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我接着會問：立法會的政黨會受到民意的壓力，有多少議員會反對我這份預算案呢？
Then I would ask How many Legislative Council Members will oppose the Budget when their political parties are under the pressure of public opinion?
其實政府為甚麼要徵收稅項？
Why does the Government have to levy tax?
就是因為要將資源再分配，希望從有能力、富裕的階層，或者從商家、財團取得公共資源，以分配予社會上有需要的人士，並進行長遠的投資來收窄貧富的差距，促進經濟發展，令社會的不公義不會擴闊，而是不斷收窄。
It is for the redistribution of resources . It serves to obtain public resources from those who have the means or who are rich or from businesses or consortia and redistribute the resources to those in need in society make long - term investments in order to narrow the wealth gap promote economic development and prevent injustices in society from proliferating
但是，正如張超雄議員所說，政府多年來缺乏視野去解決香港的深層次長遠矛盾，例如我們經常提出的全民退休保障及醫療和房屋的問題，政府也是沒有能力、沒有魄力、沒有智慧去處理。
However as Dr Fernando CHEUNG has pointed out for years the Government has been lacking a vision to resolve the deep - rooted long - standing conflicts in Hong Kong . For instance the Government has neither the ability the boldness nor the wisdom to handle universal retirement protection health care and housing issues that we have been constantly raising
在經濟衰退時，政府表示要緊縮開支；在經濟蓬勃時，政府坐擁龐大儲備，但卻不懂得花錢，反而陷於 如何"派錢"、"派錢"給誰、行政開支如何等執行細節，越搞越亂，越搞越麻煩。
In times of economic recession the Government said it had to tighten its belt . However when the economy is booming the Government does not know how to spend the huge reserves . Instead it is caught in execution details such as how and to whom cash should be handed out as well as the administrative costs creating more confusions and troubles
其實，政府坐擁如此龐大的儲備，正是制訂長遠規劃的最佳時機。
As a matter of fact with such huge reserves it is the best opportunity for the Government to formulate long - term planning
有些人不斷說政府要多興建醫院，多興建硬件配套，但對醫療問題有認知的人分析，香港現在最缺乏的是人手，硬件反而不是問題。
Some people kept saying that the Government should build more hospitals and hardware facilities but according to the analysis of people well versed in the health care issue the problem actually lies in the shortage of manpower instead of hardware
政府要興建醫院，立法會從來不會阻止。
The Legislative Council will never stonewall any of the Governments hospital construction projects
麥美娟議員說政府會增加本地的醫療人手，承諾會聘請本地的醫科畢業生，但我想說，這是不足夠的。
Ms Alice MAK said the Government will increase local health care manpower and is committed to employing local medical graduates . But I must say that this is not sufficient
為甚麼執業試的合格率會這麼低？
Why is the passing rate of the Licensing Examination so low?
