Politics
Written by: Luo Jiaqing
2019-11-27 19:30
Last updated: 2019-11-27 19:30The results of the district board elections were settled. Democrats won an overwhelming victory in district board members and won more than half of the seats in the 17 district boards. Many democrats have stated that they will reform district councillors after taking the lead, and review past parliamentary practices, including the introduction of live broadcast of district councils, the real-name system of meeting records, and the improvement of district council funding systems.
Regarding the suggestion that the 17 District Councils can unify the conventions of the parliament, Tai Po District Councilor Guan Yongye said that the situation of each District Council is different, and the general principles can be discussed, but full unification may not be feasible; Kwai Tsing District Councillor Huang Runda believes that Reference can be made to the models of the district boards.
Huang Runda believes that the current District Councils can review the "Chairmanship" system and whether they will find relatively independent non-governmental organizations (NGOs), such as the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals and the Youth Association, responsible for it, and hope that the parliament will move towards openness, transparency and democratization. (Profile picture)
District Councils approve members' appropriation to satellite organizations
The district council funding mechanism has been receiving attention. The last Sham Shui Po District Council was often directed to approve funding by a number of formed satellite organizations. Later, some members proposed amendments to the Community Participation Program Funding Guidelines and passed them. Satellite organization.
In addition, the Kwai Tsing District Council has a "committee system" to handle the funding for regional activities. Among them, the District Council sets up different working groups. Each district activity is chaired by a member of the committee, and the chairman is responsible for finding joint agencies and organizations. The chairman was questioned who could find a friendly agency responsible for it. The Audit Commission also last year criticized the opaqueness of the chairman system by name.
Suggest community activities to seek assistance from NGOs such as Tung Wah Group of Hospitals
Kwai Tsing District Councillor Huang Runda said that in the past "chairmanship system," the chairman can decide for himself which group is responsible for the activities, or have the opportunity to be accused of being a friendly group. He thinks that the current District Councils can review the relevant system, and whether they will find relatively independent non-governmental organizations (NGOs), such as the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals and the Youth Association, responsible for it. He hopes that the parliament will move towards openness, transparency and democratization.
In addition, he hopes to improve the hearing and live broadcast of the District Councils and allow petitions to be brought to the meeting. At the same time, he proposes that different committees be represented by different members so that more members can participate, but details still need to be discussed.
In addition, Guan Yongye, a member of the Tai Po District and the New Democracy League, believes that the resumption can review the projects funded by the district council, such as the return and national day projects, and whether the relevant appropriations will be reduced. Guan Yongye also pointed out that the current nature of the District Council's provisional motions is different from that of the Legislative Council. The original motions of the District Councils will be overturned by amendments, and they believe that the future need to discuss the handling mechanism of the provisional motions, including maintaining the status quo or following the Legislative Council's approach.
Liao Zhenxin, deputy director of the Development Bureau, visited the Tuen Mun District Council in early March to introduce the "Tomorrow Lantau" East Lantau artificial island plan. At that time, members of the private group "Guard Lantau Alliance" conducted live Facebook broadcasts at the meeting and were blocked by district councillors. (Profile picture / Photo by Huang Guigui)
Allow District Councils to broadcast live meeting minutes
Development Bureau Deputy Director Liao Zhenxin went to the Tuen Mun District Council in early March to introduce the "Tomorrow Lantau" East Lantau artificial island plan. At that time, members of the civil society "Lantau Alliance" conducted live Facebook broadcasts at the meeting and were blocked by district members. More police officers were present to evict citizens and left the scene. The incident aroused public concern about the live broadcast of the District Councils.
Li Jiawei, a “rich new generation” elected by the NDP Gan Wenfeng, said that after the resumption, the first thing is to set up a conference real-name system, write down the record of each meeting and record the voting records under the real-name system. He stressed that only Tuen Mun is still recording anonymously and the situation must be improved. He also said that the second improvement was to allow live broadcasts of meetings.
Yang Kai, vice chairman of the ADPL, said recently that he hopes public opinion will continue in the next four years. He also hopes that the district council will "disorder anyway". Among them, canceling the vote of the delegates and improving the funding mechanism will make the establishment faction unable to act recklessly.
A member of the Sham Shui Po District Council earlier moved to withdraw the "authorized vote" system, which was finally passed by 12 votes to 11. (Profile picture / Photo by Luo Jiaqing)
Change of authorization ticket system or increase of restrictions
An authorisation vote means that other members of the district are allowed to vote on their behalf without the district member present. Earlier, the media interviewed Chen Yingxin, who was absent from the meeting and authorized others to vote, and found that she did not know the details of the motion. Subsequently, a member of the Sham Shui Po District Council moved to withdraw the "authorized vote" system, which was finally passed by 12 votes to 11.
However, there are still 12 district councils with authorised vote systems. Huang Jianjing, who successfully defeated the DAB Chen Xuefeng in the Jianmo constituency, said that it is better for district councillors to attend and vote in person. She suggested that restrictions be placed on the system. Such as limiting the number of times each member can use the authorization ticket.
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