双语时事：香港律师会会长辞职

2014-08-25 17:17:35来源：可可英语

　　Hong Kong’s summer of political discontent hasclaimed its highest-profile victim, after the city’s LawSociety in effect forced the resignation of its pro-Beijing president.

　　香港持续整个夏天的政治纷争产生了最知名的受害者：香港律师会(Hong Kong Law Society)在事实上迫使了其亲北京的会长辞职。

　　Ambrose Lam San-keung resigned yesterday aheadof a Law Society council meeting called to discuss histenure, following last week’s vote of no-confidencein the two-term president.

　　林新强(Ambrose Lam San-keung)昨日在香港律师会理事会开会讨论他的任期之前宣布辞职。上周香港律师会曾举行特别会员大会，通过对这位会长的不信任动议。

　　“In order to maintain the solidarity of the Hong Kong Law Society, I will tender myresignation to the council with immediate effect,” said Mr Lam.

　　“为了保持香港律师会的团结，我将向理事会递交辞呈，即时生效，”林新强表示。

　　Mr Lam became a lightning rod for criticism among Hong Kong’s 8,000 Law Society memberswhen he voiced support for Beijing’s “One Country, Two Systems” white paper, which statedthat the freedoms enjoyed in the city were a privilege granted by China rather than anautomatic right.

　　林新强曾表态支持中央政府的《“一国两制”在香港特别行政区的实践》白皮书。这使他成为香港律师会一些会员的批评对象。白皮书称，香港享有的各项自由是中央授予的特权，不存在自动的权利。香港律师会有8000名会员。

　　Mr Lam, a managing partner at law firm Lam, Lee & Lai, claimed to speak on behalf of thesociety when he openly supported Beijing’s white paper – a document that has heightenedconcerns over what some see as Beijing’s tightening grip on the city.

　　身为林李黎律师事务所(Lam, Lee & Lai)管理合伙人的林新强在公开支持中央的白皮书时，自称代表香港律师会。香港一些人士认为北京方面正在收紧对该市的管控，白皮书加剧了他们的这种担忧。

　　The white paper refers to judges as “administrators” and requires that they be “patriotic”towards China.

　　白皮书称法官是“治港者”，并要求他们“爱国”。

　　Critics of the document suggest it could water down Hong Kong’s judicial independence andthe autonomy enjoyed by the territory compared with mainland China.

　　这份文件的批评者认为，它可能淡化香港的司法独立，淡化这个特别行政区相比中国内地所享有的自治。

　　A solicitor who works in a big international law firm in Hong Kong and attended last week’s LawSociety vote said: “If there is decreased confidence in the judicial independence and rule oflaw in Hong Kong, that would be to the detriment to Hong Kong’s business market. [Globalcompanies] would lose confidence in Hong Kong as a business centre.”

　　在香港一家大型国际律师事务所工作、参加了上周律师会投票的一名律师表示：“如果人们对香港的司法独立和法治信心下降，那将损害香港的商业市场。(全球企业)将失去对香港作为商业中心的信心。”

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