這是香港整個醫療體系的核心問題之一。
This is one of the core issues of the health care system in Hong Kong
我認為政府一定要有魄力、有勇氣處理這些問題。
I trust the Government must have the boldness and courage to tackle these issues
香港越來越富裕，但市民的生活質素卻越來越差。
Hong Kong is getting richer but the living standard of Hong Kong people is getting lower
現在互聯網上有一種說法，說英國人的政府讓住在木屋的人遷入公屋，然後遷入居屋；現在情況卻倒過來，很多公屋居民的下一代不是遷入居屋，而是住"劏房"。
There is this saying on the Internet the Government under the British rule let people living in wooden huts move into public housing and people living in public housing move into Home Ownership Scheme HOS flats . The situation nowadays is quite the contrary . The next generation of many public housing occupants have not moved into HOS flats but subdivided units
我認為政府在有足夠的財力時，應思考香港未來的長遠規劃發展，解決住屋、醫療、全民退休保障等深層次問題。
I think the Government should give thoughts to the long - term planning and development of Hong Kong when it has sufficient financial resources so as to solve such deep - rooted problems as housing health care and universal retirement protection
主席，財政司司長這份財政預算案秉承了行政長官的理財新哲學，減輕問題因延後處理而承受的額外財政負擔，做到"急民所急"的效果。
Chairman adhering to the Chief Executives new fiscal philosophy this Budget by the Financial Secretary has reduced the extra expenditure which may be incurred if action is delayed thereby addressing peoples most pressing needs
預算案亦提供了財政資源，全面落實行政長官首份施政報告的各項政策，也為香港配合國家經濟發展和走向未來創造更廣闊的發展空間，提出了具長遠效益的政策措施。
The Budget has also provided financial resources for full implementation of the various policies in the first Policy Address of the Chief Executive and put forward policy initiatives with long - term benefits for Hong Kong to dovetail with the economic development of the country and provide more room for development in the way forward
在預算案發表後雖出現"出閘脫腳"的情況，轉移了社會對預算案為現屆政府所確立的管治新風格、政府新角色及理財新哲學的聚焦。
While the Budget slipped right after its release shifting the focus of society away from the new style of governance the new roles of the Government and the new fiscal philosophy of the current - term Government established by the Budget I personally do not support the making of cash handouts
然而，我個人不贊成"派錢"，始終"派錢"不能為政治爭議轉移視線，派多派少也會引起爭拗。
After all cash handouts cannot divert attention on political disputes and controversies will ensue regardless of the amount dished out
即使庫房錄得龐大盈餘，也應該投資在香港的長遠發展和社會民生建設方面，例如再工業化、發展創意產業，使經濟更趨多元化和可持續發展。
Even if the Treasury has recorded an enormous surplus it should be invested in the long - term development and social livelihood projects of Hong Kong such as re - industrialization and the development of creative industries thereby achieving a more diversified economy and sustainable development
盈餘亦可幫助有需要人士，例如支援罕見疾病和癌症病人的藥物開支，以及應付未來人口老化等開支。
The surplus may also be used to help those in need such as providing assistance for patients of rare diseases or cancers to meet their expenses on drugs and meeting future expenses arising from an ageing population etc
預算案提出三大目標：多元經濟、投資未來及關愛共享。
The Budget has put forward three main objectives Diversified economy investing for the future and caring and sharing
過去我在本會討論有關多元經濟和投資未來的議題時，已提出不少意見。
I have proposed quite a lot of ideas in my previous discussions on issues relating to a diversified economy and investing for the future in this Council
預算案最大的亮點，無疑是對創新及科技的投入。
The biggest highlight of the Budget is undoubtedly its investment in innovation and technology
五百億元不但為創科基金預留了一定資金，亦有推動科技轉化的實際鼓勵。
The 50 billion will serve as not only certain funding earmarked for the Innovation and Technology Fund but also an actual incentive to promote transfer of technology
唯一的問題是，這是否足夠？
The only question is whether this is enough
反觀鄰近的新加坡政府已將GDP的1%用於研發開支，而私人公司投放的研發開支則更多，達GDP的1.3%，合共為2.3%。
Conversely the neighbouring Singaporean Governments research and development RD expenditure has already accounted for 1 % of the Gross Domestic Product GDP and the expenditure incurred by enterprises on RD is even more accounting for 1.3 % of GDP totalling 2.3 %
