“point of no return”
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What Ng Wah-keung meant was once the government started building the artificial island, it would have no choice but to finish the project even if there are many problems, including high costs. But instead of using the expression “river of no return”, he should have said “point of no return”. The River of No Return is the name of a 1954 American movie about people sailing down a river. There is actually a river in the US which was nicknamed the River of No Return many years ago when boats without engines could sail down the river but could not sail back up because of the fast-moving waters of the river.
Ng Wah-keung, therefore, was not entirely wrong when he used the expression “river of no return” to describe a project that cannot be stopped if it is started. But the more accurate description is “point of no return”. The expression “point of no return” means reaching a stage or point when it is no longer possible to stop what you are doing and when the effects of what you are doing cannot be avoided. For example, a plane must continue going forward when it reaches a point where the remaining fuel is not enough for it to turn back. That is the point of no return. Ng Wah-keung believes the massive artificial island is not a workable idea but once the government starts to build it, there will be no turning back.
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許多香港人反對特首林鄭月娥的建議，在東大嶼發展一個大規模的（massive）人工（artificial）島，為未來建屋提供土地。An artificial island就是非天然的人工島。前規劃署助理署長伍華強是人工（artificial）島的批評者。上星期他在一英語電台節目上形容林鄭月娥的建議是瘋狂的，他說，在海中心填一千七百公頃的土地是個僵化、不容變更（inflexible）的計劃。Inflexible在這裡是指不能改變的。他警告說，這個計劃會變成「不歸之河」（a river of no return）。
伍華強的意思是，只要政府開始了興建這個人工（artificial）島，即使遇上許多如高昂成本的問題，它也別無他選，只能完成整個計劃。然而，他應該說“point of no return”而非習語“river of no return”。《大江東去River of No Return》是一齣一九五四年的美國電影，其中講述一群人沿著一條河航行。美國確實有條河，多年前已給冠上 River of No Return的綽號，沒有引擎的船隻可以順河而下，但就因為河流湍急而不能折返。
因此，伍華強用習語“river of no return”去形容一個開始了就不能停止的計劃，也不是全錯的。不過，更貼切的形容詞應是“point of no return”。習語“point of no return”是指到了某一點或一個地步，正在進行的工作已經欲罷不能，沒有退路，隨之而來的結果亦無法避免。譬如，當一架飛機所有的剩餘燃油已不足以讓它掉頭，那它就只能繼續向前飛行——這就是 point of no return。伍華強相信，大規模（massive）的人工（artificial）島並非可行的方案，但政府一旦開始興建，就不能回頭了。
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