals say that work depression is driving them to quit as they neither feel any sense of achievement nor consider themselves a helping hand to patients
訂立這項法例後可以吸引多少醫生來港？
How many doctors will be attracted to Hong Kong upon the enactment of this law?
其後，政府聽取我們的意見，從善如流，稍為放寬要求，申請人不一定要是永久性居民。
After all these questions the Government has listened to us and agreed to slightly relax the HKPR requirement so that the applicants will not necessarily have to be HKPRs
然後，委員十分擔心，因為政府擬備學校名單也得花上一年，換言之，最少一年半至兩年後才有第一批醫生來到香港。
When it takes as long as a year for the Government to prepare a list of medical schools members are deeply worried that it will take at least one and a half years or two years for the first batch of overseas doctors to arrive at Hong Kong
我們現正面對全球的競爭。
A global competition
經濟合作與發展組織成員國表示，2030年將會面臨短缺120萬名醫生的情況。
According to the member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co - operation and Development OECD they will be short of 1.2 million doctors by 2030
三十一個成員國已經表明會缺少120萬名醫生，可見根本全球都醫生短缺，世界各地均已展開醫生爭奪戰。
When the 31 OECD countries say that they will be in lack of 1.2 million doctors it means doctors are running short worldwide and the whole world is already scrambling for doctors
香港作為國際城市，經常說要吸引國際人才來港，但偏偏在醫療界別、在醫生這個範疇上，我們一直都閉關自封。
Being an international city Hong Kong often says that it has to attract overseas talents to Hong Kong . Yet when it comes to the healthcare sector we always keep the door closed to overseas doctors and turn them away
我們拒絕人家來香港，即使有人想來服務香港市民，我們也不准許。
Even if they wish to come and serve the Hong Kong community we refuse to let them in