[14-week maternity leave] Hu Zhiwei criticized the government for using the side door Zhong Guobin to ridicule Luo Zhiguang's explanation

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Written by: Ruimin Zhai

2020-01-11 11:11

The Employment (Amendment) Bill 2019 has been read for the first time and second time in the Legislative Council. The focus is to increase the statutory maternity leave from the current 10 weeks to 14 weeks. Failed to process the relevant bill. The Secretary for Labour and Welfare, Mr Law Chi-kwong, the day before (9th) moved to bypass the meeting and hand it over to the Human Affairs Committee. However, the meeting ended because of a lack of quorum.

When Democrat Hu Zhiwei attended a radio program today (11th), the government criticized the government for using its side door to achieve its political goals and urged Mozambique to use the issue of livelihood as a means of abduction. The Liberal Party Zhong Guobin satirized Luo Zhiguang's explanation was not clear, and asked Hu Zhiwei when Luo Zhiguang was still in the Democratic Party, if he could understand the other party's remarks.

Labour Party Zhang Chaoxiong pointed out that the government wants to get Hong Kong back on track, and it needs to get governance back on track. (Photo / Photo by Zhang Haowei)

In response to the failure of the Chairman and Vice-Chairmen to be elected and the "Draft" being delayed, the Chairman of the Legislative Council's Human Affairs Committee and the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions He Qiming proposed to go to the General Assembly earlier, but the Chairman Liang Junyan did not think it was feasible; Luo Zhiguang later proposed direct It was handed over to the Human Affairs Committee and accepted by Liang Junyan, but the meeting ended because of insufficient quorum at the meeting. Democrats have explained that the obstruction of the internal conference is to prevent the Second National Anthem Bill from being resumed after the internal conference has been processed.

Labour Party ’s Zhang Chaoxiong explained on a commercial radio program today that the usual way to deal with important bills is to set up a bill committee. All members can join and review motions and propose amendments one by one to ensure that the legislation is fully discussed. The bill handled by the Panel is the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance. Zhang Chaoxiong continued, the government wants to get Hong Kong back on track, and it needs to get governance back on track and resolve the current social movement conflicts. It also states that as a legislator, it will make full use of all mechanisms to fight.

Hu Zhiwei criticized the government for using its left-hand approach to achieve its political goals and urged Mozambique to use the issue of people's livelihood as a means of abduction. (Photo / Photo by Liang Pengwei)

Democrat Hu Zhiwei quoted Luo Zhiguang as saying that even if the "Draft" is passed, the earliest extension of maternity leave will not be implemented until 2021, which is not a short period of time. He also described this time the struggle between the parliament and the government. The government uses the issue of people's livelihood as a means of abduction and does not deal with social tears and "five major demands", but it is unreasonable to expect the parliament to function properly. Hu Zhiwei suggested that what the government should do is not to make use of the "formal voting to win" situation, to constantly create precedents, and to use its left-hand side to achieve its political goals; Questions, not the daily use of police press conferences to speak loudly.

Zhong Guobin: The government and the people ride on each other

Zhong Guobin, the Liberal Party representing the business sector, said that he did not object to the "Draft" and believed that the birth rate in Hong Kong was not high, and that the government was willing to subsidize it, which had little impact on the business sector. He also stated that he understands that the people are worried about setting precedents and paving the way for the “Three Articles” because the government ’s popularity is low, and it is inevitable that they will speculate on the government ’s actions based on conspiracy theory. Also in the robbery parliament, calling on both parties to communicate to unlock the knot. However, regarding the performance of Luo Zhiguang, Zhong Guobin reached a consensus with the general public, thinking that Luo Zhiguang's motion to bypass the internal conference was unclear. Zhong Guobin mocked "the director of the high IQ was obsessed after speaking", and asked Hu Zhiwei that Luo Zhiguang was still When Democrats are party members, "the Democratic Party speaks wildly," Hu Zhiwei said with a smile, "a good question."

He Qiming expressed dissatisfaction with the general public's obstruction to the adoption of the Draft. (Profile picture / Photo by Luo Junhao)

He Qiming expressed his dissatisfaction with the general public's obstruction to the passage of the Draft, pointing out that there are only 50 hours of meeting time in the current session of the Legislative Council. The Draft is very likely to fail to pass the current session, and he is worried that the extension of maternity leave will be extended to 2023. To implement. Zhang Chaoxiong countered that the ILO had suggested that pregnant women should enjoy maternity leave of not less than 14 weeks as early as 2000. Hong Kong was seriously behind the world standard, criticizing the government as the culprit in preventing the extension of maternity leave.

Zhang Chaoxiong: "Shut down" to the end of the session

Regarding the general public's impediment to the election of the chairmen and vice-chairmen, Zhong Guobin and He Qiming are worried that they will not be resolved before the end of this session. Zhong Guobin bluntly stated that after the Legislative Council re-election this year, the number of seats for the general public should increase significantly. "Several people in the family have played with it, and even the (Legislative Council) chairman will be elected by then." Hu Zhiwei argued that the democrats had no plans, but dealt with according to normal electoral procedures. Zhang Chaoxiong also believed that the chance of the "downtime" to the end of the session was very small. Former chairman of the association Li Huiqiong has continuously arranged to join the meeting. At a disadvantage in political wrestling.

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