Borrison/hk-legicost huggingface dataset:
我過去曾多次與局長會面，討論如何減輕香港醫療體系的負荷，並且提出了不少意見，包括建議政府延長普通科及牙科門診服務時間、增設更多地區診所及加強對長者牙科服務的資助、建立更多全面的社區醫療服務，以紓緩公營醫院的壓力。
I have met with the Secretary many times to discuss how best to reduce the heavy burden of our healthcare system . I have put forward many recommendations such as lengthening the service hours of general and dental outpatient clinics constructing more district clinics increasing the dental subsidies for the elderly introducing more integrated community healthcare services and easing the pressure on public hospitals
此外，我們亦爭取要求政府盡快確立中醫藥在本港醫療體系的定位。
We have also been fighting for a formal place of Chinese medicine in Hong Kongs healthcare system as soon as possible
特首在最近一份施政報告已作出正面回應，我希望能迅速落實具體執行細節。
The Chief Executive has already responded positively to this idea in her latest Policy Address . I hope she can finalize the technicalities of implementation as early as possible
公營醫療系統已不勝負荷，醫護人手當然是首當其衝的關鍵環節。
The public healthcare system has long since been overloaded . Healthcare manpower is naturally the worst - hit area
早前有關應否放寬海外專科醫生來港實習的要求成為全城熱話，最終香港醫務委員會通過聯同業外委員及病人組織代表提交的方案，即海外專科醫生可在指定3間機構工作最少3年，在通過執業考試後便可以豁免實習，取得正式執照。
Earlier the question of whether overseas specialist doctors should be exempted from internship requirements in Hong Kong was the talk of the town . In the end the Hong Kong Medical Council endorsed the proposal raised by its lay members and patients organizations . This means that an overseas specialist doctor may be exempted from internship requirements and obtain a formal practice licence if he has served in the three specified organizations for at least three years and has passed the licensing examination
我希望這方案能真正有效紓緩公營醫院及其他人手不足的問題，令更多合資格的海外醫生來港執業，解決本港醫生不足的問題。
I hope this proposal can truly and effectively alleviate manpower shortage in public hospitals and other institutions by enabling more qualified overseas doctors to practise in Hong Kong . This can in turn resolve the problem of doctor shortage in Hong Kong
歸根究底，我認為造成今天香港醫護人手嚴重供不應求的主因，是政府過去進行醫療人力規劃時未有充分考慮人口老化為醫療系統帶來的額外需求。
I think the root cause of the acute shortage of healthcare personnel in Hong Kong today is the failure of the Government to adequately consider the extra healthcare demand arising from an ageing population in its planning for healthcare manpower
政府實在有必要全面檢討包括醫生、護士、物理治療師及藥劑師等人手的比例、增聘常額前線醫護人員，並按人口轉變調撥資源。
The Government must launch a full - scale review on the manpower levels of doctors nurses physiotherapists and pharmacists the employment of additional front - line healthcare staff on a permanent basis and resources deployment in response to demographic changes
主席，我們過去也要求政府增加普通科門診和夜診服務，因為市民對有關服務的需要持續增加。
President we have also been asking the Government to increase general outpatient and night clinic services because peoples demand for these services has been increasing
以沙田區為例，公營醫院的夜診服務只直至晚上9時。
In Sha Tin for example public night clinic services are available up to 9col00 pm only
威爾斯親王醫院目前是新界東聯網最主要的公立醫院，緊急救護服務、急症室和夜診服務均非常欠缺，所以我和地區人士皆強烈要求政府加強包括圓洲角診所的夜診服務。
At present the Prince of Wales Hospital PWH is the leading public hospital in the New Territories East Cluster . But its emergency ambulance services AE services and night clinic services are far from being adequate . That is why the local community and I have strongly requested the Government to enhance the night services of clinics including the Yuen Chau Kok General Out - patient Clinic
長遠而言，我們建議政府作出適當調整，把夜診服務延長至午夜12時，未來甚至考慮部分門診增設24小時服務，藉此減輕威爾斯親王醫院緊急服務的負荷。
In the long run we suggest that the Government should make appropriate adjustment and extend night clinic services to midnight . We also think that in the future there should be 24 - hour services in some outpatient clinics so as to reduce the pressure on PWHs emergency services
