香港新闻工作者从业英语词典（90）

　　立法会下半季的最后一次辩论the valedictory debate of Legco's second term

　　立法会公众席Legislative Council's public viewing gallery

　　立法会主席于下午三时二十分宣布流会。

　　The president abandoned the meeting at 3.20pm.

　　立法会主席范徐丽泰Legco President Rita Fan Hsu Lai-tai

　　立法会功能组别和分区直选产生的议员各占半数的比例于零八年维持不变。现行的表决程序亦维持不变。

　　The arrangement of returning half the seats in the Legislative Council by functional constituencies and the other half by geographic constituencies should remain unchanged in 2008. The current voting procedure should also be retained.

　　立法会可增加直选议席，取消分组投票制。

　　The number of directly elected seats could be increased and Legco's split-voting system could be scrapped.

　　立法会的第二大党the second-largest political party in the Legislative Council

　　立法会专责委员会a Legco select committee

　　立法会帐目委员会Legislative Council Public Accounts Committee

　　立法会复会。

　　The Legislative Council reconvened after the summer recess.

　　立法会答问大会Legco Question Time

　　立法会对法案、议案的表决程序于零八年维持不变。

　　The procedures for voting on bills and motions in Legco shall remain unchanged in 2008.

　　立法会议员昨日封杀港府多项法庭服务收费。政府原本预期每年可以增加库房收益六百五十万元，但现时只可增加其中的一成。

　　Legislators blocked rises in judiciary fees yesterday， cutting by more than 90 per cent expected government revenue of $6.5 million of increased charges.

　　立法会议员绝不会通过had no chance of getting the blessing of legislators

　　立法会议员群起反对，认为在薪金和其它公共收费下调或冻结时，这加幅实在太高。

　　Legislators attacked the increase yesterday， saying it was too steep at a time when wages and other charges were being cut or frozen.

　　立法会辩论Legco debate

　　各主要政党all the main political parties

　　因为保皇党投反对票，要求特首董建华辞职的动议未能通过。

　　The motion calling for the resignation of Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa was voted down in Legco on Wednesday due to opposition from the pro-Tung camp.

　　回头路retrograde steps

　　在2004年透过地区直选取得议席gaining seats from the geographical constituencies through direct elections in 2004

　　在十月展开的下一个立法年度in the next legislative session that opens in October

　　在今日的立法会会议上at a meeting of Legco today

　　在今年底或明年初完成立法程序complete the legislative process by the end of this year or at the start of next year

　　在可行性研究报告里in a feasibility study on the plan

　　在立法会持有25票holding 25 votes in Legco

　　在立法会得到广泛支持have broad support in the Legislative Council

　　在昨日立法会辩论中，民建联议员（黄容根）在关键时刻失踪，以致杀局条例草案获通过。

　　But the legislation was saved from a narrow defeat early in yesterday's debate only by the disappearance of a DAB legislator at a crucial moment.

　　在重大议题上请新华社帮手拉票asked Xinhua to help lobby members for support on important issues

　　早餐派the Breakfast Group

　　有待行政会议通过awaiting the authorisation of the Executive Council

　　行政立法关系the executive-legislature relationship

　　你的思维太保守和亲政府。

　　Your way of thinking is too conservative and too pro-government.

　　助长政府对某事的管制enhance the Government's control over something

　　否决七条附属法例veto seven batches of subsidiary legislation？？？

　　否决某事vote down something

　　否决动议vetoed the proposal

　　否定negate

　　希望中医能纳入医学界功能组别wanted Chinese herbalists to be included in the medical functional constituency

　　我们依然反对红隧加价。

　　We are still opposed to the rise in Cross-Harbour Tunnel tolls.

　　我们的民主派议员our democratic councillors

　　我从未见过有政府官员在立法会里受人威胁。

　　I have never seen any government official being threatened in the [Legco] chamber.

　　改组行政会议revamp the Executive Council

　　决议案resolution

　　事务委员会Panels

　　两派间的激烈辩争a tug-of-war

　　呼声越来越高a groundswell of opinion

　　周会weekly meeting

　　法案委员会Bills Committees

　　直选及选委会the geographical and Election Committee constituencies

　　表决「杀局」草案时要求新华社协助拉票sought Xinhua's help during the vote on the bill to scrap the municipal councils

　　非官守成员non-official members

　　保皇派集体离场抗议。

　　The pro-government camp staged a mass walkout in response.

　　侮辱港人智能insulting the intelligence of Hong Kong people

　　宣誓效忠中国和香港swear an oath of allegiance to China and Hong Kong

　　按照规例宣誓效忠基本法take the required oath to uphold the Basic Law

　　持异议者maverick

　　指责rebuke （vt）/（n）

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