The Legislative Council kicks off. Members will be sworn in next Monday to sing the national anthem and elect a new chairman on January 10

Members of the new Legislative Council will take the oath at 11 a.m. next Monday (January 3), and the oath will be supervised by the Chief Executive, Carrie Lam.

The time limit for the nomination of the chairperson will end in the afternoon of next Tuesday (4th), and a new chairperson will be elected on January 10.

The first introduction of the prelude to singing the national anthem arrangement

According to the Legislative Council document, the national anthem will be played and sung first at the meeting. The elected members stand up to the national flag and the regional flag and sing the national anthem together, and then go to the stage one by one to swear the national anthem.

The order of oaths is determined according to the seniority of the members. If the seniority is the same, it will be sorted according to the strokes of the Chinese name.

According to the document, Zhang Yuren, who has served as a member of Parliament since 2000, will take the oath first, followed by Lin Jianfeng and Liang Junyan, who have been re-elected since 2004. Yan Gang of the election committee will finally take the oath.

It should be noted that the last legislative council oath ceremony did not perform the national anthem. As the National Anthem Ordinance came into effect last year, the national anthem must be sung in the swearing ceremony of the Legislative Council's oath, so this is a new addition to this session.

The seating table for the oath ceremony is arranged according to the seniority and name of the members.

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The most senior member of Parliament Tommy Zhang will be the first to take the oath.

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Swearers and staff must wear masks at all times

The government reminds that in order for the oath taker to take the oath sincerely and solemnly, the oath-sworn must be careful to wear business attire, and the dress should be neat and proper. Wearing improper costumes may be regarded as a violation of the requirements of sincere and solemn oath by the administering oath and refuses The person concerned takes the oath and the oath will not be rescheduled.

Inappropriate clothing or attire includes but is not limited to:

Overall clothing

• Clothing/accessories/masks displaying politicized signs, slogans or slogans;

• Explicit, obscene, indecent or offensive clothing/accessories/masks;

• Clothes that display commercial advertisements (including promotion and advertisements for sports teams, leagues, championships, etc.);

• Damaged or broken clothing;

• Any kind of uniform;

• Sportswear;

• swimwear; and

• Mask.

Upper body

• Collarless tops (such as round neck, V-neck T-shirt);

• Vest/sleeveless top;

• Sports tops;

• Undershirt; and

• sportswear.

Lower body

• shorts;

• Worker pants;

• jeans; and

• Sweatpants/skinny pants/yoga pants.

Cover head clothing

• All kinds of hats; and

• Any clothing that covers the head (except those worn for religious or medical reasons).

Footwear

• Flip-flops, sandals/slippers, slingbacks, sports shoes; and

• Any kind of open-toed shoes.

In case of any dispute, the organizer has the final decision.

In addition, based on epidemic prevention measures, all persons participating in the oath ceremony (including the deponent and staff) must wear masks throughout the process.

After the swearing-in ceremony, all members will go to the underground lobby to take a group photo.

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Elected a new chairman on January 10

In addition, the Secretariat has notified that the chairman can be nominated at 5 pm on January 4, and the nomination form must be signed by one member as the nominator and at least 3 other members as seconders.

The nominated member must sign the form to accept the nomination.

The completed form must be delivered to the Clerk’s Office at least 4 clear days before the election day.

Candidates must explain the campaign platform and answer questions from members at a special forum on January 10, and then elect a new chairman.

The swearing-in ceremony and the election of the chairman of the previous Legislative Council were held at the first meeting (October 12, 2016). This time, the various links have been separated.

Carrie Lam said earlier that she would attend the first Legislative Council meeting on January 12 to answer questions from members.

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