政治中心／綜合報導
英國交通部長克拉瑪今（26日）早拜會台北市長柯文哲，並送上英國上議院懷錶給柯，外賓「送鐘錶」的行為讓柯文哲笑說，要把錶轉送給別人或是賣給破銅爛鐵，遭批失禮於外賓。但克拉瑪得知「不能送鐘」的台灣習俗後，也表示很抱歉，指鐘錶在英國被視為是珍貴的禮物。
根據自由時報報導，英國駐台官員轉述克拉瑪說法，對贈錶一事發生誤解與爭議感到抱歉，也解釋在英國，鐘錶被視為「珍貴」的禮物，因為可以讓人們了解到時間有多重要，而這次贈與柯市長的懷錶是只有英國上議院議員才有資格擁有，是非常特殊的禮物。
撇開贈禮爭議風波，克拉瑪也強調此行很榮幸能與柯市長會面，並期待與市府團隊進行合作交流。
克拉瑪針對送禮給柯文哲後報導的回應（原文）：
“I’m sorry. We learn something new each day. I had no idea a gift like this could be seen as anything other than positive: In the UK a watch is precious - because nothing is more important than time.
The gift came from the House of Lords – which is only accessible to members of the UK’s upper parliament. It is a very unique item.
It was a huge honour to meet Mayor Ko. We look forward to working with him and his team in Taipei.”
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