3 Sept 2023獨媒#8311
民主黨晚宴因場地問題 改在啟德郵輪碼頭宴會中心舉行
The Democratic Party had originally planned to hold a fundraising dinner on Monday evening (the 4th) at the Marco Polo Hongkong Hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui, owned by Wharf Group, with at least 15 tables. The party said yesterday afternoon (the 2nd) that the dinner would be moved to the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal Banquet Hall due to a venue issue.
民主黨原定周一（4日）晚上在九龍倉集團的尖沙咀馬哥孛羅香港酒店舉辦籌款晚宴，筵開至少15席。民主黨昨午（2日）表示因為場地問題，晚宴將改在啟德郵輪碼頭宴會中心舉行。
3 Sept 2023獨媒#8312
民主黨晚宴又告吹 酒樓今次爆玻璃 羅健熙：短期內不會再辦
The Democratic Party had planned to hold a fundraising dinner on Monday (4th) at the Marco Polo Hongkong Hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui, owned by the Wharf Group, but was notified by the hotel last week that it had to be moved to the banquet centre at Kai Tak Cruise Terminal because of a “venue issue”. The Democratic Party was notified again this morning that the restaurant had to suspend operations and could not provide the venue because glass in the banquet hall had developed cracks after Typhoon Saola and needed repairs. Democratic Party chairman Lo Kin-hei said the restaurant had been very cooperative while discussing the details of the dinner arrangements, but suddenly cancelled the banquet shortly before it was due to take place, citing a “strange reason or no reason at all”. He said the situation was extremely rare and questioned whether the restaurant had declined the booking because of outside pressure. He added that the party would not hold another dinner in the short term because dealing with the dinner arrangements had left it “very tired”, and that it hoped to “wait a while before trying again”.
民主黨原定周一（4日）在九龍倉集團的尖沙咀馬哥孛羅香港酒店舉辦籌款晚宴，惟上周收到酒店通知，因「場地問題」需改在啟德郵輪碼頭宴會中心舉行。不過，民主黨今早再收到通知，酒樓稱「宴會廳內受颱風蘇拉吹襲後玻璃有裂痕要進行維修」，需暫停營業，不能提供場地。民主黨主席羅健熙表示，食肆在共議晚宴流程細節時都非常配合，惟臨近晚宴舉行前才突然以「奇怪原因或不提供任何原因」取消宴會，認為事情極為罕見，質疑食肆是受到外來壓力才推卻酒席。他又指，短期內不會再舉辦晚宴，原因是黨就晚宴的事情「搞到好攰」，希望「等一等再嚟過」。
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