此外，醫生人手不足亦令公務員診所的資源未獲充分利用。
One more thing is that the shortage of doctors has come to cause the under - utilization of resources in government families clinics
公務員醫療及牙科福利聯席日前與我和葉劉淑儀議員會面時反映部分公務員診所現時出現閒置及沒有醫生診症的問題。
During a meeting with Mrs Regina IP and me a couple of days ago the Coalition of Civil Servants on Medical and Dental Benefits for Civil Service Eligible Persons told us that in some families clinics consultation rooms were left idle due to a shortage of doctors
為善用資源，他們建議當局考慮以非公務員合約聘請中醫駐診，並建議當局應考慮向醫院管理局購入現時18間三方協作的中醫教研中心的診症餘額，給予有需要的公務員和合資格人士使用。
They advise that in order to make full use of resources the authorities should consider employing Chinese medicine practitioners on non - civil service contract terms to work in these clinics . They also advise that the authorities should consider purchasing from the Hospital Authority HA the unused consultation quotas in the 18 Chinese Medicine Centres for Training and Research operated under tripartite collaboration for use by civil servants in need and eligible persons
我相信，推動公私營醫療合作將有助紓緩公營醫療的壓力。
I believe that public - private healthcare partnership can help ease the pressure on the public healthcare system
例如，現時公立醫院眼科門診新症的輪候時間極長，有病人需輪候3年才獲診治。
At present the waiting time of new cases for outpatient ophthalmology services at public hospitals is very long and some patients need to wait three years before receiving treatment
所謂"穩定新症"，並非指病人身體健康，而是有問題但情況穩定。
The patients involved in stable new cases are not exactly in perfect health . They still have problems but their conditions are stable
要輪候兩年才獲婦科診治，是否有點長呢？
They must wait two years before receiving gynecology services . Isnt it too long?
有見及此，我希望政府多推動公私營合作，例如醫管局在2008年與私家眼科專科醫生合作開展"耀眼行動"，資助公院病人在私營診所接受白內障手術，大大縮短病人輪候時間，由原先的60星期縮短至23星期，參與計劃的病人反應亦相當理想。
For this reason I hope that the Government can make stronger efforts to promote public - private partnership . One example is the Cataract Surgeries Programme launched by HA in 2008 in partnership with private - sector ophthalmologists . This programme offers subsidies to public hospital patients for receiving cataract operations in private clinics thus reducing the waiting time drastically from 60 weeks to 23 weeks
為了幫助更多有需要人士，我建議政府擴展公私營醫療協作計劃、津貼新症病人向私家眼科醫生或其他專科醫生求診，讓病人把握治療的黃金時間，同時亦可更有效地運用社會資源，減輕公營醫療系統的壓力。
I think that in order to help more people in need the Government should expand such public - private partnership schemes by offering subsidies to new patients so that they may seek treatment from ophthalmologists and other specialist doctors in private practice . That way patients can grasp the golden period of treatment . And social resources will also be used effectively to ease the pressure of the public healthcare system
主席，我接着想談談智慧醫療的問題。
President let me now switch to smart healthcare
我建議政府撥款推出 先導計劃，設立以社區為本的智慧醫療中心，以人工智能協助醫護人員進行基本的病徵辨識及遙距診斷，並長遠擴大應用範圍，打破醫療人手不足的限制。
I advise the Government to provide funding for a pilot scheme for the establishment of a community - oriented smart healthcare centre . Such a centre can use AI to assist healthcare personnel in basic symptom identification and distance diagnosis . In the long run the scope should be expanded to break the constraints imposed by manpower shortage
事實上，現時已有大學和電訊商正聯合推行電子健康管理平台的試驗計劃，早前我亦曾聽取他們講解計劃的最新進展。
At present a certain university is already cooperating with a telecommunications company to launch a pilot project on establishing an electronic health management platform . I have listened to their briefing on the latest progress of the project
有關計劃主要透過雲端技術和大數據分析，協助長者使用手機應用程式記錄自己的健康情況，包括血壓、血糖指數及其他痛症，而醫護人員、家人及相關社區中心工作人員亦可以監察上述數據，藉此提供更適切的支援。
