Borrison/hk-legicost huggingface dataset:
功能界別的選民人數較少，法律界、會計界或其他專業界別所聽到的中聯辦"雷動計劃"不厲害嗎？
Functional sectors have a smaller electorate . Is LOCPGs ThunderGo heard by the Legal Constituency the Accountancy Constituency or other professional sectors not influential?
他在說甚麼廢話，口口聲聲說現在的選舉制度不公平？
What is all this nonsense about the unfairness of the existing electoral system coming off his mouth?
我亦動議修正第12及19條。
I also move the amendments to clauses 12 and 19
我們建議修正法例內一些提及其他法律條文之處，使對相關條文的提述更準確反映條文原意。
We propose that amendments be made to certain references made in the legislation to other statutory provisions so that the references to the relevant provisions will reflect more accurately the intent of the provisions
我亦動議修正第56及61條。
I also move the amendments to clauses 56 and 61
我們建議透過修正有關條文，使之更準確地反映現時在選舉委員會界別分組選舉和行政長官選舉的做法，即選舉主任在上述選舉中須就不予點算的選票擬備報表，不論該等不予點算的選票屬問題選票或是明顯無效的選票。
We propose that amendments be made to the relevant clauses to better reflect the existing arrangement of the Election Committee Subsector Elections and the Chief Executive Election where the Returning Officer of the respective election is to prepare a statement of ballot papers that are not counted irrespective of whether the ballot papers concerned are questionable ballot papers or clearly invalid ones
我們亦建議作出相應修訂，更新對有關條文的提述。
Consequential amendments are also proposed to be made to update the references to the relevant provisions
我稍後為同樣目的將動議新增的第56A、56B、61A、62A及62B條。
For the same purpose I will later move amendments to add new clauses 56A 56B 61A 62A and 62B
我亦動議修正第65條。
I also move that clause 65 be amended
具體而言，"小組"一詞即選舉委員會的體育、演藝、文化及出版界界別分組下的4個小組。
569C . Specifically the term sub - subsector refers to the four sub - subsectors under the Election Committee subsector of Sports Performing Arts Culture and Publication
我稍後會動議第二組修正案，繼剛才修正第56及61條後，新增第56A、56B、61A、62A及62B條。
Subsequent to the amendments to clause 56 and 61 I will later on move my second group of amendments to add new clauses 56A 56B 61A 62A and 62B
我們建議透過新增有關條文，使之更準確地反映現時在選舉委員會界別分組選舉和行政長官選舉的做法，即選舉主任在上述選舉中須就不予點算的選票擬備報表，不論該等不予點算的選票屬問題選票或 是明顯無效的選票。
We propose that these new clauses be added to better reflect the existing arrangement of the Election Committee Subsector Elections and the Chief Executive Election where the Returning Officer of the respective election is to prepare a statement of ballot papers that are not counted irrespective of whether the ballot papers concerned are questionable ballot papers or clearly invalid ones
我們已向法案委員會介紹上述修正案。
We have briefed the Bills Committee on the aforementioned amendments
法案委員會委員亦支持我們的建議。
Members of the Bills Committee support our proposals
我懇請委員支持上述修正案。
I implore Members to support these amendments
我就局長的第一組修正案提出待決議題前，我想提醒各位，若局長的第一組修正案被否決，他便不可動議他的第二組修正案。
Before putting to you the question I wish to remind Members that if the Secretarys first group of amendments are negatived he may not move his second group of amendments
代理主席，我動議講稿附錄我的第二組修正案，以二讀秘書剛讀出的新訂條文及新次分部的標題。
Deputy Chairman I move my second group of amendments as set out in the Appendix to the Script to read the new clauses and the new subdvision heading just read out by the Clerk a Second time
我現在向各位提出的待議議題是：秘書已讀出的新訂條文及新次分部的標題，予以二讀。
I now propose the question to you and that is That the new clauses and the new subdivision heading read out by the Clerk be read a Second time
他如何公平、公正？
How is he fair and impartial?