該國亦已訂定未來目標，把研發開支提升至佔GDP的3%以上，勢與歐洲國家瑞士和瑞典看齊。
It has also set a future goal of raising the Gross Domestic Expenditure on RD as a share of GDP to more than 3 % bringing it on par with that in Switzerland and Sweden in Europe
本屆政府以5年任期結束前倍增本地研發總開支相對本地生產總值的比率至1.5%為目標，只能說是一個開始。
The goal of the current - term Government of doubling the Gross Domestic Expenditure on RD as a share of GDP to 1.5 % by the end of its five - year term of office may only be regarded as the beginning
五百億元未必能夠在 短短數年間取得顯著成效，但作為追趕全球創科浪潮的起點，亦算是提供了一種很基本的投資。
While the 50 billion may not be able to achieve marked results in just a few years time it may be seen as some kind of basic investment a starting point to catch up with the global innovation and technology wave
在財政安排方面，支持創科發展不一定要用錢，減少公共收入如以加強稅務優惠的方式提供支援亦可。
When making financial arrangements it does not necessarily require money to support innovation and technology development . Support may also be given by way of reducing public revenue such as enhancing tax concessions
創科不但需要資金，亦需要很多配套設施。
Innovation and technology requires not only funding but also a series of ancillary facilities
香港要發展成為特首口中的"新矽谷"，成敗關鍵因素之一是要吸引大量的科技人才。
In order for Hong Kong to become the new Silicon Valley as proclaimed by the Chief Executive one of the keys to success or otherwise is to attract a great bunch of technology talents
早前政府成立人力資源規劃委員會，以制訂全面的人力資源策略，推動香港進一步發展高增值及多元經濟。
The Government has earlier set up the Human Resources Planning Commission in order to formulate coordinated human resources strategies for developing Hong Kong further into a high value - added and more diversified economy
不過，如果策略離不開釋放婦女勞動力、延遲退休年齡及輸入人才這幾道板斧，以應對香港人口老化帶來的人才和勞動力不足問題，未免欠缺宏觀角度及遠見，政策方面亦未能對焦。
Nevertheless if the strategies invariably involve such approaches as unleashing the working potential of women extending the retirement age and importing talents in order to address the talent and labour shortages arising from an ageing population in Hong Kong a macro perspective and foresight seem to be missing with policies being off target
近年，香港、內地和新加坡均積極引進科技人才和留學生。
In recent years Hong Kong the Mainland and Singapore have been actively admitting technology talents and students studying abroad
以深圳為例，2010年已推出"孔雀計劃"，吸引大量海內外的創科人才，不惜以"銀彈政策"資助這些人才，包括提供獎勵補貼、保健待遇和子女學費減免等。
Take Shenzhen as an example . It launched the Peacock Plan in 2010 to attract a large number of domestic and overseas innovation and technology talents sparing no effort in subsidizing such talents with money power including offering incentives and subsidies health coverage and tuition fee remission for children
新加坡與中國企業合作培養科技人才，例如新加坡南洋理工大學與阿里巴巴共同研發人工智能。
Singapore has joined hands with Chinese enterprises to nurture technology talents such as co - development of artificial intelligence between Nanyang Technological University of Singapore and Alibaba
然而，由於香港較少人接觸中下游研究，結果沒有合適的創科生態和環境吸引甚至留住人才。
Nevertheless the low prevalence of midstream and downstream researches in Hong Kong has resulted in the absence of a suitable innovation and technology ecosystem and environment to attract or even retain talents
預算案預留了100億元支持建設醫療科技和人工智能及機械人科技的創新平台，以及200億元用於落馬洲河套區港深創新及科技園第一期項目，雖然有助吸引世界頂尖科研機構與大企業落戶，匯聚優秀的科技人才來港，但人才來港也要有相應的軟硬件配合，例如房屋、子女教育、居住環境等，讓這些人才專注研發工作。
While the 10 billion earmarked in the Budget for supporting the establishment of research clusters on health care technologies and on artificial intelligence and robotics technologies and the 20 billion used on the first phase of the Hong Kong - Shenzhen Innovation and Technology Park in the Lok Ma Chau Loop will help attract the worlds top scientific research institutions and large enterprises and pull technology talents to Hong Kong corresponding software and hardware are required to support such talents who have come to Hong Kong such as housing education for their children and the living environment so that they may focus on their RD work