The project works on cloud technologies and big data analysis to assist the elderly in using a mobile application for recoding their health conditions such as blood pressure Glycemic Index readings and various pain symptoms . Healthcare personnel family members and staff of the relevant community centres can monitor the above data and provide appropriate assistance
最後，我們希望政府能增加資源，提供適切照顧，鼓勵長者定期進行身體檢查，建立良好的管理健康習慣。
Finally we hope the Government can increase the provision of resources provide appropriate care encourage old people to receive regular physical checks and form a healthy habit of personal health management
我相信這會有助減輕長者對醫療服務的壓力。
I believe this will help reduce the healthcare pressure generated by elderly people
主席，我首先感謝陳恒鑌議員動議"推動醫療改革"議案，讓我們有機會充分討論現存的醫療問題。
President first of all I would like to thank Mr CHAN Han - pan for moving the motion entitled Promoting healthcare reform so that we can take the opportunity to have an exhaustive discussion on the existing healthcare problems
醫療體系的僵化，更直接影響市民使用醫療服務的機會和安全性。
The rigidity of the existing healthcare system has had direct impacts on the publics access to public healthcare services and their safety in using those services
近年，醫療事故不時發生，實際是與醫護人手緊絀及工作壓力沉重有關。
The frequent medical blunders in recent years had something to do with the manpower constraint of healthcare personnel and the heavy work pressure on them
由此可見，倘若醫管局對公營醫療系統管理不善，最終只會令病人、市民及醫護界3方面均成為輸家。
This tells us one thing Mismanagement of the public healthcare system by HA will ultimately make all three parties the victims
我想藉着今天這個機會，把我手上這個"大頭佛"送給局長和醫管局的員工，希望他們能深入檢討香港目前的醫療制度出了甚麼問題，而不是"左耳入，右耳出"，或只按其同事草擬的發言稿來回答議員的提問。
And I would like to take this opportunity today to give the Secretary and her fellow colleagues at HA this big - head Buddha which I am holding in the hope that they can conduct an in - depth review to find out what is wrong with the existing healthcare system in Hong Kong and not to let my words go in one ear and out the other or simply respond to Members questions according to the speech drafted by their colleagues
因此，我希望藉此機會請局長考慮一下，怎樣才可以讓醫生真正專注處理醫療職務。
Hence I would like to take this opportunity to ask the Secretary to consider how we can make it possible for doctors to really focus on duties of a medical nature
局長，我們期望局方真的能做到"醫、政分家"。
Secretary we do hope that the Bureau can really achieve the separation of medical and administrative duties in the public healthcare sector
第二，我想藉這個機會向局長"追數"。
Secondly I would like to take this opportunity to ask the Secretary to make good on the Governments promises
局長或許也知道，我上任以來首次提出一項議員議案，正是要求當局改善醫院聯網的問題。
The Secretary may be aware that the central issue of the very first motion I moved as a Member of this Council since I took office was about my requesting the authorities to improve the hospital cluster system
此外，我希望局長能聽取我們的意見，重整醫院聯網。
Besides I hope that the Secretary will act on our advice to reorganize the hospital clusters
主席，若問市民現時社會上最迫切需要解決的民生問題是甚麼，暫時仍是房屋問題。
President if people are asked what livelihood issue is the most pressing now in our society I think they will still regard the housing problem as a matter of their utmost concern for the time being
不過，我想告訴局長，我估計5年或10年後，最迫切要處理的民生問題一定會變成是醫療問題。
However I wish to tell the Secretary that according to my estimation the healthcare will definitely become the most pressing livelihood issue five or 10 years later
其實現時已有很多警號告訴我們，香港的醫療系統出現"爆煲"的跡象，如果政府今天不下定決心、多做工夫，10年後便要承受今天所作決定的後果。
There are in fact many warning signals now to alert us of the fact that the healthcare system of Hong Kong is like a pressure cooker which is on the verge of bursting and if the Government does not act with determination and do more today it will have to bear the consequences 10 years later for the decision it makes today
每逢長假期，新聞的頭條報道一定是局長你往訪各大醫院，為何要如此？
As we can all see the Secretarys visits to different hospitals always get headline coverage in local media during long holidays and why is that so?
