关乎梁锦松诚信的事件issues related to the credibility of Mr Leung

　　骗取超过三十三万元房屋津贴swindled the Government out of more than $330，000 in housing allowances

　　尸位素餐的政客do-nothing politicians

　　不会容忍员工偷懒/不会容忍散慢的员工will not tolerate slack staff

　　不会容忍浪费公帑will not tolerate wastefulness in the public coffers

　　不会容忍过分散慢的管理will not tolerate unreasonably slack managemen

　　公众对偷懒公务员的强烈不满public outcry over lazy civil servants

　　仙股丑闻/仙股风波penny stocks scandal

　　失职malpractices

　　在一连串失言和失误后支持度跌至个位数字whose public support slid to single-digit levels after a string of verbal gaffes and blunders

　　有咁耐风流，有咁耐折堕The duration of enjoyment will be paid by the same duration of suffering.

　　自从非典型肺炎爆发以来，董特首一直被指反应缓慢，控制疫情不力，并迟迟未有推出救市措施。

　　Since the Sars outbreak， Mr Tung has repeatedly been criticised for acting too late to contain it and being slow to implement relief measures.

　　我的政治敏感度不足my political sensitivity is insufficient

　　承认处理内地非典型肺炎时有失误admit faults in handling the Sars outbreak in the mainland

　　重弹老调、陈腔滥调rehash/sticking to his old line/proclaims banalities

　　浪费纳税人金钱wasting taxpayers' money

　　缺乏政治智能a lack of ''political sensitivity''

　　逃避责任shirking responsibility/evade responsibility

　　偷懒的人员shirker

　　疏忽blunder （n）/（vi）； The government had blundered in its handling of the affair.

　　处理非典型肺炎失误mishandling the capital's Sars outbreak

　　审计署署长批评政府物料供应处部份存货用一百年也用不完。

　　The Director of Audit criticised the Government Supplies Department for stock-piling equipment that would not be used up in 100 years.

　　独立调查委员会an independent inquiry

　　错误行为misdeed

　　错误的想法ill-conceived

　　帮助高官卸责whitewashing senior officals' responsibility

　　权责不清having a confused mandate

　　显示他非常缺乏政治智能show considerable political naivete

　　（前）港大校长郑耀宗Hong Kong University vice-chancellor Cheung Yiu-chung

　　（前）港大副校长黄绍伦pro-vice-chancellor Wong Siu-lun

　　仍未透露全部真相was still not telling the full story

　　他亦问到为何选址钢线湾、为何发展计划包含住宅项目及更根本地为何选择支持数码港及信息科技。

　　He also asked why Telegraph Bay was picked as the site， why the development included a residential component， and why Cyberport and the information technology sector were selected in the first place.

　　外人无法得知该党的内部运作。

　　Outsiders are not privy to the party's inner workings.

　　市民一定会视之为官商勾结。

　　Invariably， people see this as a conspiracy between the government and big business.

　　立法会可引用特权，要求政府响应。

　　Lawmakers might invoke special powers to seek government answers.

　　向公众揭露第三者是谁make public the identity of the 'third party'

　　向郑耀宗表示对民调不满had expressed dismay about the polls to Professor Cheng

　　她在保安事务委员会会议的一番话，惹来多位立法会议员强烈不满。

　　Her statement at a security panel meeting prompted an angry response from some lawmakers.

　　她的强硬态度让人觉得整个过程只是假咨询而已her at times strident delivery has made the process look ''consultative'' in name only

　　有些公众关于二十三条的言论，就算不是欺骗，也是误导市民。

　　Some comments made by the public on the government proposals were misleading if not deceitful.

　　行政长官办公室高级特别助理路祥安senior special assistant Andrew Lo Cheung-on

　　何俊仁表示廿五名民主派议员会引用《立法会（权力及特权）条例》要求政府提交资料。

　　Mr Ho said the 25 pro-democracy legislators were threatening to invoke special powers under the Legislative Council （Powers and Privileges） Ordinance to force the government to disclose the information.

　　抓着权力不放、独揽大权hanging on to power

　　侵害学术自由encroachment on academic freedom

　　促使立法会成立专责委员会彻查这件事件push for a Legco select committee to be set up to further investigate the matter

　　指「第三者」是郑耀宗named the 'third party' as Professor Cheng

　　政府在1999年未经公开招标就把数码港计划批予李泽楷的盈科数码动力，引来官商勾结的指责。

　　The awarding of the Cyberport project in 1999 to Richard Li Tzar-kai's Pacific Century Group without open tender has sparked accusations of collusion between the government and big business.

　　是时候把事件告一段落，让大学继续从事学术工作。

　　It is time that we put the matter to rest and let the universities get on with their academic work.

　　要不你就收回言论，要不你就不要咨询，因为没有人会相信你会客观公正研究公众意见。

　　You should either withdraw your comments or you should not conduct the consultation as no one would believe you will be objective and impartial in studying the views collected.

　　要求叶太收回言论asked Mrs Ip to withdraw her comments

　　停止民意调查stop his polling work

　　停止做关于特首民望和政府公信力的调查stop conducting surveys on the Chief Executive's popularity and the Government's credibility

　　假大空的/空泛的宣传攻势windy propaganda blitz

　　阴干我们的研究项目dry up our research programme

　　就国安条例进行假咨询the bogus consultation on national security laws

　　提出三点关注voiced three concerns

　　揭发政府隐瞒沙士疫情exposed the government's cover-up of the SARS epidemic

　　黑箱作业making decisions in a "black box"/carrying out a "black-box operation"/having done things in a 'black box'

　　夸张失实exaggerated and deceitful

　　蓄意防碍钟的学术自由calculated to inhibit his right to academic freedom

　　认为路祥安的话等同施压construed Mr Lo's remarks as pressure

　　郑耀宗在证词中表示，路祥安曾问他钟庭耀的民调是以个人身份发表还是以学校名义发表。

　　In his testimony， Professor Cheng said Mr Lo had asked him whether Dr Chung conducted his polls in his personal capacity or in the name of the university.

　　钟庭耀Robert Chung Ting-yiu

　　钟庭耀事件the Robert Chung affair

　　转达特首关注relayed Mr Tung's concern

　　证明官商勾结并不存在prove an absence of collusion with the business sector

　　证实程介明的讲法confirmed Professor Cheng Kai-ming's account

　　继续隐瞒疫情kept hiding details about the spread of the disease

　　本身和署理特首没有过节had no personal grudge against the acting chief executive

　　在最近的市长选举中，两人关系跌至新谷底。

　　The relationship between the two plummeted to new lows during the recent mayoral race.

　　否认两人不和denied there was any rift between them