“filibusters will be “scissored” and the scissoring will be quick” “逢布必剪,逢剪必快”

“filibusters will be “scissored” and the scissoring will be quick”
繁:”逢布必剪,逢剪必快”
简:”逢布必剪,逢剪必快”

曾鈺成在午宴上致辭時就開玩笑說,他早前在一個新春酒會上碰到政務司司長林鄭月娥,並祝對方馬到功成,但對方就懷疑他祝福的「誠意」,「我覺得林鄭月娥認為我在縱容議員麻煩政府,因此我特別作出莊嚴承諾,就是『逢布必剪,逢剪必快』」。

拒立會設「剪布機制」 反對派為私利挨轟(2014年2月25日)。文匯報,A23版。

At a Legco spring reception yesterday, Tsang said he gave a verbal undertaking that filibusters would be “scissored” and that the scissoring will be quick.

Luk, E. (2014, February 25). End to filibuster seen as Tsang springs list of ideas. The Standard. p. 11.