We are talking about a high standard which is of course what we expect of the Secretary and senior officials.
legco.gov.hk
legco.gov.hk
要他們花㆒生的積蓄，購買㆒個本來就屬於他們的單位，並 不是如房委會想像的㆒件理所當然的 事 情。
legco.gov.hk
legco.gov.hk
Thus to ask them to spend their life savings on a flat that is in effect theirs is not a task as "taken-for-granted" as the HA had imagined.
legco.gov.hk
legco.gov.hk
我們經常要求政府資助，政府資助環保工業其實是理所當然的， 因為設立堆填區要花錢，處理垃圾也要花錢。
legco.gov.hk
legco.gov.hk
Actually, it stands to reason that the Government should offer assistance to environmental industries because establishing landfills and waste disposal are equally costly.
legco.gov.hk
legco.gov.hk
雖然本港的罪案數字整體㆖沒有增加，我們的罪案亦仍然遠低於
[...] 西方工業國的大都市，但我們對於本港社會安定的情況，切不可視之 為 理所當然。
legco.gov.hk
legco.gov.hk
Although there has not been a general increase in crime in our society where the incidence of crime is still far below that of
[...]
metropolitan societies of western industrial countries, we should not look to the stability of our
Prices of all the properties in Hong Kong surged to historic high levels; the stock market witnessed great prosperity and the unemployment rate was low. Therefore, Members who sponsored the Bill had wishfully presumed that only inflation could ever exist in this world, whereas deflation would never occur; that the economy would only go up but would never decline; and that the composition of PRH tenants would never change.
legco.gov.hk
legco.gov.hk
況且，退休問題本身不純是個㆟問題， 由社會全體共同解決也是理所當然的。
legco.gov.hk
legco.gov.hk
Furthermore, retirement problem is not just an individual
[...] issue, it should naturally be solved with joint [...]
The facts that clause 4(2) refers to an operating agreement for the purposes of the Bill, that the operating agreement contains provisions for the grant of land for property development, and that the Administration has been prepared to devote a substantial amount of time and
[...]
efforts to explain these matters to
[...] Members, all lead to the natural conclusion that
it [...]
cannot be correct for the Secretary
[...]
to claim that the Bill does not concern the grant of property development rights to MTRCL.
As for Mr WONG Yuk-man's amendment, which mentions the incorporation of relevant information on the historical development of the Xinhai Revolution into the curriculum of the subject of Liberal Studies, we opine that as Chinese people, we should certainly learn more about the Motherland's development, including the rapid advancement the Motherland has made in recent years.
legco.gov.hk
legco.gov.hk
如果得到我們同意，政府餘下來要做的，便只 是理 所當然地提出技術性修正。
legco.gov.hk
legco.gov.hk
If we approve,
[...] the rest follows naturally as mere technical [...]
Notwithstanding, we believe it would be legitimate for us to reflect also those other issues that were found close to the hearts of many citizens as revealed in the engagement exercise so that they could be taken into consideration by the policy makers.
Moreover, we must bear in mind that since Hong Kong will be a Special Administrative Region under China, important posts like the judges of the Court of Final Appeal should logically be filled by Chinese citizens as these judges will not merely be consultants but hold the power of final judgement.
to be assured that the valuable water resources will not continue to be wasted and that Dongjiang
[...]
water, purchased by Hong Kong at a significant price, will meet the required quality standards, so that value for money is achieved and public health is guaranteed.
legco.gov.hk
legco.gov.hk
事實 上，政府應理所當然地就 所有重大的新政策進行這類持續調查。
legco.gov.hk
legco.gov.hk
Actually, this kind of tracking survey should be done as a matter of course for all major new policies.
legco.gov.hk
legco.gov.hk
設 了 保 釋 權 之 後 ， 這 尌 是理 所 當 然的 事 。
hkreform.gov.hk
hkreform.gov.hk
This would follow as a matter of course, if a right to bail were created.
If we look at the historical records, in 1984, the State President at that time, Mr ZHAO Ziyang, wrote a letter personally to the student union of the University of Hong Kong and stated his response to Hong
[...]
Kong people's aspiration for democracy clearly, that is, it was
[...] only a matter of course to put democracy [...]
Whilst development must continue to cope with rising demand of our expanding population and economy, clearly both the Administration and the public now
[...]
realized that a balance
[...] has to be found, as we can no longer take for granted that uninhibited and random planning and development would not cause irreversible [...]
If Hong Kong cannot develop a democratic political system now in accordance with the Joint Declaration, will future generations be able to enjoy the kinds of stability, prosperity, freedom and rule of law that we now take for granted?
It is also a logical development following on the Tenants Purchase Scheme, and part of a series of changes designed to ensure that our policies are consistent and mutually supportive.
housingauthority.gov.hk
housingauthority.gov.hk
政府部門和決策機構進行民意調查，是民本施政 中 理所當然 的 部 份。
hkupop.hku.hk
hkupop.hku.hk
In the people-based
[...] governance, it is inevitable for the government [...]
departments and policy-making bodies to conduct opinion surveys.
The value of such a law is, I believe, clear: it serves as a yardstick, a focal point, and it is a vital educative tool, bringing home to the consciousness of private individuals and public officials alike the importance of essential rights and freedoms, which in a free society we are always in danger of taking for granted.
legco.gov.hk
legco.gov.hk
當時的總理趙紫陽親筆回 信給香港大學學生會，說實施民主是 理所當然 的。
legco.gov.hk
legco.gov.hk
At that time, Premier ZHAO Ziyang wrote a letter to the Student Union of
[...]
the University of Hong Kong
[...] in his own handwriting, saying that it was only natural and reasonable to [...]
implement democracy.
legco.gov.hk
legco.gov.hk
有了人工肢體後，兩人充分展現沃維克大學教授福勒（Steve
[...] Fuller）所言的人類2.0，「讓人們瞭解『一般人體』不再 是 理所當然 」。
thisbigcity.net
thisbigcity.net
With their elegant artificial appendages, Herr and Mullins dramatically embody the emergence of what Steve Fuller, a professor at the University of
[...]
Warwick, calls Humanity 2.0: “an understanding of the human condition
[...] that no longer takes the ‘normal [...]
human
body’ as given.
thisbigcity.net
thisbigcity.net
展望未來，我們將繼續採取並非 理所當然 的 態 度，不論就經濟情況或是我們的商譽方面。
glencore.com
glencore.com
Looking forward we will continue to take [...]
nothing for granted whether it be economic circumstances or the goodwill of our stakeholders.
The Company’s strategy is to maximise the return from its core business of satellite transmission services while exploring convergence opportunities in satellite related new growth industries.
