The government gazetted that Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, in accordance with Article 9(2) of the Legislative Council Ordinance, specified October 29 as the end of the general session of the Legislative Council in 2020-2021.
The current Legislative Council has two remaining meetings on Wednesday (20th) and October 27th. Many bills have yet to resume their second and third readings, including the "Doctor Registration (Amendment) Bill 2021" for the introduction of overseas doctors and the introduction of rents. The Landlord and Tenant (Consolidation) (Amendment) Bill 2021, etc.
According to a document issued by the Legislative Council to Members, the meeting on the following Thursday (21st) failed to complete the resolution of Xie Weijun’s proposed amendment to the Rules of Procedure. The Legislative Council will resume its meeting at 9 am on Friday (22nd). The meeting will be adjourned at about 2 pm after handling the relevant proposed resolutions.
Two "blockbuster" bills must be passed before the end of the session.
The typhoon "Compasses" hit Hong Kong on Wednesday (15th), and the meeting of the Legislative Council originally scheduled for that day was cancelled.
According to the agenda, three government bills were delivered to the General Assembly on the same day to resume second and third readings, including the "Doctor Registration (Amendment) Bill 2021" which introduced overseas doctors, and the "2021 Landlord and Tenant (Integrated)" which introduced rent control. (Amendment) Bill, and the Telecommunications (Amendment) Bill 2021.
In addition, a number of "heavy" government bills are also waiting to be read in the second and third readings, including the "Smoking (Public Health) (Amendment) Bill 2019", which is amended to completely ban e-cigarettes and heating cigarettes, and the "Compulsory 2021" Sexual Provident Fund Scheme (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 will be handed over to the conference at the last conference to resume the second and third readings.
Xie Weijun, chairman of the Rules of Procedure Committee, responded to inquiries a few days ago, saying that the cancellation of the meeting on Wednesday will more or less affect the meeting process, especially the important bill that was originally scheduled to be reviewed on Wednesday to introduce overseas doctors. I believe that the meeting will need to be held for a longer time next week. "I believe that all agendas can be approved before the end of this session.
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