上述種種，均有待政府提供全面和切實的答案。
The Government is expected to offer a comprehensive and practical answer to all these issues
早前本會4個事務委員會前往粵港澳大灣區進行職務訪問，相信不少同行的議員在參觀內地的創科和智慧城市的建設時，均深切感受到國家的創科發展和科技應用一日千里，各市政府的態度積極進取。
Four Panels of this Council earlier went on a duty visit to the Guangdong - Hong Kong - Macao Bay Area . I believe a number of participating Members must have been when visiting the innovation and technology and smart city infrastructure on the Mainland deeply impressed by the rapid development in innovation and technology and technological application of the country and the proactive attitude of various Municipal Governments
相對來說，香港的處境猶如逆水行舟，不進則退。
In comparison the situation Hong Kong may be likened to a boat sailing against the current which will be swept downstream if it does not forge ahead
香港與內地城市有競爭之餘，也可合作共贏。
While competing with each other Hong Kong and Mainland cities may also have some win - win cooperation
政制及內地事務局指會繼續透過不同途徑舉辦活 動，加深市民對《憲法》和《基本法》的認知，其中包括正確理解《憲法》和《基本法》的關係。
According to the Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau it will continue to strengthen public awareness of the Constitution and the Basic Law including a correct understanding of the relationship between the Constitution and the Basic Law by organizing activities through various means
相關開支預算為每年1,700萬元，我認為數額嚴重不足，影響推廣的內容和成效。
I consider the relevant annual estimated expenditure of 17 million far from adequate which will affect the content and effectiveness of promotional efforts
在財政司司長於2月底公布的財政預算案中，醫療衞生經常開支為712億元，較去年增加13.3%，當中醫院管理局的經常撥款為614億元，增幅超過一成。
In the Budget announced by the Financial Secretary in late February the recurrent health care expenditure is 71.2 billion representing an increase of 13.3 % compared to last year whereas the recurrent expenditure for the Hospital Authority HA is 61.4 billion representing an increase of over 10 %
政府今次較大幅增加撥款，取態較以往積極，我原則上支持。
In this Budget the Government has increased the provisions quite substantially and adopted a more proactive attitude . This I support in principle
我想就"亡羊補牢"的說法稍作解釋。
I wish to briefly explain why I said that these are remedial measures
大家都看到，每年醫院都"爆滿"，然後很快便說人手不足。
As Members can see hospitals are full to the brim every year and then people will lose no time to attribute it to the shortage of manpower
我想從硬件及軟件來解釋究竟發生何事。
I wish to explain what exactly happened in terms of hardware and software
我們現時看到的徵狀，其實是過往十多二十年的撥款或理財模式所產生的副作用，導致今天出現這種情況。
The symptoms that we see now are in fact the side effects of the mode of funding or financial management over the last decade or two which has given rise to the current situation
先說硬件，我歡迎政府在施政報告及預算案都有預留撥款，推行十年醫院發展計劃。
Let me start with hardware . I welcome the Government setting aside funds both in the Policy Address and the Budget for implementing the 10 - year Hospital Development Plan
我在此再次歡迎政府推出第一個及第二個十年醫院發展計劃。
Here I once again welcome the introduction of the first and the second 10 - year Hospital Development Plans by the Government
作為前線醫生，每天面對公營醫院超出負荷，所以十分歡迎剛才所說的措施。
As a frontline doctor I face the situation of public hospitals being overloaded every day . Therefore I very much welcome the measures that I mentioned just now
可是，我更希望政府明白，除了撥款發展硬件外，對軟件也要有長遠的承擔。
Having said that I all the more hope that the Government apart from making provisions for hardware development also appreciates the need to make long - term commitments to software development too
如何規劃人手資源及如何配合發展的服務都是非常重要的。
It is very important as to how planning should be made for manpower resources and how support can be provided for the development of services
談到軟件，很快便會說到人手不足。
Speaking of software people will say right away that manpower is lacking
此外， 新界西同樣發生這情況，加數也加錯，也是把10寫成1。
The same happened for the New Territories West Cluster . The addition is also wrong in that the total number which should be 10 is mistakenly written as 1 . As the saying goes a minute discrepancy can lead to a gigantic error
