Compasses Typhoon | Legislative Council Assembly cancels the anti-smoking bill, and the construction system for rent control pending review will rush to work next week

Severe tropical storm "Compasses" struck Hong Kong. The Observatory announced that Gale or Storm Signal No. 8 will be maintained before 4 noon today (13th). The meeting of the Legislative Council originally scheduled to be held today has also been cancelled.

The Legislative Council stated that the President of the Legislative Council, Mr. Leung Junyan, has given instructions that the Legislative Council meeting will not be held today. The relevant items originally listed on the agenda of the meeting will be postponed to the Legislative Council meeting next Wednesday (20th).

At least 6 "heavy" bills must be passed before the end of the session, including film censorship regulations

The nomination period for the general election of the Legislative Council began on October 30, and the same day was the suspension date of the sixth Legislative Council.

Due to the cancellation of today's Legislative Council meeting, according to the original schedule of the Legislative Council, there are only two meetings left on Wednesday (20th) and October 27th.

According to the agenda of the Legislative Council, three government bills were originally scheduled to be delivered to the General Assembly to resume second and third readings, including the "Doctor Registration (Amendment) Bill 2021" which introduced overseas doctors, and the "2021 Landlord and Tenant" which introduced rent control. (Consolidated) (Amendment) Bill and the "Telecommunications (Amendment) Bill 2021" that regulates "space cards" and adds the real-name system for phone cards.

A number of "blockbuster" government bills are also waiting to be reopened for second and third reading, including the "Smoking (Public Health) (Amendment) Bill 2019", and the "2021 Mandatory Provident Fund" The Planning (Amendment) Bill and the Financial Reporting Council (Amendment) Bill 2021.

In addition, the amendments to the "Film Censorship Regulations" that have been reviewed article by article still have to be delivered to the conference to resume the second and third readings.

Xie Weijun: The conference will take longer next week

In addition to government bills, the Chairman of the Rules of Procedure Committee Xie Weijun also moved a proposed resolution in accordance with Article 75 of the Basic Law to amend the Rules of Procedure again, adding the "Suspension Penalty" rules, and amending the composition of the Finance Committee, House Committee and Subcommittee.

The Chairman of the Chamber, Li Huiqiong, will also propose a motion of thanks for the "Policy Address".

If the above-mentioned bills cannot be reviewed before the current term of the Legislative Council, they will be "dead-embedded." The next Legislative Council will have to restart the legislative process on the bill.

In response to inquiries, Xie Weijun said that the cancellation of the meeting will more or less affect the progress of the meeting, especially the important bill that was originally scheduled to be reviewed and quoted from overseas doctors. He believes that the meeting will need to be held for a longer time next week. All agendas can be adopted before the end of the session.

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Legislative Council elections will accept nominations since 10.30, and the qualifications will be confirmed by the Council to sign a supplementary information sheet. Policy address ︱ 40 recommendations will be submitted to the next legislative council for review, including cancellation of hedges and insults to public officials

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