Dismantling the bureau | Political scholars said that the central government was disappointed: the government’s prestige in governance was reduced

The Omicron new crown variant virus is coming so fiercely that it has aroused the attention of the whole city. The government has asked citizens to be vigilant for several days and has introduced strict measures including banning dine-in at night markets in order to suppress the epidemic as soon as possible.

At the time when the whole city was on high alert, the political circle suddenly broke out that Hong Weimin, a representative of the Hong Kong People’s Congress, held a birthday party on Monday (3rd). A hundred people including officials and parliamentarians attended. Unexpectedly, it was later confirmed that there was a preliminary diagnosis in the same scene.

Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor held a press conference yesterday (6th) to explain the drawing to the public. During this period, the Secretary for Home Affairs Xu Yingwei was named "especially disappointed" who did not lead by example.

The birthday party incident has caused a lot of waves in the political circle. Many political and business celebrities have been implicated. However, at least two of the attendees spoke kindly to the protagonist Hong Weimin, saying that the epidemic was not severe at the beginning of this week and the venue also has epidemic prevention regulations. There is "a few innocents".

However, some organizations in the system said that the incident reflected that many people lacked political sensitivity and took a fluke mentality.

Liu Zhaojia, the vice chairman of the National Hong Kong and Macau Research Association, pointed out that both places tried their best to deal with the epidemic, but Hong Kong officials broke the incident at this time. I believe it will disappoint the central government and weaken the authority of the Hong Kong government in governance.

Many attendees "check in" and leave

In recent days, the focus of the whole Hong Kong has been on the Omicron epidemic. Before the chief executive attended the executive meeting on Tuesday, he severely criticized Cathay Pacific crew members for violating regulations. In two days, these words became a boomerang.

Officials also attended large gatherings during the epidemic, which naturally became the target of public criticism. However, at least two people who attended Hong Weimin’s birthday party were "appealing grievances" for Shou Xing Gong. They said that although the "Wangyuelou" group broke out on New Year's Eve, it was not until this Monday that the epidemic broke out. The atmosphere is not grim. People go out for dinner as usual, and the government has no plans to tighten restrictions on gatherings.

According to the invitation to the event, Hong Weimin took a number of measures, including the requirement to wear a mask in addition to meals, use "Travel with peace of mind," and display vaccine records. Therefore, many people are not very vigilant.

10 officials attended Hong Weimin's birthday party.

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Some people in attendance pointed out that the birthday party was in fact a streamlined operation, which was a "face-to-face party". Many people arrived to greet and left. The whole arrangement complied with the law. It started at 6 o'clock in the evening and ended at 11:30 in the evening. Many guests did not stay for dinner.

However, some people also admitted that the incident that broke out during the epidemic was a disaster. It involved many high-level government officials and had a poor political perception, especially when officials attended non-official activities during the epidemic. Lam Cheng also made special criticisms at the press conference.

At the press conference, Carrie Lam was particularly disappointed with Xu Yingwei by naming and clearly stated that he would take action.

Some people in the political circle said that if Xu Yingwei, like other officials, came to greet and "check in" and leave, he might not need to go to the isolation camp and pierce the heart. But this also reflects that officials, parliamentarians and even deputies to the National People's Congress hold There is a fluke mentality of letting go, which may involve systemic problems in the governance of the government team.

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Liu Zhaojia, the vice chairman of the National Hong Kong and Macau Research Association, said that this incident shows that Xu Yingwei's political sensitivity is insufficient, but if there is no other internal information and public opinion does not have a strong rebound, there is no decisive influence on Xu Yingwei's career.

Liu Zhaojia said that as far as he can remember, this is the first time that the Chief Executive has publicly criticized an accountable official. It is already a harsher response and I believe it will cause a blow to Xu's reputation.

Expected to weaken the central government's confidence in Hong Kong's epidemic prevention work

The government believed that the epidemic had deteriorated rapidly and suddenly tightened its anti-epidemic measures, which caused great dissatisfaction among restaurants and businesses. Liu Zhaojia believed that the birthday party incident at this time would indeed undermine the government’s prestige, because the public would expect the government to lead by example.

As for the central government, Liu Zhaojia assessed that the incident would certainly disappoint the central government in the SAR government. He pointed out that the incident weakened the government’s credibility and weakened the central government’s confidence in Hong Kong’s epidemic prevention and anti-epidemic work, making it more difficult to fight the epidemic.

However, Liu Zhaojia said that although the SAR government is about to change, the central government should have other more important things to consider with regard to the formation of the new government.

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