[Legislative Council] Chen Shuzhuang worried about extension of maternity leave bill to bypass the legislative premise of 23 articles

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Written by: Zheng Rongdi

2020-01-09 18:46

The government moved the bill to extend the statutory maternity leave to bypass the internal meeting and transfer it to the Human Affairs Committee for approval by Liang Junyan. However, the meeting ended because of a quorum. The formation faction blamed the pan-people for deliberately causing the assembly.

Democratic convener and Citizen MP Chen Shuzhuang described the government's method of bypassing the internal assembly as a copy of the "Fugitive Offenders Ordinance" and feared that it would be a prelude to 23 pieces of legislation in the future. She also hoped that the public would understand that the procrastination of the Democrats would block the evil laws for Hong Kong, because the Government intends to resume the Second Reading after submitting the National Anthem Bill to the Council.

Luo Zhiguang moved the bill to extend the statutory maternity leave to bypass the internal meeting and refer it to the Human Affairs Committee for approval. Liang Junyan approved the meeting, but the meeting ended because the quorum was insufficient. (Profile picture)

Chen Shuzhuang said that the "Employment (Amendment) Bill 2019" involves other regulations, including amendments to the definition of miscarriage, amendments to the calculation of MPF refunds, etc., which are complex in content and need to be reviewed by the Bills Committee. It also means that even if the bill is passed within this session, the government's remittance system for subsidizing 4 weeks of maternity leave will not be completed until 2021, which means that the earliest extension of maternity leave will not be implemented until 2022. , Pregnant pregnant women can get 14 weeks of vacation, I hope everyone understands that it is not that simple. "

Chen: The Panel is not the place to review bills

Chen described the government's approach to bypassing the bill as a copy of the Fugitive Offenders Regulations, worried about the prelude to 23 pieces of legislation in the future. It is emphasized that the Panel is responsible for discussing policy areas, does not consider bills, and cannot be confused with the Bills Committee.

The establishment faction pointed out that because the pan-inhabitants would be drawn up in the council, they were forced to submit the bill to the Panel. Chen Shuzhuang said that she hoped that the public would understand that the Democrats are blocking the bad laws for Hong Kong, and said that the government was eager to move to the National Anthem Law as soon as possible.

Another Democrat, Mao Mengjing, pointed out that according to the rules of procedure, officials need to consult with the chairman of the internal conference to resume the second reading debate. Therefore, Luo Zhiguang could not consult the "chairman of the internal committee" without selecting the chair. She questioned officials' distorting the rules of procedure of the Legislative Council, which was highly undesirable. Chen Zhiquan, a people ’s force who raised the number of votes and finally circulated the meeting, said that since the members could not grasp the content of Luo Zhiguang's speech, and the Bureau could not provide a speech, he believed that the meeting should not be continued.

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