Politics
Written by: Wu Anan
2020-01-22 23:29
Last updated: 2020-01-22 23:29The new District Council kicked off at the beginning of the month. The democratically-led District Councils can be described as a new style of personnel and new policies, including a number of new policies, including amendments to conventions and abolition of co-opted members. The Yau Tsim Mong District Council held a meeting yesterday to discuss 22 items. The meeting began at 10.30 am and ended at 2:35 am for a total of 16.5 hours.
Yau Tsim Mong District Councillor and PolyU student manager Li Aoran said that voters have high expectations for the new district council members, and the Democrats hope that various political and popular proposals can be passed before the Lunar New Year. Li described it as worthy yesterday, although we were tired. The deputy chairman of the Citizen Party Yau Tsim Mong District Council Yu Debao said that the longest meeting to the session was only about 7 hours. He emphasized that the current Democratic District Councillors are harder to do accounting, and it is expected that this session will take longer than the last session. The content is also richer.
Yu Debao (left) expects that the current session will be longer and richer than the last session. (Profile picture / Photo by Luo Junhao)
District Council members' three meals settled in the conference
The Yau Tsim Mong District Council held its second meeting yesterday, which discussed a number of people's livelihood projects, including concerns about the prevention and response to the "Wuhan pneumonia" virus infection in Hong Kong, and also discussed a number of agendas focusing on anti-revision campaigns, including "strong demands on the government Announce the composition of tear gas and water cannon trucks, and publicize the government's cleaning guidelines for streets, schools, community halls and other places after the police released tear gas cannons and water cannon trucks, and when relevant workers (such as cleaners) handle them "Protection measures by Chief Executive Lin Zheng Yue'e to immediately go to Wuhan, China to inspect the epidemic," and "Strongly requested the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to set up an independent investigation committee to thoroughly investigate the police-civilian conflict caused by the amendment of the" Extradition Ordinance "and Hong Kong. "Police abuse and arrest".
Yu Debao said that the meeting last night discussed whether to suspend the meeting, and frankly that some colleagues and colleagues have deteriorated due to the length of the meeting. However, colleagues also hope to complete the discussion of all agendas as soon as possible, and the motion to suspend the meeting could not be passed by more than half.
Yu Debao, who started his second term as a district council member, pointed out that the longest last session was only about 7 hours. Yu pointed out that due to the re-election of the District Councils, some issues have not been handled through the District Councils for many months. In addition, the citizens have high expectations of the District Councils. They hope that the district boards led by the democratic parties can be reformed. , But all want to bury (meetings). " Yu Debao pointed out that a number of reform measures were passed at the meeting yesterday, including the removal of co-opted members, the cancellation of authorization tickets, and the updating of the declaration of interests procedure. Yu Debao pointed out that lunch, afternoon tea and dinner are also settled in the district council. Among them, afternoon tea and dinner are also invited by Civil Affairs Commissioner Cai Liang.
Li Aoran described it as worthy yesterday, although he was tired. (Profile picture / Photo by Gao Zhongming)
Li Aoran: I feel tired but worth it
Li Aoran said that he spent 4 hours discussing the tear gas agenda yesterday. The Yau Tsim District Commander and the Mong Kok District Commander also attended the meeting and accepted questions from members. Li Aoran said that voters have high expectations for the new district councillors. Democrats also hope that political and popular discussions and agendas can be passed before the Lunar New Year to keep the government informed of the demands of parliamentarians and citizens.
Li Aoran described yesterday's tiredness as being worthwhile. "Members are representatives and hope that they can do their part so that democratic and political issues can be resolved." Li Aoran mentioned that yesterday, by requesting MTRCL to disclose all CCTV footage of the Prince Edward Station incident on August 31, 2019, if MTRCL did not disclose the segment, each meeting would submit the same motion in a "continuation" manner until Hong Kong Iron to the public so far.
Tan Guoqiao said he had not heard of the previous meeting for 16.5 hours
Tan Guoqiao, a member of the ADPL who has been a district council member for 30 years and was the chairman of the Sham Shui Po District Council from 1997 to 2007, said that he had not heard of the previous 16.5-hour meeting of the District Council. In the past, most of them were open from 9:30 am to 10:30 pm. " Regarding the two District Civil Affairs Commissioners earlier referring to the District Council Affairs Committee to discuss constitutional or security matters, in violation of the District Councils Ordinance, and leading the District Secretariat to leave, Tan Guoqiao pointed out that in the past, the district councils led by the establishment factions also discussed political reform, "One place, two inspections", "Fugitive Offenders Regulations" and other political issues. Among them, the chairman of the 18th District Constitutional District Council issued a statement in support of the amendment of the Fugitive Offenders Regulations. .
Tan Guoqiao, a member of the ADPL who has been a district council member for 30 years and chaired the Sham Shui Po District Council from 1997 to 2007, said that he had not heard of the 16.5-hour meeting of the District Council. (Profile picture)
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