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熱氣球節風波 議員促政府推盛事活動要加強把關

【Now新聞台】國際熱氣球節事件,主辦單位最後一日宣布全額退款,有立法會議員稱政府推動盛事活動時應該加強把關。而海關接獲64宗投訴,消委會則接獲303宗,涉款約30萬元。 一連四日的國際熱氣球節落幕,就算買票入場,最終都是無法登上熱氣球。活動最後一日,主辦單位宣布全額退款。有旅遊業界在本台節目《時事全方位》指,這件單一事件相信不會影響香港的金漆招牌,但認為退款決定來得太遲。旅遊促進會總幹事崔定邦:「看表演只是配菜,『搭一件豬頭骨』。(主辦單位)認為這數天不能看熱氣球,不如你看表演吧。這個和市民或旅客有嚴重落差。旅客希望坐熱氣球,所以直接退款就乾淨俐落,應該一開始就做。這些企業自己要想一想,『香港』兩個字是金漆招牌,『香港』兩個字大家都應該負點責任,當局都給予一些益處,已經『益你了』,可否盡責任做好活動?」而自費買票入場了解事件的立法會議員江玉歡就稱,活動有很多事值得留意,例如主辦機構董事懷疑涉及早前美斯缺陣事件,當局應該加強把關。立法會議員(選舉委員會)江玉歡:「盛事都要成事才可以。你(政府)給予他盛事品牌,當不成事時,當然政府不能突然切割。舉辦這些活動很多時候,之前都會有些『紅旗』, Source link

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