郭議員，請坐下，現在並非與局長辯論的時間。
Dr KWOK please sit down . This is not the time for a debate with the Secretary
所以，代理主席，我希望議員考慮，《條例草案》提出很多具體的建議，事實上是改善了現時的選舉安排，剛才有議員發言時亦提到，應採取實事求是的態度。
Therefore Deputy President I hope Members will take into account that the Bill has put forward specific proposals which will indeed improve the existing electoral arrangements . As pointed out by some Members earlier on we should adopt a pragmatic attitude
如果能完善，為何大家不一起去改善？
Why do we not work together to improve the arrangements if they can be improved?
一些關於政治制度、政治安排等的大議題，大家可在很多場合理性地討論，按照《基本法》的規定及香港的實際情況，推進我們的政制發展。
There are many occasions on which rational discussions on major issues such as the political system and arrangement can be held and our constitutional development can be taken forward in accordance with the Basic Law and the actual situation in Hong Kong
如果不同意其中一項便要投反對票，我相信政府在立法會一票也不會有。
If Members should cast an opposition vote if they take exception to just one of the proposals I think the Government will not have even one vote in the Legislative Council
政府是否呼籲所有議員，只要反對其中一項便應投反對票，否則便假設我們贊成政府的全部建議？我想即使建制派過往如何支持政府，在這事上他們也是不能支持的。
Is the Government calling on all Members to cast an opposition vote even if they take exception to only one of the proposals or else we would be presumed to be supportive of all the proposals presented by the Government?
主席，香港是先進的經濟體，政府亦十分喜歡用國際大都會、金融中心等名詞來推銷香港。
President Hong Kong is an advanced economy and the Government very much likes to use such terms as international metropolis and financial centre to promote Hong Kong
誠然，論樓價，香港在先進經濟體中名列前茅，而且也是大部分香港市民無法負擔的；論願意大灑金錢，慷公帑之慨，興建一個又一個超支數以十億元計、漏洞百出的天價基建工程，香港亦跑贏很多先進地區。
Truly enough when it comes to property prices Hong Kong is among the top of the list of advanced economies and they are beyond the affordability of most Hong Kong citizens . When it comes to the will to spend colossal sums of money at the expense of public coffers on developing extremely pricey infrastructure projects one after another that incurred overruns in billions of dollars and are riddled with defects Hong Kong has also outperformed many advanced regions or territories
但是，如果說到勞工和社會福利，香港永遠也落後於先進經濟體。
However when it comes to labour and social welfare Hong Kong always lags behind the advanced economies
先不說其他，單以最低工資而言，經過勞工界多年爭取，政府終於願意在2011年實行法定最低工資，但時薪跟鄰近數個先進經濟體比較，相差頗遠。
Let us not talk about other examples and just look at the minimum wage alone . After many years of lobbying by the labour sector the Government was eventually willing to implement in 2011 a statutory minimum wage but the hourly wage rate is still lower than the several neighbouring advanced economies
現時香港的最低時薪是34.5元，到5月便會增加，但相比之下，在韓國大約是58港元；日本的不同地區有不同的最低時薪，但最低也有大約53港元，而經濟較香港差，但工資和物價一般較香港低的台灣，最低時薪是大約38港元，也較香港高。
The minimum hourly wage in Hong Kong is 34.5 at present and will be increased in May . But in comparison it is about HK58 in Korea; in Japan where the minimum hourly wage varies in different regions it is about HK53 the lowest; and in Taiwan where the economy compares less favourably with that of Hong Kong but the wages and prices are generally lower than those in Hong Kong the minimum hourly wage is about HK38 which is still higher than ours in Hong Kong
香港不單最低工資水平偏低，而且壓低基層的工資和福利，要窮人鬥窮人、窮人和窮人比，似乎也是香港政府的哲學。
In Hong Kong a comparatively low minimum wage aside it also seems to be the philosophy of the Hong Kong Government to suppress the wages and welfare of the grass roots pitting the poor against their likes and making the poor compare with their likes
翻查資料，政府在1999年跟2003年兩次大幅削減綜合社會保障援助金額，理由是綜援金額不能高過"打工仔"的低薪水平。