所謂差之毫釐，謬之千里，我促請政府盡快修正，因為這已在互聯網上公開。
I urge the Government to make corrections as soon as possible because these are already published on the Internet
政府在20年前開始提出醫療融資，今年終於落實這項我將之比喻為忘卻初心的自願醫保計劃，取消"必定承保"及"高風險池"，令吸引力大減。
The Government started to talk about health care financing two decades ago and this year we finally see the implementation of the Voluntary Health Insurance Scheme VHIS which I would say has turned its back on its original objective as the abolition of guaranteed acceptance and high risk pool has made the scheme far less attractive
自願醫保的賠償額與坊間現行的醫保差不多，以現時年費估計約4,800元的標準計劃來說，每宗手術賠款5,000元，最高賠款5萬元。
The level of compensation under VHIS is more or less the same as that of existing health insurance plans in the market . Under a standard plan with the annual premium currently estimated to be around 4,800 the compensation per surgery is 5,000 subject to a maximum limit of 50,000
可是，稍為複雜的手術費也超過5萬元，相信以上賠款只能彌補部分手術費。
But a slightly more complicated surgery will cost over 50,000 and I think this level of compensation can cover only part of the surgery costs
此外，在投保後發現未知的疾病，要在第四年才可獲全額賠償，而何謂"未知疾病"仍然存在灰色地帶，不知道保險公司是否願意賠償。
Besides if unknown conditions are found after a policy is taken out full compensation is provided only from the fourth year onwards and as there are still grey areas in the definition of unknown conditions no one knows whether the insurance companies will make compensation for these cases
但事實上，保險公司經常利用條文的灰色地帶在事後拒絕賠償，變成"有得買，無得賠"，最近報章也在頭版刊登有關事件。
But in fact insurance companies have often exploited the grey areas in the provisions to reject claims for compensation and it turns out that people taking out health insurance policies are not getting any compensation . Such cases have also hit the press headlines recently
就此，我促請政府加強監管。
In this connection I urge the Government to step up regulation in this regard
此外，標準計劃容許購保人選擇醫生，反而在保費較高的靈活計劃下，如果購保人不在保險公司提供的"網絡醫生"名單中選取醫生而自行選擇的話，便只會按標準計劃賠償，變相限制市民的選擇。
Moreover under a standard plan an insured can have a choice of doctors . On the contrary under a flexi plan with a higher premium if the insured does not choose from the lists of network doctors provided by the insurers but make his own choice compensation will be made on the basis of the benefits offered by a standard plan and this is de facto a restriction on the peoples choice
以每人每年保費上限8,000元的稅務扣減，鼓勵市民購買自願醫保，效果令人質疑。
With regard to offering tax deduction for paid premiums up to 8,000 per insured person per year as an incentive for the public to take out health insurance voluntarily its effectiveness is open to question
政府將透過關愛基金發放的藥物資助額增至5億元，擴大藥物名冊的涵蓋範圍，讓更多需要依賴昂貴自費藥物的病人獲得資助，但關鍵仍然在於政府有否決心監管藥物價格。
The Government will increase the amount of subsidy provided through the Community Care Fund for the purchase of drugs to 500 million and expand the coverage of the Drug Formulary to enable more patients who rely on expensive self - financed drugs to obtain assistance . But the key still lies in the Governments resolve to monitor the prices of drugs
一方面，我們很辛苦地要求政府或關愛基金增加藥物資助，但另一方面，藥廠卻加價，增加的資助追不上藥價，病人無法能真正受惠。
On the one hand we have taken great pains to urge the Government or the Community Care Fund to increase the drug subsidies but on the other the pharmaceutical companies have increased the prices of drugs . If the increased subsidies cannot catch up with the prices of drugs it would be impossible for patients to truly benefit from the subsidies
關於長者醫療券累積金額上限由4,000元增至5,000元，這裏出現同樣問題，也就是政府並無加強監管。
With regard to increasing the accumulation limit of Elderly Health Care Vouchers from 4,000 to 5,000 we can see the same problem that is the Government has failed to step up monitoring
過去曾有市民到立法會向我們說被騙購買花膠和太陽眼鏡，如何避免這些事件呢？
Members of the public have come to the Legislative Council telling us that they were tricked into buying dried fish maw and sunglasses . How can we prevent these cases?
