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香港特別行政區政府政務司司長 張建宗先生獻辭
新聞自由是世界級城市的重要指標。香港是亞洲國際都會，新聞自由和言論自由是我們成功的基石，推動社會不斷進步。 政府高度重視並一直致力保障香港的新聞和言論自由，讓傳媒在自由、開放的環境下報道新聞，如實反映社會的狀況和監察政府的施政。 在數碼時代，資訊的傳播無遠弗屆。只要一機在手，便可以即時獲取最新、最快、最多的資訊。同時， 公眾對準確、有深度、具公信力的新聞的需求更形殷切。 從「2016年香港最佳新聞獎」的得獎名單和作品，我們可以看到，香港的印刷媒體始終恪守專業精神，客觀、公正、持平報道事實，深入、精闢、獨到分析評論，不斷提升新聞的質素。 我謹代表香港特別行政區政府，祝賀各位得獎者，並感謝香港報業公會每年舉辦香港最佳新聞獎，表揚新聞工作者的傑出表現，提升業界的專業水平，積極鼓勵香港傳媒繼續堅守崗位，精益求精，致力推動香港新聞業的蓬勃、多元發展。
Matthew Cheung Kin-chung
Freedom of the press is an important indicator of a world-class city. As Asia's world city, Hong Kong owes its success to freedom of the press and freedom of speech, which take our society forward. The Government attaches great importance and has always been committed to protecting the freedom of the press and of speech in Hong Kong so that the media can cover news in a liberal and open environment, truthfully reflect the present state of society and monitor government policies. In the digital era, information reaches far and wide. The latest, fastest and largest amount of information is instantly available simply through a mobile phone. At the same time, the public have a keen demand for accurate, in-depth and credible news. Through their outstanding work, the awardees of the Hong Kong News Awards 2016 show that Hong Kong’s print media have abided by professionalism throughout the years, providing objective, fair and balanced news coverage as well as incisive, brilliant and original analyses, constantly enhancing the quality of their journalism. On behalf of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, I offer my sincere
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