Director of the Home Affairs Bureau Xu Yingwei attended a banquet on January 3 with a confirmed person. He was classified as a close contact and sent to Penny's Bay for quarantine.
Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor told reporters today (January 6) that nine other government officials had attended the same occasion, but only briefly stayed. Eight of them did not have the same scene with the confirmed case, and called their names to Xu Yingwei’s performance. Feeling disappointed.
It is understood that the banquet was hosted by Hong Weimin, a representative of the Hong Kong People's Congress and Hong Kong Affairs Liaison Officer of the Qianhai Administration, and many members of the Legislative Council attended the party that day.
After the incident, a large number of netizens left messages to express their opinions, and the protagonists of the banquet, Hong Weimin and Xu Yingwei, became the focus of netizens' hot searches!
The banquet involved was a birthday party held on the evening of January 3. It is understood that a female attendee was initially diagnosed with new coronary pneumonia and she arrived at 9:30 p.m. that day.
Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said when meeting reporters that 10 officials were present, but only the Secretary of Home Affairs Xu Yingwei attended and stayed for a long time; and the other 9 officials, except for the Director of Immigration, Ou Jiahong, the other 8 were only briefly. Stayed and left before 9:30 in the evening, and did not have the same scene with the confirmed case.
Xu Yingwei went to Penny's Bay for quarantine at noon. Carrie Lam said that she was very disappointed that some officials did not set an example to attend large gatherings.
In terms of netizen concern, Hong Weimin and Xu Yingwei have the highest search interest in recent hours.
Netizens in the discussion area responded negatively, questioning that senior officials were still attending parties during the epidemic, and politicians who attended the same scene were also concerned by netizens.
Some netizens commented that "Hong Kong's catering industry is more exhausted than it is", and questioned that "only high-ranking officials are allowed to PARTY, and ordinary people are not allowed to eat in."
In addition, politicians who attended the same scene were also concerned by netizens.
According to the news, three members of the Legislative Council also attended the event, including the DAB Chen Zhongni, the Economic Pakatan Harapan Lu Hanmin, and the technology and innovation community member Qiu Dagen, Chen Zhongni and Lu Hanmin are waiting for the test results