I have looked up some information . The Comprehensive Social Security Assistance CSSA rates were substantially reduced twice by the Government in 1999 and 2003 on the ground that the CSSA rates should not be higher than the low wage levels of wage earners
這種說法，便是要令綜援受助人與低薪勞工對立。
Such an argument puts the CSSA recipients in a position which is in direct confrontation with low - paid workers
如果是一個體恤民情的政府，在檢討綜援水平時的重點，一定是考慮綜援金額能否應付基本的生活需要，而不是計較是否高於低薪的水平，因為即使是高於低薪的水平，如果無法應付基本的生活需要，這只是反映出綜援金額跟基 層工資均處於不合理的低水平，應對方法是提高基層工人的工資，而不是降低綜援的水平。
For a government with compassion for public sentiments a major consideration in reviewing the CSSA rates is definitely whether the CSSA rates can meet the basic livelihood needs rather than finding out whether it is higher than the low wage levels . It is because even though the rates are higher than the low wage levels if they fail to meet the basic livelihood needs it only shows that the CSSA rates and the grass - roots wages are both pitched at unreasonably low levels . To address such a situation the wages of grass - roots workers should be increased rather than lowering the CSSA rates
事實上，香港的樓價在近十多二十年一再創新高，通脹拾級而上，但低薪工人的工資增長卻仿如蝸牛般緩慢，甚至是停滯不前。
As a matter of fact the property prices in Hong Kong have never ceased to hit new highs over the last decade or two and the inflation rate has multiplied . But the wages of low - paid workers have grown at a snails pace or even remained stagnant
勞工界爭取訂立最低工資，正是因為這些沒有議價能力的低薪工友的薪金，長期無法追上通脹。
The labour sector has fought for the prescription of a minimum wage precisely because the wages of these low - paid workers who have no bargaining power are always unable to catch up with inflation
時至今天，經過政府大幅調低綜援金額，加上調整綜援的機制無法反映受助人的實際需要，再加上滯後等因素，綜援金根本無法應付基本的需要。
At present after substantial downward adjustments in the CSSA rates made by the Government coupled with the fact that the CSSA adjustment mechanism fails to reflect the actual needs of the recipients and due to such factors as a lag in the rates adjustment it is actually impossible for the CSSA rates to meet the basic needs
更重要的是，坊間長期流行一些說法，例如"綜援養懶人"等，其實並不是事實。
More importantly in the community there have been some long - established views such as the labelling of CSSA recipients as lazybones which are actually far from true
根據社會福利署的數字，在去年10月，領取綜援的個案數目是228,550宗，較1999年同期的23萬宗為低，當中大部分為長者綜援，合共有143,232宗，佔整體綜援個案63%，然後永久傷殘、健康欠佳及單親加起來的個案佔29%，失業綜援個案則佔5%。
According to the statistics of the Social Welfare Department in October last year the number of CSSA cases was 228 550 which was lower than the 230 000 cases during the corresponding period in 1999 . The majority of these cases was made up by old age cases totalling 143 232 in number and accounting for 63 % of the total number of CSSA cases . And cases of permanent disability ill health and single parentadded up to a share of 29 % whereas unemployment cases accounted for 5 %
換言之，綜援一個非常主要的功能，是彌補退休保障的不足，但綜援設有嚴苛的資產審查和有負面標籤，社會各界聯合爭取多年的全民退休保障計劃，便是希望免除綜援的負面標籤和資產審查，令基層長者可以比較有尊嚴地每月領取3,000多元的基本生活費。
In other words a most important function of CSSA is to make up for the inadequacy of retirement protection but CSSA imposes a harsh means test and its recipients are labelled negatively . The universal retirement protection scheme jointly championed by various sectors of the community over the years precisely seeks to remove the negative label on CSSA and the means test required so as to enable the grass - roots elderly to receive some 3,000 monthly in a more dignified manner
對於這個計劃，前任特首梁振英曾經表示值得推行、應該推行，政府委託的周永新教授團隊也認為，計劃在財政上可行，但最終政府卻將計劃束諸高閣。
