President Zhang Zhiwei actively considers participating in the political election of the social welfare sector

Political situation

Written by: Zhou Lixi

2020-05-19 21:08

In the general election of the Legislative Council in September, Shao Jiazhen, the current member of the social welfare sector, was disqualified from running because he was sentenced to more than three months in prison in the Zhanzhong case. Zhang Zhiwei, vice president of the Social Workers General Union, actively considered running on behalf of the president. Although he was 56 years old, Zhang Zhiwei described himself as an agile man in the future for "martial arts movies" that he would join the parliament. He also pointed out that the democrats would fill each other's seats, and that coordination is important. He also pointed out that he was not prepared to go to prison, but he was ready to "challenge."

With the opportunity to join the parliament on behalf of the social welfare sector, Zhang Zhiwei of the union said that in addition to services, young social workers also value the overall political environment, so if they only focus on service development, it will not meet industry expectations. He explained that in addition to the political struggle for "35+" by the democrats and the pressure on the government by vetoing the budget, land resource allocation and the support work of social workers arrested at the scene of the struggle are also very important issues.

Think that if there is a strong government, there will be different judgments

Zhang Zhiwei emphasized that he believes that various political decisions are inseparable from context (actual circumstances and content), and he believes that under the current political situation, vetoing the budget to force the government is "a few possible outcomes." He emphasized that although vetoing the budget also vetoed the government ’s social welfare expenditures, he is not worried about this because the government has its emergency expenditures to maintain its operations. It is believed that if the legislation has certain strength, the government ’s judgment on the political situation will be Different.

Although he has been engaged in social work for many years, Zhang Zhiwei only joined the board of directors 4 years ago. He joined the Hong Kong Youth Association after graduating in 1986. During his studies, he was promoted to different social worker positions. During the past 20 years, he focused on youth employment. In the late 1990s, he became the president of the institutional trade union.

Zhang Zhiwei (right), deputy chairman of the Social Workers' Union, said that in addition to the democratic faction fighting for "35+", land resource allocation and the support work of social workers arrested at the scene of the struggle are also very important issues. (Photo by Zhou Lixi)

Referred to Lin Zheng's "Lump-sum Funding" to make social welfare organizations become competitors

In the social welfare industry for many years, Zhang Zhiwei has already dealt with Chief Executive Lin Zheng Yue'e. He said that the "Lump Sum Appropriation" introduced by Lin Zheng when he served as the Director of Social Welfare Department had made the industry bad. He thought that the practice was very problematic, because the good ideas that various organizations thought of in their services have become their own weapons for fighting for resources. Therefore, there is very little communication, which is different from the previous common development. However, he pointed out that there is a review plan for "Lump Sum Appropriation" this year, which is not a major part of his formulation of the political platform.

The community member Huang Haoming is applying for judicial review on the provision that the sentence of not more than three years in the Legislative Council is not eligible for election. Once successful, the incumbent member Shao Jiazhen will have the opportunity to continue to stand for election. Zhang Zhiwei pointed out that he certainly hopes that the judicial review will be successful, but the result does not affect the deployment of the president of the agency in the election, because in the past five elections, regardless of whether there are opponents or not, the agency has sent people to the election.

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