11 Nov 2024RFA#4220
曾因「廚師打交」被取消訂枱 一波三折下民主黨終舉辦30年晚宴
The Democratic Party’s 30th anniversary dinner finally found a venue at a restaurant in Tsim Sha Tsui on Saturday evening (the 9th), but only four tables could be arranged, with about 50 people attending. The event faced repeated setbacks: its table bookings were cancelled at short notice twice within a week, with one restaurant citing “chefs fighting” as the reason.
The anniversary dinner was considerably smaller than in previous years. Current chairperson Lo Kin-hei, vice-chairpersons Bonnie Hoi Yan Ng and Winfield Chong Wing-fai, former chairpersons Emily Lau and Yeung Sum, and some former Democratic Party district councillors attended. The guests included former National Committee member of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference Lau Meng-hung. By contrast, party veteran Martin Lee and former Legislative Council members James To and Kwong Chun-yu were absent.
民主黨30周年晚宴周六（9日）晚終於在尖沙嘴一家酒樓覓得場地，但只能開4席，約有50人出席。今次活動可算是一波三折，一星期內兩度被臨時取消訂枱，其中一間酒樓的理由是「廚師打交」。
周年晚宴的規模較以往大為「縮水」，現任主席羅健熙、副主席伍凱欣、莊榮輝、前主席劉慧卿和楊森、以及部份民主黨前區議員均有出席，至於嘉賓則有前全國政協委員劉夢熊。相反，黨內元老級的李柱銘、前立會議員涂謹申及鄺俊宇都沒有到場。
11 Nov 2024am730#4221
民主黨晚宴闊別4載成功復辦 有酒樓因「廚師打架」突取消訂枱
The Democratic Party, which still has several members remanded in custody, successfully held its 30th-anniversary dinner on the night before last (9th). Only four tables, involving about 50 people, were arranged, representing a significant reduction in scale compared with previous years. The party’s anniversary dinners have repeatedly encountered “venue problems” in recent years. This year was reportedly no exception, with several restaurants cancelling bookings at short notice for various reasons. One restaurant said, “Two chefs were fighting, so we have to cancel the booking.”
目前仍有多名黨員正在還押的民主黨，前晚(9日)成功舉行30周年黨慶晚宴，只延開4席約50人參與，規模較以往「大縮水」。過去數年民主黨舉辦周年晚宴屢遇「場地問題」，據報今年也一波多折，包括遭多間餐廳以不同臨時原因取消預訂，其中一間酒樓稱「兩名廚師打架，要取消預訂」。
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」。
29 Mar 2023獨媒#6229
新思維籌款晚宴兩應邀官員「甩底」 何俊賢送本地雞支持
The Third Side, which described itself as non-establishment when it contested elections, held its eighth-anniversary fundraising dinner last night (28th). Two government officials who had originally agreed to attend failed to show up at the last minute. Chairman Tik Chi-yuen said there was no need to link the incident to politics and described the dinner as merely a “community gathering”. Several pro-establishment legislators nevertheless attended to show their support. Hoey Simon of the Democratic Alliance for Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong brought local chickens, saying that attending the dinner demonstrated “confidence in the system” and that legislators produced under the system of patriots administering Hong Kong should all receive support. Party Secretary General Han Kim-tak said six-figure donations had been raised, with the total still being counted.
參選時自稱「非建制派」的新思維昨晚（28日）舉行八週年籌款晚宴，原本答應出席的兩位政府官員臨時「甩底」，惟主席狄志遠認為無須聯想到政治層面，又形容是次晚宴只是「民間聚會」。不過，昨晚獲多名建制議員「捧場」，民建聯何俊賢就送本地雞，稱出席晚宴是體現「制度自信」，愛國者治港制度下產生的議員都應該得到支持。黨總幹事韓劍德表示，現籌得6位數字捐款，總額仍在統計中。
21 Feb 2023獨媒#6080
民主黨晚宴「被取消」 酒樓稱「緊急維修煤氣總掣」
The Democratic Party was scheduled to hold a spring banquet dinner tonight (February 21) at Ming Men Banquet Restaurant in Kwai Fong, but the restaurant suddenly notified the party in the afternoon that it could not provide the venue because of “urgent works”. This was the second time the party’s event had been cancelled at short notice before it was held. The “reason” given by ClubONE for the previous cancellation, on July 16, 2022, was that a confirmed case nearby required the venue to close for cleaning.
民主黨原定今晚（2月21日）於葵芳名門讌客酒樓舉行春茗晚宴，不過酒樓在下午突然通知有「突發工程」，無法提供場地。今次是該黨第二次在宴會舉行前被臨時取消，對上一次（2022年7月16日）ClubONE的「理由」則為附近有確診個案須關閉清潔。
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