Legislative Council. Continuous update｜Liang Junyan reprimands Panmin for 4 hours to finish second reading

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Written by: Di Ruimin Zhou Lixi

2020-11-05 11:36

Last update date: 2020-11-05 11:41

The Legislative Council meeting resumed today (November 5) to continue scrutinizing the Freight Containers (Safety) (Amendment) Bill 2019, which is still in the second reading stage.

After the government bill is completed, two condemnation bills will be discussed in turn, involving the DAB Zhou Haoding and the Democratic Party Xu Zhifeng.

In yesterday’s meeting, the democrats asked for the number of people to be counted 12 times, and spent nearly 3 hours ringing the bell throughout the day, which caused a meeting in the afternoon.

Chairman Leung Junyan severely criticized some members for abusing the procedure for determining the number of people, and warned that if the situation persists, members will be restricted from speaking.

"Hong Kong 01" will continue to update important events in the council.

[11:35] The draft passed the second reading with 40 votes in favor and 18 votes against and entered the committee stage.

[10:00] Street worker Liang Yaozhong, accountant Liang Jichang, and Democratic Party Hu Zhiwei have proposed an algorithm to determine the number of people.

Liang Junyan quoted a letter to all members last week, criticizing the Legislative Council for being unnecessarily delayed by some members and the progress is not satisfactory.

He stated that as the chairman, he has the responsibility to ensure that meetings are conducted in an orderly, fair and proper manner, and to strike a balance between respecting the rights of members and the effective operation of the Legislative Council. Therefore, Article 72 of the Basic Law is used to draw the line, and members are restricted to complete the meeting before 11 am The second reading debate.

The Democratic Party, Xu Zhifeng, retorted that the responsibility of the flow is that the establishment is not "settled." The Labor Party Zhang Chaoxiong questioned that Article 72 does not give the chairman overriding power and does not need to follow the Rules of Procedure.

Liang Junyan said that if a member thinks he has exceeded his power, he can challenge himself through other channels.

The Civic Party Yang Yueqiao said that the draft was to incorporate the latest provisions of the International Container Safety Convention into local legislation. However, the relevant international conventions were revised twice 8 years and 6 years ago, but the Executive Council was postponed to propose new amendments last year. The Legislative Council considered that the government has the responsibility to speed up its response to the update of the Convention.

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