罔顧民生問題 政治代價沉重

<p style="margin-top:0.0000pt; margin-right:0.0000pt; margin-bottom:0.0000pt; margin-left:0.0000pt; text-indent:0.0000pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; layout-grid-mode:char; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; "><span style="font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt;">佔領運動清場後,雨傘運動反映的社會深層次矛盾不但沒有解決,反而因為好鬥成性的梁振英政權執着突出政治鬥爭而故意忽略叢生的民生問題而急劇惡化,其中在短短一個多月內已導致173人死亡(至昨天數字)的所謂瑞士型變種流感H3N2病毒肆虐全城,以及臨近過年新界邊境市鎮水貨泛濫情況變本加厲,釀成社會嚴重衝突,都沒有得到政府恰當的處理。</span></p><p style="margin-top:0.0000pt; margin-right:0.0000pt; margin-bottom:0.0000pt; margin-left:0.0000pt; text-indent:0.0000pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; layout-grid-mode:char; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; ">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin-top:0.0000pt; margin-right:0.0000pt; margin-bottom:0.0000pt; margin-left:0.0000pt; text-indent:0.0000pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; layout-grid-mode:char; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; "><span style="font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt;">由政改產生的政治爭拗沒完沒了,目前已陷入僵局,假普選方案通過也好,不通過亦罷,其實都與當前急待解決的民生問題無關。我真的誠心希望迷戀權力鬥爭的梁振英不要盲搞下去,懇請高抬貴手,先解決當前人命關天的變種流感病毒肆虐問題,以及不但嚴重干擾新界西北普羅市民日常生活、更極可能令疫情惡化的水貨問題。</span></p><p style="margin-top:0.0000pt; margin-right:0.0000pt; margin-bottom:0.0000pt; margin-left:0.0000pt; text-indent:0.0000pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; layout-grid-mode:char; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; ">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin-top:0.0000pt; margin-right:0.0000pt; margin-bottom:0.0000pt; margin-left:0.0000pt; text-indent:0.0000pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; layout-grid-mode:char; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; "><span style="font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-weight: bold; font-size: 12pt;">變種流感&nbsp;肆虐月多</span></p><p style="margin-top:0.0000pt; margin-right:0.0000pt; margin-bottom:0.0000pt; margin-left:0.0000pt; text-indent:0.0000pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; layout-grid-mode:char; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; ">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin-top:0.0000pt; margin-right:0.0000pt; margin-bottom:0.0000pt; margin-left:0.0000pt; text-indent:0.0000pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; layout-grid-mode:char; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; "><span style="font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt;">今年1月初,瑞士型變種流感已經開始爆發,但政府一直沒有公布有關詳情。直至1月底死亡人數達六七十人,並且每天皆有十個八個新增死亡個案,才開始有傳媒報道。倘若上周不是郭家麒議員在立法會緊急質詢,理應全權負責處理疫情的食物及衞生局局長高永文仍是好整以暇,漫不經心,不會着令有關的醫療專家與衞生及防護中心站出來說項,每天公布最新疫情及有關資訊。</span></p><p style="margin-top:0.0000pt; margin-right:0.0000pt; margin-bottom:0.0000pt; margin-left:0.0000pt; text-indent:0.0000pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; layout-grid-mode:char; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; ">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin-top:0.0000pt; margin-right:0.0000pt; margin-bottom:0.0000pt; margin-left:0.0000pt; text-indent:0.0000pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; layout-grid-mode:char; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; "><span style="font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt;">可是,高永文的態度仍然是令人不滿的,因為他竟然以引起「社交疏離」的不知所謂理由,不肯呼籲全港市民尤其是長者、長期病患者和兒童戴口罩,拒絕加強宣傳,做好一切應有的防禦措施。更有甚者,政府一直以偽術語言描繪疫症,令公眾掉以輕心,以為變種流感怎樣肆虐,危險性和致命程度亦不及沙士。</span></p><p style="margin-top:0.0000pt; margin-right:0.0000pt; margin-bottom:0.0000pt; margin-left:0.0000pt; text-indent:0.0000pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; layout-grid-mode:char; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; ">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin-top:0.0000pt; margin-right:0.0000pt; margin-bottom:0.0000pt; margin-left:0.0000pt; text-indent:0.0000pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; layout-grid-mode:char; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; "><span style="font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt;">其實,變種H3N2雖然並非一如沙士不知成因,沒有藥物可以治療,但一來現成疫苗的成效有限,而新疫苗最快亦要到4月才有大量供應,反映食衞局一直低估疫症的危害性,以及準備措施不足,沒有及早大量訂購新疫苗;二來變種流感傳染的人數遠比沙士為多,即使死亡率的百分比不及沙士嚴重,但以數量計及患者病情惡化和死亡之速,絕不下於沙士。