Regarding the universal retirement protection scheme former Chief Executive LEUNG Chun - ying had said that it would be worth implementing and should be implemented . The team led by Prof Nelson CHOW commissioned by the Government also considered the scheme financially viable but the Government shelved it eventually
政府不單沒有兌現落實全民退保的承諾我認為莫說是全民退保，我看到的是全民正在退步還提出將領取長者綜援的年齡由60歲提高至65歲。
Not only has the Government failed to honour its promise of implementing a universal retirement protection scheme―I think the failure to provide universal retirement protection aside what I have seen is universal retrogression―it has even proposed raising the eligibility age for elderly CSSA from 60 to 65
雖然福利事務委員會曾經兩次通過議案，要求政府擱置，但政府一意孤行。
Although the Panel on Welfare Services has twice passed a motion calling on the Government to shelve the proposal the Government is hell - bent on having its own way
行政長官林鄭月娥表示，這樣做不是為了省錢，而是60至64歲的人還可以工作。
Chief Executive Carrie LAM said that the measure is meant not to save money but because people aged 60 to 64 are still employable
特首的說法，再次反映她不太體恤民情。
This remark of the Chief Executive again shows that she does not have much compassion for public sentiments
絕大部分基層長者年青時也從事低薪的體力勞動工作，他們跟那些坐在辦公室指揮別人工作的政府和商界高層是活在兩個不同的世界。
A great majority of the grass - roots elderly worked low - paid manual labour jobs when they were young . These elderly people and those holders of senior posts in the Government and the business sector who sit in offices giving instructions to others are living in two different worlds
如果60歲的長者，體力仍然能夠應付，仍然有人聘用，相信不用特首和各位說，他們也會繼續多賺錢，而不想單靠3,000多元的長者綜援金過活。
For elderly aged 60 whose physical conditions are still fit for work if there are still people who are willing to hire them I think they need no prompting from the Chief Executive and Members and will continue to make more money rather than relying on some 3,000 in the elderly CSSA payment to make ends meet
現在的問題是，60至64歲的人，如果沒有足夠體力應付工作或沒有人聘請，便須申請每月只有2,400多元的成人綜援，金額變相削減接近1,000元。
Now the problem is that for people aged between 60 and 64 if they are not physically fit to cope with the job requirements or if they are unemployable they will have to apply for the CSSA rate for adults which is only some 2,400 a month meaning that they will receive almost 1,000 less
試問今時今日，一個月只有2,400多元，可以如何過活？
Tell me by present - day standards how can one support his living with only some 2,400 a month?
這項政策變相是懲罰那些沒有工作能力或沒有人聘請的年長人士。
This policy is actually penalizing senior citizens who do not have the ability to work or who are unemployable
主席，我支持邵家臻議員的議案，以及其他議員的修正案，令綜援機制能夠反映受助人的實際需要。
President I support Mr SHIU Ka - chuns motion as well as the amendments proposed by other Members in order that the CSSA mechanism can reflect the actual needs of the recipients
同時，我也希望政府官員反省自己"何不食肉糜"的"離地"思維，多體恤民情和基層的需要。
Meanwhile I also hope that the Government can reflect on their mentality of letting them eat cake which is detached from reality and show more compassion for public sentiments and the needs of the grass roots
我認為，這與政府近來的思路有相似之處，就是以上帝的視覺來為我們的政策把脈。
I think this is consistent with the thinking of the Government recently that is adopting Gods view in keeping tabs on the public pulse for its policies
何謂上帝的視覺呢？
What is the definition of Gods view?
上帝的視覺就是以全知、全能和全善的角度來制訂政策。
To adopt Gods view is to formulate policies from the all - knowing all - powerful and all - benevolent perspective
可是，究竟在制訂政策上，是否確有這種全知、全能、全善的上帝角度呢？
Yet in policy formulation does this Gods view of all - knowing all - powerful and all - benevolent exist?
