The formed district councillors jointly signed to urge the withdrawal of the right to grant funds from the conference and monitor the illegal quotation of Xu Yingwei: active research

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Written by: Zhai Ruimin

2021-01-25 14:58

Last update date: 2021-01-25 14:59

The government will amend the law for public officials and plan to submit the bill to the Legislative Council for deliberation after the Lunar New Year.

86 formed district councilors signed a joint sign to urge the government to implement the arrangements for the oath of district councilors as soon as possible and to amend the "District Councils Ordinance."

Liu Guoxun, a member of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of the Legislative Council, and a group of establishment district councillors today (25th) met with the Secretary of Civil Affairs Xu Yingwei to reflect their demands. They proposed to set up a supervisory committee to monitor the disqualification of members after the implementation of the oath. They also proposed to withdraw the district. The council has the power to approve the appropriation, and quoted Xu Yingwei as saying that he would actively study it.

Liu Guoxun, a member of the DAB Legislative Council and a group of establishment district councillors, met with the Secretary for Civil Affairs Xu Yingwei, urging the government to implement the oath arrangement for district councilors as soon as possible.

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Advocate the Secretary of Civil Affairs or higher officials to administer oaths for district councilors

In a statement jointly signed by 86 pro-forma district councillors, including Li Huiqiong and Liu Yeqiang, it was mentioned that in the past year, the democratic district councilors have been playing games with the government and deliberately confronting the central and SAR government, including using meetings to discuss, move to discredit the country and the government, and insult Various acts such as imprisoning officials and refusing to attend meetings of officials reflect that the District Councils have lapsed.

Some district councillors met with Xu Yingwei this morning to express their demands. Liu Guoxun, who represents the district council (first) sector of the Legislative Council, said at the meeting that it is recommended that the Secretary of Civil Affairs or a high-level government official supervise the oaths for the district councilors. The Supervisory Committee supervises whether the district councillors violated the oath after taking the oath, and quoted Xu Yingwei as saying that it would actively study.

Liu Guoxun mentioned that, generally speaking, the amendment will take effect after gazettal, but in the past, district board members had to sign a declaration of support for the Basic Law and allegiance to the SAR when they stand for election. Therefore, the bureau and relevant departments are required to fully study the time limit of the regulations.

Require the government to lead the allocation of resources

Liberal Party Kowloon City District Councillor He Xianming mentioned that at the meeting, the Bureau was asked to pay attention to the misuse of funds. For example, the district council reported an expenditure of $50 for bleach and $60 per hour for volunteers. Many districts were even more suspicious. The bid-rigging situation questioned the use of public funds to "divide the fat pork."

The DAB Sham Shui Po District Councillor Liu Peiyu also criticized that the current district council's funding was not used for people's livelihood, but became a political bargaining chip to promote "Hong Kong independence", and even allocated funds to problematic organizations to promote "anti-China chaos in Hong Kong." thought.

Regarding the use of government funding by regions, Liu Guoxun said that he expressed his hope to the bureau that the government will lead the allocation of resources; Xu Yingwei also agreed that he is studying the recovery of part of the funding power for approval by the bureau.

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