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Written by: Li Yinglin
2020-08-17 07:28
Last update date: 2020-08-17 07:28"Hong Kong 01" reported on Monday (17th) that a total of 71 former district councillors were appointed by the Home Affairs Department after their re-election in the district election last year. The vast majority of them are formed political groups, including several former district council chairmen. And vice chairman.
The reporter further discovered that the DAB members accounted for more than half of them, a total of 39 people. Among them, Ye Aodong, the former chairman of the Yau Tsim Mong District Council of the party, pointed out in an interview that he had always been a district committee member, doing district work, "but I will continue to do things if I have the opportunity to do so."
The vice chairman of the Kwun Tong District Council and the Democratic Party did not criticize the fact that the government appointed a large number of unsuccessful members, and the current members who won the election were all rejected. This undermined the role of district councilors as district leaders and worried that the authorities would intentionally turn the district into a "shadow district". parliament".
The Home Affairs Department announced the list of the new district committees last month, but all current district councillors have not been appointed. (Information Picture/Photo by Zheng Rongdi)
The chairman and vice chairmen of the pre-establishment conference were elected as district members after losing the election
In late July, the Home Affairs Department announced the list of members of the new session of the district committee. A total of 1,395 people were appointed. However, the department broke the convention and did not have any appointed district board members to join this term. "Hong Kong 01" reported on Monday that 112 establishments who lost in the 2019 district council elections were appointed, of which 71 were former district councillors.
Among these former district councillors, there are many well-known establishment figures, including the former chairman of Yau Tsim Mong District Council, Ip Ao Dong, former vice chairman of Wan Chai District Council, Zhou Jiebing, former vice chairman of Kwun Tong District Council, Hung Kam-hyun, and former vice chairman of Yuen Long District Council, Wang Weixin ; The first three belong to the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of China, and Wang belongs to the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong.
Among the remaining appointed losers, more than half are members of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong, and some of them are also on the list of candidates for the next Legislative Council election announced by the Democratic Alliance for Betterment of Hong Kong in July, including 10 people including Zhang Qiteng, Chen Bozhi, and Dong Jianli. All of them were appointed. As a district committee member. The members of the Federation of Trade Unions accounted for about 10% of those who lost the election, second only to the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong, while the New Democrats were ranked third.
The former chairman of the Yau Tsim Mong District Council and the DAB Yip Aodong was also appointed this year as a district committee member. He pointed out that the district committee is responsible for district practical work, and it can be regarded as giving him the opportunity to continue serving the community. (Photo/Photo by Gao Zhongming)
Ye Aodong: I will do what I want to do if I get the chance to complement the conference
In an interview with "Hong Kong 01", the DAB who was appointed as the Yau Tsim Mong South Area Committee member Ye Aodong said that he was not surprised to be invited to join. "I have been a member of the area and have been a member of the area for many years." He said that the department invited him The appointment criteria and reasons were not disclosed at the time of joining, and the department would not explain when it received invitations from different public positions in the past.
Ip Aodong believes that the membership of district councillors can have better communication with stakeholders. However, he said that after district councilors joined in the past, the attendance rate of district meeting meetings was low: "I heard from my colleagues in the last term. (Members) have repeated it." But he emphasized that he did not participate in the appointment. It is not clear whether this is the consideration of the department.
"I have always been doing regional practical work in the regional conferences. I have been doing it for the past 10 years. I have a chance and I will continue to do it." Ye Aodong pointed out that different stakeholders can join the regional conferences. In order to complement each other, he said that disagreeing to join the district would be "political reward". He believes that there is precedent and no compensation. "There is no reason for the criticism."
He also said that due to the epidemic, the new regional meeting has not yet been held and the structure is not known, but it is believed to be close to the past. Regarding the District Council’s refusal or suspension of funding to the district councils, he bluntly disliked the practice, emphasizing that the district councils are not places for political wrestling, and the Home Affairs Department should find ways to make the cooperation between the district councils and the district councils smoother.
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Kwun Tong District Council Vice Chairman Mok Jiancheng pointed out that the unsuccessful candidates who have been appointed as area committee members in the past are used to regard the area committee as a public office and continue to work in the community with that title. (Profile picture)
Democrats must not be built: the government sets a bad precedent to guard against changing shadow district councils
The vice chairman of the Kwun Tong District Council and the Democratic Party did not criticize the fact that the government rejected the winning district councillors and those who lost the election were appointed instead. They undermined the advisory role of district councilors as district leaders in the district meetings. A good and bad precedent." He pointed out that after the loser becomes a district committee member, he can continue to work in the community with this title and maintain his community ties.
At the current Kwun Tong District Regional Conference, a total of nine regional election losers were appointed, six more than the previous one, and all of them belonged to the establishment. Mo Jiancheng said bluntly that he had already "pre-appointed". In the past, some people had ridiculed that the district would be a "losing club." However, some of the unsuccessful were appointed different districts than in the past, so they thought it unreasonable.
Regarding the failure to join the district meeting, Mo Jiancheng believes that it will have little impact on the work of the current district councillors. In the past, the district councils were not the main channel for communication between district councilors and other stakeholders in the district.
However, he said that he would still wait and see the Home Affairs Department and how he would look at the role of the district committees. "I will worry that the department will increase the resources of the district committees in the future, or turn the drainage lands into the role of "shadow district councils", and the district will be empty. parliament."
Among the unsuccessful elected district elections, there are many well-known establishment figures, including the former vice chairman of the Yuen Long District Council and the prestige of the King of Pakatan Harapan. (Photo/Photo by Ou Jiale)
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