身在英國的財政司司長曾俊華，日前於倫敦訪問致辭，講到香港近日的佔領事件。說普選要符合基本法和人大常委決定，才能落實一國兩制，我不意外。意外的事，薯片叔叔官腔之外，不忘語帶雙關，抽佔領者水，由英國長篇科幻劇《Doctor Who》，Kenny G講到五行和天氣。Well，一群只談風月的貿發局成員，一個離地的高官，這些笑話，我不懂笑。
曾俊華提到自己上星期赴京出席APEC財長會議，不料CY要留港處理手上事務，近幾天要頂替他的歐洲之旅，出席「邁向亞洲首選香港」開幕儀式；談到香港有的，是兩個國家的傳統。「你們一定也察覺到，這個城市，政府和市民都心事重重（preoccupied），或者，準確一點，忙碌（occupied）了四個星期。」語帶雙關講佔領，唔風趣囉。作為一個佔領者，我敢跟他說，我們平日的鬱結，在踏出佔領這一步時已經煙消雲散。因為雙腳終於著地。
不過看來曾俊華預備了更重藥的笑話在後頭：
「但我須以正視聽，我去年在這個場合講話時，並沒預料當下的情況。我那時說，香港就如一首時空飛船，《Doctor Who》中博士的時光機，外面看來細小，步入其中......你永遠無法知道之後會發生甚麼，除了它們都是令人興奮的事。香港從來都令人興奮。
當然，有人會引用我多次錯誤預測財政預算案的例子，說這是財政司司長，首次差不多準確預測到未來的甚麼東西。但在幹道上的帳篷，淋浴間和留宿的人們，並不是我那時會料到的。」
But I must set the record straight. That was not quite what I envisaged last year when I spoke on this very occasion. I said then that, Hong Kong was akin to TARDIS, Doctor Who's time machine. If you remember that. On the outside it looks small, but once you get inside... you never quite know what will happen next, other than it's bound to be exciting! And exciting it certainly has been.
Of course, some people might say it's the first time this Financial Secretary gets even close to predicting correctly anything in the future, citing the many occasions that I have got my budget estimates wrong. But certainly pup tents, shower stalls and sleepovers on the passing lanes of Hong Kong were not part of my crystal ball views back then.
「讓我為這個政治話題作結：Kenny G上星期來香港，為示威者表演，完全是一個謠言。你們可能聽過，他《回家》一曲，是一首在深夜電梯中，在商場中，在鐵路站和其他公共地方演奏的佳頌；他提醒人們，這是時候，well，回家了。但其實我們更想他演的是，"Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!"，很可惜Kenny G沒能說服到五行。」
Let me end this political note by making clear that there's no truth to the rumour that we brought an individual by the name of Kenneth Bruce Gorelick - better known as Kenny G - to Hong Kong last week to have him perform for the demonstrators. That is completely fallacious. As some of you may be aware, Mr G's wordless tune, "Going Home", is something of an end-of-evening anthem played nightly in elevators, shopping malls, train stations and other public areas, and it gently reminds people that it's time to - well, go home. But actually, the song we hoped that he might play was "Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!" Unfortunately, Kenny G's powers of persuasion don't extend to the elements.
原來薯片叔叔占卜都有一手，預測到香港會有令人興奮的事，就是佔中。既然Kenny G都已經回到他紅色的老家，而佔領者又有帳篷淋浴間設施完備；百年一遇的CY我們都忍了兩年多，落雪又有乜好怕喎。