因為急症室"迫爆"，流感高峰期亦是如此，不同病房均堆滿病床，我也曾前往探病，真的感到慘不忍睹，擔心一旦發生火警時會橫生意外，但難道可以不容許醫院加開額外病床嗎？
It is because Accident and Emergency Departments under the Hospital Authority HA are always overcrowded with waiting patients during holidays as in the case of influenza seasons when a large number of additional beds have to be provided in various wards . I found the situation really terrible as evidenced by what I have seen during my visits to public hospitals when I could not help but worry that accidents would happen if a fire broke out . However would it be possible to disallow additional beds in hospitals?
不可能，因為有此實際需要。
It would not be possible since there was a practical need for them
此外，專科治療的輪候時間越來越長，這些問題真的不能不正視。
Besides the waiting time for specialist services is also getting increasingly long and we should indeed face up squarely to these problems
所以，局長真的任重道遠，因為政府和局長今天所作決定，可能影響10年後，當香港人口老化問題越來越迫切及人口不斷增加時的醫療系統的狀況。
The Secretary is therefore shouldering heavy responsibilities because a decision made by her and the Government today may have implications for what our healthcare system will be like 10 years later when the problem of ageing population in Hong Kong will become increasingly serious and local population will be ever increasing
從數字看，過去10年，醫管局居然沒有因應人口增加或人口老化而有系統及合理地增加病床。
Statistically speaking HA has not systematically and rationally increased hospital beds over the past 10 years in response to the growth and ageing of our population
這實在需要局長帶領社會進行討論。
It is for the Secretary to guide discussion in the community
第三個原因，我認為本屆政府也察覺得到，那就是基層預防性的工作做得太少。
I think the current - term Government is also aware of the third reason that is we have not done enough in promoting preventive primary healthcare
正如議案所提及，香港的醫療體系以治療為主，預防工作則嚴重不足。
As mentioned in the motion the healthcare system in Hong Kong has tilted towards the provision of medical treatment and there has been a serious lack of preventive healthcare services
今屆政府也希望急起直追，不過也需要若干時間。
The current - term Government is anxious to catch up but this is going to take some time
第四，也是我認為很重要的一個原因，是過去多屆政府對中醫的作用和支援後知後覺，以"龜速"發展。
Fourthly this is also one of the very important reasons in my opinion and that is the previous terms of governments had a belated awareness of the effectiveness of Chinese medicine and acted slowly in giving support to Chinese medicine which has been developing at a snails pace
主席，我們也知道預防當然勝於治療，而其中一個可行方案是加強中醫扮演的角色。我認為這不但能有助局方突破思維，提供協助，並且有較大空間協助進行基層醫療的預防性工作。
President we all know that prevention is definitely better than cure and strengthening the role played by Chinese medicine is one of the possible options which in my opinion will not only help the Food and Health Bureau have a breakthrough in thinking but also allow more room for the promotion of preventive primary healthcare
今屆政府有就此下工夫，包括興建中醫院，以及在食物及衞生局轄下成立專責發展中醫的小組，負責統籌及推動中醫藥的發展。
The current - term Government has made efforts in this respect including the setting up of a Chinese medicine hospital and the establishment of a dedicated team under the Food and Health Bureau to coordinate and promote the development of Chinese medicine
特首也多番強調要促進中醫藥的發展，令中醫在推動公眾健康方面擔當更積極的角色。
The Chief Executive has also repeatedly emphasized the need to develop Chinese medicine so that it will assume a more active role in promoting public health
是否興建中醫院，設立18個基層醫療中心便能做到呢？
Can this be achieved simply by setting up a Chinese medicine hospital and 18 District Health Centres?
