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香港特别行政区政府政务司司长 张建宗先生献辞
新闻自由是世界级城市的重要指标。香港是亚洲国际都会，新闻自由和言论自由是我们成功的基石，推动社会不断进步。 政府高度重视并一直致力保障香港的新闻和言论自由，让传媒在自由、开放的环境下报道新闻，如实反映社会的状况和监察政府的施政。 在数码时代，资讯的传播无远弗届。只要一机在手，便可以即时获取最新、最快、最多的资讯。同时， 公众对准确、有深度、具公信力的新闻的需求更形殷切。 从「2016年香港最佳新闻奖」的得奖名单和作品，我们可以看到，香港的印刷媒体始终恪守专业精神，客观、公正、持平报道事实，深入、精辟、独到分析评论，不断提升新闻的质素。 我谨代表香港特别行政区政府，祝贺各位得奖者，并感谢香港报业公会每年举办香港最佳新闻奖，表扬新闻工作者的杰出表现，提升业界的专业水平，积极鼓励香港传媒继续坚守岗位，精益求精，致力推动香港新闻业的蓬勃、多元发展。
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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