Political situation
Written by: Lin Jian
2020-04-21 19:18
Date of last update: 2020-04-21 19:18Political circles today (April 21) ushered in shock bombs. According to the news, the Secretary for Home Affairs Liu Jianghua, the Secretary for Civil Service Luo Zhiguang, the Secretary for Innovation and Technology Yang Weixiong, and the Secretary for Financial Affairs and the Treasury Liu Yixiang will leave their posts, respectively, and the Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Nie Dequan will be adjusted to take charge of civil servants. The Office of the Secretariat involved a total of 5 positions of directors and 4 successors. This article will sort out the outgoing and succeeding candidates involved in this "Government Earthquake".
Liu Jianghua. (Profile picture)
Home Affairs Bureau
Outgoing:
Liu Jianghua was a member of the Hong Kong League, the predecessor of the Democratic Party in his early years. He withdrew from the Party in 1991, established a civic force in 1993, and joined the DAB in 1998. Liu Jianghua has been a member of the Provisional Legislative Council since 1996. He was directly elected from the New Territories East in 1998. He was elected as a member of the Legislative Council and was re-elected until 2012. He was defeated in the 2012 election in the Super District Council election. At that time, some netizens celebrated with champagne outside their meetings. However, at the end of the same year, Liu Jianghua was "politically overturned" and was appointed as the deputy director of the Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau. In 2015, he succeeded Zeng Decheng as the director of the Bureau of Home Affairs, and remained in office after the government changed in 2017.
Based on his political background, Liu Jianghua has occasionally become the target of ridicule by netizens. In the 2012 Legislative Council elections, some netizens took photos. It can be seen that Liu Jianghua ’s campaign poster was covered by an orange trash can, only showing Liu Jianghua ’s eyes. Since then, Liu Jianghua has been called “garbage bin” by netizens. During the 2014 umbrella campaign, The government negotiated with five representatives from the ACSF. Liu Jiang was one of the government representatives, but he did not speak at all and was ridiculed by netizens.
Some netizens who are dissatisfied with Liu Jianghua are called "trash cans" because of this photo. (All circles in Hong Kong warmly celebrate Liu Jianghua's election committee fb picture)
Succession:
Xu Yingwei, 43, who is also from the DAB, joined the government as early as 2008. He was the first political assistant. He served as political assistant to the Director of the Home Affairs Bureau for nearly 10 years, and was promoted to deputy to the Labour and Welfare Bureau at the age of 40 in 2017. Secretary.
Xu Yingwei's image is relatively young. He is active on social platforms on weekdays and uploads daily photos on Facebook from time to time. Some media once pointed out that Chief Executive Lin Zheng Yue'e also looked at Xu first-line, and he named him to co-ordinate the online propaganda war for the government.
Xu Yingwei. (Profile picture)
Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau
Outgoing:
Liu Yixiang was born on April 24, 1950, and he will be 70 years old in a few days. He is the oldest of the current accountability directors. He joined the government grade in 1979, transferred to the Monetary Authority in 1993, seconded Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation Limited as president in 2004, and retired in 2012. In January 2014, he was appointed deputy director of the Financial Affairs and the Treasury Bureau. After the government changed in 2017, he was "siting".
Liu Yixiang's work style is relatively low-key, and because of the nature of his work, he is less exposed to political issues. The most well-known event is the special session of the Legislative Council in February this year. At that time, Zhang Huafeng, a member of the financial services industry, asked whether the government would instruct the Hong Kong Stock Exchange to extend the deadline for listing companies to submit annual reports. Unexpectedly, Liu Yixiang "turned to the wrong station", referring to the fact that the logistics department has been in contact with the supply of imported hoods, which caused dissatisfaction among members. Zhang Huafeng repeated the question before he could give a complete answer.
Some Members criticized Liu Yixiang's openly "dreaming". The press secretary of Liu Yixiang later stated that the Secretary was "too focused on handling official duties with mobile phones" and was very sorry for not paying attention to Members' questions.
Liu Yixiang. (Profile picture)
Succession:
Xu Zhengyu is the executive director of the Financial Development Bureau. Before taking office, he was the director of strategic development for New World Development (0017). The most familiar is that he is the brother of Xu Xiaohui, the former deputy director of the Home Affairs Bureau. The former chief executive Liang Zhenying wanted to add a cultural bureau. Xu Xiaohui once rumored that the director of the cultural bureau had been selected, but eventually Liang Zhenying's government structure reorganization failed, and Xu Yi passed the position of director.
Xu Zhengyu graduated with a Bachelor and Master of Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) from the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. He was an administrative officer, former assistant secretary-general of the Economic Development and Labor Bureau, and administrative director of the Beijing Office. At that time, it was reported to be recommended as deputy director. Although it was not seen in the end, Xu Zhengyu himself has a number of public positions. He was a member of the 16th Main Board of the China Securities Regulatory Commission and a special consultant of the Central Policy Group. Now he is the National Financial Youth Federation. Committee member, the director of the City University of Hong Kong, etc. Xu Zhengyu joined the DAB as early as 2008 and is now the party's Central Committee.
