2013-07-18
Source: http://news.hkheadline.com/dailynews/headline_news_detail_columnist.asp?id=246458§ion_name=wtt&kw=126
Today I advise all of Hong Kong's prowlers, muggers, hoodlums and other crooks to take notice of what Police Commissioner Andy Tsang Wai-hung said last Saturday. He said the police would mobilize its entire force of 30,000 men and women, if necessary, to deal with the Occupy Central protest next July 1. Prowlers, muggers, hoodlums and other crooks should avoid Central. The area will be full of policemen. It will be unsafe for crooks. But the rest of Hong Kong will be safe for crooks because all the policemen will be in Central.
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prowler is a person who moves around quietly and secretly, usually at night, looking for ways to commit a crime. A mugger is a person who attacks people in public areas and steals from them. A hoodlum is a criminal, such as a triad society member. The word crook has many meanings but as a slang word it means a person who does dishonest or illegal things. Prowlers, muggers and hoodlums are all crooks. To mobilize the entire police force means to get the whole force ready.
Since all the policemen will be in Central and all the crooks everywhere else, the safest thing is to stay home. If the non-stop TV coverage of the Occupy Central protest makes you want to commit suicide by jumping from your window, I suggest you delay it because there will be no policemen to dissuade (deter, advise against, discourage) you. But if you do not want to be dissuaded, then delay no more. If you want to jump from a building in Central, there will be 30,000 policemen and policewomen to deter you. You can pretend to jump and when the policemen dissuade you, you can tell them only the most gorgeous (beautiful) policewoman in the Hong Kong Police Force can deter you.
The book fair has started. I'll be at the Sing Tao Publishing booth (1AD28) on Sunday July 21 from 3 pm-4 pm and Tuesday July 23 from 2.30 pm to sign copies of my new book. I hope to see you there. It would be an honor (honour in British English) to meet you.
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今天我勸告香港所有小偷（prowlers）、劫匪（muggers）、流氓（hoodlums）和其他騙徒（crooks），留心上周六警務處處長曾偉雄的說話。他說，若有需要，警方會動員（mobilize）全部警力三萬人，處理下年七月一日的佔領中環示威。小偷（prowlers）、劫匪（muggers）、流氓（hoodlums）和其他壞蛋（crooks）都應迴避中環，因為這個地區將會佈滿警察，對壞蛋（crooks）來說很危險。不過，香港的其餘地區對壞蛋（crooks）來說則很安全，因為警察全都聚在中環了。
Prowler就是常常在晚上四處遊蕩，找機會犯案的人。Mugger是在公眾場合搶劫人的匪徒。Hoodlum是罪犯，例如三合會會員。Crook有許多意思，但作為俚語則解作奸犯科的人。Prowlers, muggers和hoodlums都是crooks。To mobilize the entire police force 即是動員整個警隊。
由於所有警察都會在中環，而所有壞蛋（crooks）則會散佈於其他地方，最安全的做法就是留在家中。要是電視不停轉播佔中示威的報道，迫得你想跳出窗口自殺，我奉勸各位最好延期，因為不會有警察去勸阻（dissuade或deter）你。可是若你並不想被勸阻（dissuaded），那就事不宜遲了。要是你從中環某幢大廈跳樓，那將會有三萬名男女警員去勸阻（deter）你。你可以假裝要跳，當男警要勸阻（dissuade）你時，你便告訴他們，只有香港警隊中最漂亮（gorgeous）的女警可以勸阻（deter）你。
書展已經開始。我會於星期日七月二十一日下午三時至四時，及星期二七月二十三日二時半，在星島出版攤位（1AD28）為新書簽名。我希望可以在那兒見到你。與你會面是我的榮幸（honor，英式串法為honour）。mickchug@gmail.com
中譯:七刻
Michael Chugani 褚簡寧