將來一旦經濟形勢逆轉，政府基於《基本法》所訂量入為出的原則，必須減少整體開支和公共醫療撥款時，我們便可透過基金撥款，應付日後兩三年的開支，以確保公共醫療服務的開支不會減少，因為經濟可以逆轉，但人口卻不斷增加。
The objective is to ensure that the public health care expenditure will not be reduced because while the economy can face a downturn population will keep on increasing
這做法更可避免醫管局重蹈覆轍，推出"肥雞餐"，削減培訓醫護人員來節省人手，導致公營醫療系 統人手短缺。
The setting up of this fund can prevent HA from committing the same mistake again of offering voluntary retirement packages to reduce the training of health care personnel in an attempt to save manpower thus resulting in a shortage of manpower in the public health care sector
我剛才所說的副作用，便是10多年前硬件和軟件的配套規劃失效所致。
The side effects that I have just talked about are the result of ineffective planning on the matching of hardware with software a decade or so ago
預算案有兩項主要功能，第一是推動經濟發展，從而為社會創造財富和創造就業；第二是利用公共收入，公平地解決社會各項民生問題。
The Budget serves two main purposes first to promote economic development so as to create wealth and employment for society; second to fairly resolve various livelihood problems by using public revenue
我認為，今年的預算案在這兩項功能上，司長及其團隊也很用心。
In my opinion the Financial Secretary and his team have worked very hard to make this years Budget serve these two purposes
今年的財政盈餘創歷史新高，"水浸庫房"本是一件好事，但錢多原來也有煩惱，社會的焦點全部集中在是否全民"派錢"，更引發激烈爭論和怨氣。
The fiscal surplus this year has hit a record high . The Treasury being overflowing with money should be a good thing but as it turns out too much money can be troublesome too . Society has focused entirely on whether cash should be handed out to everyone causing fierce debates and grievances
結果，今年的預算案為本港經濟作出的建設規劃，以及為社會民生投入的巨額資源卻無人提及。
As a result the development planning for Hong Kong economy in the Budget and the huge amount of resources invested in peoples livelihood were given no attention whatsoever
其實，大家應該留意到，政府今年的經常性開支大幅增加至4,065億元，較去年增加了11.8%，是20年來最大增幅，亦遠高於過去7年每年介乎6%至8%的增幅。
In fact Members should have noted that the Governments recurrent expenditure this year is substantially increased by 11.8 % to 406.5 billion much higher than the increases ranging from 6 % to 8 % in the past seven years
當中，福利開支增幅達21%，增加至798億元；衞生開支的增幅亦達13.4%，增加至712億元；教育開支的增幅達5.6%，增加至846億元。
Under the recurrent expenditure welfare expenditure is increased by 21 % to 79.8 billion; health care expenditure is increased by 13.4 % to 71.2 billion; and education expenditure is increased by 5.6 % to 84.6 billion
單單這三大項目的支出，其實已等於政府經常性開支總額的六成。
The expenditure of these three major items accounts for 60 % of the Governments total recurrent expenditure
談到"派糖"，自金融風暴後，為了紓解民困，歷年的預算案都會提出一些紓困措施，即使經濟好轉，紓困措施亦成為每年必做的例行公事。
Talking about giving away candies the Budget has been proposing relief measures every year since the financial turmoil in order to relieve peoples hardships . The relief measures have become an annual routine even though the economy has recovered
過去亦有人質疑，為何經濟向好仍然繼續"派糖"。
Some people have questioned why the Government continued to give away candies even when the economy was looking up
今年預算案諮詢期間，要求全民"派錢"的聲音只佔很小部分，但不幸碰巧是立法會補選期，"派糖"問題自然成為了選舉議題，變成火上加油。
