Interview Notes︳Social distancing at the National Day Cocktail Party. 4 people are limited to gather with Lam Cheng. Who will sit down with?

Political situation

Written by: Zhou Lixi

2020-10-01 14:37

Last update date: 2020-10-01 14:38

The third wave of the new crown pneumonia epidemic has slowed down. The Hong Kong government previously relaxed the gathering order to four people per table in restaurants, but demonstrations, demonstrations and other activities are still subject to gathering restrictions.

This morning (October 1), the National Day cocktail party held at the Wan Chai Convention and Exhibition was affected by the epidemic. There were only four guests attending a table, even the Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, only with Luo Huining, director of the Liaison Office, and deputy CPPCC National Committee. Chairman Tung Chee-hwa and Liang Zhenying were at the same table, while the second chief executive, Donald Tsang, sat in the other front row of the venue.

The host of the reception also called on the guests to maintain proper social distance and wear masks.

What we saw at the scene, except during speeches, toasts, and eating, most people strictly abide by the epidemic prevention rules. I believe they will not become a "National Day group" like the "Return to Celebration Group".

▼The National Day Cocktail Party▼

Tsang Yinquan appeared and did not come on stage to toast

The guests attending the reception this morning are as crowded as usual. Under the restriction order, a square square table like a mahjong table is specially arranged this year, which is different from the previous big round tables.

It is unknown whether it is because the number of seats in the square table is small. During the speech by Lam Cheng, some guests had to stand behind the reception because they had no seats.

On the 70th anniversary of the National Day last year, Chief Executive Carrie Lam and the delegation went to Beijing to participate in the celebration. In 2017 and 2018, the former Chief Executive Donald Tsang was serving his sentence in prison. It was not until last year that he appealed and was acquitted. Attend early, this year's National Day reception was the first time that all four chief executives of Hong Kong attended the same venue.

During the National Day flag-raising ceremony, Mrs. Tsang and Mrs. Tsang were arranged to sit in the front row, but he did not have a public office. They were arranged farther away from the "core inner circle", but they also stood beside the convener of the Executive Council, Chen Zhisi, and there were civil servants behind him. Secretary for Affairs Nie Dequan, guild member Zhang Guojun, and Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Zeng Guowei, and others.

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The emcee called for the national flag to be taken away

In recent years, many activities organized by the establishment have distributed national flags, but the participants often abandoned them everywhere when they left the venue, causing criticism.

The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress proposed to amend the "Flag Law" in August this year, adding a new clause mentioning that the national flag cannot be discarded at will.

At the National Day reception this morning, the conference distributed a national flag and moon cakes to the guests. After the toasting ceremony, the host of the reception not only called on everyone to maintain social distance, but also asked the guests to take the national flag away.

After the event, the reporter did not see the abandoned flag decoration in the venue.

Carrie Lam, Leung Chun-ying, Tung Chee-hwa, Luo Huining, National Day