因此，在社會政策上，我們甚少以康德式的原則來決定一項政策應否討論或推行。
Hence for social policies we seldom apply the Kantian principle in deciding whether or not a policy should be discussed or implemented
舉例來說，如果我們相信亞里士多德有好的人格，我們便會相信他的說話，而因為他身上有我們信仰的品格、勇氣，我們認為他是一個好人、一個善人，我們繼而相信他的決定。
For instance if we trust that Aristotle has a good personality we will believe his words . Since he possesses the character and courage which we believe we consider him a good man and a kind man and we thereby trust his decisions
其實，沒有人會反對調整，只是政府有否從市民的角度考慮事情呢？
In fact no one opposes the adjustments . At issue is whether the Government has considered the issues from the angle of the public
因此，當政府不同政策也是採用這種超然角度、理性角度，認為社會上有一種客觀的善，並以這種想法釐定和推行政策，當局是否希望以這角度來說服市民呢？
Hence the Government has adopted a transcendent attitude and rationality in the implementation of various policies thinking that there is a kind of objective benevolence in society . If the Government plans and formulates policies with this mentality does it think that it can convince the public with this perspective?
然而，市民中沒有人是全知、全能、全善者，我們無法清楚知道，又或脫離自己的情感和社會階層，從而理解及諒解整個社會的變化。
Yet no one among the public is all - knowing all - powerful and all - benevolent . We cannot have complete understanding and we cannot withdraw from our emotions or social stratum to comprehend and understand the changes of society as a whole
今次提高領取長者綜援年齡的調整，我認為正是一個典型例子。
In my view the upward adjustment of the eligibility age for elderly CSSA this time around is a typical example
因此，我希望政府可以增加綜援的資源，因為這是最基本的救援網，而提升這個救援網對整個社會不會有很大的耗費，所以我希望政府可以檢討政策，改善綜援金額。
Hence I hope the Government will increase the resources for CSSA as this is the fundamental safety net and its enhancement will not cost much to society as a whole . I hope the Government will review the policy and improve the CSSA rates
事實上，在爭取福利的道路上，這議事廳裏有很多朋友一直很努力，但政府左耳入右耳出，今天更離譜的是，羅致光局長去了哪裏？
In fact many in this Chamber have been fighting hard for welfare all the way through . But the Government has just let our words go in one ear and out the other . There is one very point even more unacceptable today
局長竟然敢膽不坐在這裏聆聽議員對這項議案的意見。
Where has Secretary Dr LAW Chi - kwong gone? . We just cannot believe the Secretary is bold enough not to sit here and listen to Members views on this motion
當大家跨黨派、盡全力要求政府煞停這措施，不要收緊申請長者綜合社會保障援助的門檻之際，主席，現在只餘下半個月時間。
While we are making an all - out cross - party effort to call on the Government to call a halt to this measure and not to tighten the application threshold for elderly Comprehensive Social Security Assistance CSSA at this moment President there is just half a month left now
所以，在我衷心感激邵家臻議員提出這項議案之餘，還有一點值得我們參詳的，也就是為甚麼足足20年綜援都欠缺檢討。
Hence while extending my heartfelt gratitude to Mr SHIU Ka - chun for proposing this motion I think there is one more point that warrants our detailed examination that is the reason for the absence of a review of CSSA for as long as two decades
根據政府統計處的《香港的 女性及男性主要統計數字》，本港有63.4%的人屬於60至64歲的長者，具初中或以下學歷，大多數從事勞動工作。
According to the Women and Men in Hong Kong―Key Statistics 2018 Edition of the Census and Statistics Department 63.4 % of the population in Hong Kong are elderly aged between 60 and 64 with an educational attainment at lower secondary level or below and most of them are engaged in manual jobs
不是每個人都好像局長、特首、高官般高床暖枕，不知民間疾苦。
Not everyone is like the Secretary the Chief Executive or senior officials who lead a carefree life losing touch with the sufferings of the people . The welfare for the elderly is obviously being tightened this time around going from something to nothing
這次明顯是收緊長者福利，從有到無，原本好好的，其他方面你們不搞，卻要搞老人家，"辣㷫"跨黨派議員、"辣㷫"全港市民，現在還未走出來救火，還有半個月時間，這台戲如何演下去？
Just when we thought things were going well they targeted the elderly while leaving other issues untouched thereby enraging Members from across parties and all Hong Kong people alike . Now they have yet to come forward to cool things down . With half a month left how is this farce going to end?