During the Budget consultation this year the calls for a universal cash handout were only a minority . However since the consultation coincided with the Legislative Council by - election period giving away candies naturally became an election issue and added fuel to the flames
幸好政府立即從善如流，提出補漏拾遺的關愛共享計劃，即使收錢時間及行政費用受到關注，但不滿情緒亦大致平息。
Fortunately the Government heeded sound advice immediately and proposed the Caring and Sharing Scheme . Although the payment time and administrative costs did raise some concerns peoples grievances have generally quieted down
我個人贊成退稅、退差餉予交稅最多卻沒有享受很多福利的中產，我亦不反對"派錢"，但卻反對全民"派錢"。
Personally I support offering tax rebate and rates concessions to the middle class who paid the largest amount of tax but enjoy few welfare benefits . I also do not oppose a cash handout but I do not support a universal cash handout
"派錢"應該只限派給基層或低收入人士，社會資源應該集中用於有需要人士身上。
Cash should be handed out to grass roots or people with low income only . Social resources should focus on helping people in need
除了"派糖"這部分外，我認為有充分理由值得給予預算案一個高分數。
Apart from giving away candies I think there are good reasons for giving the Budget a high score
我相信，香港社會有兩個長遠重大的挑戰要及早解決：第一是香港競爭力減退的問題；第二是人口老化帶來的衝擊。
I believe there are two major long - term challenges that Hong Kong must solve as soon as possible first Hong Kongs dwindling competitiveness; and second the impact of the ageing population
我認為在今次巨額盈餘下，預算案可以改變過去以守財為主的理財原則，向有關範疇作出巨額撥款，做法有魄力，值得支持。
In my view given the huge surplus this year the Budget did manage to change its long - standing financial management principle of keeping the wealth and make substantial allocations to some areas
立法會議員近日到大灣區參觀，議員親身體會到鄰近城市的發展潛力，相信大家也有同感，香港的整體競爭力已經不進則退。
The approach is bold and merits support . Members of the Legislative Council have visited the Bay Area recently to experience first - hand the development potential of neighbouring cities . I believe we all share the same feeling that Hong Kongs overall competitiveness is falling behind
香港經濟一直高度依賴金融地產及相關產業，其他產業卻一落千丈。
The economy of Hong Kong has always relied heavily on the financial and property sectors and their associated traders while other industries have declined drastically
現今已 是創科年代，不論生活或經濟活動也大量應用創新科技，香港如果不急起直追，很快便會落後於新世代。
In this innovation and technology era innovative technologies are widely used in our daily life and economic activities . Hong Kong will soon lag behind the new era if we do not catch up swiftly
今年的預算案投入龐大資源推動創新科技，包括以200億元發展河套港深創新及科技園、注資100億元到創新及科技基金、預留100億元支持兩個創科平台，以及撥款100億元予香港科技園公司，合共500億元，是創新及科技局成立以來最大筆撥款。
This years Budget invests abundant resources in promoting innovation and technology including allocating 20 billion to the development of the Hong Kong - Shenzhen Innovation Technology Park in the Lok Ma Chau Loop; allocating 10 billion to the Innovation and Technology Fund; earmarking 10 billion for supporting two technology research clusters; and allocating 10 billion to the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation . The provision totalling 50 billion is the largest since the establishment of the Innovation and Technology Bureau
可是，在過去兩個月，社會卻甚少討論這500億元的使用及其對香港的影響，實在可惜。
It is a shame that society has rarely talked about the use of this 50 billion and its impacts on Hong Kong in the past two months