</span></p><p style="margin-top:0.0000pt; margin-right:0.0000pt; margin-bottom:0.0000pt; margin-left:0.0000pt; text-indent:0.0000pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; layout-grid-mode:char; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; ">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin-top:0.0000pt; margin-right:0.0000pt; margin-bottom:0.0000pt; margin-left:0.0000pt; text-indent:0.0000pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; layout-grid-mode:char; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; "><span style="font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt;">根據港大醫學院微生物學系講座教授袁國勇的估計,現時只是疫情的高峰期開始,未來四至六周,只要每天死亡人數持續,至少會死400人;倘若夏季再爆發第二波疫潮,死亡人數估計可增至600人。須知道,沙士期間,死亡總人數亦只是299人,如果香港在短短幾個月內因變種流感肆虐而招致六百多名市民死亡,任何負責任和稍以市民福祉為念的政府都不會坐視不理吧?</span></p><p style="margin-top:0.0000pt; margin-right:0.0000pt; margin-bottom:0.0000pt; margin-left:0.0000pt; text-indent:0.0000pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; layout-grid-mode:char; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; ">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin-top:0.0000pt; margin-right:0.0000pt; margin-bottom:0.0000pt; margin-left:0.0000pt; text-indent:0.0000pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; layout-grid-mode:char; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; "><span style="font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt;">最令人擔心的是,主責的食物及衞生局局長高永文已非辦事能力超卓的能吏,如今態度還是毫不着緊。面對即將來臨的農曆新年假期,倘若疫情惡化,私家診所全部休業,每天多出數以萬計的病人一旦感染變種流感而無法獲得診治,目前情況已相當緊張的公立醫院勢將出現人滿之患和人手短缺,醫管局竟然沒有特別應變措施,屆時情況之惡劣,可想而知。高永文既隱瞞疫情在先,又不肯呼籲全港市民戴囗罩,加強宣傳教育大眾做好防禦工作,購買新疫苗又失預算又慢半拍,明知危機隨時惡化也漫不經心,如斯態度,不是草菅人命,又是什麼?</span></p><p style="margin-top:0.0000pt; margin-right:0.0000pt; margin-bottom:0.0000pt; margin-left:0.0000pt; text-indent:0.0000pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; layout-grid-mode:char; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; ">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin-top:0.0000pt; margin-right:0.0000pt; margin-bottom:0.0000pt; margin-left:0.0000pt; text-indent:0.0000pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; layout-grid-mode:char; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; "><span style="font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt;">今次的變種流感,或多或少都與禽流感有關,而袁國勇一早已倡議停止輸入活雞,但高永文至今也不肯當機立斷,停止由內地輸入活雞,結果只會增加輸入流感病毒的機會。隨着春節到臨,從內地輸入的活雞有增無減,變種流感爆發的潛在風險肯定大大增加。</span></p><p style="margin-top:0.0000pt; margin-right:0.0000pt; margin-bottom:0.0000pt; margin-left:0.0000pt; text-indent:0.0000pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; layout-grid-mode:char; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; ">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin-top:0.0000pt; margin-right:0.0000pt; margin-bottom:0.0000pt; margin-left:0.0000pt; text-indent:0.0000pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; layout-grid-mode:char; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; "><span style="font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt;">更糟的是,目下已令新界西北居民不勝其擾和憤怨起哄的水貨泛濫成災問題,不但會因為年關在即,內地湧來香港辦年貨的人急增而惡化,更極可能由於內地隱瞞禽流感肆虐的真相而隨時變成帶菌者,令社會爆發變種流感的機會大增,後果堪虞。</span></p><p style="margin-top:0.0000pt; margin-right:0.0000pt; margin-bottom:0.0000pt; margin-left:0.0000pt; text-indent:0.0000pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; layout-grid-mode:char; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; ">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin-top:0.0000pt; margin-right:0.0000pt; margin-bottom:0.0000pt; margin-left:0.0000pt; text-indent:0.0000pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; layout-grid-mode:char; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; "><span style="font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt;">梁振英周二出席行政會議前,雖然表示政府高度關注水貨客對新界居民造成滋擾問題,強調依法處理,卻沒有實際而有效的措施即時減緩問題的惡化,說了等於沒說;最重要的是,他完全忽略潛在的交叉感染對變種流感疫情惡化造成的嚴重影響。