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New Crown Pneumonia│Lin Zheng Yue'e: Imported case lasts for a period of time, and the anti-epidemic fund focuses on employment

2020-04-07T02:36:35.748Z


The epidemic of the new crown pneumonia continues. Chief Executive Lin Zheng Yuee met with the media before attending the executive meeting this morning (7th). It is expected that he will extend the "restriction order" and the closure of bars and other venues for 14 days. Are the regulations unclear and a new round of anti-epidemic Funds and other issues, "Hong Kong 01" will be broadcast live. Lin Zhengyue said that today is World Health Day, and she paid tribute to the global medical staff during the anti-epidemic period, including the staff of the HA. As for restricting the operation of restaurants and whether the "restriction order" will be extended, Lin Zheng said that he would strive to announce it as soon as possible. Referring to the second round of anti-epidemic funds, Lin Zhengyue said that when meeting with people from different industries recently, the government hopes to achieve "employment protection" and will certainly take into account shops affected by social distance.


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Written by: Lin Jian, Wu Zhuoan, Zheng Rongdi

2020-04-07 09:38

Last update date: 2020-04-07 10:23

The epidemic of the new crown pneumonia continues. Chief Executive Lin Zheng Yuee met with the media before attending the executive meeting this morning (7th). It is expected that he will extend the "restriction order" and the closure of bars and other venues for 14 days. Are the regulations unclear and a new round of anti-epidemic Funds and other issues, "Hong Kong 01" will be broadcast live.

Lin Zhengyue said that today is World Health Day, and she paid tribute to the global medical staff during the anti-epidemic period, including the staff of the HA. As for restricting the operation of restaurants and whether the "restriction order" will be extended, Lin Zheng said that he would strive to announce it as soon as possible.

Referring to the second round of anti-epidemic funds, Lin Zhengyue said that when meeting with people from different industries recently, the government hopes to achieve "employment protection" and will certainly take into account shops affected by social distance.

Lin Zhengyue. (Photo by Gao Zhongming)

[10:11] Qiu Tenghua, director of the Bureau of Commerce and Economic Development, criticized earlier that reporters from Hong Kong and Taiwan questioned the WHO officials about the violation of the one-China principle. Lin Zheng responded that Qiu Tenghua had made relevant statements and supported his position. More Explained by Qiu Tenghua at the Legislative Council Special Finance Committee meeting. Lin Zheng emphasized that as public broadcasters and government departments, Hong Kong and Taiwan have the responsibility to deepen public understanding of this principle in accordance with the government ’s one China position.

As for why horse racing is still allowed during the epidemic, Lin Zheng said that horse racing activities have strict epidemic prevention arrangements and are also conducted behind closed doors. She reiterated that she needed to strike a balance between epidemic prevention, social operations, and economic activities. Regarding the salary increase of officials, Lin Zheng reiterated that she and the accountability team had donated one month ’s salary earlier. The first priority is to handle the second round. Anti-epidemic fund.

[10:10] Lin Zhengyue repeatedly emphasized that the primary task at present is to prevent and fight against epidemic disease, to support Hong Kong companies and employees, and what actions she or her accountability team needs to make to achieve this goal. She is very willing to do so.

After being asked if he would introduce "spicy" restrictions to regulate the social contact of the public, Lin Zheng said that the Executive Council had given the Food Health Bureau the power to take further action earlier. The Bureau can directly issue instructions to announce further information.

She also pointed out that her own secretary had consulted the second round of the epidemic prevention and anti-epidemic fund in the recent period and kept meeting with social stakeholders. She is happy to see that regardless of employers, employees, chambers of commerce or trade unions, they all agree that foreign governments should refer to the practice of directly helping employers retain employees. The government needs to step up efforts to prevent the employment situation from deteriorating further.

Lin Zhengyue. (Photo by Gao Zhongming)

[10:07] Lin Zhengyue was asked about the enforcement of the restriction order. She pointed out that the introduction of the regulations was due to the need to increase the social distance between the citizens. Therefore, in the early stage of the legislation, it was only verbal persuasion, but the law had to be strictly enforced. It is necessary to strictly enforce the law, describing this as a consistent working principle, and pointing out that the law will be implemented more strictly in the future, emphasizing that it is not "slow and slow."

As for whether it will "add more spiciness" to the anti-epidemic measures, Lin Zheng pointed out that her expert team has different views on the epidemic situation. For example, Liang Zhuowei, the dean of the Hong Kong University School of Medicine, wrote in an earlier article that the anti-epidemic cannot only rely on long-term suppression. At first, I have watched the progress of the epidemic and responded to it. I emphasized that after listening to the opinions of the expert group, we need to find practical measures.

Lin Zhengyue said that in designing the second round of anti-epidemic and anti-epidemic funds, she heard that employers, employees, trade unions and chambers of commerce all needed measures to effectively allow employers to retain their employees. She also agreed with this direction; some were ordered to close Whether the industry will be subsidized, she said: "Of course we are also very concerned."

Lin Zheng: Legislative Council members also added labor last October

[09:55] Asked why the labor was added in the epidemic, Lin Zhengyue said that the individual is open to the issue of salary, but she clarified that it is a regular adjustment according to the general knowledge, and it was passed by the Legislative Council last year, and the members of the Legislative Council were in Salary adjustments were also made in October. It is not that some officials proposed additional labor in this Budget.

[09:52] Lin Zheng said that today is World Health Day, first of all to pay tribute to the global health care workers who participated in the fight against the epidemic, and express my heartfelt thanks to the local health care workers who participated in the work in the past three months. She mentioned that the government had earlier put forward a series of control measures to restrict social contact, that is, some 14-day directives will expire one after another, and the community is very concerned about whether the measures will be extended. She said that she strives to announce to the society as soon as possible. The government has extended the airport yesterday Non-Hong Kong residents' restrictions on entry.

Lin Zheng mentioned that the epidemic is still grim. Many new cases are still overseas. Local residents return to Hong Kong. Unless Hong Kong people are no longer allowed to return to Hong Kong, this situation will continue for some time. She pointed out that the government is currently developing the second round of the establishment of the anti-epidemic and anti-epidemic fund. She has heard comments that she hopes that this round will be more effective in "employment protection". Many bosses hope that the government can help them retain their employees. The industry affected by the measure.

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