This is an occasion not only to recognise your long contribution to the friendship and understanding between our two communities but to carry it forward.

• 藉着这次午餐会，我不仅要表扬你们长期以来为促进两地人民的友谊和了解而作出的贡献，更希望两地的关系能够在这个基础上取得进一步的发展。