Finance and Accounting have not yet voted for civil servant pay increase over 20 hours

Politics

Written by: Luo Jiaqing

2020-01-17 20:00

The Finance Committee of the Legislative Council has resumed (September 17) the review of the salary increase for civil servants. It has taken more than 20 hours together with the previous meeting. Chairman Chen Jianbo announced at 5 pm that he crossed the lines of the Democrats and criticized him for exploiting members' deliberations. Chen Jianbo pointed out that Members could not be tolerated to express their political opinions through the meeting, emphasizing that the issue of salary increases for civil servants was related to 180,000 civil servants and other public agency employees, and they needed to vote as soon as possible.

The Democratic Party Xu Zhifeng subsequently proposed a termination bill, criticizing the government for forcing public servants to make political statements, and pointing out that civil servants have become a black sheep, dragging the public's confidence in civil servants. A number of democratic lawmakers have supported the suspension, and criticized the government for refusing to raise the police to raise pay. The next meeting will continue to debate the suspension of the motion.

Chairman Chen Jianbo announced at 5 pm that he crossed the lines of the Democrats and criticized him for exploiting members' deliberations. (Profile picture)

Several members of the Democratic Party paid attention to the Home Affairs Commissioner Wong Ho Wing-sik and other government representatives in the Central and Western District Council yesterday to criticize her for breaching the Civil Service Code. The Secretary for the Civil Service, Mr Law Chi-kwong, does not believe that the Commissioner violates the principle of civil servants, stressing that civil servants have the responsibility to assist the government, and the Code also needs to perform its duties in accordance with policies.

Chairman Chen Jianbo announced before 5 pm the cross-line of the number of speeches made by members, which has aroused the dissatisfaction of many democratic lawmakers and criticized him for hosting the meeting harshly. Chen Jianbo pointed out that members are not allowed to express political opinions at the meeting, and believes that continuing will not help the review, and emphasizes the need to vote as soon as possible.

The Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB) Jiang Liyun criticized that the increase in civil servants is not only related to civil servants, but also affects employees of funding agencies such as social workers and teachers. (Photo / Photo by Lu Yiming)

Democratic Party Xu Zhifeng then moved to suspend the motion at 6 pm. He said that the collective departure of the Commissioner of Civil Affairs yesterday reminded the two policemen of the 721 "departure" at night and criticized Luo Zhiguang as a "dog officer". Dissatisfied, Chen Jianbo asked whether Xu Zhifeng would retract his words and Xu agreed.

Several Democrats have agreed to a stay, criticizing the government for refusing to raise the police to raise pay. The Citizen Party Chen Shuzhuang emphasized that the government's hard amendments brought the police and civil servants into a political whirlpool. At the same time, the government "blindly supported" the police's black sheep and made the incident out of control. The Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB) Jiang Liyun criticized that the increase in civil servants is not only related to civil servants, but also affects employees of funding agencies such as social workers and teachers.

The meeting did not complete the review of the salary increase for civil servants until 7 pm, and the debate on the pending motion proposed by Democratic Party Xu Zhifeng will continue next time.

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