如果政府在吸引人才及投入資源方面繼續有這麼重大的差異，我認為10年後的中醫發展依然會處於現有狀況，無法吸引人才，也無法發揮其本身的優勢。
If such a serious imbalance in the efforts made by the Government to attract talents and allocate resources continues to exist I think the development of Chinese medicine 10 years later will largely remain the same in other words we will not be able to attract talents and enable practitioners of Chinese medicine to give full play to their strength
主席，我必須強調，我的意思不是說中醫可取代西醫，這絕不可能。
President I am not saying that we can replace Western medicine with Chinese medicine which is totally impossible
關於"推動醫療改革"的議案，我聽了很多議員的發言，我也想點出兩個問題，因為我們不正視問題，問題只會延續，而且難以解決。
I have listened to the speeches of many Members on the motion on Promoting healthcare reform . I want to point out two issues . If we do not face these issues squarely the problem will only persist and remain difficult to be solved
第一個問題，正如很多議員所說，現時是有資源的，甚至有醫院和設備，但沒有人使用，因為醫生和護士不足。
The first issue is as many Members have said that resources are now available and there are hospitals and facilities idled because there are insufficient doctors and nurses
究竟本地的教育體系，還有沒有條件擴張培訓醫生和護士呢？
Does our local education system still have the capacity to train additional doctors and nurses?
我們一直批評香港的大專學位，與世界其他國家相比真的差天共地。
There have been criticisms that our tertiary institutions have far less places than those in other countries
為何一個如此發達的城市，我們的學士學位比其他很多地方少？
We are such a well - developed city . Why do we have far less bachelors degree quotas than many other places?
為何人口規劃的問題如此重要呢？
Why is this so important?
很可惜，我要告訴大家，2003年的病床數目是29,539張，但現在只是勉強有3萬多張，沒有顯著增長。
Regrettably I have to tell Members that there were 29 539 beds in 2003 and now there are some 30 000 - odd beds . There was no major increase in hospital beds
為何10多年來，病床數目沒有顯著增長？
Why was there no major increase in hospital beds in the past 10 - odd years?
面對未來有多少病床的問題，當然越多越好，規劃得越好，情況便越好，但更重要的是，要因應人口變遷作出適當規劃。
Regarding how many hospital beds should be provided in the future the answer is certainly the more the better . Better planning will bring a better future . More importantly we should make suitable planning based on the changes in population
我認為有些討論是今天比較少提及的，例如郭家麒議員提出修正案，要求推出第二個十年醫院發展計劃，我認為政府應該想一想，如何就這方面做得更好，避免再出現今天面臨的問題。
I think some of the points were less talked about today . For example Dr KWOK Ka - kis amendment requests the Government to launch the second 10 - year Hospital Development Plan . I think the Government should consider how to better take forward this task to avoid the problems we are now facing today from appearing again in the future
最後，剩餘少許時間，我想作少許回應。
Lastly with the little time left I wish to briefly make a response
有時候，我們在議會爭辯未必十分有意思。
Sometimes it may not be very meaningful to argue in this Council
我正正想指出，范國威議員最近提出，要求將數間醫院的擴建撥款調前審批。
I wish to say that Mr Gary FAN recently proposed to advance the funding proposal on the expansion projects of several hospitals for scrutiny
當日佢根本無事！
He was not hurt on that day!
