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.
When meeting with reporters, Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said that 10 officials attended the banquet that evening, but only the Secretary of Home Affairs Xu Yingwei stayed for a long time after the arrival; the other 9 officials attended, except for the Director of Immigration, Ou Jiahong, and the other 8 had only served Stayed for a short time and left before 9:30 p.m., 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 and still attended large gatherings.
After the incident was exposed, netizens searched for relevant people, among which Hong Weimin and Xu Yingwei had the highest search interest in the past few hours.
The politicians who have been there are also concerned by netizens.
The news stated that three members of the Legislative Council also attended the party, including the DAB Chen Zhongni, the Economic Pakatan Harapan Lu Hanmin, and the science and technology innovation community member Qiu Dagen, Chen Zhongni and Lu Hanmin are waiting for the test results.
Netizens in the discussion forums reacted negatively. They questioned that senior officials were still attending parties during the epidemic. Some people commented that "Hong Kong's catering industry is more exhausted" and questioned "Only senior officials are allowed to PARTY, and ordinary people are not allowed to eat in."
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