眾所周知,問題的根源就是一簽多行政策,如果不從源頭着手解決,停止或至少限制一簽多行,減少大陸客湧港購買日常用品和走私水貨,現時長期擾民的水貨泛濫成災問題,根本永遠無法解決,中港矛盾只會不斷惡化,最終爆發不可收拾的衝突。難道真的要死得人多或造成流血事件,梁振英政權才肯面對現實,切實解決變種流感肆虐和水貨泛濫的問題嗎?</span></p><p style="margin-top:0.0000pt; margin-right:0.0000pt; margin-bottom:0.0000pt; margin-left:0.0000pt; text-indent:0.0000pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; layout-grid-mode:char; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; ">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin-top:0.0000pt; margin-right:0.0000pt; margin-bottom:0.0000pt; margin-left:0.0000pt; text-indent:0.0000pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; layout-grid-mode:char; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; "><span style="font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-weight: bold; font-size: 12pt;">水客擾民&nbsp;未有對策</span></p><p style="margin-top:0.0000pt; margin-right:0.0000pt; margin-bottom:0.0000pt; margin-left:0.0000pt; text-indent:0.0000pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; layout-grid-mode:char; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; ">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin-top:0.0000pt; margin-right:0.0000pt; margin-bottom:0.0000pt; margin-left:0.0000pt; text-indent:0.0000pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; layout-grid-mode:char; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; "><span style="font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt;">佔中運動之後,梁振英及其政府只顧全身投入政治鬥爭,動作一個接一個,用盡一切手段硬推創科局、拒出席民主黨黨慶酒會、狠批《學苑》、批鬥陳文敏,把香港學術自由自主的核心價值置之不理,但關乎人民死活的流感則輕輕帶過,千方百計隱瞞冷處理。不論政治與普選問題有多重要,但絕不可能凌駕人民的生命之上,梁振英政府若然還有點人性,請立即放下政治鬥爭,集合政府上下各部門之力,優先處理流感疫情。任何政治爭議,在人民生命之前都應靠邊站。</span></p><p style="margin-top:0.0000pt; margin-right:0.0000pt; margin-bottom:0.0000pt; margin-left:0.0000pt; text-indent:0.0000pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; layout-grid-mode:char; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; ">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin-top:0.0000pt; margin-right:0.0000pt; margin-bottom:0.0000pt; margin-left:0.0000pt; text-indent:0.0000pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; layout-grid-mode:char; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; "><span style="font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt;">政府以外,泛民政黨政客也好不到哪裏去。溫和派的就忙於扮演中間人角色,努力游說港人「袋住先」;強硬派就只懂擺姿態,除了示威抗議,就只會要求與梁振英或林鄭月娥對話。他們完全忽略關乎普羅大眾的生命健康和安居樂業的民生問題,才是政治的關鍵。反而激進派的政治觸覺比他們高,不管他們打着什麼旗號,他們的所謂激進運動的確引起當地居民的廣泛共鳴,如果泛民政黨政客還是墨守成規,不動如山,坐視兩大民生問題惡化而不理,他們一定會在今年的區議會選舉和明年的立法會選舉,與基於既得利益立場漠視民情的建制派一樣,雙雙受到選民狠狠的懲罰。</span></p><p style="margin-top:0.0000pt; margin-right:0.0000pt; margin-bottom:0.0000pt; margin-left:0.0000pt; text-indent:0.0000pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; layout-grid-mode:char; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; ">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin-top:0.0000pt; margin-right:0.0000pt; margin-bottom:0.0000pt; margin-left:0.0000pt; text-indent:0.0000pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; layout-grid-mode:char; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; "><span style="font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt;">所謂落區深耕細作不是空話,眼前的變種流感疫症和水貨泛濫擾民的問題,都是任何有志於角逐區議會和立法會選舉的政黨政客必須認真看待和着力解決的問題,誰願意全身投入為當地居民的切身利益鬥爭和服務,誰就會得到群眾的支持,理所當然成為他們的政治代理人。</span></p><p style="margin-top:0.0000pt; margin-right:0.0000pt; margin-bottom:0.0000pt; margin-left:0.0000pt; text-indent:0.0000pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; layout-grid-mode:char; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; ">&nbsp;</p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt;">一句話,這是民生問題,不是政治,蠢材!</span></p>