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Written by: Ruimin Zhai
2020-01-30 12:12
Last updated: 2020-01-30 12:14The pneumonia epidemic in Wuhan continues to spread. The Legislative Council follows special work arrangements by government departments. Except for those who provide emergency and public services, employees can stay at home to work. Democrats sent a joint letter to the Chairman of the Finance Committee of the Legislative Council, Chen Jianbo, yesterday (29th), urging the meeting to be cancelled due to the principles of epidemic prevention and strict anti-epidemic.
Speaking to the media today (30th), Chen Jianbo said that after consulting the opinions of other lawmakers, the government and the Secretariat, he decided to cancel the tomorrow's Finance Committee meeting. It is unknown at this time when the resumption of the meeting will take priority.
The Chairman of the Finance Committee of the Legislative Council, Chen Jianbo, said that after consulting with members of the parliament, the government and the Secretariat, he decided to cancel tomorrow's Finance Committee meeting. It is unknown at this time when the meeting will resume, and the nation ’s anti-epidemic will be the priority. (Photo by Zheng Zifeng)
Chen Jianbo pointed out that it is a very difficult time, considering various factors, and the progress of finance and accounting is also very slow. There are still 50 allocations involving 1,000 yuan, but a letter from members of the parliament yesterday asked to cancel the meeting, and some experts also It is said that this 14th is the critical period of anti-epidemic. The public should try to stay at home. After consulting the opinions of other members of the parliament, the government and the Secretariat, they decided to cancel tomorrow's Finance Committee meeting. The epidemic comes first.
Chen Jianbo emphasized that finance and accounting had already wasted a lot of time. I hope that after the resumption of the meeting, Members can focus on the issues and the government is ready to answer the questions raised by members. In order to solve the backlog of projects, Chen Jianbo pointed out that in addition to the 28-hour additional meeting from March to May, another 14-hour meeting may be required in June and July.
The Finance Committee is reviewing the salary increase appropriation for civil servants. The application for the appropriation began in the middle of last month. Under the democratic Raab, it has not voted yet. This is expected to be passed at the meeting tomorrow.
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