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Dismantling the bureau│ "Policy Address" with twists and turns? Lin Zheng Chuan postponed his trip to Beijing to provoke speculation

2020-10-23T14:28:43.659Z


The new policy address was originally scheduled to be released on October 14. However, Chief Executive Carrie Lam suddenly announced three days before the release that because he learned that he could go to Beijing later this month to discuss measures to benefit Hong Kong from different ministries and commissions, he decided to postpone the announcement of the Report" and will strive to be published at the end of November. However, there has been widespread rumours in political circles in the past two days that Lam may not be able to go to Beijing to meet with various ministries and committees within this month, because the Fifth Plenary Session of the Central Committee will be held in Beijing next week. As soon as the news came out, it immediately drew speculation from the outside world, making the incident convoluted. Some politicians were frankly puzzled. They thought that Carrie Lam had already agreed a date for the meeting with various ministries and commissions, and the date of the Fifth Plenary Session had already been set. The Hong Kong government had no reason to suddenly learn about it and needed to reschedule. "The whole thing feels strange."


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Written by: Sha Banshan

2020-10-23 22:10

Last update date: 2020-10-23 22:11

The new policy address was originally scheduled to be released on October 14. However, Chief Executive Carrie Lam suddenly announced three days before the release that because he learned that he could go to Beijing later this month to discuss measures to benefit Hong Kong from different ministries and commissions, he decided to postpone the announcement of the Report" and will strive to be published at the end of November.

However, there has been widespread rumours in political circles in the past two days that Lam may not be able to go to Beijing to meet with various ministries and committees within this month, because the Fifth Plenary Session of the Central Committee will be held in Beijing next week.

As soon as the news came out, it immediately drew speculation from the outside world, making the incident convoluted.

Some politicians were frankly puzzled. They thought that Carrie Lam had already agreed a date for the meeting with various ministries and commissions, and the date of the Fifth Plenary Session had already been set. There was no reason for the Hong Kong government to suddenly learn about it and need to reschedule.

Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor announced on October 12 that the "policy address" originally scheduled to be published this Wednesday was postponed.

(Profile picture/Photo by Zhang Haowei)

In the past two days, news has spread that since the Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China will be held in Beijing from Monday to Thursday, it is not possible to arrange for Lin Zheng to go to Beijing during this period. The specific date of the visit to Beijing is yet to be determined.

Member of the guild and legislative council member Ye Liu Shuyi today (23) said that the Fifth Plenary Session is a major event for the ruling party, and that both before and after the meeting were busy, thinking that Lam Cheng’s failure to go to Beijing was expected.

Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said at a press conference on the 12th of this month that the "Policy Address" was postponed, that the earlier sorting out of measures to restart the economy required the central government's consideration and support.

Lin Zheng said that after receiving a notice from the central government, due to the wide range of measures, she invited her to go to Beijing later this month to participate in the coordination meeting of the central ministries and commissions to discuss a series of policies for the central government to support the SAR.

Although Ye Liu Shuyi said that it was expected that Lin Zheng would postpone his visit to Beijing, in fact, many politicians are privately puzzled and do not know what medicine he sells in the gourd.

According to Carrie Lam’s statement a few days ago, she received a notice from the central government. As the measures involve a wide range of measures, she was invited to go to Beijing later this month to participate in the coordination meeting of the central ministries and commissions. Why did she suddenly reschedule?

The meeting date of the Fifth Plenary Session was finalized and announced as early as September. It was not a temporary addition. When Beijing invited her to participate in the coordination meeting of ministries and commissions, it should have considered that there was no conflict with the Fifth Plenary Session. What happened to change things?

There is another speculation that the Beijing ministries and commissions did not finalize the date for the meeting and coordination meeting with Lin Zheng. Lin Zheng himself took it for granted and estimated that the trip could be made at the end of the month. However, he forgot that next week is an important day for the Fifth Plenary Session. Government officials.

The political circles are concerned about whether Carrie Lam will eventually postpone the "policy address" if he finally needs to postpone his visit to Beijing.

This year's policy address has been postponed once. If it cannot be announced at the end of next month, it may become the first policy address in history to be released in December.

This time, the Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee will refer to the "14th Five-Year Plan", and it is estimated that the development of the Greater Bay Area will be mentioned. It is estimated that Carrie Lam will have to wait for the Fifth Plenary Session before writing the policy address.

Regarding whether Carrie Lam will postpone his trip to Beijing, the Chief Executive's Office replied to the "Hong Kong 01" inquiry saying: "If there is any news, it will be announced."

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