我哋忙到無時間死！
We are so busy that we do not even have the time to die!
請你陳恆鑌去其他地方搞政治！
Would Mr CHAN Han - pan please go to other places to play his political trick!
唔好濫用急診室同救護車。
Do not abuse AE and the ambulance
" 當然，對於陳恒鑌議員當天前往驗傷，這位前線同事感到十分憤怒，但我也考慮到，即使我用很多時間來討論這件事，我們仍然要面對一個嚴肅的問題，便是在未來10年，如何避免醫療系統再次"爆煲"，所以規劃是必須做好的。
But I am still aware that even if I spend a lot of time discussing this incident we still need to face a critical issue . That is how to prevent our healthcare system from collapsing again in 10 years time . Hence planning must be properly taken forward
但是我注意到，議會內同事之間有不必要的指斥，包括剛才有些來自建制派的議員對民主派作出不具名的指控，我認為那些是不公道、不實，亦不應該在議會內提出的；他們明明眼睛已看到有議員受傷，也不施予任何同情，我認為這是錯誤的。
However I notice that there are some unnecessary accusations among colleagues in this Council including the unnamed accusations from the pro - establishment Members against the democratic camp earlier which I find are unfair untrue and should not be raised in this Council . Clearly seeing that some Members were hurt they did not show any sympathy at all and I think this attitude is wrong
主席，關於今天的討論，我相信醫院管理局是今次整個題目最重要的一環，因為醫管局自1990年成立至今，差不多已有 30年的時間，對於這麼龐大的機構，一個主導香港整體醫療系統的機構，其實我們需要認真審視整個制度本身是否完美無瑕？
President concerning the discussion today I believe the Hospital Authority HA is the most important element in this entire subject because it has been almost 30 years since HA was established in 1990 . In regard to such a huge organization a leading organization to the entire healthcare system of Hong Kong we actually need to seriously examine whether the whole system itself is flawless or not
三十年來累積的問題是非常多的，與其我們在此討論其他枝節，其實我們真正要做的，可能是對醫管局施手術。
There are lots of problems accumulated in the 30 years . Rather than discussing other side issues what we really need to do is perhaps to perform an operation on HA
這個為市民施手術的制度本身也應該接受手術。
This system which offers surgical services to the public should also receive a surgery
當然醫管局成立的初心，是希望由行業內的人領導行業內的人，當日成立醫管局的目的，是不希望由政務官這些完全不懂得醫療的人士管理醫生如何做事，我相信這初衷沒有問題，主席。
Of course the intention of setting up HA is that the people in the sector can be led by the people from the sector . The objective of setting up HA back then was not to have Administrative Officers who know nothing about healthcare managing doctors and telling doctors what to do . I believe that this intention is fine President
而實際上，醫管局成立之初是有效地運用資源，成功解決當年，即1980年代積累的醫療問題，令香港人相信，可以告別帆布床的年代。
In reality when HA was first established it could make use of the resources effectively and succeeded in resolving the then healthcare problems accumulated in the 1980s and hence Hong Kong people believed that we could bid farewell to the canvas beds era
我相信醫管局開始時的確能達到這功效，亦能給予香港人這份希望。
I think at the beginning HA could really achieve that effect and could give some hope to Hong Kong people
不過，可惜的地方是，多年後，只剩下甚麼呢？
However it is a pity to see what we are left with after so many years
我們看見機構龐大腫脹；我們看見中高層管理人員不停地增聘人手；我們看見醫管局的同事也增聘大量非醫護的人手來協助他們的行政工作，我們更看見本來應該在前線負責開刀的醫生被迫成為管理層......
