ICAC Report on Corruption
廉政公署貪污報告
Introduction
The ICAC is a group that stops corruption. They found problems in building repairs. They also started legal cases against two old bosses from a medical centre.
廉政公署是一個打擊貪污的組織。他們發現了大廈維修方面存在問題，並對兩名醫療中心的前老闆採取法律行動。
Main Body
Many people complain about building repairs. The ICAC arrested 137 people between 2023 and 2025. But they did not put anyone in court in 2024 or 2025. Now, the ICAC has more staff to help.
許多人投訴大廈維修的問題。廉政公署在 2023 年至 2025 年間逮捕了 137 人。但他們在 2024 年或 2025 年並未將任何人起訴。現在，廉政公署增加了人力來協助。
Last year, total complaints went down. Most complaints come from private companies. These companies do building, money, and construction work. Government complaints are lower now.
去年，總投訴量下降了。大多數投訴來自私人公司。這些公司從事建築、金融和工程工作。政府方面的投訴現在較少。
Two old bosses from CUHK Medical Centre are in trouble. Lau Mun-cheung took money but did not do the work. Tang Lai-ting told people about the secret investigation. They both tried to hide the truth.
兩名來自香港中文大學醫療中心的前老闆陷入麻煩。劉文祥收錢卻未執行工作。鄧來婷則將秘密調查的消息告知他人。兩人均試圖掩蓋真相。
Conclusion
The ICAC is working to stop corruption in private companies and punish people who lie.
廉政公署正致力於打擊私人公司的貪污行為，並懲處說謊者。
Vocabulary Learning
⚡ The 'Action' Connection
Look at how we describe things that happened in the past. In this text, we see a very simple pattern: Subject + Simple Verb.
Examples from the text:
- ICAC → found (problems)
- ICAC → arrested (people)
- Lau → took (money)
- Tang → told (people)
The Rule for A2 Beginners: To talk about the past, we often change the end of the word (like start → started). But some words change completely (like take → took).
🛠️ Useful Word Pairs
Instead of learning long lists, learn words that naturally stick together in this story:
- Stop → corruption
- Hide → the truth
- Do → the work
- Start → legal cases
Quick Tip: If you want to sound more natural, don't just learn "corruption"; learn "stop corruption."