Xu Zhengyu. (Profile picture)
Innovation and Technology Bureau
Outgoing:
Yang Weixiong was the Chief Executive Officer of Cyberport in 2003, and the Vice President of Administration of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University from 2010 to February 2015. In 2015, the Innovation and Technology Bureau was established, and the State Council announced the appointment of Yang Weixiong as Director of the Innovation and Technology Bureau. However, since Yang Weixiong was born in Taiwan, the Democrats have long questioned his right of abode in Taiwan, which does not comply with Article 55 of the Basic Law.
During his attendance at a forum in early 2016, Yang Weixiong said to participants that he had met Steve Jobs, one of Apple ’s late founders: "(You) have you seen Steve Jobs? Have n’t? I have seen "I have really seen it!" This sentence can be said to have changed his life and was constantly "returned" by netizens. During his tenure as an official, he was also accused of lacking in actual political achievements. There has been no real progress in Hong Kong's innovation policy. One of the first policies of the Smart City Blueprint launched by the government is the smart lamppost. However, in the anti-revision demonstrations last year, the lamppost was sawn down by demonstrators for alleged violations of privacy.
Yang Weixiong. (Profile picture)
Succession:
According to legend, Xue Yongheng, who took over as director of the Innovation and Technology Bureau, joined the government as an assistant mechatronics engineer in 1984, was promoted to chief mechatronics engineer in 2001, and was promoted to a government mechatronics engineer in 2007. He has served as deputy director of the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department since September 2011. "Sit up" in 2017.
In recent years, the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department and the Productivity Promotion Council have vigorously supported the development of innovation and technology in Hong Kong. The EMSD Headquarters has an innovative science and technology learning center to introduce virtual reality (VR) training programs, such as the use of VR simulation lift maintenance, and the establishment of mechanical and electrical innovation. The online platform collects the needs of various organizations, and then puts forward development suggestions to the science and technology community, as well as matching needs and R & D.
Xue Yongheng. (Profile picture)
Civil service bureau
Outgoing:
Luo Zhiguang joined the administrative grade in 1980 and served in various government policy bureaus and departments. From 1997 to 1999, he served as the personal secretary of the former Chief Executive Dong Jianhua. He served as the Permanent Secretary of the Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau in 2007, the Permanent Secretary of the Security Bureau in 2012, and the Secretary of the Civil Service in 2017.
During anti-revision demonstrations last year, Luo Zhiguang expressed his opposition to launching a strike in a political rally in the name of a civil servant because it violated political neutrality. But the democrats criticized him for turning a blind eye to what the police insulted the Chief Secretary for Administration, Zhang Jianzong, and the deputy director of the fire department for insulting the demonstrators as "Zhang," and questioned whether they were really "politically neutral." District councils often disagree with the government. Officials pull teams away from time to time. In response, Luo Zhiguang claimed that the practice was compliant, which also attracted dissatisfaction from the democrats.
Luo Zhiguang. (Profile picture)
Flat takeover
Nie Dequan, former head of the Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau, reportedly will be transferred to the Civil Service Bureau. Nie Dequan joined the government in 1986. He served as Director of Social Welfare, Director of Information Services, and Permanent Secretary (Health) of the Food and Health Bureau. In 2017, he took over as Director of the Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau. During Nie Dequan's tenure as chief, due to the stagnation of political reforms, the main controversial issue was the National Anthem Law. Last year, the District Council elected the Democrats a great victory, so the formation faction accused the election of being unfair, but Nie Dequan did not give a definite response, causing the formation faction to be dissatisfied.
During the anti-revision laws, there were many reports in the political circles that Lin Zhengyue may intend to exchange blood for the accountability team. Among them, Nie Dequan, Qiu Tenghua, Secretary of Commerce and Economic Development Bureau, were regarded as hot candidates for promotion, and their careers were optimistic. In this anti-epidemic war, the government twice sent charter planes to pick up people from Hubei Port, Nie Dequan and Zeng Guowei cooperated to lead the team twice. Nie Dequan's support in the Hong Kong People's Research Institute rose 20 percentage points earlier.
Recently, Article 22 of the Basic Law caused controversy. Nie Dequan was turned out. In 2018, he said that the Liaison Office of the People ’s Republic of China will abide by the laws of Hong Kong in accordance with Article 22 of the Basic Law. The Bureau of Constitutional Affairs was also pushed to the cusp of the turmoil in Article 22 of the Basic Law. Once it was necessary to produce a manuscript, but the manuscript was revised and revised. Nie Dequan eventually apologized for causing confusion on social networking sites.
Nie Dequan. (Profile picture)
Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau
Take over
Zeng Guowei reportedly will take over as Director of the Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau. Zeng Guowei joined the Immigration Department as an Assistant Immigration Officer in 1987 and was promoted to Director in 2016. Zeng Guowei was originally scheduled to retire in September this year, and was originally regarded as a craze to succeed Li Jiachao as director of the Security Bureau.
Zeng Guowei. (Profile picture)
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