We see a swollen organization which constantly recruits additional upper to middle management staff . We see that the colleagues in HA also hire a large number of non - healthcare staff to assist them in their administrative work . We even see that doctors who are supposed to be at the frontline responsible for surgical operations are forced to be in the management team In fact they might not be forced to be in the management team
其實，他們未必是被迫成為管理層，可能我要恭喜他們獲得晉升，但基於他們晉升成為中高層的管理層後，他們要處理文件，告別前線的手術枱和病床，他們反而留在寫字樓，做其他管理工作。
I may have to congratulate them for being promoted as such . But since they are promoted to the management team at the upper to middle levels they have to deal with documents leaving behind the operating tables and hospital beds at the frontline . Instead they have to stay in the office and engage in other management work
這些情況當然沒有人希望看到。
Admittedly no one wishes to see such situations
主席，或許我們應該這樣說，我相信每名醫生都不想告別前線，除非他們真的很不喜歡自己的工作。
President perhaps we should put it this way . I believe no doctors want to bid farewell to frontline jobs unless they really do not like their own profession
但是，我覺得人手錯配或人手不能夠得以善用，這才是問題的核心所在。
Nevertheless in my view mismatching of manpower or not making the best use of manpower is the crux of the problem
或許這些是今年年初，當爆發流感高峰期時，這麼多醫生怨聲載道的原因，正因為他們本來想做的工作無法做，有很多應做的事情，無論是見病人、施手術等應做的事，他們無法做，卻要花時間在其他事項上，例如寫文件、交報告，以及今天有其他同事提及的出席會議等。
This may be the reason for the grievances of so many doctors during the outbreak of influenza early this year . It is because they cannot do what they originally wanted to do . They cannot do what they should do such as seeing patients and doing operations but instead they have to spend time on other things such as writing papers submitting reports as well as attending meetings as mentioned also by other colleagues today
政府的角色是甚麼？
What is the role of the Government?
政府負責代表納稅人向醫管局提供資源，而當政府不能有效地令醫管局重回正軌，做回它應做的事時，我們當然要向政府問責，我們亦當然要求政府須真正面對現時醫管局內部的問題。
On behalf of taxpayers the Government is responsible for providing resources to HA . When the Government cannot effectively bring HA onto the right track so that HA will do what it should do we surely have to hold the Government accountable . Of course we also ask the Government to face up to the internal issues of HA at present
另一點我認為需要特別提到的是，政府對於醫管局的撥款上的態度。
Another point which I think should be particularly mentioned is the Governments attitude towards the funding allocation to HA
我希望特區政府理解，醫療固然是特區政府其中一項最重要、最 龐大的開支，這一點毋庸置疑，主席，但我希望特區政府亦明白，這固然是一種負擔、是一項支出，然而，同時候這也是一項投資，是投資在香港人的健康上。
I hope the SAR Government can comprehend that healthcare is certainly one of its key and largest expenditure items . This is undeniable President but I hope the SAR Government can also understand that while this surely is a burden and an item of expenditure this at the same time is also an investment as it is investing in the health of Hong Kong people
如果政府可以在前期的工作上，令香港人的小病得以醫治，香港人後期便不會患上更多疾病，我相信大家也同意這點，局長也完全明白。
If the Government can do well in the preliminary work so that Hong Kong people can receive treatment for their minor illnesses Hong Kong people will not catch more illnesses during the later period . I believe this is agreed by us and will also be understood by the Secretary
當經濟重回正軌時，為何政府仍然要削減醫管局的資源？
When the economy was back onto the right track why did the Government still slash the resources of HA?
以過去數年來說，我們看到今屆政府固然對醫療投入很多資源，但這方面究竟能否繼續維持？
Over the past few years we noticed that the incumbent Government has certainly put in a lot of resources in healthcare but can this be sustainable?
究竟特區政府在理財新哲學下，對於醫療究竟有何想法？
Under the new fiscal management philosophy what does the SAR Government think about healthcare?
我相信就這些問題，特區政府有責任很清晰地交代。
Concerning these questions I think the SAR Government is obliged to give a clear explanation