我當然支持原議案和各位同事的修正案。
I certainly support the original motion and Honourable colleagues amendments
最重要的是，大家真的要向政府施加更大的壓力，讓它感受一下，令它不會"離地"到好像上了外太空般，完全不知道外面發生甚麼事，不知道收緊長者福利會"辣㷫"全香港。
Most importantly Members must really exert greater pressure on the Government to give it a lesson so that it will not remain out of touch with reality as if it is up in outer space completely losing touch with what is going on out there and having no idea that the tightening of welfare for the elderly will enrage people across the territory
剛才有議員提過，1999年是一個非常重要的時間，為甚麼呢？
Just now a Member described the year 1999 as a critical point . Why?
因為綜援的很多特別津貼在當時曾進行檢討，亦取消了一些項目，柯創盛議員剛才已說過有關的背景。
Because at that time a wide range of special grants were reviewed with the cancellation of some items under the CSSA Scheme . Mr Wilson OR has presented the background just now
回看1996年的時候，手提電話是很昂貴的東西，但今天已經是2018年，綜援從來沒有修改，便等於完全沒有與時並進，完全沒有看今年真正的情況、現實的情況。
In retrospect mobile phones were a luxury in 1996 . But today is 2018 . CSSA has never undergone any changes which is tantamount to a total failure to keep abreast of the times and take into account the actual and practical situation of the current year
這準則便是根據1996年政府進行的綜援檢討，參考當時制訂的"基本生活需要預算"，以及1994-1995年度的住戶開支統計調查結果來釐定，日後亦只會按社援物價指數來調整。
The criteria were drawn up on the basis of the review of CSSA conducted by the Government in 1996 with reference drawn to the Basic Needs approach formulated back then and the results of the Household Expenditure Survey for 1994 - 1995 . The rates will only be adjusted in accordance with the SSA Index of Prices in the future
我相信接下來同事會繼續表達意見。
I believe Honourable colleagues will express their views further later on
但是，今天的主菜仍是長者綜援這方面。
But the main course today is still elderly CSSA
如果政府的看法是不如推遲退休年齡，鼓勵長者就業，那便去鼓勵長者就業，做好對中高齡就業的配套，但這方面做得好嗎？
If it is the intention of the Government to extend the retirement age to promote elderly employment it may go ahead offering adequate employment support for the elderly and middle - aged . But have they done their part in this regard?
回到今天的重點，主席，在要求政府對綜援進行全面檢討之際，今天亦讓我們有一個覺醒。
President let me come back to the main subject today . While calling on the Government to conduct a comprehensive review of CSSA we have also been awakened today
但是，他們都是這個城市中的珍貴市民，他們應該有與現實貼近的最基本扶助。
But this does not change the fact that they are precious citizens of this city who should be given the most fundamental aid in the light of the actual situation
主席，為保障泳客安全，康文署聘用救生員在其場地執行瞭望、巡邏、救生和救傷等工作。
President to protect the safety of swimmers the Leisure and Cultural Services Department LCSD employs lifeguards to perform lookout patrol lifesaving and first aid duties etc . at its venues
截至2018年8月1日為止，康文署總共有1,959名救生員，包括公務員救生員和非公務員合約季節性救生員。
As at 1 August 2018 there were 1 959 lifeguards in LCSD comprising civil service lifeguards and non - civil service contract NCSC seasonal lifeguards
就何啟明議員的質詢，我現答覆如下： 一 康文署規定現職及新招聘的救生員均需考獲香港拯溺總會頒發的救生章。
My reply to Mr HO Kai - mings question is as follows 1 LCSD requires that all serving and newly recruited lifeguards possess the Lifeguard Award issued by the Hong Kong Life Saving Society HKLSS
該會是香港唯一獲得國際救生總會認可負責考核及頒發拯溺資格的機構。
HKLSS is the only body recognized by the International Life Saving Federation for assessing and awarding lifeguard qualifications in Hong Kong
康文署就合約救生員的入職要求是申請人須持有該會在最近3年頒發或重新評核的有效沙灘救生章或泳池救生章；而公務員救生員的入職要求包括持有該會頒發的有效沙灘救生章及泳池救生章，以及須持有聖約翰救傷會、香港紅十字會或醫療輔助隊頒發的有效急救證書。
The entry requirements for NCSC seasonal lifeguards in LCSD are the possession of the Beach Lifeguard Award or Pool Lifeguard Award issued or reassessed by HKLSS within the past three years; whereas the entry requirements for civil service lifeguards include the possession of the Beach Lifeguard Award and Pool Lifeguard Award issued by HKLSS as well as possession of a valid first - aid certificate from the St John Ambulance Association Hong Kong Red Cross or Auxiliary Medical Service
所有公務員救生員及合約救生員職位申請人亦必須通過康文署的遴選面試和技能測試。
Applicants for the posts of civil service lifeguard and NCSC seasonal lifeguard also have to pass the selection interview and trade test
其他適用的招聘程序包括操守審查及體格檢驗等。
Other recruitment procedures including integrity checking and medical examination etc are also applicable
康文署舉行公務員救生員招聘考試，內容包括遴選面試和技能測試，目的是透過評核申請人的才能、表現及品格，以及測試申請人的體能狀況、拯溺及急救技巧，從而在合資格的申請人當中挑選最合適的人選出任有關職位。
The recruitment examination for civil service lifeguards conducted by LCSD consists of a selection interview and trade test which aim to select the most suitable candidates from qualified applicants for the posts concerned having regard to the applicants abilities performance character physical competence and skills of lifesaving and first aid
在進行新一輪公務員救生員招聘工作前，康文署亦需要檢討遴選面試及技能測試的內容，經整體考慮工作要求、對合適申請人的期望、進行面試及技能測試所需的人手資源、時間、場地和成效等因素後，作適當修訂。
Before the launching of a new round of recruitment exercise for civil service lifeguards LCSD will review the contents of the selection interview and trade test in the light of various factors such as job requirements of the post expected attributes of the suitable candidates manpower resources time and venue required for selection interview and trade test and their effectiveness etc and make appropriate changes
例如，有關拯救法測試的項目，已由以往只測試申請人橫胸拖救法的技術，改為要求申請人先徒手潛水至泳池底部約2米水深處搜救遇溺者假人，再以橫胸拖救法拯救，藉以更全面測試申請人。
For instance while candidates were only required to perform cross chest tow in previous rescue tests candidates will be required in the new round of recruitment exercise to skin dive to the pool bottom at a depth of approximately two metres to search for a drowning manikin and then save it using cross chest tow in order to have a more comprehensive assessment of the candidates
康文署加入有關測試是考慮了實際運作需要，因應署方大部分泳池的水深是2米或以下。
The new rescue test is included taking into account the actual operational needs since most of the swimming pools of LCSD have a water depth of two metres or less
在進行面試及技能測試時，遴選委員會按照一套客觀、公平及可量度的評分標準，評審申請人的表現。
In addition the selection board will assess the candidates performance in the selection interview and trade test with reference to a set of objective fair and measurable assessment criteria
二 所有成功獲聘的救生員，本身已通過有關專業團體的考核，持有有效的認可救生資格，並已通過康文署招聘考試。
2 All employed lifeguards had passed the assessments administered by professional bodies concerned and possessed recognized lifesaving qualifications . They have also passed LCSDs recruitment examination
為了讓新入職的救生員盡快了解工作實務情況，康文署亦會為他們安排一系列的入職課程。
To enable the new recruits to gain an understanding of lifesaving practice as soon as possible LCSD provides them with a series of induction programmes . The department has reviewed the induction programme for lifeguards